VALDOSTA, Ga. – Five Valdosta State football players were named to the Gulf South Conference All-Academic Team, the league office announced Friday, while 81 Blazer student-athletes earned GSC Academic Honor Roll accolades.
 
The list of all-academic honorees and honor roll recipients came from the fall sports, including for VSU football, volleyball, women's soccer and men's and women's cross country.  The GSC Honor Roll was comprised of 1,073 student-athletes, while 70 names from 11-member institutions were recognized as GSC All-Academic selection.

To achieve honor roll status, a GSC student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 of better out of a possible 4.00 at the time the conference announces the award and have competed in outstanding competition–not counting exhibitions or scrimmages–during the season the award is presented.

For the Blazers senior defensive back Josh Brown and senior offensive lineman Steven Mauro earned all-academic accolades, while juniors Samuel Curry (WR), Ethan Eddins (PK) and Brayden Rasnek (OL) also were named to the team.  

To be named to the GSC All-Academic team, nominees must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better their entire academic career at their institution and may not be a freshmen or first-term transfer. The student-athlete must also be a significant contributor to the team. Other factors include leadership, community service and extracurricular activities. Institutions are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes. The number of student-athletes selected in each sport is determined by the number of positions normally involved in the playing of that sport. Ties are not broken. All-GSC Academic nominees are selected jointly by faculty athletic representatives and sports information directors from within the league. 

Click here for the GSC All-Academic Teams and Academic Honor Roll for Fall 2025.