DES MOINES, Iowa – A total of 40 Drake University student-athletes from 10 different sports will receive their diploma at Drake University's 142nd commencement ceremonies this weekend at the Knapp Center.
This group of distinct and successful student-athletes include two Missouri Valley Conference Elite 18 Award winners, six who earned first team all-conference academic honors this past season and multiple MVC Scholar of the Week winners. Seven of the graduates are MVC Presidents Council Award honorees that have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.80 or better and nine will graduate either summa cum laude or magna cum laude.
Athletically, nine of the graduates have earned all-conference honors this season.
Saturday's commencement puts the finishing touches on another outstanding academic year for the Bulldogs. During the fall semester, all 18 of Drake's teams achieved a 3.0 or better team GPA and 255 student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 grade point average.
Below are the student-athletes scheduled to receive their diplomas this weekend. During the year's earlier fall commencement, 20 student-athletes received their degrees.
Here are those recipients.
Men's Basketball
Jacob Enevold – Radio & Television Production
A.J. Rutter – Health Sciences – Summa Cum Laude
Graham Woodward – Marketing
Women's Basketball
Caitlin Ingle – Psychology – Magna Cum Laude
Cortni Rush – Health Sciences
Football
Michael Caradmone – Pharmacy
Andrew Clifford – Management/Marketing
Kyle Garcia – Management/Marketing
Jeremy Kahen – Management/Marketing
Josh Lee – Computer Science
Grant Menard – Law, Politics & Society/Marketing – Cum Laude
Tony Petta – Health Sciences
Conley Wilkins – Entrepreneurial Management/Management
Andrew Yarwood – Management/Marketing
Men's Golf
Karter Smith – Management/Marketing – Magna Cum Laude
Rowing
Gabrielle Brodek – Environmental Science – Cum Laude
Kerstin Donat – International Relations – Magna Cum Laude
Sarah Larson – Biology – Cum Laude
Men's Soccer
Nick Manzoni – International Business/Marketing – Summa Cum Laude
Luke Mennen – Marketing
Alex Prusa – Management/Marketing – Magna Cum Laude)
Mueng Sunday – Finance – Cum Laude
Adam Weatherly – Finance
Women's Soccer
Kayla Armstrong – Marketing/Management
Brooke Dennis – Health Sciences – Cum Laude)
Sarah Grace Nicholson – Marketing/Management – Magna Cum Laude
Softball
Kaitlyn Finneran – Biology – Summa Cum Laude
Maddie Hooyman – Actuarial Science
Track & Field and Cross Country
Michael Dolan – Marketing
Reed Fischer – English/Public Relations – Magna Cum Laude
Samantha Nielsen – Biology – Cum Laude
Johnanthan Osifuye-White – Economics/International Business
Adam Perkins – Entrepreneurial Management/Marketing
Shelby Varney – Elementary Teacher Education – Magna Cum Laude
George Webb – Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology
Volleyball
Chandelle Davidson – Accounting/Management
Capris Quaites – International Business/Marketing – Magna Cum Laude
Makena Schoene – English/Marketing
Michelle Thommi – Health Sciences
Nicole Woods – Marketing/Management
