Among those student-athletes graduating are 28 football players, 17 track athletes, five softball players, four athletes each from men and women's basketball, men's tennis and volleyball, three athletes each from men's golf and gymnastics, two soccer players, and one women's tennis athlete.
May 5, 2011
LOGAN, Utah -
Utah State University's 124th 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 75 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2010-11 academic year.
Among those student-athletes graduating are 28 football players, 17 track athletes, five softball players, four athletes each from men and women's basketball, men's tennis and volleyball, three athletes each from men's golf and gymnastics, two soccer players, and one women's tennis athlete.
Utah State's student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Western Athletic Conference with an 83 percent graduation success rate and a cumulative 3.13 grade-point average. During the 2010-11 academic year, USU has had 45 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors thus far and 192 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.
During the 2009-10 academic year, Utah State had 194 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors.
2011 Utah State Student-Athlete Graduates
Football
Austin Alder, Sociology
Jerome Barbour, Interdisciplinary Studies
Diondre Borel, Interdisciplinary Studies
Christian Browne-Frazier, Interdisciplinary Studies
Peter Caldwell, History
Steven Clark, Interdisciplinary Studies
Rajric Coleman, Interdisciplinary Studies
Casey Davis, Interdisciplinary Studies
Maxim Dinka-Mba, Interdisciplinary Studies
Sean Enesi, Interdisciplinary Studies
Spencer Johnson, Journalism
Paul Igboeli, Interdisciplinary Studies
Washington Igboeli, Exercise Science
Devin Johnson, Interdisciplinary Studies
Curtis Marsh, Business
Kejon Murphy, Sociology
Jamaine Olson, Interdisciplinary Studies
Tariq Polley, Interdisciplinary Studies
Chris Randle, Sociology
Cedric Reeves, Public Relations
Tanner Richins, Liberal Arts
Ty Rogers, Journalism
Nathan Royster, Interdisciplinary Studies
Joey Schrader, Interdisciplinary Studies
Patrick Scales, Master Business Administration
Michael Smith, Economics and Finance
Derrvin Speight, Interdisciplinary Studies
Kamaloni Vainikolo, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Track
Justine Baugh, Elementary Education: Mathematics & English as a Second Language
Ashlee Cannon, Health Education Specialist: Community Health
Jasmine Easley, Interdisciplinary Studies
Kirstin Flesher, Business Administration
Katelyn Heiner, Interdisciplinary Studies
Alexis Meyer, Interdisciplinary Studies
Shannon Prince, Exercise Science
Heidi Saville, Anthropology
Jennifer Schiess, Math-Stats Composite Teaching
Lindsey Spencer, Interdisciplinary Studies
Alicia Wilkins, Health Education Specialist: Community Health
Men's Track
Steven Atkinson, Human Resource Management & Entrepreneurship
Jason Holt, Operations Management
Armahd Lewis, Interdisciplinary Studies
Chio Lopez, Exercise Science
Brian McKenna, Psychology
Dylan Nielson, Interdisciplinary Studies
Softball
Rachel Evans, Interdisciplinary Studies
Kate Greenough, Health Education Specialist
Megan McDonald, Marketing & Business Administration
Nicole Rupp-Tindall, Math/Stats Composite Teaching
Shasta Tyteca, Psychology
Men's Basketball
Nate Bendall, Finance
Brian Green, Interdisciplinary Studies
Tyler Newbold, Journalism
Pooh Williams, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's Basketball
Alice Coddington, Marketing
Stacey Howard, Exercise Science
LaCale Pringle-Buchanan, Interdisciplinary Studies
Amber White, Liberal Arts
Men's Tennis
Jakob Asplund, Journalism
Amit Maharaj, Interdisciplinary Studies
Bryan Marchant, Interdisciplinary Studies
Alex Thatcher, Journalism
Volleyball
Katie Astle, Finance and Economics
Shantell Durrant, Psychology
Christine Morrill, Interdisciplinary Studies
Chelsea Fowles, Liberal Arts
Golf
Tyson McFarland, Interdisciplinary Studies
Ben Schilleman, Interdisciplinary Studies
Thad Truman, Economics
Gymnastics
Lyndsie Boone, Entrepreneurship
Jackie Dillon, Entrepreneurship
Erica Huelsmann, Biochemistry
Soccer
Stefani Shiozaki, Exercise Science
Heather Pond, Pre-Physical Therapy
Women's Tennis
Hailey Swenson, Masters of Business Administration
