59 USF Student-Athletes Slated to Receive Degrees During Spring & Summer Commencements
USF Commencement held this weekend at Yuengling Center
TAMPA, MAY 1, 2023 – USF Athletics congratulates another outstanding group of student-athletes slated to receive their degree during the University’s spring or summer commencement ceremonies.
Athletics held its annual Graduate Brunch on Monday morning and honored 59 USF student-athletes who are projected to receive their degrees this spring and summer, increasing Athletics’ total number of graduates to nearly 80 for the 2022-23 academic year (fall-spring-summer commencements) and over 600 since the 2016-17 school year. Heading into the spring term, the Bulls had posted an overall annual department grade-point average above 3.0 for a program-record of eight consecutive years and 16 straight semesters.
USF will see 52 student-athletes receive their degrees during the University of South Florida’s 2023 Spring Commencement Convocation held this weekend at Yuengling Center on the USF campus. Another seven are slated to earn their degree during summer commencement.
“We are very proud of our student-athletes that have earned a degree from the University of South Florida, which is a primary goal for all our student-athletes and the culmination of a lot of hard work and dedication,” Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly said. “We thank them for their many accomplishments and contributions to our university and wish them all the very best as they pursue careers and make positive impacts in communities all over the world.”
Bulls representing 14 athletic teams are slated to receive a degree this weekend, including three members of the women’s basketball team that won the 2023 AAC regular season and advanced to the program’s ninth NCAA Tournament. Ten members of the football team are also earning degrees, including six slated to return for the 2023 season.
Among some of the notable student-athletes earning degrees this spring are recent WNBA Draft selection and WBCA All-American Elena Tsineke; five-year starting football center Brad Cecil, who is earning his master’s in business administration; the baseball team’s leaders in pitching wins, Hunter Mink, and home runs and RBI, Daniel Cantu; softball’s Vivian Ponn (second on the team in home runs, RBI and ERA); volleyball’s Makayla Washington (who served as co-president of USF’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee); AAC track champions David Ajama (triple jump), Monte Parker (4X400 relay) and Elijah Wright (4X400 relay); and men’s basketball standout Keyshawn Bryant (whose highlight dunks were featured in the ESPN Top 10 Plays on five occasions last season).
NCAA high jump champion Romaine Beckford highlights the Bulls slated to graduate in the summer.
PROJECTED USF ATHLETICS 2023 SPRING GRADUATES
SPRING
Ethan Brown, Baseball
Daniel Cantu, Baseball
Nolan Hudi, Baseball
Hunter Mink, Baseball
Tanner Mink, Baseball
Caleb Pundsack, Baseball
Keyshawn Bryant, Men’s Basketball
Mark Calleja, Men’s Basketball
Jamir Chaplin, Men’s Basketball
Serrel Smith Jr., Men’s Basketball
Ben Kailes, Men’s Cross Country
Jacob Hensley, Men’s Cross Country
Remy Bikowski, Football
Brad Cecil, Football – Master’s Degree
Jayden Curry, Football
Jatorian Hansford, Football
Christian Helms, Football
Will Jones II, Football
Brock Parry, Football
TJ Robinson, Football
De’Juan Sease, Football
T-Mac Simpson, Football
Sergio Pineros-Mayorga, Men’s Soccer
David Ajama, Men’s Track & Field
Danelson Mahautiere, Men’s Track & Field
Johann Jeremiah, Men’s Track & Field
Monte Parker, Men’s Track & Field
Elijah Wright, Men’s Track & Field
Maria Alvarez, Women’s Basketball
Sammie Puisis, Women’s Basketball
Elena Tsineke, Women’s Basketball
Ana Maria Barriga, Women’s Golf
Sydney Monahan, Sailing
Jacqueline Morrison, Sailing
Olivia Smith, Sailing
Allana Consolazio, Softball
Emilee Hanlon, Softball
Antoinette Hill, Softball
Bailee Leistl, Softball
Vivian Ponn, Softball
Natalie Zweig, Softball
Katrina Haarmann, Women’s Soccer
Bella Kober, Women’s Soccer
Rosalia Muino Gonzalez, Women’s Soccer
Landry Singleton, Women’s Soccer
Margriet Timmermans, Women’s Tennis
Loren Johnson, Women’s Track & Field
Patricija Roshofa, Women’s Track & Field
Cherrish Wright, Women’s Track & Field
Kelsey O’Loughlin, Volleyball
Madison Bragan, Volleyball
Makayla Washington, Volleyball
SUMMER
Dylan Vega, Baseball
Jake Boggs, Men’s Basketball
Ray Thornton, Football
Romaine Beckford, Men’s Track & Field
Caitlin McGee, Women’s Basketball
Nadja Bay Christians, Women’s Tennis
Kelly Dunsmore, Sailing
About USF Athletics
USF Athletics currently sponsors 19 varsity men’s and women’s teams that compete in 11 different sports, 18 at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference, which will expand to 21 teams with the recently announced additions of women’s lacrosse (2024-25) and women’s beach volleyball. The Bulls’ athletic program began in 1965 and is in its 57th season in 2022-23. Nearly 450 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of the campus in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls have claimed 26 American Athletic Conference team titles since joining the conference in 2013, including seven trophies in the 2021 calendar year, and own 140 conference titles claimed in 15 sports in department history, led by 20 each for men’s tennis and men’s soccer. USF has claimed 74 men’s conference championships and 64 women’s titles, led by 14 in women’s tennis and 12 in volleyball. The Bulls have posted a combined annual grade-point average over 3.0 for more than eight straight years and have posted a program record of 16 straight semesters with a combined GPA over 3.0 as of the fall of 2022. USF has had over 600 student-athletes earn their degree since 2016-17.
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