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Seventy UGA Student-Athletes to Receive Degrees

May 07, 2020 | Baseball, Equestrian, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track & Field

ATHENS, Ga. --- Seventy University of Georgia student-athletes will officially receive their undergraduate or graduate degrees Friday. 
 
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual spring Commencement ceremonies have been postponed until the fall.
 
The graduation ceremony for undergraduates will be October 16, 2020 in Sanford Stadium, while the graduate commencement will be held in the afternoon of December 18, 2020 in combination with the regularly scheduled Fall 2020 Graduate Commencement in Stegeman Coliseum. 
 
Student-athletes receiving degrees include:
 
Baseball
Tucker Bradley (Sport Management, Manchester, Ga.), Justin Glover (Finance, Buford, Ga.), Adam Goodman (Economics, Athens, Ga.), Logan Moody (Risk Management and Insurance, Lagrange, Ga.), Cam Shepherd (Sport Management, Duluth, Ga.), Patrick Sullivan (Real Estate, Sandy Springs, Ga.), Trevor Tinder (Risk Management and Insurance, Acworth, Ga.)
 
Men's Basketball
Pape Diatta (International Affairs, Dakar, Senegal)
 
Women's Basketball
Stephanie Paul (Sport Management, Naples, Fla.)
 
Equestrian
Grace Bridges (Management, Eatonton, Ga.), Emily Clark (Mechanical Engineering, Castle Rock, Colo.), Maddy Darst (Political Science, Lebanon, Ohio), Maddie Fiorante (Public Relations, Tigard, Ore.), Sam Gastelum (International Affairs, Coto de Cazi, Calif.), Lauren Hull (Consumer Economics, Canfield, Ohio), Kate Kramer (Political Science and History, Menlo Park, Calif.), Meg Lemons (Biological Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah), Alyssa Luckhardt (Animal Science, Saline, Mich.), Emma Mandarino (Masters in Accounting, Bedminster, N.J.), Stella Martin (International Affairs and Political Science, Marietta, Ga.), Annabeth Payne (Real Estate, Tallahassee, Fla.), Noelle Pinckney (Management Information Systems and Marketing, Charlotte, N.C.), Carly Reinsel (International Business and Finance, Alpharetta, Ga.), Julia Spreng (Advertising, Port Orange, Fla.), Ali Tritschler (Communications Studies, Southport, Conn.), Shaelyn Vering (Landscape Architecture, Scribner, Neb.)
 
Football
Willie Erdman (Consumer Economics, Merritt Island, Fla.), Aaron Olalude (Sport Management, Ibadan, Nigeria), John Seter (Consumer Economics, Athens, Ga.), Juwan Taylor (Sport Management, Lauderdale Lake, Fla.), Shedrick Wynn (Housing Management & Policy, Lincolnton, Ga.), Justin Young (Communications Studies, Loganville, Ga.)
 
Men's Golf
Calum Masters (Exercise and Sport Science, Headland, Ala.)
 
Women's Golf
Gabriela Coello (Sport Management, Maracay, Venezuela), Kelsey Kurnett (Finance, Alpharetta, Ga.)
 
Gymnastics
Rachel Dickson (Marketing, Canton, Mich.)
 
Soccer
Keely Cartrett (Communication Studies, Suwanee, Ga.), Jessie Harvey (Psychology, Franklin, Tenn.), Katie MacGinnitie (Real Estate, Atlanta, Ga.), Sydney Shultis (Human Development and Family Science, McDonough, Ga.), Daria Stan (Marketing, Augusta, Ga.)
 
Men's Swimming and Diving
Edward Christopher Atmore (International Business, Finance, and Accounting, Alpharetta, Ga.), Alexander Bemiller (Management Information Systems, Atlanta, Ga.), Jackson Ford (Finance, Johns Creek, Ga.), Clayton Forde (History, Louisville, Ky.), Walker Higgins (Accounting, Knoxille, Tenn.), Joshua Horne (Biochemical Engineering, Marietta, Ga.), Jay Litherland (Sociology, Athens, Ga.), Kevin Litherland (Sociology, Athens, Ga.), Mick Litherland (Sociology, Athens, Ga.), Kevin Miller (Economics, Ithaca, N.Y.)
 
Women's Swimming and Diving
Jordyn Gulle (Statistics, Richmond Hill, Ga.), Shauna Lee (Film Studies, Athens, Ga.), Jordan Stout (Psychology, St. Louis, Mo.)
 
Softball
Mary Wilson Avant (Marketing, Macon, Ga.), Jordan Doggett (Communications Studies, McDonough, Ga.)
 
Men's Tennis
Samuel Dromsky (Biology, Martinez, Ga.), Robert Loeb (Housing Management & Policy, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Alex Phillips (Management Information Systems, Peachtree City, Ga.)
 
Women's Tennis
Eleni Christofi (Finance, Dafni, Greece)
 
Men's Track and Field
John Bradley (Finance, Marietta, Ga.), Michael Nicholls (Sociology, New Orleans, La.), Nathaniel Reichard (Management Information Systems and Accounting, Duluth, Ga.)
 
Women's Track and Field
Ansley Heavern (Finance, Atlanta, Ga.), Katie Jackson (Journalism, Blakely, Ga.), Makenzi Kopp (Marketing, Jacksonville, Fla.), Hayden Merrick (Advertising, Alpharetta, Ga.), Tairyn Montgomery (Biological Engineering, Los Angeles, Calif.), Amber Tanner (Public Relations, Brentwood, Tenn.)
 
Volleyball
Kendall Glover (Sport Management, Phoenix, Ariz.)
 

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OF/LHP
/ Baseball
Jumping Seat
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Defender
/ Soccer
Western
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/ Women's Golf
Jumping Seat
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AA
/ Gymnastics
IF
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/ Men's Tennis
WR
/ Football
Western
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Jumping Seat
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LHP
/ Baseball
LHP
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Goalkeeper
/ Soccer
Distance
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Western
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Sprints
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Sprints/Hurdles
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Jumping Seat
/ Equestrian
/ Women's Golf
Jumping Seat
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/ Men's Tennis
Western
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Hunter Seat
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Jumping Seat
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/ Men's Golf
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Javelin
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RHP
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Hurdles
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DB
/ Football
F
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Western
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/ Men's Tennis
Jumping Seat
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Jumping Seat
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SS
/ Baseball
Midfielder
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Western
/ Equestrian
Midfielder
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