Thirty-One Wildcats Earn Degrees in Fall Semester
Dec 08, 2017 | Athletics
MANHATTAN, Kan. - A total of 31 current or former K-State student-athletes earned their degrees from Kansas State University this fall after completing final exams and participating in the annual commencement exercises.
Highlighting the 31 who graduated this fall were 12 current or former members of the K-State football team, four each from baseball and equestrian, two from men's track and field, rowing, women's golf and women's track and field and one each from men's basketball, men's golf and women's soccer.
Seven of the graduates have earned Academic All-Big 12 honors this fall, while the football team will see a total of 19 players take the field at the 2017 Cactus Bowl with a degree in hand.
The group of graduates was also honored at the department's annual graduation reception inside the West Stadium Center, a function that is in its seventh season.
K-State continues to rank among the league's best in terms of academic success as all programs are currently well above the required NCAA APR standard in addition to ranking among the best in the Big 12 in graduation rates.
2017 Fall Graduates
Baseball:
Josh Ethier – Communication Studies
Matthew Nerz – Economics
Parker Rigler – Management
Bryce Ward – Sociology-Criminology
Equestrian:
Barbara Crosby – Elementary Education
Tina Frost – Elementary Education
Rory Reichelt – Civil Engineering
Jessica Thompson-Bray - Psychology
Football:
Kendall Adams – Social Sciences
Konnor Cook – Social Sciences
Winston Dimel – Management
Bryce Fitzner – Management and Marketing
Will Geary – Social Sciences
Tevin Geddis – Kinesiology
Mitch Lochbihler – Construction Science and Management
Colby Moore – Public Relations
Byron Pringle – Criminology
C.J. Reese – Criminology
Dalton Risner – Communication Studies
Glenn Williams – Public Relations
Men's Basketball:
Zach Winter – Finance
Men's Golf:
Jack Rickabaugh - Agribusiness
Men's Track and Field:
Zach Supple – Management
Kaneil Harrison - Management
Rowing:
Courtney Faucett – Industrial Engineering
Mary Catherine Ross – Mechanical Engineering
Women's Golf:
Katherine Gravel-Coursol – Advertising
Paige Nelson – Communication Studies
Women's Soccer:
Miranda Larkin – Communication Studies
Women's Track and Field:
Sara Savatovic – Mass Communications and Public Relations
Zanri Van Der Merwe – Mass Communications and Advertising
Highlighting the 31 who graduated this fall were 12 current or former members of the K-State football team, four each from baseball and equestrian, two from men's track and field, rowing, women's golf and women's track and field and one each from men's basketball, men's golf and women's soccer.
Seven of the graduates have earned Academic All-Big 12 honors this fall, while the football team will see a total of 19 players take the field at the 2017 Cactus Bowl with a degree in hand.
The group of graduates was also honored at the department's annual graduation reception inside the West Stadium Center, a function that is in its seventh season.
K-State continues to rank among the league's best in terms of academic success as all programs are currently well above the required NCAA APR standard in addition to ranking among the best in the Big 12 in graduation rates.
2017 Fall Graduates
Baseball:
Josh Ethier – Communication Studies
Matthew Nerz – Economics
Parker Rigler – Management
Bryce Ward – Sociology-Criminology
Equestrian:
Barbara Crosby – Elementary Education
Tina Frost – Elementary Education
Rory Reichelt – Civil Engineering
Jessica Thompson-Bray - Psychology
Football:
Kendall Adams – Social Sciences
Konnor Cook – Social Sciences
Winston Dimel – Management
Bryce Fitzner – Management and Marketing
Will Geary – Social Sciences
Tevin Geddis – Kinesiology
Mitch Lochbihler – Construction Science and Management
Colby Moore – Public Relations
Byron Pringle – Criminology
C.J. Reese – Criminology
Dalton Risner – Communication Studies
Glenn Williams – Public Relations
Men's Basketball:
Zach Winter – Finance
Men's Golf:
Jack Rickabaugh - Agribusiness
Men's Track and Field:
Zach Supple – Management
Kaneil Harrison - Management
Rowing:
Courtney Faucett – Industrial Engineering
Mary Catherine Ross – Mechanical Engineering
Women's Golf:
Katherine Gravel-Coursol – Advertising
Paige Nelson – Communication Studies
Women's Soccer:
Miranda Larkin – Communication Studies
Women's Track and Field:
Sara Savatovic – Mass Communications and Public Relations
Zanri Van Der Merwe – Mass Communications and Advertising
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