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General May 13, 2023

Illini Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation Weekend

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General May 13, 2023

Illini Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation Weekend

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. – During the 2022-23 academic year, a total of 147 current and former Fighting Illini student-athletes will earn degrees from the University of Illinois, including 101 this weekend as part of May commencement ceremonies.

147 total degrees in 2022-23
By Semester
» 101 in May 2023
» 19 in August 2023 (expected)
» 27 in December 2022

Baseball (13)

Name	Major	Date
Branden Comia	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
TJ Constertina	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2023
Danny Doligale	Communication	May 2023
Joe Glassey	Molecular and Cellular Biology	May 2023
Riley Gowens	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Brody Harding	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Zak Hartleb	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
John Lundgren	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Cam McDonald	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Ty Rybarczyk	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Alex Vera	Kinesiology	May 2023
Xavier Watson	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Ryan O'Hara	Accountancy	December 2022

Men's Basketball (2)

Name	Major	Date
Matthew Mayer	Strategic Brand Communication (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Communication	August 2023

Women's Basketball (4)

Name	Major	Date
Kendall Bostic	Speech and Hearing Science	May 2023
Geovana Lopes	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Jada Peebles	Kinesiology	August 2023
Sara Anastasieska	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2022

Football (39)

Name	Major	Date
Calvin Avery	Sociology	May 2023
Tarique Barnes	Advertising	May 2023
Verdis Brown	Communication	May 2023
Kody Case	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Tommy Cronin	History	May 2023
Preston Engel	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Aidan Hall	Systems Engineering and Design	May 2023
Nicario Harper	Health Communication	May 2023
Calvin Hart Jr.	Communication	May 2023
Evan Kirts	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Michael Marchese	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2023
Ryan Meed	Kinesiology	May 2023
Griffin Moore	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Moses Okpala	Psychology	May 2023
John Paddock	Health Communication	May 2023
Julian Pearl	Sociology	May 2023
Artur Sitkowski	Communication	May 2023
Khmari Thompson	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Bryce Barnes	Community Health	August 2023
Shammond Cooper	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
TeRah Edwards	Communication	August 2023
Josh Plohr	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Keith Randolph Jr.	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Casey Washington	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Isaiah Williams	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Jack Badovinac	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Sydney Brown	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2022
Isaac Darkangelo	Communication	December 2022
Mike Epstein	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Chase Hayden	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Brian Hightower	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2022
Ezekiel Holmes	Sociology	December 2022
Terrell Jennings	Strategic Brand Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2022
Ryan Johnson	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Alex Pihlstrom	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Max Rosenthal	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2022
Kendall Smith	Strategic Brand Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2022
Raashaan Wilkins Jr.	Strategic Brand Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2022
Jamal Woods	Community Health	December 2022

Men's Golf (4)

Name	Major	Date
Matthis Besard	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Adrien Dumont de Chassart	Management	May 2023
Tommy Kuhl	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Nico Lang	Information Systems	May 2023

Women's Golf (2)

Name	Major	Date
Siyan Chen	Accountancy and Information Systems	May 2023
Crystal Wang	Business Analytics (Master's)	May 2023

Men's Gymnastics (5)

Name	Major	Date
Evan Manivong	Advertising	May 2023
David Pochinka	Kinesiology (Master's)	May 2023
Tyler Schmidt	Marketing and Management	May 2023
Hamish Carter	Psychology	December 2022
Connor McCool	Marketing	December 2022

Women's Gymnastics (8)

Name	Major	Date
Rachel Borden	Finance (Master's)	May 2023
McKenzie Eddy	Kinesiology	May 2023
Mallory Mizuki	Chemical Engineering	May 2023
Olivia O'Donnell	Kinesiology	May 2023
Arayah Simons	Kinesiology	May 2023
Mia Takekawa	Bioengineering	May 2023
Mia Townes	Kinesiology	May 2023
Julia Waight	Kinesiology	May 2023

Soccer (8)

Name	Major	Date
Sydney Carste	Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability	May 2023
Summer Garrison	Kinesiology	May 2023
Eileen Murphy	Information Systems	May 2023
Ashley Prell	Information Systems	May 2023
Aleah Treiterer	Materials Science and Engineering	May 2023
Lilian Lucas	Geology	August 2023
Kendra Pasquale	Kinesiology	December 2022
Peyton Willie	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2022

Softball (10)

