LOGAN, Utah – Utah State University's 132nd undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Thursday, May 2, at 9 a.m., in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and among those graduating will be 66 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2018-19 academic year.
Among those student-athletes graduating are 25 football players, 13 women's track & field athletes, six soccer athletes, four athletes each from men's basketball, gymnastics and volleyball, three from both softball and men's track, two women's basketball players and one student-athlete each from women's tennis and golf.
Utah State's student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Mountain West with an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of 92 percent, which is the highest in the conference, and a cumulative 3.24 grade-point average. For the 2018-19 academic year, USU has had 61 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors so far and 206 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.
During the 2017-18 academic year, Utah State had 159 student-athletes earn academic all-Mountain West honors, while 115 were named Mountain West Scholar-Athletes.
2018 Utah State Student-Athlete Graduates
Men's Basketball - 4
Dwayne Brown, Kinesiology
Norbert Janicek, Exercise Science
Abel Porter, Business Administration
Quinn Taylor, Exercise Science
Women's Basketball - 2
Deja Mason, Human Development & Family Studies
Rachel Brewster, Exercise Science
Football - 25
Adewale Adeoye, Sociology
Roman Andrus, Spanish
Rob Castaneda, Psychology
Chase Christensen, Civil Engineering
Gaje Ferguson, Economics
Quin Ficklin, Arts & Humanities
Deante Fortenberry, Humanities & Social Sciences
Justen Hervey, Humanities & Social Sciences
Taylor Hintze, Marketing
Ofa Latu, Sociology
Zach Lee, Finance
DJ Nelson, Business Administration & Finance
Dax Raymond, Sociology
Jontrell Rocquemore, Sociology & Political Science
Gasetoto Schuster, Kinesiology
Suli Tamaivena, Sociology
Ron'quavion Tarver, Sociology
Sean Taylor, Sociology
Jake Templeton, Sociology
Darwin Thompson, Kinesiology
Mason Tobeck, Exercise Science
Aaren Vaughns, Kinesiology
Aaron Wade, Physical Education
Jacoby Wildman, Sociology
Emerson Woods, Exercise Science
Golf - 1
Braxton Miller, Business Administration
Gymnastics - 4
Miranda Hone, Biochemistry
Melanie Oster, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences
Madison Ward-Sessions, Exercise Science
Emily Briones, Communication Studies
Soccer - 6
Kelsey Andersen, Marketing
Jenny De Boer, Marketing & Economics
Jaylen Hinckley, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences
Grace McGuire, Master's of Business Administration
Danielle Nowers, Marketing
Kaitlyn Stratton, Human Development & Family Studies
Softball - 3
Bailey Lewis, Humanities & Social Sciences
Mia Maher, Agriculture, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences
Bailee Trapp, General Studies: Agriculture
Women's Tennis - 1
Maggie O'Meara, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences
Men's Track & Field - 3
Kody Gould, Pre-Physical Therapy
Adam Hendrickson, Management Information Systems
Brady Martin, Master's of Accounting
Women's Track & Field -13
Stephanie Crapse, Biochemistry
Kashley Carter, Pre-Physical Therapy
Tavia Dutson, Human Biology
Brenn Flint, Exercise Science
Alyssa Hirschi-Swenson, Health Education & Promotion
Heather Holt-Reynolds, Health Education & Promotion
Emily Hubner, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences
Presli Hutchison, Mechanical Engineering
Hannaly McGaughey, Health Education & Promotion
Lexus Miller-Moylan, Humanities & Social Sciences
Lauren Pierson, Mathematics & Statistics Education
Kelsey Yamauchi-Richins, Master's of Accounting
Megan Ryan, Pre-Physical Therapy
Volleyball - 4
Kassidy Johnson, Pre-Physical Therapy
Ashlee Thornock-Johnson, Exercise Science
Lauren O'Brien, Business Administration
Tasia Taylor, Exercise Science
