SAVANNAH, Ga. - During Savannah State University’s 188th commencement ceremony which was held Saturday, May 7, at Theodore A. Wright Stadium 29 current and former SSU student-athletes received their degrees.

Among those student-athletes graduating were nine football players, seven baseball players, five track and field athletes, three softball players and one athlete each from women’s golf, women’s tennis, volleyball, men’s basketball and cheerleading.

One athlete earned a master’s degree while 28 received undergraduate degrees.

Of the 28 undergraduate degrees issues, 18 were honor graduates with nine graduating cum laude, five graduating magna cum laude and four graduating summa cum laude.

All five track athletes graduated with honors.

Spring 2016 SSU Student-Athletes Graduation

Baseball
Austin Denney (history)**, Mike McHugh (electronic engineering technology)*, Charles Sikes (interdisciplinary studies)*, Brandon Whitmore (mathematics)**, Rexford Davis (computer science technology), Giancarlo Mirabal (homeland security and emergency management)*** and Hunter Ross (biology).

Football
Trevion Ashford (management), Damani Debeatham (management)*, Justin Dixon (criminal justice), Roosevelt Isom III (homeland security and emergency management)*, Javius Jones (marketing), Devon Stainrod (biology), Richard Williams II (management), Cornel Weston, Jr. (mass communications) and Juwhan Smith-Arnold (biology).

Women’s Golf
Sydney Woolfolk (interdisciplinary studies)**

Softball
Tamara Jones (social work)*, Kylie Tierce (mathematics)** and Chelsea Parrish (Master of Marine Sciences).

Tennis
Tiffany Williams (biology)*

Men’s Track
Derrick Akins (management)** , Dolphurs Hayes (biology)*** and Randy Thomas (journalism and mass communications)*

Women’s Track
Asia Stinson (biology)*** and Alysia Potts (behavior analysis)*

Volleyball
Christian Lyle (biology)***

Men’s Basketball
Marcus Hutchins (management)

Cheerleading
Nutrelle Toodle (marketing)*

Honor Graduates
*** Summa Cum Laude (3.75-4.00)
** Magna Cum Laude (3.40-3.74)
* Cum Laude (3.00-3.39)