Dec. 21, 2015 In winter graduation ceremonies held at the Ferrell Center on Saturday, December 19, Baylor student-athletes from 12 sports earned their bachelor (27) and master's (2) degrees. All-told, 1,562 student-athletes have earned their bachelor's degree and 80 have received master's degrees since Baylor joined the Big 12 Conference in 1996.
"We are very proud of our student-athletes who excelled both academically and athletically at Baylor," said Baylor Director of Athletics Ian McCaw. "These student-athletes are a part of the most successful era in Baylor Athletics history and graduate with our best wishes for continued success and happiness."
Baylor student-athletes receiving degrees in December ceremonies include:
Acrobatics & Tumbling (1): Ally Cheatham
Baseball (2): Duncan Wendel, Josh Michalec
Men's Basketball (2) -- Deng Deng, Chad Rykhoek
Women's Basketball (1) -- Alexis Prince
Equestrian (3): Conner Daniels, Olivia Norton, Samantha Schaefer
Football (8): Troy Baker *, Trevor Clemons-Valdez *, Lynx Hawthorne, Patrick Levels, LaQuan McGowan, Blake Muir, Shawn Oakman, Anthony Webb
Men's Golf (2): Kyle Jones, Filippo Zucchetti
Soccer (2): Bri Campos, Justine Hovden
Men's Tennis (1): Antonio Lupieri
Men's Track (1): Allex Austin
Women's Track (3): Ashley Fields, Kehri Jones, Kaitlin West
Volleyball (3) -- Tori Cox, Mackenzie Mayo, Hope Ogden
*Master's degree