Tech Celebrates 29 Student-Athletes Earning Degrees
December 14, 2018 | Baseball, Football, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, Academics, Track and Field
Dakota Allen and Jah’Shawn Johnson will be among Texas Tech’s graduates this weekend
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Athletics is pleased to announce that 29 student-athletes will earn their degrees this weekend during the university's commencement ceremonies held at United Supermarkets Arena.
Each of the 29 student-athletes graduating this weekend will walk the stage wearing a special stole that signifies the individual's status as a student-athlete. The stoles are part of a recently-established athletics tradition that began with the spring of 2017 commencement exercises.
Texas Tech's commencement exercises begin at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon with the College of Arts & Sciences and continues later that evening with the Graduate School. The 9 a.m. ceremony Saturday features the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resourses, University Programs, Wind Energy and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts.
The final ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, featuring the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Honors College, College of Education, College of Architecture, College of Human Sciences and the College of Media & Communication.
Edward E. Whitacre Jr., a 1964 graduate of Texas Tech and former chairman and CEO of both AT&T and General Motors, will serve as speaker for each of the commencement ceremonies.
Below is a sport-by-sport listing of each student-athlete graduating this weekend:
Baseball: Dylan Dusek, Hunter Hargrove, Davis Martin
Football: Dakota Allen, De'Quan Bowman, Matthew Cluck, Demarcus Felton, Clayton Hatfield, Kolin Hill, Jah'Shawn Johnson, Jeremiah McCutcheon, Mason Reed, Ian Sadler, Cody Wheeler.
Men's Golf: Fredrik Nilehn
Soccer: Cassie Conarty, Cassie Boren, Hannah Fernandez, Mary Heiberger, Brooke Denesik, Gwennie Puente, Carly Wickenheiser
Men's Tennis: Connor Curry
Women's Track & Field: Kirsten Johnson, Kaitlyn Tharp
Men's Track & Field: Miguel Bautista
Volleyball: Katy Keenan, Missy Owens, Sarah Redding
Each of the 29 student-athletes graduating this weekend will walk the stage wearing a special stole that signifies the individual's status as a student-athlete. The stoles are part of a recently-established athletics tradition that began with the spring of 2017 commencement exercises.
Texas Tech's commencement exercises begin at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon with the College of Arts & Sciences and continues later that evening with the Graduate School. The 9 a.m. ceremony Saturday features the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resourses, University Programs, Wind Energy and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts.
The final ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, featuring the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Honors College, College of Education, College of Architecture, College of Human Sciences and the College of Media & Communication.
Edward E. Whitacre Jr., a 1964 graduate of Texas Tech and former chairman and CEO of both AT&T and General Motors, will serve as speaker for each of the commencement ceremonies.
Below is a sport-by-sport listing of each student-athlete graduating this weekend:
Baseball: Dylan Dusek, Hunter Hargrove, Davis Martin
Football: Dakota Allen, De'Quan Bowman, Matthew Cluck, Demarcus Felton, Clayton Hatfield, Kolin Hill, Jah'Shawn Johnson, Jeremiah McCutcheon, Mason Reed, Ian Sadler, Cody Wheeler.
Men's Golf: Fredrik Nilehn
Soccer: Cassie Conarty, Cassie Boren, Hannah Fernandez, Mary Heiberger, Brooke Denesik, Gwennie Puente, Carly Wickenheiser
Men's Tennis: Connor Curry
Women's Track & Field: Kirsten Johnson, Kaitlyn Tharp
Men's Track & Field: Miguel Bautista
Volleyball: Katy Keenan, Missy Owens, Sarah Redding
Players Mentioned
LB
/ Football
Distance
/ Track and Field
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
WR
/ Football
PK
/ Football
Defender/Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
/ Men's Tennis
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
LHP
/ Baseball
RB
/ Football
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
INF/OF
/ Baseball
PK
/ Football
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
LB
/ Football
DB
/ Football
Sprints
/ Track and Field
MB
/ Women's Volleyball
RHP
/ Baseball
OL
/ Football
/ Men's Golf
SET
/ Women's Volleyball
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
RS
/ Women's Volleyball
FB
/ Football
Distance
/ Track and Field
Midfielder
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