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Key takeaways
- Scholarships support student-athletes pursuing a graduate degree and are paid directly to the recipient's chosen graduate school.
- Recipients are selected by the Sun Belt Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, comprised of Faculty Athletic Representatives from across the conference.
- Nominees must have exhausted playing eligibility, been a varsity letter winner two Sun Belt seasons, and hold minimum undergraduate GPA 3.3.
- Emma Davis earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in May 2025 and was a four-year team member.
- Emma Davis completed one year of a Master of Science in Sport Management, serving as director of operations and coaching graduate assistant.
STATESBORO – Georgia Southern softball’s Emma Davis was named one of six recipients of the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Postgraduate Scholarship Award, announced today by the league.
The scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes with stated intentions to pursue a graduate degree following the completion of their undergraduate requirements and are sent directly to the graduate school of each recipient’s choice. The recipients were selected by the Sun Belt Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, which is comprised of Faculty Athletic Representatives from across the conference.
To be eligible for Sun Belt Conference Postgraduate Scholarships, nominees must have exhausted eligibility, been declared or designated a varsity letter winner in a Sun Belt-sanctioned sport at a member institution for at least two seasons and achieved a minimum undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale).
A four-year member of the Eagles’ softball team, she earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in May 2025 and has already completed one year toward her Master of Science in Sport Management while serving as the program’s director of operations and a coaching graduate assistant for the upcoming 2026-27 campaign.
The scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes with stated intentions to pursue a graduate degree following the completion of their undergraduate requirements and are sent directly to the graduate school of each recipient’s choice. The recipients were selected by the Sun Belt Postgraduate Scholarship Committee, which is comprised of Faculty Athletic Representatives from across the conference.
To be eligible for Sun Belt Conference Postgraduate Scholarships, nominees must have exhausted eligibility, been declared or designated a varsity letter winner in a Sun Belt-sanctioned sport at a member institution for at least two seasons and achieved a minimum undergraduate cumulative grade point average of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale).
A four-year member of the Eagles’ softball team, she earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in May 2025 and has already completed one year toward her Master of Science in Sport Management while serving as the program’s director of operations and a coaching graduate assistant for the upcoming 2026-27 campaign.
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