Forty-eight USF Student-Athletes Set To Graduate This Weekend

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DATE: MAY 3, 2016

 

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Forty-eight USF Student-Athletes Set To Graduate This Weekend

Bulls earning degrees this weekend include All-Americans Chase Koepka, Matthew O’Neal and Courtney Williams

81 Bulls to earn degrees during 2015-16

 

TAMPA, MAY 3, 2016 – Nearly 50 USF student-athletes will receive their degree this weekend when the University of South Florida holds commencement ceremonies at the Sun Dome.

 

Among the 48 student-athletes earning their degree will be five-time track and field All-American Matthew O’Neal, who owns the school record in the triple-jump; All-American guard Courtney Williams, a top 10 WNBA Draft pick who led the women’s basketball program to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and a Top 25 ranking, and All-American golfer Chase Koepka, who earned 2012 Big East Player of the Year honors and helped lead the golf team to a conference title and top eight NCAA finish in 2015.

 

The Bulls saw 19 student-athletes graduate during the fall term and another 14 are slated to earn degrees during the summer term, bringing the total number of USF student-athlete graduates to 81 during 2015-16. USF posted a record 83 percent Graduation Success Rate for the second-straight year among nearly 500 student-athletes when the latest data was announced last November.

 

Six USF football players will earn their degree this weekend, including wide receiver A.J. Legree, defensive tackle Daniel Awoleke and cornerback Jalen Spencer, who all return for 2016.

 

Also among those graduating are three-year starting outfielder Luke Maglich and closer Tommy Eveld from the baseball team, career home run record-holder Lee Ann Spivey and ace starting pitcher Erica Nunn from the softball team, all-time career rebounding record-holder Alisa Jenkins from the women’s basketball team, 2015 American Conference Defensive Player of the Year Jackie Simpson from the women’s soccer team, and school record-holders Laticia Sims (hurdles) and Devin Screen (throws) from the track and field team. A complete list of graduates is below.

 

Commencement ceremonies for the 2016 spring class will be held Friday, May 6 and Saturday, May 7 at 9 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on both days. All ceremonies take place as the USF Sun Dome. Parking and admittance is free.

 

About USF Athletics

USF Athletics sponsors 19 varsity men’s and women’s teams that compete in 11 different sports, 18 competing at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls’ athletic program is celebrated its 50^th anniversary in 2015 having started with a men’s soccer contest in 1965. Nearly 500 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of Tampa campus. The Bulls claimed five conference titles in their first two seasons in The American. Eight USF programs reached NCAA post-season competition in the 2014-15 season as USF posted an 83 percent Graduation Success Rate among student-athletes, with 182 earning conference all-academic recognition.

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Spring 2016 USF Athletics Graduates

BSB	Luke Maglich
BSB	Mark Savarese
BSB	Ryan Valdes
BSB	Thomas Eveld
FB	Aj Legree
FB	Daniel Awoleke
FB	Spencer Cavalieri
FB	Daniel Perry
FB	Jalen Spencer
FB	James Hamilton
MGOLF	Chase Kopeka
MGOLF	Jeffrey Meltzer
MSOC	Graham Smith
MTEN	Everth Dzib Peraza
MTK	Alexander  Main
MTK	Matthew O'Neal
MTK	Devin Screen
MTK	Roshard Williams
SAIL	Darcy Jensen-Addition
SAIL	Devin Hansen
SAIL	Dominique Wright
SAIL	Sara Simon
SAIL	Sarah Smith
SB	Rachel Ionata
WBB	Alisia Jenkins
WBB	Courtney Williams
WBB	Laura Marcos Canedo
WBB	Micah Kroll
WXC	Kaitlyn Campo
SB	Amber Donovan
SB	Erica Nunn
SB	Lee Ann Spivey
SB	Monica Santos
SB	Morgan Litchfield
WSOC	Cristina Del Carmen Ferral Montalvan
WSOC	Jacqueline Simpson
WSOC	Olivia Chance
WTEN	Suryasree Rao
WTK	Hannah Loder
WTK	Josephine Gulston
WTK	Kadeidra Jackson
WTK	Ashleigh Lewis
WTK	Laticia Sims
WTK	Lauren Kilts
WTK	Leandra Munson
WTK	Onalee Collins
VB	Natalia Eltz Soares
VB	Olga Morekhodova

 

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