Name	Major	Date
Miranda Gallardo	Information Sciences	May 2023
Addy Jarvis	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Brianna Nykaza	Psychology	May 2023
Gabi Robles	Kinesiology	May 2023
Delaney Rummell	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Kelly Ryono	Kinesiology (Master's)	May 2023
Morgan Scivally	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2023
Sydney Sickels	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2023
Jaelyn Vickery	Psychology	May 2023
Avrey Steiner	Management (Master's)	August 2023

Swim & Dive (9)

Name	Major	Date
Hannah Aegerter	Molecular and Cellular Biology	May 2023
Jeanri Buys	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2023
Lizzie Gile	Food Science and Human Nutrition	May 2023
Isabelle Guerra	Bioengineering	May 2023
Divya Kale	Systems Engineering and Design	May 2023
Mariclaire Lynch	Social Work	May 2023
Isabelle Packard	Molecular and Cellular Biology	May 2023
Athena Salafatinos	Advertising	May 2023
Erin Young	Speech and Hearing Science	May 2023

Men's Tennis (2)

Name	Major	Date
Nic Meister	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Olivier Stuart	Finance (Master's)	December 2022

Women's Tennis (3)

Name	Major	Date
Emily Casati	Human Development and Family Studies	May 2023
Josie Frazier	Accountancy	May 2023
Ashley Yeah	Computer Science	May 2023

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country (10)

Name	Major	Date
Kashief King	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Irwin Loud	Mechanical Engineering (Master's)	May 2023
Michael Madiol	Systems Engineering and Design	May 2023
Bennett Melone	Finance	May 2023
Will O'Brien	Civil Engineering & Earth, Society, and Environment Sustainability	May 2023
Edwin Siuda	Mechanical Engineering	May 2023
Colin Yandel	Management (Master's)	May 2023
Aiden Ouimet	Political Science	August 2023
Eddie Lennon	History	December 2022
Will Rezny	Health Administration (Master's)	December 2022

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

Name	Major	Date
Noor Abdellatif	Kinesiology	May 2023
Ayah Aldadah	Advertising	May 2023
Rebecca Craddock	Public Health (Master's)	May 2023
Katie Hohe	Psychology	May 2023
Madison Marasco	Sociology	May 2023
Jessica McDowell	English	May 2023
Emma Milburn	Social Work (Master's)	May 2023
Danni Stoughton	Engineering Technology and Management for Agriculture: Energy and Environment	May 2023
Tracy Towns	Accountancy	May 2023
Olivia Howell	Studio Art	August 2023
Allanah Lee	Management (Master's)	August 2023
Kionnah Weaver	Management (Master's)	August 2023
Olivia Oliver	Community Health	December 2022

Volleyball (5)

Name	Major	Date
Diana Brown	Community Health (Master's)	May 2023
Kennedy Collins	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2023
Jessica Nunge	Integrative Biology	August 2023
Rylee Hinton	Marketing	December 2022
Kyla Swanson	Communication	December 2022

Wrestling (10)

Name	Major	Date
Lucas Byrd	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2023
Mike Carr	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2023
Michael Gunther	Finance	May 2023
Luke Luffman	Kinesiology	May 2023
Trey Piotrowski	Advertising	May 2023
We Rachal	Community Health	May 2023
Jake Reicin	Advertising	May 2023
Trey Sizemore	Agribusiness, Markets, and Management	May 2023
Danny Braunagel	Management (Master's)	August 2023
Christian Kanzler	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2022

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Players Mentioned

#0 Sara Anastasieska: G; 5' 11"; Graduate Student

#98 Hamish Carter: AA; Senior

#18 Tyler Schmidt: PH, SR, PB; Junior

#48 Jaelyn Vickery: UT; 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore; L/R

Christian Kanzler: Redshirt Senior

Trey Piotrowski: Sophomore

We Rachal: Redshirt Sophomore

Olivier Stuart: 6' 1"; Graduate Student

Olivia Oliver: Jumps; Senior

#5 Diana Brown: S; 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

#0 Sara Anastasieska
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student
: G

#98 Hamish Carter
: Senior
: AA

#18 Tyler Schmidt
: Junior
: PH, SR, PB

#48 Jaelyn Vickery
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Sophomore; L/R
: UT

Christian Kanzler
: Redshirt Senior

Trey Piotrowski
: Sophomore

We Rachal
: Redshirt Sophomore

Olivier Stuart
: 6' 1"; Graduate Student

Olivia Oliver
: Senior
: Jumps

#5 Diana Brown
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior
: S