Fifty-three student-athletes and support staff earn degrees from Tech in Spring 2020
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Saturday was supposed to be a special day for so many in the Tennessee Tech community as families, friends and alumni gathered to celebrate the graduation of the Spring 2020 class. However, with the continuing changes that have come from the COVID-19 epidemic, schedules had to change for the safety of everyone involved. Even though there were many changes to the normal routine, work continued as usual.
Spring 2020 Graduates photo gallery
By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Saturday was supposed to be a special day for so many in the Tennessee Tech community as families, friends and alumni gathered to celebrate the graduation of the Spring 2020 class.
However, with the continuing changes that have come from the COVID-19 epidemic, schedules had to change for the safety of everyone involved. Even though there were many changes to the normal routine, work continued as usual.
After the completion of their course work this week, 53 Tennessee Tech student-athletes and support staff will have earned their degrees. While the formal commencement exercises that were scheduled for Saturday have been postponed, a video celebration will be posted to the University's commencement website (tntech.edu/commencement) to honor this semester's graduates.
Plans for a rescheduled commencement are still ongoing and will be announced in early June to allow students and their families time to make arrangements.
Among the student-athletes who have earned their degrees are:
FOOTBALL – Dami Adekunjo (Business Management), Manny Avina (EXPW), Quintavious Boyd (EXPW), Shannon Fayne (EXPW), R.D. Ford (Business Management), Andrew Goldsmith (EXPW), Norman Hand (EXPW), Aderick Moore (Business Management), Aidan Panni (Secondary Education/History), Xavier Schlueter (English), Storm Williams (Sociology-Criminal Justice), Haidar Zaidan (Biology), Jake Buttram (post-graduate degree)
MEN'S BASKETBALL – Darius Allen (Interdisciplinary Studies), Cade Crosland (Communications), Tyler Thompson (EXPW)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- Akia Harris (EXPW)
BASEBALL – Mark Leonard (Interdisciplinary Studies), Cody Littlejohn (Marketing/Finance), Andrew O'Dwyer (Biology), Jacob Parham (Nutrition), Grant Phillips (EXPW), Tyler Sylvester (EXPW)
GOLF – Hannah Bratton (Marketing), Matthew Giles (Civil Engineering), Cameron Yeary (Accounting/Finance)
VOLLEYBALL – Emily Brooks (Engineering Technology), Abigail Duncan (Secondary Education/History), Rachel Thomas (EXPW), Suzie Jeziorowski (post-graduate degree)
SOFTBALL – Hallie Davis (Secondary Education/Agriculture), Kayla Hughes (Special Education), Beth McCulley (Marketing), Amanda Phy (Psychology), Raegan Sparks (EXPW)
CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD – D'Airrien Jackson (Interdisciplinary Studies), Tieara Norman (Biology), Benard Sigei (Accounting)
SOCCER – Rachel Blow (Nursing), Kaitie Shipley (EXPW), Nora Vicsek (EXPW)
TENNIS – Eduardo Mena (post-graduate degree)
ATHLETICS – Chrissy Jones (Agricultural Engineering), Alexa Kingree (Marketing), Anna Lancaster (Nursing), Challice Ledford (EXPW), Maxey Parham (Communications), Nick Sandy (Masters, Business Administration)
SPIRIT SQUAD – Haley Kramer, Olivia Hamby, T.J. Carver.
