HAMMOND – Forty-seven members of the Southeastern Louisiana Athletics family were among the over 1,200 students that had degrees conferred at the university's Spring 2012 commencement exercises Saturday in the University Center.
The Southeastern track and field program led the department with eight graduates. All-American pole vaulter Kovey Simmons highlight the group, while Brittany Blackmon, Ernestine Carodine, Kim Gastinell, Naomi Jeruto, Andrew Pennington, Petra Poznic and Michael Rheams also represent head coach
Sean Brady's squads.
The school's all-time leading receiver, Simmie Yarborough, was among the football program's seven graduates. Yarborough was joined by Avery Crooks, Craig Duronslet, Sean Gremillion, Cody Kennedy, Kyle Nichols and Evan Niles.
The Southeastern softball program also had seven graduates on Saturday. Academic All-American shortstop Katie Duhe completed her master's degree, while former teammate Chelsea Takacs also completed her graduate studies. Lauren Coniglio, Vicki Honeycutt, Katie Matthews, Meghan Gomez and Heather Grivas all earned bachelor's degrees.
The Southeastern baseball and women's basketball programs each produced three graduates. Jacob Fisher, Jonathan Pace and Torin Lucas represented head coach
Jay Artigues' Lions, while Lady Lions Kelli Jenkins, Amber Crenshaw and Jessica Sommers also earned degrees.
The tennis and volleyball programs had two graduates apiece. Morgane Dadot of the women's tennis team earned her bachelor's degree, while former men's tennis player Jakub Kwasniewicz completed his graduate degree. All-Southland performer Paige Dollison and fellow four year letterwinner Arianne Cruckshank each received bachelor's degree, representing head coach Geno Frugoli's volleyball squad.
Brandon Fortenberry, who will return to the Lions in 2012-13, was the lone men's basketball graduate. Three-time All-Southland Conference defender Kyle MacIntosh was the only graduate from the women's soccer team.
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine Cary Berthelot saw 13 products of the athletic training program earn degrees on Saturday. Graduate assistant Justin Martens earned his master's degree, while student athletic trainers Mackenzie Bowman, Matthew Doell, Megan Dufresne, Ashley Eusea, Jonathan Ferguson, Jonathan Gantt, Katherine Gonzalez, Tyler Guillot, Josh Jackson, Blayne Lewis, Alan Miller and Nicole Phegley earned bachelor's degrees in athletic training.
Southeastern Louisiana Athletics Spring 2012 Graduates
Master's Degrees
Katie Duhe, Softball – Business Administration
Jakub Kwasniewicz, Men's Tennis – Business Administration
Justin Martens, Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer – Health & Kinesiology
Chelsea Takacs, Softball – Health & Kinesiology
Bachelor's Degrees
Brittany Blackmon, Women's Track and Field – General Studies
Mackenzie Bowman, Student Athlete Trainer – Athletic Training
Ernestine Carodine, Women's Track and Field - Kinesiology
Lauren Coniglio, Softball – General Studies
Amber Crenshaw, Women's Basketball - Management
Avery Crooks, Football – Business Administration
Arianne Cruckshank, Volleyball - Management
Morgane Dadot, Women's Tennis - Management
Matthew Doell, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Paige Dollison, Volleyball – Biological Sciences
Megan Dufresne, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Craig Duronslet, Football - Psychology
Ashley Eusea, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Jonathan Ferguson, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Jacob Fisher, Baseball – General Studies
Brandon Fortenberry, Men's Basketball – General Studies
Kim Gastinell, Women's Track and Field – General Studies
Jonathan Gantt, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Meghan Gomez, Softball – Biological Sciences
Katherine Gonzalez, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Sean Gremillion, Football – Kinesiology
Heather Grivas, Softball – General Studies
Tyler Guillot, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Vicki Honeycutt, Softball – General Studies
Josh Jackson, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Kelli Jenkins, Women's Basketball – Management
Naomi Jeruto, Women's Track and Field – Health Education & Promotion
Cody Kennedy, Football – Health and Physical Education K-12
Blayne Lewis, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Torin Lucas, Baseball – Sport Management
Kyle MacIntosh, Women's Soccer – Kinesiology
Katie Matthews, Softball – General Studies
Alan Miller, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Kyle Nichols, Football – Business Administration
Evan Niles, Football – General Studies
Jonathan Pace, Baseball – General Studies
Andrew Pennington, Men's Track and Field – Social Studies Education
Nicole Phegley, Student Athletic Trainer – Athletic Training
Petra Poznic, Women's Track and Field – General Studies
Michael Rheams, Men's Track and Field – General Studies
Kovey Simmons, Men's Track and Field – Finance
Jessica Sommers, Women's Basketball – General Studies
Simmie Yarborough, Football – General Studies
