Forty-One Student-Athletes Earn Degrees In Spring Commencement Ceremonies

LAFAYETTE – A total of 41 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns student-athletes were awarded their college degree on Friday as the University held its spring commencement ceremonies at the Cajundome.

The 41 graduates represented 14 of the Ragin' Cajuns 16 Division I programs with women's soccer player Lindsey Brammer (Speech Pathology) and women's track and field athlete Claire Hodges (Petroleum Engineering) each graduating summa cum laude.

Eight student-athletes – Jessica Bartczyszyn (volleyball), Josh Cecil (men's track), Greg Davis (baseball), Carly Jo Ellender (soccer), Haley Hayden (softball), Natalie Lebamoff (soccer), Yazmin Montoya (soccer), and Kassidy Zeringue (softball) – graduating magna cum laude.

Eight members of the Ragin' Cajuns football team were awarded degrees, including Trey Granier who earned his Master's degree in Business Administration.

Seven members of the Ragin' Cajuns softball team, including three-time All-American Lexie Elkins, received degrees. The Ragin' Cajuns track and field program had a combined 13 members earn their degree with five members of the women's soccer team and three from the volleyball team.

LOUISIANA RAGIN' CAJUNS SPRING 2017 STUDENT-ATHLETE GRADUATES
Baseball (2) – Christopher Charpentier (Finance), Gregory Davis (Petroleum Engineering).

Women's Basketball (1) – Jaylyn Gordon (General Studies).

Football (8) – Matthew Barnes (General Studies), Justin Boatwright (General Studies), Nick Byrne (Management & Economics), Christian Goodlett (General Studies), Trey Granier (Master of Business Administration), Grant Horst (Marketing), Reginald Miles (General Studies), TJ Posey (General Studies).

Golf (1) – Fernando Cruz Valle (Finance).

Softball (7) – Sarah Arceneaux (Management), Alexandrea Elkins (General Studies), Haley Hayden (Exercise Science), Kendall Smith (General Studies), Taylor Terrio (Exercise Science), Corin Voinche (General Studies), Kassidy Zeringue (Exercise Science).

Soccer (5) – Lindsey Brammer (Speech Pathology), Carly Jo Ellender (Speech Pathology), Natalie Lebanoff (Management), Yazmin Montoya (Exercise Science), Natalie Newman (Health and P.E., K-12).

Men's Tennis (1) – Eric Perez (General Studies).

Men's Track and Field (7) – Christian Bergeron (Biology), Jeryl Brazil (General Studies), Landon Carroll (Petroleum Engineering), Joshua Cecil (Geology), Jacob Chicola (Geology), Rodrick Theyard (Exercise Science), Matthew Wilson (Petroleum Engineering).

Women's Track and Field (6) – Meredith Driskell (Chemical Engineering), Claire Hodges (Petroleum Engineering), Amie Leitko (Marketing), Courtney Musgrove (Accounting), Chelcie Sonnier (Kinesiology, K-12), Kayla Thompson (English).

Volleyball (3) – Caitlyn Auxilien (Nursing), Jessica Bartczyszyn (English), Chanelle Gardner (Public Relations).

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Forty-One Student-Athletes Earn Degrees In Spring Commencement Ceremonies

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