FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU Athletics has named diver Cayla Collins (Largo, Fla./Osceola HS) and baseball player Adam Eggnatz (Tampa, Fla./Middle Georgia College) as recipients of the Northwestern Mutual Academic Student-Athletes of the Month Award for the month of February.

Each month during the school year, the FGCU Athletics Communications Office and Athletic Academic staff will choose a pair of Eagles as the Northwestern Mutual Academic Student-Athlete of the Month. Those selected for the honor will have exhibited a combination of superior athletic and overall academic success.

Collins is a senior majoring in resort and hospitality management and has logged a 3.15 GPA during her time in Green and Blue while also being named to the Dean's List in spring 2012, fall 2013 and spring 2013. At the 2015 CCSA Championships in February, Collins helped guide the Green and Blue to its sixth title in seven years by finishing second in the three-meter diving with a score of 277.05. She would also place second in the one-meter diving with a score of 275.10 and third in the platform diving with a score of 196.10. During the regular season, Collins was selected as the CCSA Diver of the Week five times.

Eggnatz is a senior sociology major who has posted 3.40 GPA during his time at FGCU. He was also selected to the Dean's List in the spring of 2014. The Tampa, Fla. native is off to an incredible start to his senior season. So far, Eggnatz is hitting .348, which leads the Eagles, over 13 games serving primarily as the centerfielder. He has collected 16 hits including a double and a triple while diving in eight runs, which rank second on the team. He is slugging .413 with an on-base percentage of .388. In his one appearance on the mound this season, Eggnatz tossed 2.2 innings of scoreless relief allowing just three hits with four strikeouts.

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