Twenty-One Memphis Student-Athletes to Graduate Sunday

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Twenty-One Memphis Student-Athletes to Graduate Sunday

Dec 09, 2022 | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Rifle, Men's Soccer, Men's Tennis, Men's Track and Field, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Rifle, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball, M Club, Memphis Athletics Fund

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Twenty-one Memphis Tiger student-athletes representing nine sport programs are scheduled to graduate Sunday during fall commencement ceremonies at FedExForum. Seven of the student-athletes are graduating with honors.

The 21 graduating student-athletes completed 18 different majors. Degrees to be conferred include civil engineering, organizational leadership, marketing management, biology and criminal justice, among others.

After fall semester grades were finalized, the athletic department boasted a cumulative grade point average of 3.25, its second-highest non-COVID GPA in school history. A record 65 student-athletes earned a spot in the 4.0 GPA Club in the fall semester.

Additionally, the men's and women's tennis teams had the highest fall 2022 GPAs among all sport programs at 3.76 and 3.81, respectively.

"We are extremely proud of these student-athletes who will be graduating this weekend," University of Memphis Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Laird Veatch said. "This group of student-athletes has dedicated themselves to academic excellence in addition to excelling competitively, and our Center for Athletic Academic Success has done a fantastic job assisting them in reaching the ultimate goal of a college degree."

In the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate report for the most recent 2015 cohort (2012-15), a calculation of the rate at which student-athletes graduated within six years, Memphis' GSR was 93 percent, which is above the Division I average of 89 percent. Six Memphis teams led or tied the lead for the highest GSR in the American Athletic Conference amongst their sport.

Sport	Student-Athlete	Degree
Football	Cincir Evans	Management
Football	Ryan Glover	Grad Cert: Financial Analysis and Planning
Football	Eddie Lewis	Interdisciplinary Studies
Football	Jacob Likes	Finance: Real Estate
Football	Joseph Scates	Professional Studies: Organizational Leadership
Football	Johnny Westbrook	Physical Education Teacher Education: Sport Coaching
Men's Soccer	Peter Chang	Management
Men's Soccer	Emanuel Santos	Professional Studies: Organizational Leadership
Men's Track	Lars Elsbernd	Communications: Film and Video Production
Women's Basketball	Madison Griggs	Sociology
Women's Basketball	Lanetta Williams	Physical Education Teacher Education: Sport Coaching
Women's Softball	Ryleigh Aungst	Civil Engineering
Women's Softball	Kailey Hilderbrand	Liberal Studies
Women's Soccer	Tanya Boychuk	Master in Business Administration
Women's Soccer	Mackenzie Bray	Sport and Leisure Management
Women's Soccer	Kimberley Smit	Master in Sport Commerce
Women's Soccer	Maddie Stoks	Master in Journalism and Strategic Media
Women's Track	Chloe Figgins	Marketing Management
Women's Track	Brooke Mussche	Criminal Justice
Volleyball	Sam Drewry	Biology
Volleyball	Anna Hayes	Psychology

Graduating Summa Cum Laude (3.8-4.0 GPA):
Sam Drewry – WVB
Chloe Figgins – WTI
Anna Hayes – WVB

Graduating Magna Cum Laude (3.5-3.79 GPA):
Kailey Hilderbrand – WSB

Graduating Cum Laude (3.25-3.49 GPA):
Lars Elsbernd – MTI
Brooke Mussche – WTI
Lanetta Williams – WBB

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