Thirty-Six Student-Athletes Receive Degrees During Spring Commencement
May 16, 2017 | Athletics
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Spring commencement ceremonies at Mississippi State University included 36 Bulldog student-athletes who received their degrees May 5-6.
The list of MSU's student-athlete graduates also included four who received master's degrees – Blaise Carabello (women's golf), Chelsea Duhs (volleyball), Devon Desper (football) and Ffion Price (track and field).
Ceremonies were held at Humphrey Coliseum, with Dr. LouAnn Woodward, University of Mississippi Medical Center vice chancellor for health affairs and UM School of Medicine dean, delivering the commencement address.
State had 85 student-athletes earn Dean's Scholar or President's Scholar for the spring semester. MSU also had 178 student-athletes named to the Bulldog Honor Roll for posting a 3.0 or higher grade-point average, and 29 earned Top Dawg honors by wrapping the semester with a 4.0.
Men's golf led the men's teams with a 3.23 GPA, while women's tennis posted the highest among women's squads and the top overall for the second-straight semester with a 3.48. Mississippi State's women's teams finished with a 3.27 cumulative GPA, with seven of the eight Bulldog women's programs tallying a 3.0 or higher.
2017 Mississippi State Spring Graduates
Baseball
Jacob Billingsley
Cody Brown
Josh Lovelady
Brent Rooker
Men's Basketball
I.J. Ready
Women's Basketball
Dominique Dillingham
Chinwe Okorie
Sherise Williams
Football
Hunter Bradley
Jamaal Clayborn
*Devon Desper
Rodney Lacy
Nick Proby
Men's Golf
Jackson Dick
Johnny Newnham
Women's Golf
Ji Eun Baik
* Blaise Carabello
Chieh Jessica Peng
Izel Pieters
Soccer
Ariana Holmes
Sarah Hulett
Softball
Katie Anne Bailey
Olivia Golden
Kayla Winkfield
Women's Tennis
Jasmine Lee
Track & Field (Men's)
Alfred Larry
Marshall Nunn
Rodrigo Rocha
Ro'Derick Spears
Track & Field (Women's)
Kaelin Kersh
*Ffion Price
Rhianwedd Price
Haley Reynolds
Volleyball
*Chelsea Duhs
Bali Lefall-Young
Cheyenne Spell
* - Received Master's Degree
The list of MSU's student-athlete graduates also included four who received master's degrees – Blaise Carabello (women's golf), Chelsea Duhs (volleyball), Devon Desper (football) and Ffion Price (track and field).
Ceremonies were held at Humphrey Coliseum, with Dr. LouAnn Woodward, University of Mississippi Medical Center vice chancellor for health affairs and UM School of Medicine dean, delivering the commencement address.
State had 85 student-athletes earn Dean's Scholar or President's Scholar for the spring semester. MSU also had 178 student-athletes named to the Bulldog Honor Roll for posting a 3.0 or higher grade-point average, and 29 earned Top Dawg honors by wrapping the semester with a 4.0.
Men's golf led the men's teams with a 3.23 GPA, while women's tennis posted the highest among women's squads and the top overall for the second-straight semester with a 3.48. Mississippi State's women's teams finished with a 3.27 cumulative GPA, with seven of the eight Bulldog women's programs tallying a 3.0 or higher.
2017 Mississippi State Spring Graduates
Baseball
Jacob Billingsley
Cody Brown
Josh Lovelady
Brent Rooker
Men's Basketball
I.J. Ready
Women's Basketball
Dominique Dillingham
Chinwe Okorie
Sherise Williams
Football
Hunter Bradley
Jamaal Clayborn
*Devon Desper
Rodney Lacy
Nick Proby
Men's Golf
Jackson Dick
Johnny Newnham
Women's Golf
Ji Eun Baik
* Blaise Carabello
Chieh Jessica Peng
Izel Pieters
Soccer
Ariana Holmes
Sarah Hulett
Softball
Katie Anne Bailey
Olivia Golden
Kayla Winkfield
Women's Tennis
Jasmine Lee
Track & Field (Men's)
Alfred Larry
Marshall Nunn
Rodrigo Rocha
Ro'Derick Spears
Track & Field (Women's)
Kaelin Kersh
*Ffion Price
Rhianwedd Price
Haley Reynolds
Volleyball
*Chelsea Duhs
Bali Lefall-Young
Cheyenne Spell
* - Received Master's Degree
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