The commencement ceremony honored students who received degrees following both the summer and fall semesters. Two former Southeastern student-athletes – Jim Hall (football) and Olivier Zieleniecki (men's tennis) completed graduate studies.
The Southeastern football team led the department with eight graduates, followed by baseball, softball and track and field with five graduates each. The volleyball program graduated four student-athletes, while men's basketball and women's soccer graduated two apiece. The women's basketball, men's golf and men's tennis programs had one graduate each.
The group of Lion and Lady Lion graduates included 12 All-Southland Conference selections – Hall, Brad Bardy (football), Antonio Richardson (football), Dwight Womack (track), Melissa Jones (track), Rachel Ray (softball), Arica Rodriguez (softball), Josh Black (baseball), Kevyn Green (men's basketball), Lindsey Dyck (women's soccer), Danielle Shank (women's soccer) and Jazmin Cain (women's basketball).
Also among the graduates were Academic All-SLC honorees Bardy, Hall, Black, Ray, Green, Duck, Cain and Teri Byrum (volleyball).
Fall 2008 Southeastern Louisiana Student-Athlete Graduates
Football: Brad Bardy, Kinesiology; Mario Gilbert, General Studies; Jim Hall, Master's – Health and Kinesiology; Brennen Harris, General Studies; Tony Johnson, Marketing; Antonio Richardson, General Studies; Sam Savoy, Football; Dwight Womack, Industrial Technology*
Baseball: Trevor Bergeron, Social Studies Education; Joshua Black, Finance; Gary Duhe, General Studies; Adam Jones, Psychology; Brandon Strickland, Biological Sciences
Softball: Kaley Christy, General Studies; Rachel Ray, Nursing; Arica Rodriguez, General Studies; Brittney Taylor, General Studies; Lauren Winkler, English
Volleyball: LaToya Anthony, Criminal Justice; Teri Byrum, Science Education/Biology; Melissa Jones, Health Education and Promotion*; Megan Sutherland, Kinesiology
Track: Phillip Lagat, Business Administration; Kayla Schneeweiss, Nursing; Kelli Schneeweiss, Nursing
Men's Basketball: Kevyn Green, General Studies; Tavaris Nance, General Studies
Women's Soccer: Lindsey Dyck, Biological Sciences; Danielle Shank, General Studies
Women's Basketball: Jazmin Cain, General Studies
Men's Golf: Robbie Rhodes, General Studies
Men's Tennis: Olivier Zieleniecki, Master's – Business Administration
