LOGAN, Utah -

Utah State University's 129th undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and among those graduating will be 63 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2015-16 academic year.

Among those student-athletes graduating are 25 football players, 12 track athletes, six softball players, five athletes each from gymnastics and soccer, four men's basketball players, two women's basketball players, two men's tennis athletes, and one athlete each from men's golf and women's tennis.

Utah State's student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Mountain West Conference with an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 87 percent and a cumulative 3.152 grade-point average. For the 2015-16 academic year, USU has had 63 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors so far and 202 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.

During the 2014-15 academic year, Utah State had 250 student-athletes recognized for academic excellence as 153 received academic all-Mountain West honors, while 97 were named Mountain West Scholar-Athletes.

 2016 Utah State Student-Athlete GraduatesMen's BasketballTrace Cureton, Political ScienceLew Evans, Business AdministrationDarius Perkins, Interdisciplinary StudiesChris Smith, Interdisciplinary Studies
 Women's BasketballTijana Djukic, Communication StudiesElise Nelson, Pre-Physical Therapy
 FootballJarom Baldomero, AccountingDevin Centers, Business AdministrationMarquan Ellison, SociologyMarwin Evans, SociologyKyler Fackrell, Business AdministrationLT Filiaga, Physical & Sport Education (Masters of Education)Tyler Floyd, SociologySalanoa Galea'i, Exercise ScienceTorrey Green, JournalismLa'Bradford Harold, Interdisciplinary StudiesMark Hutchinson, SociologyChuckie Keeton, Business AdministrationTryn Mesarch, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food SciencesDavid Moala, General StudiesMichael Okonkwo, Financial Economics (Masters of Science)Devonte Robinson, SociologyAndrew Rodriguez, Interdisciplinary StudiesTravis Seefeldt, Management Information SystemsHunter Sharp, Interdisciplinary StudiesJake Simonich, SociologyAustin Stephens, Interdisciplinary StudiesBrandon Swindall, Interdisciplinary StudiesJohn Taylor, Exercise ScienceNick Vigil, SociologyBrock Warren, Sociology
 GolfSeokwon Jeon, Sociology
 GymnasticsSarah Landes, Exercise Science/MarketingMcKinzey Martinez, Exercise ScienceMiranda Kerr, Family, Consumer & Human DevelopmentJoAnna Cuba, Health PromotionsJillian Chappel, Exercise Science
 SoccerBKatie Flynn, Exercise ScienceLexie Henrie-Parrish, Family, Consumer & Human DevelopmentSara Lorscheider, BiologyNatalie Stoven, Family, Consumer & Human DevelopmentJeannie Woller, English
 SoftballKirstyn Namba, Pre-Physical TherapyLibby Pederson, Family, Consumer & Human DevelopmentNoelle Johnson, Interdisciplinary StudiesSarah Chow, Family Consumer ScienceColby Argyle, Communication Disorders & Deaf EducationSarah Vasquez, Exercise Science
 Men's TennisMarcus Fritz, Exercise ScienceMatt Sweet, Exercise Science
 Women's TennisLexi Turley, Exercise Science
 Men's Track & FieldKevin Allen, Exercise ScienceJacob Barton, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food SciencesNic Bowens, Civil EngineeringCole Lambourne, Business AdministrationDevin Lang, General StudiesEric Shellhorn, Civil Engineering
 Women's Track & FieldMaci Bingham, Interdisciplinary StudiesLaycee Elliott, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food SciencesMikkell Minnoch, BiologyAngela Phillips, EnglishKaitlyn Wilcox, Communication StudiesJodi Williams, Fitness Promotion (Master of Science)