Courtesy of Norfolk State Athletic Communications
NORFOLK, Va. – A record total of 40 Norfolk State student-athletes earned their degrees this spring as the 2019-20 academic calendar came to a close.
The athletics department's total of 40 graduates is the most in one semester since at least the spring of 2010, when records were last readily available. The previous most during that time was 38 in the spring of 2016.
In addition, NSU finished with 52 graduates for the year, including 12 in the fall. That total is the most since the department had 64 during the 2016-17 academic year.
Football, volleyball and women's track and field led the way with seven graduates each this spring. Men's track & field and baseball each had five graduates, while women's basketball (three), men's basketball and men's tennis (two each), and women's tennis and softball (one each) were also represented.
A total of 20 student-athletes received academic honors, including 11 with cum laude, eight with magna cum laude and one with summa cum laude.
Below are the 40 spring graduates, listed alphabetically.
Jill Aquino (Volleyball) – Biology Pre-Professional *
Festus Bett (Men's Track & Field) – Mathematics/Applied Mathematics **
Jermaine Bishop (Men's Basketball) – Mass Communications/General Broadcast **
Bojana Bolozan (Volleyball) – General Business/Finance **
Cameryn Brent (Football) – Sociology
Josh Bryant (Football) – Sociology
Toby Buchanan (Baseball) – Biology
Jaylen Carr (Men's Track & Field) – Electronics Technology
Brandon Crosby (Baseball) – Sociology *
Vini Da Silva (Men's Tennis) – General Business/Management ***
Dan Dumitrascu (Men's Tennis) – General Business/Management *
Dana Echols (Women's Basketball) – Accountancy *
Paula Fortuno (Women's Tennis) – Biology Pre-Professional **
Armani Franklin (Women's Basketball) – Political Science **
Chazmin Fullwood (Women's Track & Field) – Psychology
Tyre Givers-Wilson (Football) – Political Science
Chanette Hicks (Women's Basketball)
Destine Hooker (Volleyball) – Tourism and Hospitality Management
Gerald Hulett (Football) - Sociology
Nelly Jerop (Women's Track & Field) – Physics **
Taro Lipscomb (Football) – Health Services Management
De'Shonde McCray (Women's Track & Field) – Sociology *
Halley McKnight (Volleyball) – General Business/Entrepreneurship **
Jacob Milton (Men's Track & Field) – Political Science *
Ashley Patterson (Volleyball) – Accountancy *
Justin Pinder (Men's Track & Field) – General Business/Management
Jessica Radford (Volleyball) – Mass Communications/General Broadcast **
Keira Randolph (Softball) – Biology Pre-Professional
Taejah Robertson (Women's Track & Field) – Mass Communications/General Broadcast
Jalen Rudolph (Baseball) – Journalism
Anna Rupertova (Volleyball)
Caroline Samoei (Women's Track & Field) – Health Services Management *
Kyron Speller (Football) – Sociology
Quenten Thomas (Baseball) – General Business/Entrepreneurship *
Ricky Thomas (Football) – Media Management (M.S.)
Caleb Ward (Baseball) – Mass Communications/General Broadcast
Garth Warner (Men's Track & Field) – Mass Communications/General Broadcast
T'Nai Wells (Women's Track & Field) – Nursing *
Steven Whitley (Men's Basketball) – General Business/Management
Linei Woodson (Women's Track & Field) – Social Work *
* Graduated Cum Laude
** Graduated Magna Cum Laude
*** Graduated Summa Cum Laude