FILE PHOTO: Old Main at the Utah State University campus
LOGAN, Utah –Utah State University’s 135th undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Thursday, May 5, at 9 a.m., in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and among those graduating will be 64 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2021-22 academic year.
Among those student-athletes graduating are 13 football players, eight women’s track & field athletes, seven soccer athletes, six players each from women’s basketball and softball, five women’s track & field athletes, four athletes each from men’s basketball, gymnastics and volleyball, two athletes from both golf and women’s tennis and one student-athlete from men’s tennis.
Utah State‘s student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Mountain West with an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 93 percent, which is the highest in the conference, and a cumulative 3.35 grade-point average. For the 2021-22 academic year, USU has had 74 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors so far and 241 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.
2021-22 Utah State Student-Athlete Graduates
Football – 13
Chandler Dolphin, Marketing
Alfred Edwards, Kinesiology
Jarrod Green, Kinesiology
Zahodri Jackson, Interdisciplinary Studies
Andy Koch, Kinesiology
Justin McGriff, Interdisciplinary Studies
Wade Meacham, Psychology
Kevin Meitzenheimer, Kinesiology
Andrew Peasley, Kinesiology
Savon Scarver, Interdisciplinary Studies
Jacob South, Journalism
Carson Terrell, Integrated Studies
Derek Wright, Management
Men’s Track & Field – 8
Haydon Cooper, Mechanical Engineering
Garen Earley, Master of Fitness Promotion
Darren Harman, Marketing
Mikhail Kidd, Residential Landscape Design & Construction
Roberto Porras, Finance
Andrew Simonsen, Exercise Science
Christian Sonnerberg, Master in Financial Economics
Connor Weaver, Master in Business Administration
Soccer – 7
Sammie Murdock, Marketing
Marli Niederhauser, Social Work
Rachel Noel, Kinesiology
Karstyn Peterson, Human Development and Family Studies
Sara Taylor, Accounting
Kami Warner, Marketing
Imelda Williams, Global Communication
Women’s Basketball – 6
Emmie Harris, Biology with a Minor in Chemistry
Laci Hawthorne, Master of Sports Management
Shyla Latone, Integrated Studies
Manna Mensah, Integrated Studies
Kaylin Randhawa, Integrated Studies
E’Lease Stafford, Kinesiology
Softball – 6
Gabriella Jimenez, Sociology
Bri Lerma, Master of Business Administration
Lexi Orozco, Sociology
Sydnee Smith, Psychology
Emily Tidd, Kinesiology
Kapri Toone, Kinesiology
Women’s Track & Field – 5
Jordan Brandt, Global Communication
Callissa Candalot, Health Education and Promotion
Katie Haviland, Residential Landscape Design & Construction
LeAnn Larkin, Exercise Science
Madison Taylor, Journalism and Marketing Education
Men’s Basketball – 4
Trevin Dorius, Management
RJ Eytle-Rock, Sociology
Brandon Horvath, Master of Business Administration
Brock Miller, Master of Business Administration
Gymnastics – 4
Carley Bayles, Sociology
Anique Grenier, Journalism
Grace Rojas, Accounting
Maddie Straker, Art
Volleyball – 4
Hailey Cuff, Psychology with a Minor in Family Human Development
Kristy Frank, Interdisciplinary Studies
Corrine Larsen, Global Communication with a Minor in International Studies
Gabbi Shumway, English
Golf – 2
Jesse Henderson, Environmental Studies
Cameron Tucker, Political Science
Women’s Tennis – 2
Annaliese County, Accounting
Gabrielle Dekkers, International Business
Men’s Tennis – 1
Felipe Acosta, Master of Financial Economics