Ninety-One BYU Student-Athletes Graduate
PROVO, Utah – BYU Athletics is proud to announce the graduation of 91 student-athletes as part of the Class of 2020.
“Each year, BYU graduates some of the most remarkable student-athletes in the country and this year is no exception,” said Trevor Wilson, director of the Student Athlete Life and Learning Center. “These student-athletes, like all BYU graduates this year, will be missing formal graduation recognition; however, they now join the ranks of exceptional student-athlete alumni who will ‘Go forth to serve’ in extraordinary ways.”
This year’s graduates have combined to major across 29 disciplines including such fields as accounting, art history, economics, exercise and wellness, Japanese, mechanical engineering and philosophy, to name a few. A complete list of graduates can be found below; each had a graduation date ranging from December 2019 to August 2020.
Baseball: Bo Burrup (communications), Brock Hale (experience design and management), Brian Hsu (Chinese), Jordan Wood (exercise science)
Men’s Basketball: Yoeli Childs (exercise and wellness), TJ Haws (finance), Taylor Maughan (exercise science), Dalton Nixon (exercise and wellness), Zac Seljaas (exercise and wellness), Evan Troy (exercise and wellness)
Women’s Basketball: Brenna Chase Drollinger (exercise and wellness), Shalae Salmon (public health), Khaedin Taito (exercise and wellness)
Football: Sam Baldwin (Japanese), Trevor Brent (accounting), Joe Critchlow (finance), Kavika Fonua (exercise and wellness), Tanner Jacobsen (economics), Batchlor Johnson (mass communications), Austin Kafentzis (economics), Kamalani Kaluhiokalani (math education), Uriah Leiataua (experience design and management), Austin Lee (exercise and wellness), JJ Nwigwe (economics), Trajan Pili (exercise science), Addison Pulsipher (mechanical engineering), Thomas Shoaf (civil engineering), Talon Shumway (exercise science), Troy Warner (exercise and wellness), Austin Whetzel (strategic management), Chris Wilcox (exercise and wellness)
Men’s Golf: Spencer Dunaway (psychology)
Women’s Golf: Rose Huang (global supply chain management), Anna Kennedy (exercise and wellness)
Gymnastics: Shannon Evans (exercise and wellness), Briana Pearson (marketing)
Soccer: Ella Ballstaedt (art history and curatorial studies), Lizzy Braby (exercise and wellness), Sabrina Davis (exercise and wellness), Elise Flake (family life), Alyssa Jefferson (communication disorders), Rachel Lyman (exercise and wellness), Danika Serassio (exercise and wellness)
Softball: Emilee Erickson (communications), Ashley Godfrey (exercise and wellness), Allie Hancock (exercise and wellness), Olivia Sanchez (sociology), Libby Sugg (exercise and wellness), Lexi Tarrow (elementary education)
Men’s Swimming and Diving: Jarren Brinton (psychology), Bryce Farabee (exercise science), Nathan Gonzales (statistics), Levi Jensen (psychology), Kunmi Ogunfeibo (political science), James Sorensen (finance)
Women’s Swimming and Diving: Taylor Ballard (family studies), Casey Cunningham (political science), Kaela Call-Harries (economics), Kelly Hatanaka (experience design and management), Elizabeth Holmes (exercise science), Morgan Mellow-Dopp (exercise science)
Men’s Tennis: David Ball (philosophy), Sean Hill (economics), Jeffrey Hsu (sociology), Sam Tullis (accounting)
Women’s Tennis: Taylah Beckman (communications), Hailey Krey (entrepreneurial management), Kate Cusick Truman (communications)
Men’s Track and Field: Blake Ellis (exercise science), Chase Heiner (exercise and wellness), Tyler Huffaker (exercise and wellness), Jefferson Jarvis (communications), Cade Perry (economics), Porter Reddish (chemical engineering), Jameson Shirley (psychology), Clayson Shumway (economics), Derek Sorensen (psychology), Ramarco Thompson (economics)
Women’s Track and Field: Erica Birk-Jarvis (family life), Emma Gee (communications), Olivia Hoj (public health), Courtney Isom (communications), Brenna Porter (elementary education), Cassidy Pinnock (family life), Kyndal Stewart (exercise and wellness), Courtney Wayment (exercise and wellness)
Men’s Volleyball: Miki Jauhiainen (computer science), Andrew Lincoln (exercise science)
Women’s Volleyball: Sydnie Martindale (exercise and wellness), McKenna Miller (exercise and wellness), Kiani Moea’i (experience design and management)
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