THE FLATS — Twenty-three student-athletes are among those who will receive degrees during Georgia Tech’s Fall 2021 commencement ceremonies this weekend at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
The 23 graduating student-athletes include:
Baseball
Michael Guldberg (industrial engineering)
Connor Justus (business administration)
Cheerleading
Isaac Dobson (computer science)
Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Kendria Edouard (business administration)
Liz Galarza (biomedical engineering)
Alexis Kitchens (biology)
Football
Josh Blancato (mechanical engineering)
Michael Brimer (biology – pre-med)
Olin Broadway (business administration)
Tariq Carpenter (literature, media and communication)
Jordan Domineck (business administration)
Ryan Johnson (M.S. – analytics)
Bruce Jordan-Swilling (business administration)
Cade Long (business administration)
Joseph Macrina (industrial and systems engineering)
Jordan Mason (business administration)
Michael Maye (business administration)
Adonicas Sanders (business administration)
Charlie Thomas (business administration)
Juanyeh Thomas (literature, media and communication)
Volleyball
Mariana Brambilla (psychology)
Matti McKissock (business administration)
Breland Morrissette (business administration)
Prior to their commencement ceremonies, the graduating student-athletes were honored during Georgia Tech athletics’ semi-annual graduation brunch on Friday morning. Speakers at the event included graduating student-athletes Tariq Carpenter and Juanyeh Thomas, director of athletics Todd Stansbury, Total Person Program director Reid Ferrin and Letterwinners Club president Trey Braun. During the event, the graduates received their white stoles to identify them as student-athletes during their commencement ceremonies.
Football’s Ryan Johnson will receive his master’s degree in analytics (his third college degree, including a bachelor’s and two masters’) on Friday afternoon, while the remaining graduates will receive their bachelor’s degrees on Saturday morning.
Georgia Tech athletics boasts a 90% graduation success rate in the latest data provided by the NCAA earlier this month. The 90% NCAA GSR is an all-time high for Tech, which had never achieved a GSR above 85% prior to 2016. Nine of the Yellow Jackets’ 13 teams – men’s cross country/track & field, women’s cross country/track & field, football, golf, softball, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, men’s tennis and volleyball – have individual team GSRs equal to or higher than the national average in their respective sports.
Fall 2021 Graduation Brunch
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