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Charleston Southern Athletics and Goose Creek Heating and Air & Plumbing Celebrate Achievements in Second Year of Student First Initiative

CHARLESTON – Charleston Southern Athletics and Goose Creek Heating & Air + Plumbing announced on Wednesday morning exciting news regarding the continuing efforts to enhance the CSU student-athlete experience with the "Student First Initiative."
 
"We are so thankful to Goose Creek Heating and Air + Plumbing for their support of our Student First Initiative," said Jeff Barber, Charleston Southern's Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. "We have just completed the 2024-25 academic year and experienced the highest GPA in the history of our program at 3.37. Goose Creek Heating and Air + Plumbing has made a difference in the academic lives of our student-athletes and for that, we feel very blessed."
 
During the fall of 2023, the Buccaneers' athletics department added Goose Creek Heating & Air + Plumbing to their network of corporate partners and the company had signed on to be the founding sponsor for this new venture. This project is the "Student First Initiative" which was created to reward the various CSU athletics programs for their success in the classrooms and keeping their academics at the forefront of their plans. Every program that finishes the academic year with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher receives a $500 financial contribution that directly supports the individual program. Last academic year, 12 programs eclipsed a 3.0 GPA leading to $6,000 in total donations to Charleston Southern.
 
This year, 12 Charleston Southern athletics programs completed the year with a cumulative GPA above 3.0, making it back-to-back years of this many teams, which amounts to $6000 of contributions. The programs that finished the year at that level are listed below with their team GPA listed as well:
  • Men's Baseball
  • Men's Basketball
  • Men's Cross Country
  • Men's Golf
  • Women's Basketball
  • Women's Cross Country
  • Women's Golf
  • Women's Soccer
  • Women's Softball
  • Women's Tennis
  • Women's Track & Field
  • Women's Volleyball
 
To learn more about or become a sponsor for the "Student First Initiative," contact Corporate Sponsorship General Manager, Nick Castillo (ncastillo@csusportsproperties.com).
 
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