ECU recognized the graduation of 86 of its current and former athletes on Friday.
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Eighty-six current and former East Carolina University student-athletes are set to receive their degrees as part of the institution’s spring commencement on Friday, May 8, recognizing both spring and summer graduates completing bachelor’s and master’s degree requirements as well as graduate certificates.
Kendall Benson (swimming & diving), Sadie Covington (swimming & diving), Noah Holmes (football), Anzhaé Hutton (basketball), Kaylee McCullough (track & field), Keanna Rembert (basketball), Alex Sawyer (track & field) and Molly Thomas (soccer) were the lone members of the group to earn a postgraduate degree. All 18 of East Carolina’s athletic programs were represented at spring graduation with the track & field program having 15 student-athletes honored followed by football with 11, baseball with nine and swimming & diving with nine.
The list of degree programs earned by student-athletes this semester varies with Pirates earning diplomas in disciplines of art, business, communication, criminal justice, elementary education, engineering, kinesiology, marketing, psychology, public health, social work, sport management, sport studies, university studies and other areas of study.
Baseball (9)
Brett Antolick – Business Management
Alex Bouche – Communication
Parker Byrd – Business Management
Jack Herring – Communication
Nick Moran – Communication
Dawson Neal – Communication
Jeff Sabater – Sport Management Graduate Certificate
Ryan Towers – Communication
Jack Vogele – Communication
Men’s Basketball (5)
Giovanni Emejuru – Sport Management Graduate Certificate
Trevion LaBeaux – Communication
Jordan Riley – Communication
Grant Smith – Community & Regional Planning
Jayshane Woodard – Communication
Football (11)
Jackson Barker – Exercise Physiology
Josh Benton – Communication
Preston Carr – Business Management
Kendrick DuJour – Communication
Marlon Gunn Jr. – Communication
Noah Holmes – Master of Communication (MA)
Karson Jones – Communication
Noah Perez – Business Finance
Gage Reale – Business Management
Jacob Sacra – Health Fitness Specialist
Tripp Smith – Biology
Lacrosse (8)
Jaime Behar – Communication
Rachel Chessock – Biology
Maya Koebke – Public Health
Maeve Meehan – Exercise Physiology
Taylor Padgett – Biology
Regan Reed – Communication
Katelyn Sclafani – Communication
Kayla Wilkes – Public Health
Men’s Golf (2)
Philip Linberg Bondestad – Business Finance
Davis DeLille – Business Management
Soccer (6)
Mackenna Gregory – Criminal Justice
Maddie Milliron – Public Health
Sofia Serrano – Public Health
Emma Sheehan – Health Services Management
Molly Thomas – Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Juliana Viera – Sport Studies
Softball (7)
Hailey Deter – University Studies
Chloe Geijer – Public Health
Trinity Nichols – Psychology
Anna Sawyer – Communication
Mary-Kathryn Scott – Communication
Sarah Stone – Sport Management Graduate Certificate
Michaela Weber – Engineering
Swimming & Diving (9)
Kendall Bensen – Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Heidi Bruining – Elementary Education
Laura Calzadilla – Biochemistry
Sadie Covington – Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Emilee Hamblin – Marketing Graduate Certificate
Alyssa Heffelfinger – Biology
Caitlin Irvine-Smith – Sport Management Graduate Certificate
Sara Kalawska – Sport Management Graduate Certificate
Frida Zuniga – Parks & Recreation
Track & Field/Cross Country (15)
Aaliyah Brown-Muhammad – Behavioral Specialist Graduate Certificate
Cassidy Clark – Communication
Brianna Clayton – Psychology
Shakiel Dacres – Public Management & Leadership Graduate Certificate
Katrina Ford – Geographic Information Science & Technology
Brandon Gayle – Business Management
Andralyn Livingston – Business Marketing
Kaylee McCullough – Master of Kinesiology (MS)
Alex Sawyer – Master of Kinesiology (MS)
Abrielle Schweitzer – Multidisciplinary Studies
Lydia Simmons – Biology
Faith Spencer – Social Work
Tyson Tippett – University Studies
Brianna Winsett – Biology
Navaya Zales – Exercise Physiology
Tennis (2)
Kim Auerswald – Communication & Sport Studies
Joan Madi – Art
Volleyball (3)
Angeles Alderete – Business Marketing
Elle Jackson – Marketing Graduate Certificate
Carlia Northcross – Public Health
Women’s Basketball (6)
Savannah Brooks – University Studies
Kennedy Fauntleroy – University Studies
Jayla Hearp – Business Marketing
Anzhaé Hutton – Master of Recreation Sciences (MS)
Keanna Rembert – Master of Communication (MA)
Bobbi Smith – Public Health
Women’s Golf (3)
Macie Burcham – Gerontology Graduate Certificate
Danielle Modder – Business Management
Marta Perez – Business Marketing