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Academic Services May 17, 2025

Illini Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation Weekend

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. – During the 2024-25 academic year, a total of 132 current and former Fighting Illini student-athletes will earn degrees from the University of Illinois, including 95 this weekend as part of May commencement ceremonies at Memorial Stadium.

142 total degrees in 2024-25
By Semester
» 97 in May 2025
» 21 in August 2025 (expected)
» 24 in December 2024

Baseball (14)

Name	Major	Date
Gavin Bennett	Finance	May 2025
Evan Clark	Agricultural and Consumer Economics: Financial Planning	August 2025
Jack Crowder	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2024
Ryan Daly	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Reed Gannon	Agricultural and Consumer Economics // Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Cal Hejza	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2025
Payton Hutchings	Kinesiology // Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Reece Marley	Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering (Master's)	August 2025
Christian Morel	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Ben Plumley	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	December 2024
Coltin Quagliano	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Jacob Schroeder	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Vytas Valincius	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Drake Westcott	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025

Men's Basketball (3)

Name	Major	Date
Ben Humrichous	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2025
Keaton Kutcher	Communication	May 2025
Max Williams	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	December 2024

Women's Basketball (6)

Name	Major	Date
Shay Bollin	Communication	May 2025
Kendall Bostic	Special Education (Master's)	May 2025
Genesis Bryant	Management (Master's)	August 2025
Makira Cook	Management (Master's)	May 2025
Adalia McKenzie	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2025
Brynn Shoup-Hill	History of Art	August 2025

Football (29)

Name	Major	Date
Luke Altmyer	Communication // Health Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Tanner Arkin	Kinesiology	May 2025
Michael Bartolotta	Communication	May 2025
Alec Bryant	Communication // Health Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
CJ Bufkin	Advertising	May 2025
Alexander Capka-Jones	Communication	May 2025
TeRah Edwards	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's)	December 2024
Aidan Hall	Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering (Master's)	December 2024
Ezekiel Holmes	Diversity and Equity in Education (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024
Gentle Hunt	Health Communication (Graduate Certificate) // Health Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Leon Lowery Jr.	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Tyler McClure	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	May 2025
Josh McCray	Communication	May 2025
Carson Goda	Communication	August 2025
Grayson Griffin	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2025
Devin Hale	Community Health	August 2025
Malachi Hood	Political Science	August 2025
Josh Kreutz	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Aidan Laughery	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Kirkland Michaux	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	December 2024
Kenenna Odeluga	Finance	May 2025
Fabrizio Pinton	Agricultural and Consumer Economics // Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Hugh Robertson	Management	December 2024
Dylan Rosiek	Kinesiology	May 2025
Cole Rusk	Communication	May 2025
Miles Scott	Kinesiology	May 2025
Tyler Strain	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Kevin Wigenton II	Psychology	December 2024
Luke Zardzin	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025

Men's Golf (1)

Name	Major	Date
Jackson Buchanan	Operations Management	May 2025

Women's Golf (1)

Name	Major	Date
Lexanne Halama	Integrative Biology (Master's)	May 2025

Men's Gymnastics (5)

Name	Major	Date
Tate Costa	Statistics	May 2025
Max Farkhadau	Chemistry	May 2025
Logan Myers	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	May 2025
Amari Sewell	Community Health // Public Health (Master's)	August 2025 // August 2025
Sam Stinsa	Communication	December 2024

Women's Gymnastics (7)

Name	Major	Date
Micheala Gentry	Communication	May 2025
Makayla Green	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2025
Katharine Klugman	Integrative Biology	May 2025
Amelia Knight	Management (Master's)	May 2025
Ruthuja Nataraj	Psychology	May 2025
Arielle Ward	Economics	May 2025
Emma White	Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship	May 2025

Soccer (10)

Name	Major	Date
Anessa Arndt	Integrative Biology	May 2025
Kennedy Berschel	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024
Lindsey DuSatko	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024
Angie Galo	Marketing; Information Systems	May 2025
Sarah Hiestand	Kinesiology	May 2025
Maeve Jones	Economics	May 2025
Ella Karolak	Psychology	May 2025
Abby Lynch	Accountancy	May 2025
Maddie Mariani	Industrial Design	May 2025
Alyssa Weede	Accountancy	December 2024

Softball (4)

Name	Major	Date
Briana Bower	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Zoie Howard	Communication	May 2025
Stevie Meade	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2025
Lauren Wiles	Management (Master's)	May 2025

Swim & Dive (6)

