Illini Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation Weekend

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General May 13, 2022

Illini Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation Weekend

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. – During the 2021-22 academic year, a total of 133 current and former Fighting Illini student-athletes will earn degrees from the University of Illinois, including 87 this weekend as part of May commencement ceremonies.

133 total degrees in 2021-22
By Semester
   » 27 in December 2021
   » 87 in May 2022
   » 19 in August 2022 (expected)

By Degree
» 109 bachelor's degrees
» 24 master's degrees

Baseball (11)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Caleb Larson	Finance	December 2021
Kellen Sarver	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2021
Jacob Campbell	Community Health	May 2022
Branden Comia	Management	May 2022
Riley Gowens	Marketing and Management	May 2022
Taylor Jackson	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2022
Ryan Kutt	History: Teaching Concentration	May 2022
Cam McDonald	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2022
Ty Rybarczyk	Kinesiology	May 2022
Ben Troike	Finance	May 2022
Ryan Hampe	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2022

Men's Basketball (5)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk	Psychology	May 2022
Jacob Grandison	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Austin Hutcherson	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Da'Monte Williams	Sociology	May 2022
Alfonso Plummer	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	August 2022

Women's Basketball (2)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Eva Rubin	Community Health	May 2022
Geovana Lopes	Communication	August 2022

Football (32)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Christian Bobak	Technology Management (Master's)	December 2021
Owen Carney Jr.	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2021
Dawson DeGroot	Advertising	December 2021
Isaiah Gay	Learning and Education Studies	December 2021
Jake Hansen	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2021
Blake Jeresaty	Finance (Master's)	December 2021
Doug Kramer	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2021
Vederian Lowe	Communication	December 2021
James McCourt	Management (Master's)	December 2021
Marc Mondesir	Communication	December 2021
Alex Palczewski	Kinesiology	December 2021
Derrick Smith	Communication	December 2021
Ethan Tabel	Germanic Studies (2nd Bachelor's)	December 2021
Khalan Tolson	Communication	December 2021
Daniel Barker	Communication	May 2022
Chase Brown	Communication	May 2022
Verdis Brown	African-American Studies	May 2022
Sean Coghlan	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2022
Caleb Griffin	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Prather Hudson	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2022
Jaden Jones-Watkins	Communication	May 2022
Michael Marchese	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Jartavius Martin	Communication	May 2022
Alec McEachern	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Matt Robinson	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2022
Jordyn Slaughter	Sociology	May 2022
Dylan Thomas	Management and Strategic Business Development and Entrepreneurship	May 2022
Blake Hayes	Public Health (Master's)	August 2022
Tailon Leitzsey	Communication (2nd Bachelor's)	August 2022
Jakari Norwood	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2022
Carlos Sandy	Communication	August 2022
Coran Taylor	Communication	August 2022

Men's Golf (1)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Luke Armbrust	Management	May 2022

Women's Golf (2)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Kornkamol Sukaree	Supply Chain Management and Information Systems	May 2022
Crystal Wang	Information Systems and Operations Management	May 2022

Men's Gymnastics (5)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Michael Fletcher	Advertising	May 2022
Clay Mason Stephens	Kinesiology	May 2022
Emanuele Muehlhauser	Communication	May 2022
Ian Skirkey	Electrical Engineering	May 2022
Léo Valentin	Finance (Master's)	May 2022

Women's Gymnastics (3)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Rachel Borden	Chemical Engineering	December 2021
Shaylah Scott	Political Science	May 2022
Lexi Powe	Accountancy	August 2022

Soccer (8)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Hope Breslin	Speech and Hearing Science	December 2021
Katelynn Buescher	Speech and Hearing Science	May 2022
Ashley Cathro	Kinesiology	May 2022
Ashleigh Lefevre	Marketing	May 2022
Erin McKeown	Community Health	May 2022
Meredith Johnson-Monfort	Management (Master's)	May 2022
Lauren Stibich	Marketing and Management	May 2022
Maggie Hillman	Public Health (Master's)	August 2022

Softball (8)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Danielle Davis	Kinesiology	December 2021
Sydney Sickels	Kinesiology	December 2021
Kelsie Packard	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2022
Kailee Powell	Kinesiology	May 2022
Kelly Ryono	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2022
Avrey Steiner	Accountancy	May 2022
Lakyn Wagoner	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2022
Addy Jarvis	Molecular and Cellular Biology	August 2022

Swimming & Diving (10)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Emily Bolger	Chemical Engineering	May 2022
Abigail Cabush	Bioengineering	May 2022
Madelyn Crosby	Psychology and Communication	May 2022
Kaleigh Haworth	Journalism	May 2022
Kaylee Heimes	Atmospheric Science	May 2022
Caroline Hippen	Kinesiology	May 2022
Sidney Kennedy	Psychology	May 2022
Abigail Martin	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	May 2022
Lauren Partridge	Psychology and Communication	May 2022
Taylor Shegos	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2022

Men's Tennis (3)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Alex Brown	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2022
Lucas Horve	Communication	May 2022
Nic Meister	Journalism	May 2022

Women's Tennis (1)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Shivani Ingle	Systems Engineering and Design	May 2022

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country (13)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Phillip Hall	Psychology	December 2021
Kavin Rajagopal	Mathematics and Computer Science	December 2021
Connor Artman	Finance	May 2022
Bret Dannis	Natural Resources and Environmental Science-Fish Wildlife and Conservation Biology	May 2022
Jon Davis	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2022
Kashief King	Communication	May 2022
Reed Marshall	Social Work	May 2022
Will Rezny	Community Health	May 2022
Declan Rustay	Communication	May 2022
Vince Shields	Kinesiology	May 2022
Colin Yandel	Technical Systems Management	May 2022
Logan Hall	Kinesiology	August 2022
Jaden Jackson	Community Health	August 2022

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country (13)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Delaney Appino	Art Education	December 2021
Alexis Jones	Kinesiology: Teacher's Certificate	December 2021
Lucy Lux-Rulon	Communication	December 2021
Katie Mans	Integrative Biology	December 2021
Jacqueline Bassey	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2022
Madeline Bruce	Kinesiology	May 2022
Nya Carr	Urban Studies and Planning	May 2022
Caroline Fix	Natural Resources and Environmental Science-Fish Wildlife and Conservation Biology	May 2022
Josie Held	Finance	May 2022
Emma Milburn	Psychology	May 2022
Camille Osborne	Speech and Haring Sciences	May 2022
Kionnah Weaver	Sociology	May 2022
Shanice Garbutt	Community Health	August 2022

Volleyball (3)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Diana Brown	Molecular and Cellular Biology	May 2022
Taylor Kuper	Marketing and Management	May 2022
Bruna Vrankovic	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2022

Wrestling (13)

Name	Major	Expected Graduation
Dylan Duncan	Technical Systems Management (Master's)	December 2021
Danny Braunagel	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2022
Zac Braunagel	Marketing	May 2022
Justin Cardani	Advertising	May 2022
Mike Carr	Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (Master's)	May 2022
Josh Contreras	Community Health	May 2022
Johnny Mologousis	Kinesiology: Teacher Education K-12	May 2022
Eddie Ordonez	Communication	May 2022
Matt Wroblewski	Kinesiology: Teacher Education K-12	May 2022
Dane Durlacher	Community Health	August 2022
Kenny Kerstein	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2022
Baan Rachal	Community Health	August 2022
We Rachal	Community Health	August 2022