Baylor Athletics Has 24 Graduating at Winter Commencement
12/17/2021 3:00:00 PM | Equestrian, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Softball, Women's Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Track & Field, Acrobatics & Tumbling, Student-Athlete Center for Excellence
Football Boasts 13 December Graduates, Including Two Master's Degrees
WACO, Texas – Baylor Athletics will be well-represented at Saturday's winter commencement ceremonies at the Ferrell Center with 24 graduates from nine sports, 16 different undergrad degrees and four master's degrees.
The graduation ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and will be streamed online at https://virtualevents.baylor.edu/events/commencement-december2021.php.
Baylor's Big 12 championship football team added 11 more graduates to go with the program-record 28 graduates on the preseason roster, which ranked second in the nation in the FBS ranks behind only Illinois (29). Additionally, All-America safety Jalen Pitre and All-Big 12 linebacker Terrel Bernard earned master's degrees in educational psychology and sport management, respectively.
Also receiving master's degrees will be Big 12 Setter of the Year and 2019 All-American Hannah Sedwick (communicationsfrom volleyball and soccer's Sarah Norman (taxation), a three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.
The list of Baylor Athletics' December graduates also includes a pair of national champions in Flo Thamba (international studies) from men's basketball and Dayandrea Thompson (film and digital media) from acrobatics & tumbling.
Thamba will miss the Saturday ceremony – the top-ranked Baylor Bears (9-0) face Oregon at 9 p.m. CT Saturday in Eugene, Ore. But, he plans to go through the spring commencement in May "so that all of my family members are there, and it's not just me walking at my own graduation and walking right back home."
"I couldn't be more proud of Flo Thamba and what he's done and how he's done it and how he's represented our university," coach Scott Drew said. "It's really exciting and something our staff always cherishes."
Senior guard Kamara McDaniel from the fifth-ranked women's basketball team will also miss the ceremony, with the Bears facing No. 11/13 Michigan at noon CT Sunday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The Penn State transfer earned a degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies
Here is the complete list of Baylor Athletics' winter graduates:
FOOTBALL: Brandon Bass, finance; Terrel Bernard, sport management (master's); Trestan Ebner, communication; Jackson Gleeson, health, kinesiology and leisure studies; Byron Hanspard, Jr., communication; Ashton Logan, health, kinesiology and leisure studies; John Mayers, management; Mark Milton, communication; Jalen Pitre, educational psychology (master's); Issac Power, marketing; Jackson Shupp, marketing; Tyquan Thornton, communication; and JT Woods, sociology
TRACK & FIELD: Isaiah Cunningham-Howard, health, kinesiology & leisure studies
ACROBATICS & TUMBLING: Dayandrea Thompson, film and digital media
VOLLEYBALL: Lauren Harrison, journalism; Hannah Sedwick, communication (master's); Sydney Sacra, apparel merchandising
SOFTBALL: Lou Gilbert, integrative biology
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Flo Thamba, international studies
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Kamaria McDaniel, health, kinesiology and leisure studies
SOCCER: Giuliana Cunningham, film and digital media; Sarah Norman, taxation (master's)
EQUESTRIAN: Morgan White, corporate communication
The graduation ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and will be streamed online at https://virtualevents.baylor.edu/events/commencement-december2021.php.
Baylor's Big 12 championship football team added 11 more graduates to go with the program-record 28 graduates on the preseason roster, which ranked second in the nation in the FBS ranks behind only Illinois (29). Additionally, All-America safety Jalen Pitre and All-Big 12 linebacker Terrel Bernard earned master's degrees in educational psychology and sport management, respectively.
Also receiving master's degrees will be Big 12 Setter of the Year and 2019 All-American Hannah Sedwick (communicationsfrom volleyball and soccer's Sarah Norman (taxation), a three-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.
The list of Baylor Athletics' December graduates also includes a pair of national champions in Flo Thamba (international studies) from men's basketball and Dayandrea Thompson (film and digital media) from acrobatics & tumbling.
Thamba will miss the Saturday ceremony – the top-ranked Baylor Bears (9-0) face Oregon at 9 p.m. CT Saturday in Eugene, Ore. But, he plans to go through the spring commencement in May "so that all of my family members are there, and it's not just me walking at my own graduation and walking right back home."
"I couldn't be more proud of Flo Thamba and what he's done and how he's done it and how he's represented our university," coach Scott Drew said. "It's really exciting and something our staff always cherishes."
Senior guard Kamara McDaniel from the fifth-ranked women's basketball team will also miss the ceremony, with the Bears facing No. 11/13 Michigan at noon CT Sunday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The Penn State transfer earned a degree in health, kinesiology and leisure studies
Here is the complete list of Baylor Athletics' winter graduates:
FOOTBALL: Brandon Bass, finance; Terrel Bernard, sport management (master's); Trestan Ebner, communication; Jackson Gleeson, health, kinesiology and leisure studies; Byron Hanspard, Jr., communication; Ashton Logan, health, kinesiology and leisure studies; John Mayers, management; Mark Milton, communication; Jalen Pitre, educational psychology (master's); Issac Power, marketing; Jackson Shupp, marketing; Tyquan Thornton, communication; and JT Woods, sociology
TRACK & FIELD: Isaiah Cunningham-Howard, health, kinesiology & leisure studies
ACROBATICS & TUMBLING: Dayandrea Thompson, film and digital media
VOLLEYBALL: Lauren Harrison, journalism; Hannah Sedwick, communication (master's); Sydney Sacra, apparel merchandising
SOFTBALL: Lou Gilbert, integrative biology
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Flo Thamba, international studies
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Kamaria McDaniel, health, kinesiology and leisure studies
SOCCER: Giuliana Cunningham, film and digital media; Sarah Norman, taxation (master's)
EQUESTRIAN: Morgan White, corporate communication
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