JONESBORO, Ark. (5/14/16) – Arkansas State University held its 2016 Spring Commencement ceremony Saturday at the Convocation Center, and 34 more student-athletes from the Red Wolves' NCAA intercollegiate sports programs have now earned their college degrees.
The most recent group of A-State student-athletes to receiver their diplomas represented the sports of football (7), baseball (4), women's soccer (3), women's track and field (3), men's basketball (3), volleyball (3), women's tennis (2), women's basketball (2), men's track and field (2), men's golf (2), women's golf (2) and women's bowling (1).
A-State Athletics has posted its three highest all-department GPAs in school history each of the last three years. One of the multiple factors contributing to the A-State Athletics Department's recent academic success is the Red Wolves Leadership Academy (RWLA), which also features a study abroad component added to foster global awareness.
The student-athletes who graduated Saturday included:
Jordan Adams (soccer, Exercise Science), Khadija Brown-Haywood (women's basketball, General Studies), Kariana Castanon-Hill (volleyball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Austin Copeland (football, General Studies), Abbey Dixon (women's track & field, Interdisciplinary Studies), Jenna Duerst (soccer, Health Studies), Fred Dure (men's basketball (Interdisciplinary Studies), Endsley Evans (women's golf, Strategic Communication), Jessica Flanery (women's basketball, Sport Management), Sean Gardner (men's basketball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Seth Garner (men's golf, Marketing), Adam Grantham (baseball, Accounting), Rocky Hayes (football, Finance), Jessica Heuertz (volleyball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Emenderlyn Iwuji (women's track & field, Nursing), Cody Jackson (baseball, Sport Management), Colton Kibler (baseball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Sofia Krsmanovic (tennis, Creative Media Production), Abi Laker (women's golf, Creative Media Production), Stephanie Mims (women's bowling, International Business), Loren Mitchell (soccer, Biological Sciences), Austin Moreton (football, Interdisciplinary Studies), Wil Norris (men's track & field, Mechanical Engineering), Henry Offiah (men's track & field, Interdisciplinary Studies), Hannah Robey (volleyball, Mathematics), Darrius Rosser (football, Interdisciplinary Studies), Oswin Schlenkrich (men's golf, Finance), Chiara Stefanov (International Business), Tyler Trosin (football, Interdisciplinary Studies), Raziel Velgis (football, Biology), Marquis Walker (football, Communication Studies), Charles Waters (men's basketball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Ty White (baseball, Interdisciplinary Studies), Megan Wright (women's track & field, Marketing)
