NORFOLK, Va. – Fifteen Norfolk State University student-athletes received their bachelor’s degrees at the university’s winter commencement in December.

The graduates include seven former Spartan football players, three from the baseball program, two from women's basketball, and one each from the men's basketball, women's tennis and bowling programs. The list also includes two who earned summa cum laude honors: Rebecca Graff from the women's tennis program and Jessica Overton from women's bowling.

The graduates were:

Women’s Basketball
Genor Dalton, Computer Science
Batavia Owens, Business Education

Men’s Basketball
Quasim Pugh, Interdisciplinary Studies

Football
Dennis Brown, Marketing
Marcus Center, Entrepreneurship
Marquis Cuffee, Biology
Dwight Fluker-Berry, Interdisciplinary Studies
Joseph Hawkins, Interdisciplinary Studies
Blake Matthews, Interdisciplinary Studies
Ronald Terrell Whitehead, Interdisciplinary Studies

Baseball
Quinn Bright, Interdisciplinary Studies
Chris Horne, Business Management
John Lynch, Interdisciplinary Studies

Women’s Tennis
Rebecca Graff, Business Management

Bowling
Jessica Overton, Elementary Education