USC Honors 90 Graduating Student-Athletes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The South Carolina athletic department celebrated the graduation of 90 student-athletes with its annual ring ceremony Tuesday morning at Colonial Life Arena. The event honored those graduating during the spring and summer ceremonies. The group earned many accolades during their respective careers. The student-athletes on the list earned 36 All-American awards, 49 All-Conference (All-SEC/C-USA) selections, and appeared on the conference (SEC/C-USA) academic honor roll 192 times. Eleven of these student student-athletes were members of national championship teams, while there were four additional individual national championships won by the 2015 graduates. BASEBALL Connor Bright Elliott Caldwell Patrick Harrington Justin Dalles MEN’S BASKETBALL Austin Constable Tyrone Johnson Sean Dougherty WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Shelbretta Ball Elem Ibiam Tina Roy Aleighsa Welch EQUESTRIAN Alexa Anthony Sam Chiodo Layla Choate Melanie Cormier Elizabeth deGolian Amber Henter Allie Kraybill Adele Norton Katherine Schmidt FOOTBALL Landon Ard K.J. Brent Damiere Byrd Jacquese Carson Coleman Harley Cedrick Cooper Gerald Dixon Gerald Dixon, Jr. Phillip Dukes Garrison Gist Austin Hails Mason Harris Shamier Jeffery Kaiwan Lewis Kadetrix Marcus Mike Matulis Drew Owens Marcquis Roberts Will Sport Brison Williams Fred Bennett Dunta Robinson Brendan Nosovitch MEN’S GOLF Caleb Sturgeon MEN’S SOCCER Kevin Stam Jeff Addai Ryan Freiburger Mahamoudou Kaba Dan Traxler Braeden Troyer WOMEN’S SOCCER Sabrina D’Angelo Andie Romness SOFTBALL Kristen Struett MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Michael Covert Jared Kauffman Cole Miller Alex Vance WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING Kasey Catalfomo Sara Columbus Sara Drake Rachel Elliott Karalyn Gibbs Annika Jonsson Patricia Kranz Victoria Mitchell Lauren Rosenberg Charlotte Ward Elisabeth Worrell Lindsay Pierce MEN’S TENNIS Andrew Adams Kyle Koch MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Clayton Gravesande Kevin Keating Daniel Novak Nigel Redic Chris Royster Chris Walker Eric Winfrey WOMEN’S TRACK / CROSS COUNTRY Stephanie Berger Lashinda Demus Sarah Graham Tamera Harris Kayla Lampe Ashley Miller Erika Rucker Jeannelle Scheper VOLLEYBALL / SAND VOLLEYBALL Mikaela Christiaansen Haley Guyton Kellie McNeil Colleen Nosovitch
