Over 50 ECU Student-Athletes Eligible For Commencement Activities

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Over 50 ECU Student-Athletes Eligible For Commencement Activities

May 03, 2018 | General

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- More than 50 student-athletes are eligible to participate in East Carolina University's Spring Commencement Ceremony which will be held Friday, May 4, at 7 p.m. in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and will be capped off with a celebratory display of fireworks.

The keynote speaker will be Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and ECU alumna.

The spring ceremony will commemorate the accomplishments of 5,479 graduates who have completed their degrees or will do so this summer.

Fourteen members of the swimming and diving program are eligible to participate in this weekend's activities as are 13 members of the football team. The soccer team has six student-athletes set to become ECU alumni, while the track and field and baseball program have five each. Women's tennis will each produce four graduates with volleyball supplying three new alumna each, while softball generated two graduates. Men's basketball, men's tennis and women's golf each have one student-athlete eligible to partake in commencement ceremonies.

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

Baseball
Andrew Henrickson – Management
Davis Kirkpatrick – Recreation and Park Management
Luke Lowery – Communication
Ryan Ross – Communication
Travis Watkins – Business Administration (MBA)

Football
Devin Anderson – Health Fitness Specialist
Kiante Anderson - Health Fitness Specialist
Stephen Baggett – Management
Des Barmore – Criminal Justice
Joe Carter – Marketing
Bobby Fulp – Industrial Distribution and Logistics
Malik Gray – University Studies
Quay Johnson – Criminal Justice
Erik Lenzen – Communication
Garrett McGhin – Communication
Branden Pena – Communication
Messiah Rice – University Studies
Ray Tillman – Communication

Men's Basketball
Jabari Craig – Communication

Women's Golf
Lisa Pettersson – Economics

Soccer
Brittany Fary – Accounting and Finance
Taylor Gaunt – Multidisciplinary Studies
Annah Lindberg – Communication
Genevieve Ramirez – Exercise Physiology
Rachel Renfrow – Management
Courtney Taybron – Exercise Physiology

Softball
Ashley Cruise – Applied Sociology
Karlie Smith – Communication

Swimming and Diving
Tori Angermeier – Chemistry (MS)
Elizabeth Baertlein - Communication
Taylor Berkey – Health Fitness Specialist
Bridie Burke – Marketing
Logan Graumann - Communication
Matt Mullen – Communication
John Myhre – Communication
Vendela Norrman – Management
Erin Polich – Special Education General Curriculum
Drew Queen – Biology
Thomas Reams – Communication
Alicia Roueche - Art
Zach Webb – Criminal Justice
Tyler Zieg – Criminal Justice

Men's Tennis
Kasey Countee – Recreation and Park Management

Women's Tennis
Maria Gomez – Health Services Management/Economics
Sarah Sarjoo – Business Administration
Meredith Smith - Art
Maria Storozheva – Finance and Management

Track and Field
Mohogany Baker – Criminal Justice
Galissia Cause – Family and Community Services
Desmond Dowling – Criminal Justice
Tia Jackson – Health services Management
Jordan Martin – Industrial Engineering Technology

Volleyball
Lael Ceriani – Biology
Alex Jessett – Psychology
Natalie Montini – Exercise Physiology