May 6, 2010
LOGAN, Utah - Utah State University's 123rd undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and among those graduating will be 47 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2009-10 academic year.
Utah State's student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Western Athletic Conference with an 85 percent graduation success rate and a cumulative 3.07 grade-point average. During the 2009-10 academic year, USU has had 84 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors thus far and 157 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.
During the 2008-09 academic year, Utah State had 181 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors.
2010 Utah State Student-Athlete GraduatesFootballJacob Actkinson, EntrepreneurshipAlan Bishop, Exercise ScienceXavier Bowman, PsychologyJames Brindley, FinanceAdrian Bybee, Finance & EconomicsMarquise Charles, Interdisciplinary StudiesJohn Darrah, Interdisciplinary StudiesDarby Golden, Interdisciplinary StudiesChase Griffiths, FinanceNnamdi Gwacham, ExerciseMagnum Mauga, Interdisciplinary StudiesAntonio May, Interdisciplinary StudiesBrennan McFadden, Interdisciplinary StudiesJeremy Mitchell, Interdisciplinary StudiesOmar Sawyer, Exercise SciencePatrick Scales, FinanceChris Ulinski, Finance & EconomicsChris Williams, Interdisciplinary StudiesZac Zimmerman, Interdisciplinary Studies
GolfBrandon Broadhead, Master of Business Administration
GymnasticsHeather Heinrich, Management Information Systems
Men's BasketballMatt Formisano, Political ScienceTai Wesley, Interdisciplinary Studies
Women's BasketballNicole Johnson, AccountingLydia Whitehead, Corporate Wellness, mastersTahara Williams, Sociology
SoccerLindsey Smart, Human Movement ScienceErin Salmon, Interdisciplinary StudiesSydne Porter-Garner, Business
SoftballEmily Reilly, Human Movement ScienceStacey Ellingsworth, Interdisciplinary Studies
Men's TennisMatt Braithwaite, History
Women's TennisHailey Swenson, MarketingBritney Watts, Art
Men's Track & FieldPalmer Hawkins, Mechanical EngineeringNick Karren, Interdisciplinary StudiesDylan Nielson, Interdisciplinary StudiesCasey Parker, Management and Human ResourcesSteven Strickland, SpanishLukasz Wicha, Exercise Science
Women's Track & FieldElaine Connolly, ArtJennifer Day, Nutrition and Food SciencesKimiko Kamo, Exercise ScienceShanna Nielson, Exercise ScienceErin Stratton, Exercise Science
VolleyballLori Wilson-Beckstrom, Family, Consumer and Human DevelopmentMelissa Osterloh, English Teaching
