Cardinals Graduate More than 100 Student-Athletes
May 15, 2014 | Academic Services
May 15, 2014
Wearing their distinctive white satin stoles with red embroidery labeling them as student-athletes, more than 100 Cardinals have earned their degrees and participated in the University of Louisville May 2014 commencement ceremonies last weekend at the KFC Yum! Center.
"Getting my diploma in this spring commencement was a day I will forever remember, having my parents in the arena witnessing my graduation was the cherry on the top of the cake for my journey here at UofL. I am very proud of now being an alumni of one of the best universities in the nation," said Cardinal swimmer and NCAA Champion Carlos Almeida.
The Cardinals, as a program, continue to be successful in the classroom as nine University of Louisville athletic teams posted a perfect score in the most recent single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) data that was released by the NCAA on Wednesday.The nine UofL sports -- five women's and four men's -- with a perfect 1000 APR score for the most recent 2012-13 figures consist of men's basketball, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's lacrosse, softball, women's soccer, men's tennis, and volleyball. UofL's men's basketball and women's golf teams are among the top 10 percent in their respective sports in the latest multi-year APR, which measures academic eligibility, retention and graduation for student-athletes. Both sports have a perfect 1000 score for the four-year period from 2009-13 and received public recognition from the NCAA last w Nine University of Louisville athletic teams posted a perfect score in the most recent single-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) data that was released by the NCAA on Wednesday.
"I am very proud of the continued graduation success rate we are experiencing here at the University of Louisville. Our students reconfirm the fact that success can be achieved in the class room and in their sport," said Marvin Mitchell, senior associate athletic director for Student Services and Diversity.
Here is a list of the graduates:
Women's Track and FieldHannah BakerKimberly CardeiroPaige DooleyMaria FrigoLiberty SlindenJenna WargoAmashi-Ali KendallMargaret Gilbertson
Men's Track and FieldSam BombaughTyler ByrneRyan EatonKevin JacksonAndrew NelsonMattias Wolter
RowingPaula GollnickHannah RitterAmy Van SyocCatherine Chivers
Men's SoccerJoachim BallAdeoja AkinsanyaMichael Mauro
Men's TennisAmaury Derogna
Women's GolfMaike KleinTara LyonsKathryn Petrino
Women's TennisStephanie Villajuan
BaseballBrandon AlphinAlex ChittendenShane CrainJeff GardnerAaron GersehnfeldKyle GibsonCole Sturgeon
Men's BasketballLuke HancockTim HendersonRuss Smith
SoftballJennifer EstebanKatelyn MannAlicja WolnyCaralisa Connell
Women's SoccerCourtney HoltzMegan BerberichJulie CasselmanCharlyn CorralChristine ExeterRachel MelhadoNicole Mitchell
FootballChrist AcostaTeddy BridgewaterPreston BrownBryant ButlerGerald ChristianRobert ClarkJarrett DavisBrandon DunnGeorge DurantMichaelee HarrisStephan RobinsonDeon RogersHunter StoutChris WalkerAlex WitcpalekAnthony BranchTyon DixonGrant DonovanThaddeus FranklinKamal HoganRyan HubbellJarel McGriff-CulverMatt NakataniSenorise PerryChase PetersenJermaine ReveJacob SmithMarcus SmithAaron Nance
Field HockeyAmon, MichelleRosenmeier, KelseySchneidtmiller, Erin
LacrosseBoltja, NicoleBushway, HillaryHerbst, AshleyNegron, MonicaO'Malley, ColleenPoteet, Amelia
VolleyballEmily JuhlKvitle, HannahSahagian, CarlyWelch, Caitlin
Women's Swim and DiveGrite ApaniviciuteLindsey LaPorteRachael LewisCarly MunchelSamantha OrmandEszter PovazsayJackie Sherrard
Men's Swim and DiveCarlos AlmeidaKameron ChastainBrooks Wilmoth
Women's BasketballShawnta' DyerTia GibbsAntonita SlaughterAsia TaylorSheronne Vails
Degree CompletionHerbert CrookRonnie GhentTony Williams
Spirit GroupsZach GriderKarly Van HookMolly HarroldKristian LattaKim DeBaroJermaine EdwardsRachel MeadeDarwin RiveraBrittany WcWhorterKelsey EverittAlexis BerraSara WrightBrett MorenoChelsea ChismDemi BectonMaria D'AddeoAshley FerrySamantha SchmittMeghan JonesKimberly RamserJennifer Grilliot
Pep BandKatelyn ChawanskyAndrew HillearyAlisha BraggCarly KaiserMatt Robeson
Managers and TrainersMeghan ZiobroKelli WilliamsChimelofunam OlisemekaCoreena Bernardino
