University of Memphis Athletics

Fifty-Four Tigers Prepping for Graduation Sunday
May 06, 2015 | General
Fifty-four student-athletes are expected to cross the stage on Sunday, receiving their degrees in Commencement activities at FedExForum. There will be two graduation ceremonies on Sunday. Graduates from the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Communication and Fine Arts and the University College will participate in a noon graduation ceremony. Graduates in the Fogelman College of Business & Economics, the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, Herff College of Engineering, Loewenberg School of Nursing, School of Public Health, Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management and the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders will have a 4:30 p.m. commencement ceremony.
The men's track and field squad has the largest number of May 2015 graduates, with 11 Tigers expected to complete their degrees. Football will have eight graduates, while men's soccer will add six grads to the festivities.
Both graduation sessions will be held at FedExForum. Admission to the event is free, but parking is $5.00 per vehicle to park in the FedExForum garage. Please allow ample time to find the Arena and to wait in line for parking. For information on more parking options, please click HERE.
The list of expected graduates is below:
Name | Sport | Major | Hometown/High School |
Tyler Dixon | Baseball | Sport and Leisure Management | Eads, Tenn./Collierville HS |
Alex Gunn | Baseball | Interdisciplinary Studies | Clinton, Miss./Clinton HS |
Nate Rupiper | Baseball | Accounting | Collierville, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS |
Tucker Tubbs | Baseball | Accounting | Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS |
Carter White | Baseball | Organizational Leadership | Hoover, Ala./Spain Park HS |
Alan Cross | Football | Interdisciplinary Studies | Millington, Tenn./Millington HS |
Larry Lawrence | Football | Organizational Leadership | Baltimore, Md./Randallstown HS |
Bobby McCain | Football | Sport & Leisure Management | Oxford, Ala./Oxford HS |
Terry Redden | Football | Organizational Leadership | Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS |
Micah Simmons | Football | Health & Human Performance | Lindale, Texas/Lindale HS |
Adrian Henderson | Football | Sport & Leisure Management | Belton, Texas/Belton HS |
Mose Frazier | Football | Management | Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven HS |
Mike Weed | Football | Business Management | Clemont, Fla./East Ridge HS |
Cory Gaylord | Men's Golf | Sport and Leisure Management | Memphis, Tenn./Houston HS |
John Luke Tyner | Men's Golf | Accounting | Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS |
Ashley Kees | Women's Golf | Exercise and Sport Science | Fort Wayne, Ind./Carroll HS |
Ashleigh Whisenant | Women's Golf | Management | Attalla, Ala./Etowah HS |
Benjamin Ciosanski | Men's Soccer | International Studies | Bemen, Germany/Gesamtschule Bemen OST |
Chandler Gagnon | Men's Soccer | Marketing Management | Memphis, Tenn./ECS |
Fakhry Khulfan | Men's Soccer | Organizational Leadership | Memphis, Tenn./Kingsbury HS |
Wil Linder | Men's Soccer | Marketing Management | Nashville, Tenn./Ravenwood HS |
Tyler Rist | Men's Soccer | Biomedical Engineering | Madison, Ala./Bob Jones HS |
Cody Uzcategui | Men's Soccer | Accounting | Orlando, Fla./West Orange HS |
Georganna Goodwin | Softball | Sport and Leisure Management | Lone Oak, Texas/Lone Oak HS |
Breslin Perry | Softball | Geography | Austell, Ga./South Cobb HS |
Amber Lindahl | Softball | Biology | Lake Worth, Fla./Park Vista Community HS |
Ijiah Hargrove | Softball | Child Development | Gulfport, Miss./Harrison Central HS |
Drew Austell | Men's Track and Field | Mechanical Engineering | Memphis, Tenn./Briarcrest HS |
Austin Carter | Men's Track and Field | Mechanical Engineering | Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier HS |
Tyrell Forde | Men's Track and Field | Civil Engineering | St. Philip, Barbados/Harrison College |
LaQuintin Garner | Men's Track and Field | Interdisciplinary Studies | Meridian, Miss./Meridian HS |
Tim Jones | Men's Track and Field | Civil Engineering | Collierville, Tenn./Collierville HS |
Keanan Joyner | Men's Track and Field | Psychology | McDonough, Ga./Eagle's Landing HS |
Marc Klaschka | Men's Track and Field | International Business | Duernau, Germany/Johann-friedrick von Cotta |
Daniel Kuhman | Men's Track and Field | Exercise and Sport Science | Elyria, Ohio/Elyria Catholic HS |
Pauls Pujats | Men's Track and Field | Asian Studies & International Trade | Riga, Latvia/Humanitarian Private School |
Matthew Sipe | Men's Track and Field | Biology | Memphis, Tenn./Houston HS |
Julien Wolf | Men's Track and Field | Business Economics | Ratingen, Germany/Heinrich-Heine Gymnasium |
Kaitlyn Atkins | Women's Soccer | Teaching All Learners | Overland Park, Kan./Olathe East HS |
Carly Cassady | Women's Soccer | Earth Science/Geography | Lenexa, Kan./Shawnee Mission West |
Alex Craig | Women's Soccer | Exercise Science | Edmonton, Alberta/Archbishop Jordan Catholic HS |
Nugene Nugent | Women's Soccer | Marketing Management | Arnett Garden, Jamaica/Navarro College |
Kylie Davis | Women's Soccer | Biomedical Engineering | L'lle-Bizard, Quebec/John Rennie HS |
Kelley Gravlin | Women's Soccer | Pre-Mechanical Engineering | Saint Charles, Mo./Incarnate Word Academy |
Ginesha Pickersgill | Women's Soccer | Accounting | Kingston, Jamaica/Navarro College |
Stefanie Mikesz | Women's Tennis | Master's Degree -- Physical Education | Bardowick, Germany/Berufskolleg Halle Westfalen |
Maven Ford | Women's Track &Field | Exercise and Sport Science | Lakeland, Tenn./Arlington HS |
Sabrina Hochreuther | Women's Track & Field | Criminal Justice | Viernnheim, Germany/Rhenaus-Schule |
Bronte' Smith | Women's Track & Field | Exercise and Sport Science | Spring, Texas/Spring HS |
DaQuanya Byrd-West | Women's Track & Field | Merchandising-Fashion | Accokeek, Md./Westlake HS |
Lauren Wright | Volleyball | Physical Education/Teacher Education | Rowlett, Texas/Rowlett HS |
Aleksandra Petronijevic | Volleyball | MBA | Belgrade, Serbia/Prva Beogradska Gimnazua |
Maya Arredondo | Rifle | History | Murfreesboro, Tenn./Siegel HS |
Max Burkhardt | Rifle | Political Science | Denver, Colo./Denver East |
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