Tartans Celebrate 61 Graduating Student-Athletes

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University Department of Athletics celebrated the graduation of 61 student-athletes on Sunday, May 17 during the campus-wide ceremony held in Gesling Stadium. In total, more than 3,000 degrees were handed out over the weekend by CMU for the University’s 118th commencement.

The 61 student-athletes graduating have a stellar track record of success. The combined grade-point average of the student-athlete graduates is 3.364 and two are graduating with Fulbright Scholarships.

Of the group, 26 will graduate with degrees from the College of Engineering, 15 from the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, nine from the Tepper School of Business, seven from the Mellon College of Science, three from the School of Computer Science and one with a cross discipline degree from the Science and Humanities Scholars Program.

Some seniors were asked to write reflections on their time at Carnegie Mellon. Read them all here.

The student-athletes graduating are:

Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field – Josh Antonson, Eamon Cullinane, George Degen, Joe Pane
Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field – Halley Bayer, Hailey Brown, Sara Kelly, Erin Kiekhaefer
Men’s Basketball – Jasen Blakney, Seth Cordts, Matt Loebbaka, Kevin Stursberg
Women’s Basketball – Mackenzie Boyd, Chandler Caufield
Football – Nick Allen, Fred Bolio, Jeffrey Cole, Alexander D’Angelo, Kevin Greisel, David Hohn, Conor McGuire, Eric Myers, Dustin Schneider, Tim Swanson, Johnathan Tanner, Sam Waters
Golf – Justin Fischler, Cameron Low
Men’s Soccer – Lou Ferragonio, Mark Nicholas, Brandon Peck, Jacob Rice, Jakob Rohwer, Ian Rosado, Colin Shaffer
Women’s Soccer – Jordyn Greenberg, Julia Harmison, Lucy Havens, Savina Reid, Lauren Simicich
Men’s Swimming and Diving – David Campbell, Brian Ip, Josh Lucheon, Roy Sung, Andrew Yee
Women’s Swimming and Diving – Andie Azofeifa, Nicole Crimi, Kristin Dlesk, Kelley Sheehan
Men’s Tennis – Bryce Beisswanger, Christian Heaney-Secord, Will Duncan
Women’s Tennis – Angela Pratt, Bryn Raschke, Lydia Utkin
Men’s Track and Field – Shane Copelin, Thomas Vandenberg, Ben Walker, Elliot Watson
Women’s Track and Field – Sasha Spalding
Volleyball – Ali Celentano