Athletics

  • Broadcasting Eagles – Former Student-Athletes Find Success in TV News

    Laura Harris (‘08), former soccer player, and Leslie Almond (‘07), former basketball player, were captains at Georgia Southern. Although Harris and Almond played two different sports, they had one big thing in common, they were both sports fanatics. That love of sports led them into sports broadcasting and eventually a seat at a TV news…

  • Anatomy of an Elbow Drop

    If you’re on social media and follow Georgia Southern, you’ve probably seen Eagles’ Head Football Coach Chad Lunsford perform an elbow drop on a metal folding chair, followed by a frenzy of stomping by the players. The ritual has become a mainstay of Eagle football after important wins, and both players and fans are whipped…

  • Good to Great – Lunsford sets lofty goals for Eagles Football in 2019

    The 2018 Georgia Southern football season seemed like a fairytale. A team that won only two games the year before turned around and won 10 games in 2018, including a nail-biter bowl game decided by a walk-off field goal that will forever live in University lore. It was one of the most astounding turnarounds in…

  • Simply the Best – Tookie Brown Rewrites the Record Books for Eagles Basketball

    Tookie Brown is accustomed to being underestimated. The 5’11” point guard is typically one of the shortest basketball players on the court. It’s a fact that has briefly emboldened his opponents, but also one which has fueled his drive and ambition to be the best, giving those opponents an unpleasant surprise. “I’d say I’ve been…

  • Sidelines

    Women’s Rifle EAGLES WIN SOCON AIR RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP The Eagles pulled ahead late to capture the 2019 Southern Conference (SoCon) Air Rifle Championship for the second time in three years. Overall, the team finished fourth in the two-day event that was won by No. 20 UAB. Courtney Weekley posted a 581 in the first air…

  • Getting Past ‘Almost’

    Steven Fisk looks to make history and lead Georgia Southern out of second place In his final year as a member of the Georgia Southern Men’s Golf Team, Steven Fisk has experienced his share of almosts. In 2017, when Fisk was a sophomore, the Eagles were one putt away from a Sun Belt Championship. In…

  • Hitting Her Stride

    “Volleyball’s always had my heart, but education comes first”

  • ‘We Told You So!’

    Matt Breida adds his name among elite NFL rushers The world is finally figuring out what Georgia Southern fans have known all along — Matt Breida is one of the best running backs in the country. Period. After two weeks of the NFL regular season with the San Francisco 49ers, Breida was the leading rusher…

  • 2018 Athletics Hall of Fame Class

    It was a big September for seven of Georgia Southern University’s all-time greats. Six former student-athletes and one administrator joined the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame. They were introduced during halftime of the game between the Eagles and UMass at Paulson on Sept. 8. The new inductees bring the total number of former coaches,…

  • A Natural Fit

    Lisa Sweany, former director of athletics at Armstrong State University, joined the Georgia Southern athletics staff as deputy athletics director in June. Though the consolidation and transition process has been a “whirlwind,” she says she couldn’t pass up the great opportunity. “When TK [Athletics Director Tom Kleinlein] talked to me about coming over as the…