Nearly Seven Dozen Student-Athletes Set To Graduate

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- Nearly seven dozen student-athletes are eligible to participate in East Carolina University's 2017 spring graduation activities over the weekend. The commencement ceremony will begin with a processional at 9 a.m. Friday, May 5, in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium with University of North Carolina system president Margaret Spellings delivering the commencement address.

Spellings is a graduate of the University of Houston and received an honorary doctorate and Distinguished Alumna Award from the university in 2006. From 2005 to 2009, Spellings served as U.S. Secretary of Education, the nation's senior policy official on all aspects of education-primary, secondary, and post-secondary.

More than 5,000 graduates will earn their degrees from East Carolina University.

Seventeen members of the track and field/cross country program are eligible to participate in this weekend's activities as are 13 members of the football team as well as the swimming and diving program. The baseball team has eight student-athletes set to become ECU alumni, while the women's basketball program has six. Soccer and women's tennis will each produce five graduates with men's golf and volleyball supplying three new alumni each, while men's basketball and men's tennis generated two apiece.

Listed below are those who will receive their degrees this spring or later this summer.

Baseball
Luke Bolka, Recreation and Park Management
Bryce Harman, Communication
Davis Kirkpatrick, Recreation and Park Management
Evan Kruczynski, Recreation and Park Management
Kirk Morgan, Communication
Wesley Phillips, Communication
Eric Tyler, Recreation and Park Management
Charlie Yorgen, Management

Men's Basketball
Michel Nzege, Communication
Caleb White, Management

Women's Basketball
Antoinette Bannister, University Studies
Fanni Csutoras, Recreation and Park Management
Gabrielle Holston, Communication
Zippy Khasoa, Communication
Breana McDonald, Communication
Khadidja, Toure, Engineering

Football
Joe Allely, Psychology
Randall Anderson, Social Work
Davon Grayson, Sport Studies
Brian Hardy, Management
Trevian Hicks, Management
Philip Nelson, Communication
Travis Phillips, Management
Brandon Smith, Family and Community Services
Xavier Smith, Criminal Justice
Austin Teague, Management

Men's Golf
Josh Chandler, Communication
Jackson Sides, Public Health Studies
Jackson Spires, Economics

Soccer
Autumn Berry, Marketing
Gracyn Bryant, Elementary Education
Jenna Geist, Marketing
Colleen Knier, Marketing
Lana Spitler, Health Fitness Specialist

Softball
Ciara Ervin, Recreation and Park Management
Alexsandra Mycek, Public Health Studies
Kacie Oshiro, Psychology
Lydia Ritchie, Recreational Therapy - [Resume]

Swimming & Diving
Lily Armstrong, Hospitality Management - [Resume]
Liz Browne, Psychology
Erle Craven, Communication
Zach Duval, Communication
Lauren Early, Communication
Kristen Gaffney, Health Care Administration
Taylor Hague, Health Fitness Specialist - [Resume]
William Hicks, Psychology
Fran Krznaric, Management Information Systems - [Resume]
Joey Luppachino, Political Science
Jake Pierce, Exercise Physiology
Ashley Sams, Marketing
Anna Svanbergsson, Communication

Men's Tennis
Fredric Lehfeldt, Finance
Tendai Tapfuma, Economics

Women's Tennis
Michelle Castro, Recreation and Park Management
Kathryn Hoch, Communication
Nicole LaDuca, Kinesiology (MS) - [Resume]
Sarah Sarjoo, Finance
Betsy Zurawel, Accounting

Track & Field/Cross Country
Morgan Anderson, Marketing
Brittany Bryant, Communication
Jasmine Dawson, Public Health Studies
Aminah Ghaffar, Biology
Cheyenne Hutchinson, Criminal Justice
Rodney Johnson, Criminal Justice
Avion Jones, Physical Education
Maura McDonnell, Marketing
Jorge Montes, Economics
Malika Rashid, Health Fitness Specialist
Rachel Rice, Finance - [Resume]
Caroline Riser, Sport Studies
Kelsey Rohrig, Finance - [Resume]
Caitlyn Sheva, Recreational Therapy
Samantha Teague, Recreational Therapy
Sydney Teague, Health Fitness Specialist
Demonte Wilson, Criminal Justice

Volleyball
Sabrina Gonzalez, Biology
Ashley McRae, Management
I'Tiana Taylor, Communication

MS – Master's of Science

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