Athletics Graduating Class of 2019 Features 60 Student-Athletes
6/14/2019 2:46:00 PM | General
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Sixty UC Riverside Student-Athletes can now call themselves Highlander Alumni after they walked the stage earlier today during the 2019 Student-Athlete Graduation ceremony at the Johnson Family Practice Center.
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Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Tamica Smith Jones, provided inspiring remarks to the 2019 graduating class before they were individually presented with their hard-earned and well-deserved student-athlete graduation sashes. This year's graduating class holds significant meaning for UCR's AD as this class entered its freshman year four years ago, the same year Smith Jones began her tenure leading the Highlanders Athletics program.
"Our graduating seniors have done an amazing job representing the University of California, Riverside and our Athletics program," said Tamica Smith Jones, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. "We are incredibly proud of what this group has accomplished, both individually and collectively. We are looking forward to the positive impact they will make in their respective industries and communities and thank each for the memories and the contributions."
The members of the Highlander Athletics Graduating Class of 2019 earned degrees from 18 different majors.
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Graduating student-athletes include:
Men's Soccer
Alan Alcantara, Business Economics
Edward Benito, Media and Cultural Studies
Dusan Keca, Economics
Antonio Lokossou, Business
Errol Onyeike, Sociology
Ricardo Ruiz, Sociology
Eduardo Sanchez, Sociology
Women's Soccer
Christina Tucker, Bio-EngineeringÂ
Hannah Wyatt, Bio-Engineering
Nerisse Bugho, Psychology
Quinley Quezada, Business Administration
Darielle O'Brien, Psychology
Madeline Feist, Political Science
Kyra Taylor, Bio-Engineering
Annie Bailey, Neuroscience
Women's Volleyball
Kai'ulani Ahuna, Media and Cultural Studies
Kristie Alejo, Anthropology
Chelsea Doyle, Political Science
Men's Basketball
Robert Boezeman, Psychology
Menno Dijkstra, Sociology
Ryker Pierce, Business
DJ Sylvester, Sociology
Eric Rwahwire, Sociology
Women's Basketball
Clemence Lefebvre, Biology
Jannon Otto, Media and Cultural Studies
Malou Thiebaut De Kergret, Marketing
Men's Tennis
Anderson Ju, Environmental Sciences
Kyle McCann, Business Economics
Women's Tennis
Arabella Valera, Psychology
Tracy Van, Neuroscience
Men's GolfÂ
Andrew Spilman, Business
Michael Wong, Economics
Women's Golf
Hana Furuichi, Psychology
Jakeishya Le, Psychology
Men's Track and Field/Cross Country
Erik Cisneros, Media and Cultural Studies
Nathan Noble, Psychology
Justin Parker, Economics
Matthew Reyes, Business
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country
Cydney Branch, Psychology
Jorden O'Neal, Psychology
Irini Shoukry, Neuroscience
Rachel Wiggins, English
Baseball
Drake Zarate, History
Bryan Horst, Independent Studies
Branden Williams, Media and Cultural Studies
Cody Sporrer, Media and Cultural Studies
Yeager Taylor, History
Jared Noonan, Media and Cultural Studies
AJ Sawyer, Media and Cultural Studies
Richard Delgado, Media and Cultural Studies
Softball
Hannah Rodriguez, Business Administration
Brittney Garcia, Sociology
Rebecca Faulkner, Sociology
Bayleigh Heineman, Sociology
Amanda Lynch, Media and Cultural Studies
Cheer and Dance
Nia Lyons
Lenia Rodriguez
Trisha Batra
Megan Bertrand
Alexa Lino
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