Seventy-Two Mizzou Student-Athletes to Graduate this Weekend
5/12/2016 1:46:00 PM | General, MizzouMade
Commencement exercises will take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A total of 72 current and former University of Missouri student-athletes will participate in graduation ceremonies this weekend as part of the University's commencement exercises.
The football program leads the way with 17 graduates, followed by men's track and field with eight, wrestling with seven, soccer and women's track and field with six, baseball, women's basketball and men's swimming and diving with five, softball and women's swimming and diving with three, men's golf and gymnastics with two and men's basketball, women's golf and tennis with one apiece.
Graduation has been a strong suit for Mizzou Athletics, as 97 percent of student-athletes who exhausted their five-year eligibility have earned degrees. In total, 58 percent of Mizzou's student-athletes recorded grade point averages (GPA) of 3.0 or higher in the Fall 2015 semester, all while logging more than 4,500 hours of community service with more than 55 organizations in Columbia and its surrounding communities. In fact, Mizzou's student-athletes posted a 3.03 GPA in Fall 2015 for the highest average over the last 10 years.
Additionally, four programs (men's golf, women's swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball) earned perfect 1,000 multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores and three other programs (women's basketball and men's and women's track and field) ranked within the top three of their respective sports in the Southeastern Conference.
The complete list of graduates and commencement ceremony schedules is below:
College of Education
Friday, May 13 – 2 p.m.
Hearnes Center
Le'Roy Barnes - Wrestling
Samantha Garrett – Women's Track & Field
Taylor Grant – Soccer
College of Engineering
Friday, May 13 – 4:30 p.m.
Mizzou Arena
Andrew Baggett – Football
Cole Baumgartner – Wrestling
Sam Dickerson – Men's Track & Field
Lianna Doty – Women's Basketball
Eric Laurent – Football
Andrew Phillips – Men's Swimming & Diving
Christian Williams – Football
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Friday, May 13 – 7:30 p.m.
Hearnes Center
Michelle Butler – Women's Golf
Macee Blanchard – Soccer
Tanner Buschmann – Men's Track & Field
Clarence Green – Football
Nick Sublett – Men's Track & Field
Kenronte Walker – Football
Office of Graduate Studies (Masters and Educational Specialist)
Saturday, May 13 – Noon
Mizzou Arena
Liz Reida – Women's Track & Field
College of Human Environmental Sciences
Saturday, May 14 – 4 p.m.
Hearnes Center
Kenny Cushing – Men's Track & Field
Michael Garden – Men's Golf
Matt Lemanowicz – Wrestling
Mike Monaghan – Wrestling
College of Arts and Science
Saturday, May 14 – 7 p.m.
Mizzou Arena
Ayo Adewole – Women's Track & Field
Tony Carodine – Men's Track & Field
Emily Doucette – Women's Swimming & Diving
Miranda Eubank – Gymnastics
Sami Fagan – Softball
Alyssa Felton – Women's Track & Field
Will Franklin – Football
Taylor Gadbois – Softball
John Gibson III – Football
Morris Grant – Football
Justin Grava – Football
Russell Hansbrough – Football
Michelle Hudyn – Women's Basketball
Matt Lemanowicz – Wrestling
Reggie McClain – Baseball
Nick Monaghan – Football
Case Munson – Baseball
Donavin Newsom – Football
Jacqueline Obi – Women's Track & Field
Brett Peel – Baseball
Juanita Robinson – Women's Basketball
Michal Rokita – Men's Swimming & Diving
Ian Simon – Football
Clark Thomas - Men's Swimming & Diving
Trei Walton – Football
Ser Whitaker – Men's Track & Field
School of Natural Resources
Saturday, May 14 – 8 p.m.
Jesse Auditorium – Jesse Hall
Kaz James – Soccer
Kelsea Roth – Softball
Danielle Spradlin – Women's Swimming & Diving
Trulaske College of Business
Sunday, May 15 – 11 a.m.
Hearnes Center
Ahren Bohanan – Men's Track & Field
Sean Culkin – Football
Will Echelmeier – Men's Golf
Macauley Garton – Men's Track & Field
Daniel Graviss – Men's Swimming & Diving
Tyler Hanneke – Football
Colleen Mulcahy – Gymnastics
Eddie Printz – Football
Kristen Rivers – Soccer
Ryan Rosburg – Men's Basketball
Stephen Sobczak – Men's Swimming & Diving
Allie Sullins – Women's Swimming & Diving
School of Health Professions
Sunday, May 15 – 2:30 p.m.
Mizzou Arena
Alyssa Applebee – Women's Track & Field
Lindsey Cunningham – Women's Basketball
Kayla Friesen – Women's Track & Field
Jessica Herrman – Soccer
Blake Holovach – Baseball
Candace Johnson – Soccer
Erika Lark – Women's Track & Field
Colleen Mulcahy – Gymnastics
Morgan Stock – Women's Basketball
Austin Tribby – Baseball
School of Journalism
Sunday, May 15 – 5 p.m.
Hearnes Center
Alex Clark – Tennis
Daniel Roe – Men's Track & Field
72 #MizzouMade student-athletes graduated over the weekend!
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— Mizzou Athletics (@MizzouAthletics) May 15, 2016
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