TicketsCINCINNATI - The office of Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) held a graduation celebration for 72 University of Cincinnati student-athletes Tuesday, April 30, inside the Richard E. Lindner Center as each of the individuals on hand received their graduation stoles and were recognized by the Department of Athletics. The Class of 2019 featured 70 student-athletes that will earn their diplomas this weekend inside Fifth Third Arena.
Five of the graduates have attained their Master's degrees, including three track & field student-athletes and two football players. The track & field individuals earning those Master's include 2017 NCAA Champion (indoor weight throw) Annette Echikunwoke, two-time NCAA runner-up (high jump) Loretta Blaut and Leah Heckaman while the football players include Kevin Mouhon and Kyle Trout.
The women's track & field and cross country program has the largest number of graduates this Spring as 15 women are set to earn their degrees with football graduating eight. Both baseball and women's soccer will see seven graduate while women's swimming & diving with graduate five. Teams that are seeing three of their members graduate include men's and women's basketball, lacrosse and the two-time AAC champion men's swimming & diving team. Rounding out the teams represented are four squads with two graduates each, including, both men's and women's golf, men's soccer and volleyball, with tennis having one graduate.
Fifth Third Arena will host three days of commencement activities starting Thursday, May 2, with the Doctoral Hooding & Master's Recognition Ceremony (2 p.m.). Friday, two undergraduate ceremonies will be held with the first starting at 9 a.m. and the second at 2 p.m. Finally, Saturday's final undergraduate ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. For more information on the event, visit UC.edu/commencement.
2019 BEARCATS GRADUATES
Baseball (7)
A.J. Bumpass • Sport Administration
Clayton Colvin • Finance
Mason DeAnna • Sport Administration
Tristan Hammans • Construction Management
Cal Jarrett • Finance
A.J. Kullman • Communication
Tanner Schimmoeller • Sport Administration
Basketball, Men (3)
Cane Broome • Criminal Justice
Justin Jenifer • Criminal Justice
DerMarr Johnson • Interdisciplinary Studies
Basketball, Women (3)
Maya Benham • Criminal Justice
Nikira Goings • Sport Administration
Chelsea Warren • Psychology
Football (9)
Doug Bates • Sport Administration
Alex Heil • Finance and Economics
Ryan Jones • Sport Administration
Bruno Labelle • Communication
Tyler McGarr • Geology
Kevin Mouhon • Master's Foundations of Behavioral Analysis
Jake Sopko • Communication
Tyrin Summers • Sport Administration
Kyle Trout • Master's in Health Education
Golf, Men (2)
Paul Huber • Communication
Austin Squires • Finance
Golf, Women (2)
Anika Hitt • Finance
Emma Wachtel • International Business
Lacrosse (3)
Maria Collacchi • Interdisciplinary Studies
Sam Mlkvy • Communication
Jayde Sains • Health Education - Exercise & Fitness
Soccer, Men (2)
Elias Helbig • Finance and Accounting
Ryan Melink • Political Science
Soccer, Women (7)
Holyn Alf • Marketing
Claudia Eustaquio • Health Sciences
Tiffany Huber • Health Education
Kellee O'Shaughnessy • Mathematics
Kaleigh Piscioneri • Information Systems
Jill Vetere • Health Education
Cassie Wheldon • Finance
Swimming & Diving, Men (3)
Justin Crew • Accounting
Louis Hunt • Finance
Kevin McCaffrey • Interdisciplinary Studies
Swimming & Diving, Women (5)
Natalie Obando • Psychology
Carlie Perretta • Health Sciences
Enna Selmanovic • Biology
Caroline Sheehan • Communications and Disorders
Dee Sopapong • Health Sciences
Tennis (1)
Antonella Bramato • Operations Management
Track & Field and Cross Country, Men (8)
Marcus Abraham • Interdisciplinary Studies
Mykel Chambers • Sports Administration
Khalid Fuller • Sports Administration
Nick Grismer • Nursing
Ryan Kane • Sport Administration
Tim Maduka • Interdisciplinary Studies
Michael Vitucci • Information Sytems
Steven Zombory • Chemistry
Track & Field and Cross Country, Women (15)
Annette Echikunwoke • Master's in Marketing
Haisha Bisiolu • Marketing
Loretta Blaut • Master's in Business Administration
Sadie Brass • Accounting
Brooke Catherine • Psychology
Leah Heckaman • Master's in Health Education
Alanna Hendricks • Dietetics
Emma Hensley • Art History
Sammy Hentz • Psychology
Maggie Loeffler • Civil Engineering
Lianne Masquelier • Biomedical Engineering
Allie Plybon • Marketing
Bryana Robinson • Neuroscience
Samantha Simms • Health Science - Exercise & Movement
Naomi Urbano • Psychology
Volleyball (2)
Carly Nolan • Information Systems
Jade Tingelhoff • Sociology
Five of the graduates have attained their Master's degrees, including three track & field student-athletes and two football players. The track & field individuals earning those Master's include 2017 NCAA Champion (indoor weight throw) Annette Echikunwoke, two-time NCAA runner-up (high jump) Loretta Blaut and Leah Heckaman while the football players include Kevin Mouhon and Kyle Trout.
