North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Student-Athletes Slated to Earn Degrees on Saturday
5/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Pack Athletics
May 11, 2005
Forty-four current and former Wolfpack student-athletes will be among the 3,900 North Carolina State University students expected to receive their degrees at spring commencement exercises, which will take place on Saturday, May 14, at the RBC Center in Raleigh.
NC State's male recipient of the Kennett Award, Julius Hodge from the men's basketball team, will highlight the list of graduates. The Kennett Award is given annually to the university's top student-athletes.
This spring, 10 members of the swimming and diving teams will receive degrees, while nine members of the track and field/cross country squads are on schedule to graduate on Saturday. Football boasts seven in caps and gowns and members of the baseball team will earn four degrees. Women's tennis has three set to participate in commencements. Gymnastics and men's basketball each have two student-athletes graduating, and rifle, women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's golf and volleyball each have one recipient.
Also of note, Ashley Seaton and Janelle Vadnais of the women's track and field and cross country teams will be receiving their Master's of Art degrees.
Adrianne Adams, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, Biological Sciences; Sutton Barbrey, Men's Golf, Accounting; Lindsay Baskwell, Women's Swimming & Diving, Communications; Kendra Bell, Women's Basketball, Accounting; Justin Branch, Men's Soccer, Communications; Rachel Bumgardner, Women's Swimming & Diving, Political Science; Karen Burbella, Women's Swimming & Diving, Textile Apparel Management; Laura Cutler, Women's Swimming & Diving, Business Management; Matt Devine, Baseball, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Ryan Dorety, Rifle, Technology-Horticultural Science; Rickey Fowler, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Troy Graham, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Abby Griffith, Women's Swimming & Diving, Engineering; Erin Griswold, Women's Soccer, Psychology; Jorge Gutierrez, Men's Swimming & Diving, Engineering; John Henderson, Men's Track and Field/Cross Country, Mathematics Education; Julius Hodge, Men's Basketball, Communications; Eric Hoverstad, Men's Track and Field/Cross Country, Biological Sciences; Cotra Jackson, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Jennifer Jassawalla, Women's Tennis, Biological Engineering; Leslie Jimison, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, Materials Engineering; Ryan Johnson, Baseball, Political Science; Bryan Kinneberg, Baseball, Philosophy; Kristin Lam, Women's Tennis, Communications; Josianne Lauber, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, English-Writing and Communication-Mass Communication; Abby Lewis, Women's Swimming & Diving, Biological Sciences; Karen Medlin, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, History; Lee Mezistrano, Baseball, Communications; Chance Moyer, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Chris Nixon, Men's Swimming & Diving, Chemistry; Taylor Parker, Women's Tennis, Business Management; Molly Pennington, Gymnastics, Industrial Engineering-Furniture Option; Catherine Parks, Men's Swimming & Diving, Biological Sciences; Alexis Pero, Gymnastics, Psychology; Brian Pursley, Men's Swimming & Diving, Business Management; Lamont Reid, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Shane Riggs, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Melanie Rowe, Volleyball, Biological Sciences; Ashley Seaton, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, Master's of Art, Liberal Studies; Anderson Smith, Men's Track and Field/Cross Country, History; KJ Stone, Football, Parks, Recreation and Tourism; Janelle Vadnais, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, Master's of Art, English; Levi Watkins, Men's Basketball, Business Management; Ginger Wheeler, Women's Track and Field/Cross Country, Materials Engineering.
