MIAMI (May 2, 2017) – On Monday, May 1, the FIU Athletic Department recognized its graduating seniors for the spring and summer of 2017 during this year's graduation luncheon at the Stadium Club at Riccardo Silva Stadium.
Over 150 people were in attendance, including graduates, family members and coaches. FIU Executive Director of Sports and Entertainment
Pete Garcia and Senior Associate AD
Julie Berg presented this year's graduating class with graduation medallions and rings.
Below is a listing of those graduating student-athletes who were recognized at the luncheon.
Baseball:
Michael Agis; Mitchell Davis;
Alex Demchak;
Zach Files;
Kolby Follis;
Robert Garcia;
Chris Mourelle;
Rey Perez;
Cain Spangler;
C.J. Witkowski
Men's Basketball:
Anthony Boswell;
Donte McGill;
Eric Nottage;
Cameron Smith;
Elmo Stephens
Women's Basketball:
Janka Hegedus;
Kiandre'a Pound
Football:
Shawn Abrams;
A.J. Branisel;
Jordan Budwig;
James Cruise; Jeremy Derrick;
Adrien Francois;
Jordan Guest;
Sam Medlock;
Shug Oyegunle;
Jonathan Pavlov;
Austin Taylor
Women's Golf:
Coralia Arias;
Camila Serrano
Men's Soccer:
Juan Benedetty;
Thibault Civalier;
Arthur Clapot; Daniel Gonzalez; Patrick Lopez;
Nicholas Midttun
Women's Soccer:
Ellen Crist;
Talia McMurtrie;
Alyssa Robinson;
Pat Tomanon
Softball:
Sammi Green;
Brianne Kimura;
Ashley Leon;
Stephanie Texeira
Swimming and Diving:
Jennifer Alfani;
Skye Carey;
Jessica Chadwick;
Jennifer Deist;
Anna Jonsson;
Lily Kaufmann;
Karin Tomeckova
Men's Cross Country/Track & Field:
Pablo Espitia;
Eric Jones;
Wilkenson Myrtil;
Christopher Prophete;
Chris Sullivan
Women's Track & Field:
Brittany Corbett;
Chandra Fulwood;
Tetisheri Menna;
Brittany Wasserbeck
Volleyball/Beach Volleyball:
Tia Clay;
Morgan Crawley;
Katie Hogan;
Kari Peterson;
Anabela Sataric
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
About FIU:
Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute. FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
