THE FLATS – Sixty-three student-athletes are among the Georgia Tech students that will walk across the stage this weekend as a part of the Institute’s Spring 2026 commencement ceremonies at McCamish Pavilion and Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field.
The graduating student-athletes, which includes 53 receiving bachelor’s degrees and 10 earning master’s degrees:
Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Omar Arnaout (industrial design)
Ethan Curnow (M.S. – computer science)
Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field
Katie Hamfelt (industrial engineering)
Gracie Marston (mechanical engineering)
Ellie Moritz (business administration)
Isabella Turner (M.S. – health systems)
Baseball
Carson Ballard (biomedical engineering)
Brett Barfield (history, technology and society)
Parker Brosius (business administration)
Drew Burress (business administration)
Kayden Campbell (history, technology and society)
Caden Gaudette (business administration)
Jacob Lankie (business administration)
Tyler Neises (business administration)
Caden Spivey (business administration)
Men’s Basketball
Lamar Washington (history, technology and society)
Women’s Basketball
Catherine Alben (business administration)
Inés Noguero (neuroscience)
Football
Aidan Birr (M.S. – management)
J.T. Byrne (M.S. – management)
Myles Forristall (business administration)
Daylon Gordon (M.S. – management)
Ben Hollerbach (construction science and management)
Clayton Powell-Lee (business administration)
Ryan Purves (M.S. – management)
Ronnie Thomas (business administration)
Ronald Triplette (M.S. – management)
Golf
Brady Rackley IV (industrial engineering)
Benjamin Reuter (business administration)
Hiroshi Tai (business administration)
Softball
Jayden Gailey (business administration)
Reese Hunter (business administration)
Addison Leschber (literature, media and communication)
Paige Vukadinovich (business administration)
Men’s Swimming and Diving
Joao Caballero (industrial engineering)
Ben Gerhard (economics)
Stephen Jones (mechanical engineering)
Julian Killius (mechanical engineering)
Charles Perks (chemical and biomolecular engineering)
Chris Richardson (business administration)
Women’s Swimming and Diving
Allison Brown (neuroscience)
Kendal Chunn (nuclear and radiological engineering)
Anne Deedy (biomedical engineering)
Ava Gilroy (business administration)
Katie McKyton (biomedical engineering)
Phoebe Wright (civil engineering)
Men’s Tennis
Robert Bauer (business administration)
Christophe Clement (business administration)
Women’s Tennis
Alejandra Cruz (industrial design)
Volleyball
Deandra Pierce (M.S. – management)
Sofia Velez (business administration)
Spirit
Berkeley Chandler (M.S. – industrial design)
Hannah Clay (materials sciences engineering)
Caleb Clevenger (aerospace engineering)
Miller DeVane (biomedical engineering)
Sabrina Downey (neuroscience)
Aparna Jayanth (business administration)
Myah Kuhn (construction science and management)
Mackenzie Madison (neuroscience)
Chloe Park (computer science)
Blake Reid (aerospace engineering)
Luke Rendel (mechanical engineering)
Calvin Tomsic (M.S. – aerospace engineering)
Georgia Tech Athletics Graduation Brunch - Spring 2026 (Glenn Ingram photos)
Tech athletics honored the graduates last Wednesday at its semiannual graduation brunch. Featured speakers included director of athletics Ryan Alpert, golf’s Benjamin Reuter, women’s basketball’s Catherine Alben, director of sport psychology Dr. Jenny Kraska and golf head coach Bruce Heppler. Heppler, who is retiring at the end of the season, has maintained a perfect 100% graduation rate during his 31 seasons at the helm of Tech’s nationally renowned golf program.
Georgia Tech’s commencement ceremonies for students receiving bachelor’s degrees will be held on Thursday and Friday at McCamish Pavilion and the master’s ceremony will be held on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. For more information, click HERE.
In 2025, Georgia Tech athletics once again matches its all-time high by posting a 94% NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR), marking the fourth-straight year that Tech has matched or set a new GSR record. Prior to 2021, Georgia Tech had never achieved a GSR above 90% and prior to 2016, Tech never had a GSR above 85%. Georgia Tech’s 94% GSR is also higher than the national average of 90%, while 12 of the Yellow Jackets’ 13 teams – baseball, women’s basketball, 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, women’s tennis and volleyball – have team GSRs that are at or above the national average in their respective sports. Leading the way are five programs – golf, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and volleyball – that all have perfect 100% GSR, while football’s 93% GSR exceeds the national average in its sport by 9%.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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