ATLANTA -- A school-record six Georgia State student-athletes in five sports were name to Google Cloud Academic All-America® teams in the 2017-18 academic year, putting the GSU program among the national leaders.
Georgia State is tied for eighth nationally with six Academic All-Americans®, trailing Alabama (11), Stanford (10), Minnesota (9), Oklahoma State (9), Drake (8), Navy (8) and West Virginia (7).
Four of the Panthers' six Academic All-Americans® earned first-team status; only Oklahoma State (6) and New Mexico (5) had more first-team selections than Georgia State.
Georgia State's 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-Americans®:
| Name | Sport | Team | Cl. | GPA | Major | |
| Ivie Drake | Softball | 1st | Sr. | 3.91 | Early Childhood Education | |
| Alex Herrmann | Men's At-Large | 1st | Sr. | 4.14 | Managerial Sciences | |
| Justin Jones | Baseball | 1st | Sr. | 4.11 | Health & Physical Education | |
| Lotte Meyberg | Women's Cross Country/Track | 3rd | So. | 4.22 | Nutrition | |
| Brenna Skalski | Softball | 2nd | Sr. | 4.12 | English | |
| Chandon Sullivan | Football | 1st | Sr. | 3.84 | Journalism |
An additional nine Georgia State student-athletes were selected to Google Cloud Academic All-District® teams in 2017-18:
| Name | Sport | Class | GPA | Major |
| Angela Alonso | Women's Cross Country/Track | So. | 4.00 | Political Science |
| Kristin Hawkins | Softball | Jr. | 4.06 | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Max Hemmings | Men's Soccer | Jr. | 3.93 | Managerial Sciences |
| Will Kilgore | Baseball | Sr. | 3.91 | Managerial Sciences |
| Julien Laurent | Football | Sr. | 3.38 | Speech |
| Gabe Mobley | Football | Gr. | 3.77 | History/Law |
| Reagan Morgan | Softball | Jr. | 3.99 | Biological Sciences |
| Frank Rosenwald | Men's Soccer | So. | 3.94 | Journalism |
| Kylie Ruffule | Women's Soccer | Sr. | 4.23 | Criminal Justice |
The Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is administered by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). CoSIDA began the distinguished Academic All-America® program in 1952, and since then, has honored thousands of deserving student-athletes from numerous sports across all divisions with these elite Academic All-America® scholar-athlete honors.
Currently, CoSIDA sponsors Academic All-America® programs for men's soccer, women's soccer, football, volleyball, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field/cross country. Many other sports are eligible through the At-Large program.