Name	Major	Date
Suvana Baskar	Psychology	May 2025
Paloma Canos Cervera	Operations Management + Supply Chain Management	May 2025
Logan Kuehne	Marketing + Management	May 2025
Sydney Stoll	Accountancy	May 2025
Jane Umhofer	Atmospheric Sciences + Earth, Society, and Environment	May 2025
Molly Yetter	Actuarial Science + Economics	May 2025

Men's Tennis (2)

Name	Major	Date
Mathis Debru	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	May 2025
Gabrielius Guzauskas	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025

Women's Tennis (4)

Name	Major	Date
Kate Duong	Accounting Science (Master's)	May 2025
Kida Ferrari	Strategic Business Development and Entrepreneurship	May 2025
Megan Heuser	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences	May 2025
Kasia Treiber	Accountancy	May 2025

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country (11)

Name	Major	Date
Ji'eem Bullock	Health Communication (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Evan Cummins	Finance	May 2025
Tyler Cushing	Bioengineering (Master's)	May 2025
Nicolas Dovalovsky	Bioengineering	May 2025
Anthony Maida	Accountancy (Master's)	May 2025
Jackson Marseille	Sociology	May 2025
Will Merrick	Information Sciences + Data Science	May 2025
Stephen Moody	Mechanical Engineering (Master's)	August 2025
Will Rezny	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
CJ Shoaf	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2025
Tyler Sudduth	Crop Sciences (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country (12)

Name	Major	Date
Avril Andre	FAA Non-Degree	May 2025
Olivia Campbell	Psychology	May 2025
Halle Hill	Kinesiology	May 2025
Tacoria Humphrey	Community Health	August 2025
Abby Lynch	Accountancy	May 2025
Amalia Malecek	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	May 2025
Kora Malecek	Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication	May 2025
Lydia Malecek	Psychology	May 2025
Kenli Nettles	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	December 2024
Sam Poglitsch	Advertising	May 2025
Breena Shreeves	Community Health	December 2024
Rose Yeboah	Communication	August 2025

Volleyball (7)

Name	Major	Date
Caroline Barnes	Information Sciences	May 2025
Sarah Bingham	Sustainable Design	May 2025
Kayla Burbage	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism	August 2025
Christina Martinez Mundo	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	May 2025
Brooke Mosher	Dietetics and Nutrition	May 2025
Raegen Reilly	Management (Master's)	May 2025
Raina Terry	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's)	December 2024

Wrestling (11)

Name	Major	Date
Ramazan Attasauov	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Danny Braunagel	Financial Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Zac Braunagel	Strategic Brand Communication (Master's) // Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Lucas Byrd	Management (Master's)	May 2025
Dylan Connell	Agricultural and Consumer Economics	May 2025
Caden Ernd	Information Systems	May 2025
Charlie Fifield	Political Science	May 2025
Jason Kraisser	Strategic Leadership and Management (Graduate Certificate)	May 2025
Luke Luffman	Recreation, Sport, and Tourism (Master's) // Health Communication (Graduate Certificate)	December 2024 // May 2025
Daniel Renshaw	Bioengineering	May 2025
Edmond Ruth	Media and Cinema Studies	May 2025

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Players Mentioned

Katharine Klugman: Freshman

#2 Sam Stinsa: AA; Junior

Kora Malecek: Distance; Sophomore

Kenli Nettles: Multi-Event; Redshirt Sophomore

#23 Maeve Jones: F; 5' 8"; Junior

#25 Max Williams: G; 6' 2"; Senior

Kate Duong: 5' 7"; Senior

Jackson Marseille: Jumps; Junior

Breena Shreeves: Distance; Senior

#39 Jack Crowder: RHP; 6' 4"; Senior; R/R

#13 Cal Hejza: INF; 5' 11"; Senior; R/R

#32 CJ Bufkin: DB; 5' 11"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Katharine Klugman
: Freshman

#2 Sam Stinsa
: Junior
: AA

Kora Malecek
: Sophomore
: Distance

Kenli Nettles
: Redshirt Sophomore
: Multi-Event

#23 Maeve Jones
: 5' 8"; Junior
: F

#25 Max Williams
: 6' 2"; Senior
: G

Kate Duong
: 5' 7"; Senior

Jackson Marseille
: Junior
: Jumps

Breena Shreeves
: Senior
: Distance

#39 Jack Crowder
: 6' 4"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

#13 Cal Hejza
: 5' 11"; Senior; R/R
: INF

#32 CJ Bufkin
: 5' 11"; Senior
: DB