May 5, 2011
ATLANTA – Sixty-eight current and former Georgia Tech student-athletes and student managers are candidates to graduate this semester. Graduation ceremonies are set for Sunday from noon-3:30 p.m. in the Georgia Dome.
The graduate candidates include current football players Tyler Melton, Michael Peterson, Albert Rocker and Logan Walls, who will all play this fall as graduate students. Mansfield Wrotto, a standout offensive lineman for the Yellow Jacket football team from 2003-06, recently finished up his degree requirements.
John-Tyler Griffin, Paul Haley and Kyle Scott – three seniors instrumental in leading Georgia Tech to its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference golf title recently – will graduate Sunday.
Women’s basketball standout Deja Foster, a six-time Dean’s List honoree, three-time captain and part of the winningest class (91 wins) at Tech, will graduate.
Three current members of Tech’s nationally-ranked baseball team – Kevin Jacob, Jeff Ussery and Taylor Wood – are eligible to graduate.
School record holders Kayla McKeirnan and Joanna Wright highlight the list of track graduates. McKeirnan set the school record in the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdoor) at this year’s ACC Championships while Wright continuously broke the pole vaulting school record throughout her senior campaign to help herself to her first All-American honor.
Two-time All-American and school record holder in the one and three-meter dives, Hannah Krimm will be a part of the 2011 graduating class. Krimm was recently honored with the ACC Post-graduate scholarship and will use it in her pursuit of her master’s degree.
Sport Student-Athlete
Women’s Track Jena’e Anderson
Softball Amelia Beach
Men’s Swimming Samuel Bendziewicz
Football Scott Blair
Women’s Swimming Katie Bond
Dance Team Amanda Boothe
Women’s Track/Cross Country Felicity Brower
Dance Team Wendy Brown
Football Mario Butler
Men’s Track Juan Cave
Women’s Track Tiffany Chavis
Women’s Swimming Christine Chuang
Men’s Track/Cross Country Hunter Clasen
Football Doug Coppage
Student Manager Andrew Cray
Dance Team Makeda Cyrus
Women’s Track Taylor Davidson
Cheer Lindsey De Rosa
Cheer Alicia Deedy
Dance Team Ansley Diebold
Student Manager Colby Downing
Women’s Swimming Taylor Flynn
Women’s Basketball Deja Foster
Cheer Alyssa Freeman
Baseball Jason Garofalo
Cheer Emily Gress
Golf John-Tyler Griffin
Golf Paul Haley
Football James Henry
Dance Team Alicia Hess
Men’s Track/Cross Country Matthew Hickey (M)
Softball Caroline Hilton
Cheer Christopher Horten
Baseball Kevin Jacob
Women’s Swimming Vida Jemec
Football James Johnson
Dance Team Kathleen Keller
Women’s Diving Hannah Krimm
Football Zach Krish (M)
Baseball Timothy Ladd
Women’s Swimming Katherine Locker
Men’s Swimming Ralph Long
Dance Team Megan Malkowski
Women’s Track Kayla McKeirnan
Cheer Lauren Melim
Football Tyler Melton
Women’s Track/Cross Country Amanda Montgomery
Men’s Swimming Kevin Morgan
Cheer Anna O’Neal
Women’s Track Erica Penk
Football Michael Peterson
Men’s Swimming Jeffrey Phillips
Football Albert Rocker
Golf Kyle Scott
Men’s Basketball Sam Shew
Men’s Track/Cross Country Subbu Sivanesan
Men’s Tennis Ryan Smith
Men’s Swimming Matthew Tang
Men’s Track/Cross Country Nathan Tew
Cheer Kelsey Tucker
Baseball Jeff Ussery
Men’s Swimming Michael Vallecoccia
Football Logan Walls
Softball Jessica Weaver
Baseball Taylor Wood
Women’s Basketball Shaday Woolcock
Women’s Track Joanna Wright
Football Mansfield Wrotto
(M=Masters)
