SAINT LEO, Fla. – A total of 72 Saint Leo University student-athletes received their Bachelor degrees at the University's Commencement exercises held on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29, at the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
Seventeen of those student-athletes graduated with honors, including two student-athletes who graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.95-or-higher grade points average (GPA).
Senior women's golf student-athlete Marie Coors, an economics major, was the recipient of the University's Clara McDonald Olson Scholastic Excellence Award, which is presented to the member of the graduating class with the highest GPA earned throughout four years at Saint Leo University.
"Many of these student-athletes have earned All-America and All-Sunshine State Conference honors, and others were conference champions and even national champions. But these young men and women have now earned the ultimate goal from their Saint Leo experience – a Bachelor's degree," said Francis X. Reidy, Saint Leo's director of athletics. "I congratulate them along with their families on receiving their Saint Leo University degrees, and I hope these new alumni will continue to be active in supporting the teams and programs they helped build."
Many of these student-athletes have not completed their Saint Leo experience quite yet; the Lions' men's golf, women's golf, and softball teams remain active in NCAA post-season competition, while the baseball team completes its regular season on May 13.
Below is a list of the student-athletes who received their degrees at one of the undergraduate Commencement ceremonies this past weekend:
Student-athletes receiving Bachelor's degrees at Commencement, April 28-29, 2017
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
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Katie Louise Adamson
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Volleyball
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Biology
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Stephanie Leigh Adkins *
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Softball
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Health Care Management
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Alexandra Yevuti Alvarez
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Women's lacrosse
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Social Work
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Amanda T. Coppolo *
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Women's lacrosse
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Health Care Management
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Michelle Leigh George
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Softball
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Biology
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Genevieve Gignac
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Women's soccer
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Biology
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Joshua J. Kaulfling
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Men's lacrosse
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Computer Information Systems/Computer Science
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Evan Tucker Langmead
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Men's lacrosse
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Computer Information Systems/Computer Science
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Danica L. Leili
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Women's lacrosse
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Biology
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Rafal Matuszczak **
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Men's XC/track
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Computer Information Systems/Computer Science
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Alejandro Jimena Muro
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Women's soccer
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Biology
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Naduah Gabrielle Ortiz
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Women's basketball
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Health Care Management
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Preston Gil Pena
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Men's lacrosse
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Computer Information Systems
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Trail Eli Pierce *
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Men's basketball
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Computer Science/Information Assurance
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Hannah Pietz
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Volleyball
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Health Care Management
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Bafou Sanogo
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Men's soccer
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Computer Information Systems/Computer Science
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Anna Siruckova #
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Volleyball
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Biology
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Adam Urbaniak *
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Men's XC/track
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Computer Information Systems
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BACHELOR OF ARTS
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Christopher Ronald Arteaga
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Men's track
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History
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Casey Alexander Bannon
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Men's golf
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Communication Management
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Kelsey Ann Bare
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Women's soccer
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Management
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Niclas Patrik Bez *
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Men's XC/track
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Management and Marketing
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Allyssa Christine Black **
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Women's swimming
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Marketing
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Elijah Daniel Blackman
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Men's basketball
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Sport Business
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Nicholas Domenico Boland
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Baseball
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Accounting
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Danielle Lange Bottley
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Softball
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Psychology
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Nicholas Robert Buckley
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Men's lacrosse
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Management
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Christopher Michael Burke
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Men's lacrosse
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Multimedia Management
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Kelsey Rose Burns
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Women's lacrosse
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Sport Business
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Marcelo Casas
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Men's soccer
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Int'l Tourism & Hospitality Management
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Robert Kenrick Cavanaugh
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Men's lacrosse
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Accounting
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Liam Christensen
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Men's lacrosse
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Political Science
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Marie Jaqueline Coors ***
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Women's golf
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Economics
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Brittany Erin Creamer ***
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Softball
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Management
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Marcus L. Dewberry
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Men's basketball
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Sport Business
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Andrea E. Dobo *
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Women's lacrosse
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Religion
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Caroline Cotton Fraser
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Women's lacrosse
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Sport Business
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Ryan Keith Gendron
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Men's golf
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Marketing
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Cierra Michelle Gregory
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Women's track
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Psychology
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Necdet Gurkan
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Men's basketball
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Psychology
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Dylan Dionne Harris
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Baseball
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Sport Business
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Rachael Nicole Heath
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Softball
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Elementary Education
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James David Jessop *
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Men's golf
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Marketing
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Alysia Z. Johnson
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Women's basketball
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Management
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Arielle Nsimba Kabangu
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Women's soccer
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Management
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Matthias Katerna
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Men's soccer
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Sport Business
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Jake J. Kavanaugh
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Men's lacrosse
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Criminal Justice
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Rachael H. Lemon
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Volleyball
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Sport Business
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Jody Alyse Madsen *
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Women's lacrosse
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Marketing
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Michael F. Mann
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Baseball
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Criminal Justice
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Eoin Thomas McAvinchey
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Baseball
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Sport Business
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Natalie McCormick
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Women's XC/track
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English
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Conor J. McElhinney
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Men's soccer
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Management
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Chadwick Grant Miller
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Baseball
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Sport Business
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Kristin Li Nerman
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Women's soccer
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Marketing
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Emily Anne Pittenger *
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Women's lacrosse
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Accounting
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Christopher Puente
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Men's soccer
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Criminal Justice
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Victoria Grace Quarles
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Women's track
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Communication Management
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Anthony Jason Rainaldi **
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Baseball
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Accounting
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Colett Rampf *
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Women's XC/track
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Economics
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Brandon Michael Rivera
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Men's soccer
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Sport Business
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Isabella Robbiani #
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Women's tennis
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Sport Business
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Sabrina Marie Rumbaugh
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Women's golf
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Sport Business
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Zachary J. Sabo
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Baseball
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Criminal Justice
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Chelsy C. Springs
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Women's basketball
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Sociology
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Jamee L. Townsend
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Volleyball
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Accounting
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Daniel R. Twitty
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Baseball
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Sport Business
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Anastasia Wagner *
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Women's tennis
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Economics and Management
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Colin James Warren
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Men's golf
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Management
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Zachary T. Whitaker
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Baseball
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Management
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Shane Thomas Williams
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Baseball
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Management
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Katherine Zaatini *
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Women's tennis
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Economics
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# - graduating student-athlete who exhausted their eligibility prior to 2016-17 academic year
* - cum laude (3.65-3.84 GPA)
** - magna cum laude (3.85-3.94 GPA)
*** - summa cum laude (3.95 or higher GPA)
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