University of Georgia Athletics
Sixty-Nine UGA Student-Athletes to Receive Degrees on Friday
May 11, 2011 | General
May 11, 2011
ATHENS, Ga. --- Sixty-nine University of Georgia Student-Athletes will receive degrees at the annual Spring Commencement scheduled to be held at Sanford Stadium, Friday, May 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Among the 69 UGA student-athlete graduates are 12 football players, three men's basketball players and three women's basketball players. The dozen football players brings the number who have earned degrees during the Mark Richt era to 201 (since Spring 2001).
The following student-athletes will be receiving degrees:
Baseball: Ben Cornwell, Sport Management, Atlanta, Ga.
Men's Basketball: Chris Barnes, Child & Family Development, College Park, Ga.; Connor Nolte, Marketing, Alpharetta, Ga.; Jeremy Price, Child & Family Development, Decatur, Ga.
Women's Basketball: Porsha Phillips, Child & Family Development, Stone Mountain, Ga.; Jalessa Rhoden, Management, London, Ontario, Nicole Stroud, Fashion Merchandise, Conyers, Ga.
Equestrian: Marianne Grebel, Advertising, Leesburg, Ga.; Kacy Jenkins, Recreation & Leisure Studies, Potomac Falls, Va.; Lauren Love, Family Financial Planning, College Station, Texas; Ashton Paisley, Animal Science, Morriston, Fla.; Morgan Pierson, Housing, Atlanta, Ga.; Lanier Roberts, Consumer Economics, Watkinsville, Ga.; Alison Slutsky, Accounting, Covington, Ga.; Dana Wilson, Fashion Merchandise, Ball Ground, Ga.
Football: Geno Atkins, Housing, Pembroke Pines, Fla.; Jonathan Batson, Economics, Charlotte, N.C.; Drew Butler, Telecommunications Arts, Duluth, Ga.; Matt Degenova, Finance, Kenner, La.; Darius Dewberry, Housing, Ft. Valley, Ga.; Tony Gilbert, Special Education, Macon, Ga.; Chad Gloer, Risk Management & Insurance, Fayetteville, Ga.; Logan Gray, Speech Communications, Columbia, Mo.; Josh Murray, Management, Tampa, Fla.; Cortney Newmans, Housing, Macon, Ga.; Tanner Strickland, Speech Communication, Nashville, Ga., Brandon Wood, Housing, Buchanan, Ga.
Men's Golf: Rob Bennett, Real Estate, Augusta, Ga.; Harris English, Consumer Economics, Thomasville, Ga.; Russell Henley, Housing, Macon, Ga.; Hudson Swafford, Consumer Economics, Tallahassee, Fla.
Gymnastics: Cassidy McComb, Child & Family Development, Henderson, Nev.; Courtney McCool, Child & Family Development, Lees Summit, Mo.; Grace Taylor, Health Promotion, Aiken, S.C.
Soccer: Alex Hooker, Finance, Littleton, Colo.; Olivia West, Health Promotion, Westerville, Ohio.
Softball: Jamie Auger, Biology, Poway, Calif.; Alisa Goler, Recreation & Leisure Studies, Frankfort, Ill.; Katie Murphy, Real Estate, Manchester, Iowa.
Swimming and Diving: Tim Barrett, Telecommunication Arts, Evans, Ga.; Richmond Green, Finance, Atlanta, Ga.; Craig Jennings, Management, Duluth, Ga.; Kelly McNichols, Advertising, Naperville, Ill.; Troyden Prinsloo, Housing, Durban, South Africa.
Men's Tennis: Drake Bernstein, Sport Management, Winder, Ga.; Nate Schnugg, Management, Medford, Ore.;
Women's Tennis: Cameron Ellis, Marketing, Roswell, Ga.
Track and Field: Taylor Adams, Marketing, San Marcus, Texas; Tierra Bagby, Early Childhood Education, Snellville, Ga.; Lindsey Farr, Geography, Cumming, Ga.; Kylie Foley, Exercise & Sport Science, Woodstock, Ga.; Javan Gill, Child & Family Development, Snellville, Ga.; Kelly Hracek, Health Promotion, Cuthbert, Ga.; Ace Levy, Biology, Kennesaw, Ga.; Bridget Lyons, Biology, Evans, Ga.; Israel Machovec, Economics, Lawrenceville, Ga.; Faith Middlebrooks, English/Spanish, Conyers, Ga.; Summer Nelson, English, Cumming, Ga.; Georgina Nembhard, Housing, Baltimore, Md.; Brian Potts, Sport Management, Marietta, Ga.; David Schiedt, Management, Marietta, Ga.; David Silverstein, Real Estate, Birmingham, Ala.; Kara Sporrong, Management, Snohomish, Wash.; Rachel Travis, Marketing, St. Peters, Mo.; Caleb Vogt, Finance, Winter Park, Fla.; Travis Voyles, Environmental Economics & Management, Douglasville, Ga.
Volleyball: Erika Clark, Psychology, Frisco, Texas; Valentina Gonzalez, Fashion Merchandise, Santiago, Mexico;