The women's track & field and cross country program has the largest number of graduates this Spring as 15 women are set to earn their degrees with football graduating eight. Both baseball and women's soccer will see seven graduate while women's swimming & diving with graduate five. Teams that are seeing three of their members graduate include men's and women's basketball, lacrosse and the two-time AAC champion men's swimming & diving team. Rounding out the teams represented are four squads with two graduates each, including, both men's and women's golf, men's soccer and volleyball, with tennis having one graduate.
Fifth Third Arena will host three days of commencement activities starting Thursday, May 2, with the Doctoral Hooding & Master's Recognition Ceremony (2 p.m.). Friday, two undergraduate ceremonies will be held with the first starting at 9 a.m. and the second at 2 p.m. Finally, Saturday's final undergraduate ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. For more information on the event, visit UC.edu/commencement.
2019 BEARCATS GRADUATES
Baseball (7)
A.J. Bumpass • Sport Administration
Clayton Colvin • Finance
Mason DeAnna • Sport Administration
Tristan Hammans • Construction Management
Cal Jarrett • Finance
A.J. Kullman • Communication
Tanner Schimmoeller • Sport Administration
Basketball, Men (3)
Cane Broome • Criminal Justice
Justin Jenifer • Criminal Justice
DerMarr Johnson • Interdisciplinary Studies
Basketball, Women (3)
Maya Benham • Criminal Justice
Nikira Goings • Sport Administration
Chelsea Warren • Psychology
Football (9)
Doug Bates • Sport Administration
Alex Heil • Finance and Economics
Ryan Jones • Sport Administration
Bruno Labelle • Communication
Tyler McGarr • Geology
Kevin Mouhon • Master's Foundations of Behavioral Analysis
Jake Sopko • Communication
Tyrin Summers • Sport Administration
Kyle Trout • Master's in Health Education
Golf, Men (2)
Paul Huber • Communication
Austin Squires • Finance
Golf, Women (2)
Anika Hitt • Finance
Emma Wachtel • International Business
Lacrosse (3)
Maria Collacchi • Interdisciplinary Studies
Sam Mlkvy • Communication
Jayde Sains • Health Education - Exercise & Fitness
Soccer, Men (2)
Elias Helbig • Finance and Accounting
Ryan Melink • Political Science
Soccer, Women (7)
Holyn Alf • Marketing
Claudia Eustaquio • Health Sciences
Tiffany Huber • Health Education
Kellee O'Shaughnessy • Mathematics
Kaleigh Piscioneri • Information Systems
Jill Vetere • Health Education
Cassie Wheldon • Finance
Swimming & Diving, Men (3)
Justin Crew • Accounting
Louis Hunt • Finance
Kevin McCaffrey • Interdisciplinary Studies
Swimming & Diving, Women (5)
Natalie Obando • Psychology
Carlie Perretta • Health Sciences
Enna Selmanovic • Biology
Caroline Sheehan • Communications and Disorders
Dee Sopapong • Health Sciences
Tennis (1)
Antonella Bramato • Operations Management
Track & Field and Cross Country, Men (8)
Marcus Abraham • Interdisciplinary Studies
Mykel Chambers • Sports Administration
Khalid Fuller • Sports Administration
Nick Grismer • Nursing
Ryan Kane • Sport Administration
Tim Maduka • Interdisciplinary Studies
Michael Vitucci • Information Sytems
Steven Zombory • Chemistry
Track & Field and Cross Country, Women (15)
Annette Echikunwoke • Master's in Marketing
Haisha Bisiolu • Marketing
Loretta Blaut • Master's in Business Administration
Sadie Brass • Accounting
Brooke Catherine • Psychology
Leah Heckaman • Master's in Health Education
Alanna Hendricks • Dietetics
Emma Hensley • Art History
Sammy Hentz • Psychology
Maggie Loeffler • Civil Engineering
Lianne Masquelier • Biomedical Engineering
Allie Plybon • Marketing
Bryana Robinson • Neuroscience
Samantha Simms • Health Science - Exercise & Movement
Naomi Urbano • Psychology
Volleyball (2)
Carly Nolan • Information Systems
Jade Tingelhoff • Sociology