MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University held its spring commencement exercises on Saturday and among those receiving degrees were 44 current or former Wildcat student-athletes.

Highlighting the 44 graduates on the weekend were 13 members of the football team, nine members of the rowing squad, six women’s basketball student-athletes, six from track and field, five from the equestrian team, three from baseball, and two men’s basketball.

“It has been another great year for all of our student-athletes with the success they have achieved and these 44 student-athletes now have degrees to add to their accomplishments,” said Jill Shields, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Student Services. “Each of these student-athletes has displayed a tremendous amount of commitment and determination during their time at K-State, and we are proud to now call them K-State graduates.”

K-State has had another outstanding academic year in 2014-15 as a total of 82 current or former student-athletes earned degrees in the fall and spring. Also, a total of 125 student-athletes have earned Academic All-Big 12 recognition this year, while 269 student-athletes were named to the Fall 2014 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, the most since 2008.

 

“Earning a degree is one of the best and most fulfilling accomplishments I’ve ever earned,” said K-State women’s basketball graduate Ashia Woods. “It was a long commitment that required discipline, intelligence and hard work, and I now feel like I’m well equipped to take on the real world.”
SPRING 2015 STUDENT-ATHLETE GRADUATES:

BASEBALL

Taylor Anderson – Social Sciences

Max Brown – Social Sciences

Carter Yagi – Social Sciences

 

EQUESTRIAN

Kelly Bovaird – Social Sciences

Karsen Brown – Animal Science & Industry

Kelsey Conrad – Animal Science & Industry

Katlyn Delano – Agribusiness

Madison Wayda – Animal Science & Industry

 

FOOTBALL

Dante Barnett – Kinesiology

Marquel Bryant – Social Sciences

Jack Cantele – Civil Engineering

Valentino Coleman – Social Sciences

Travis Green – Marketing

Nathan Jackson – Social Sciences

Matt Kleinsorge – Sociology & Criminology

Evan Loomis – Management Information Systems

Dylan Schellenberg – Management

Tate Snyder – Kinesiology

Adam Weber – Kinesiology

Stanton Weber – Accounting

Steven West – Marketing

 

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Thomas Gipson – Family Studies & Human Services

Ryan Schultz – Kinesiology

 

MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Ivan Hartung – Kinesiology

Zack Riley – Social Sciences

 

ROWING

Lisa Angell – Horticulture

Emily Elliott – Bakery Science & Management

Allison Franken – Civil Engineering

Jessica Kuhlman – Kinesiology

Brittany Long – Psychology

Kara Omo – Kinesiology

Hillary Schartz – Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology

Lindsey Schmeidler – History

Jennifer Smisek – Management

 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Heidi Brown – Kinesiology

Chantay Caron – Elementary Education

Ashlynn Knoll – Marketing

Laurie Koehn – Social Sciences

Deborah Meeks – Social Sciences

Ashia Woods – Marketing

 

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

Angela Hart – Geography

Avery Loyd – Animal Sciences & Industry

Merryl Mbeng – Social Sciences

Erica Twiss – Elementary Education

 

Release courtesy: KENNY LANNOU
Assistant A.D. for Communications | K-State Athletics