Baylor

77 Baylor Student-Athletes Earn Degrees

General 5/13/2017 12:00:00 AM

May 13, 2017 WACO, Texas -- A total of 77 Baylor University student-athletes graduated this weekend, receiving degrees at commencement on Friday and Saturday inside the Ferrell Center.

Seventy-two student-athletes earned undergraduate degrees, while five earned advanced degrees. Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 1996, 1,727 Baylor student-athletes have earned bachelor's degrees and 89 have earned advanced degrees.

Baylor student-athletes receiving degrees this spring include:

Football (7):
Chris Callahan
Dominic DeSouza
Cole Edmiston
Harrison Fox
Peni Tagive
Tanner Thrift
Tion Wright

Men's Golf (2):
Jackson Heazel
Nick Thornton

Women's Basketball (4):
Sune Agbuke *
Nina Davis
Chardonae Fuqua *
Khadijiah Cave

Acrobatics & Tumbling (8):
Kaelyn Cowan
Alexa Crumpton
Miranda Girouard
Hannah Henke
Shayla Kelley
Mikea Knox
Kiara Nowlin
Allie Williams

Men's Track & Field (5):
Isaiah Duke
Richard Gary
Chase Hood
Matthew League
Jordan West

Soccer (6):
Lindsay Burns
Emory Cason
Jody Lee
Sara Martinson
Ashley York
Marissa Sullivan

Volleyball (3):
Kristina Fitzpatrick
Laura Jones
Morgan Reed

Men's Tennis (3):
Lucas De Jong
Tyler Stayer
Max Tchoutakian

Baseball (6):
Aaron Dodson
Kameron Esthay
Nick Lewis
Steven McLean
Kyle Ott
Alex Phillips

Women's Track (10):
Carly Grandcolas
Cion Hicks
Taylor Houston
Saphire Hughes
Ashley Fields
Maggie Montoya
Jenna Pfeiffer
Jessica Purtell
Peyton Thomas
Madie Zimmerman