Sixty-two student-athletes were invited to participate in graduation ceremonies held at Presbyterian College's campus Saturday, May 11, 2013.
"I'm very excited for our graduating student-athletes and proud of their accomplishments," said Brian Reese, Director of Athletics. "Graduation is always a great day here at Presbyterian College.”
Football saw the most graduates with 15, while women's basketball followed with six. Baseball and lacrosse saw five graduate while softball, cheerleading and the dance team had four.
Three each from men's golf, women's golf and women's soccer walked across the stage and men's basketball, men's soccer, men's tennis and volleyball
Men's cross country, women's cross country and women's tennis graduated one apiece.
20 student-athletes graduated with honors, including women's tennis' Lindsay Krause, who graduated summa cum laude. Krause earned Honors in Psychology as well.
Seven athletes graduated magna cum laude as baseball's Tim Corbin, women's cross country's Emily Witt, women's golf's Micah Dowling, lacrosse's Melinda Vasconcellos, men's soccer's Newt Turk, women's soccer's Townley Cheek, dance team's Eliza Truett and Courtney Murray and men's tennis's Andrew Brigham took home the honors.
Earning cum laude degrees were Kelly Wright, Robby Swab, Mariah Pietrowski, Brian Trail, Det Cullum, Kyleen Carpenter, Shawn Armstrong, Liz Davis, Alice Blackwell, Abi Thompson, Morgan Durham, Julianne Lenti and Edward Snead.
Several student assistants from football, basketball and soccer also took part in graduation ceremonies.
"We will miss our athletes and what they have accomplished here at PC but we're excited for them as they open the next chapter in their life."
Baseball
Tim Corbin, magna cum laude
Aaron Preston
Kelly Wright, cum laude
Ryan Morris
Robby Swab, cum laude
Men's Basketball
Khalid Mutakabbir
Ryan Hargrave
Women's Basketball
Shonda Burnside
Dria David
Devin Fothergill
Chelsea Parker
Mariah Pietrowski, cum laude
Olivia Towers-Solis
Men's Cross Country
Brian Trail, cum laude
Women's Cross Country
Emily Witt, magna cum laude
Men's Golf
Det Cullum, cum laude
Andrew Garner
Matt Sizemore
Women's Golf
Kim Carpenter
Kyleen Carpenter, cum laude
Micah Dowling, magna cum laude
Football
Derl Howard
Shawn Armstrong, cum laude
Trent Bailey
Xavier Boatright
Lance Byrd
Ellis Hammond
Aaron Mayes
Patrick Morgano
Greg Palmer
Michael Ruff
JJ Russell
Joe Wideman
Mark Williams
Lacrosse
Liz Davis, cum laude
Rachel Deighan
Mary Honan
Lauren Lefeber
Melinda Vasconcellos, magna cum laude
Men's Soccer
Jonathan Mercado
Newt Turk, magna cum laude
Women's Soccer
Alice Blackwell, cum laude
Townley Cheek, magna cum laude
Abi Thompson, cum laude
Softball
Tera Powell
Cat Tarvin
Morgan Durham, cum laude
Mary Ellen Morris
Men's Tennis
Andrew Brigham, magna cum laude
Edward Snead, cum laude, Honors in Physics
Women's Tennis
Lindsay Krause, summa cum laude, Honors in Psychology
Volleyball
Allison Brown
Presley Mabrey
Dance Team
Christina Carter, magna cum laude
Julianne Lenti, summa cum laude, Honors in Chemistry
Courtney Murray, magna cum laude
Eliza Truett, magna cum laude
Cheerleading
Stephanie Barksdale
Carolyn Brooks
Asha Edwards, Second Lieutenant, Army National Guard
Brittany Kirkland
