RENO, Nev. — Twenty-seven Wolf Pack student-athletes representing 10 teams have applied for graduation at the University of Nevada this winter. Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Commencement are set for Saturday, Dec. 4 at Lawlor Events Center.
The Wolf Pack football team is represented by 13 student-athletes, including nine current members of this year’s squad, while Nevada's men’s tennis program has three graduates. The Wolf Pack baseball, men’s tennis, women’s soccer and swimming and diving squads are each represented by two graduates, while Nevada’s men’s golf, skiing, softball and volleyball teams have one graduate each.
Including this winter's 27 graduates, Nevada has seen 324 of its student-athletes graduate in the past five years. The Wolf Pack’s Graduation Success Rate is also at its all-time high of 75 percent and has improved in each of the last six years.
"We are so proud of all of the Wolf Pack student-athletes who have reached the ultimate goal of graduation this winter," Nevada Director of Athletics Cary Groth said. "We wish them the best of luck as they leave the University of Nevada with their degrees and enter the next phase of their lives."
Nevada student-athletes participating in Saturday’s commencement ceremony will wear a special silver and blue cord that is presented to them to recognize their efforts as student-athletes.
“Congratulations to all of our student-athletes who will be graduating this winter,” Dr. Jean Perry, Nevada’s Faculty Athletics Representative said. “We are very proud of all of our student-athletes for the academic progress they continue to make. Only graduating student-athletes are allowed to wear the silver and blue cords as a way of acknowledging the extra time and commitment they have put forth as representatives of the University of Nevada.”
2010 Wolf Pack Winter Graduates
Name Sport MajorMike Andrews Football General Studies
Mike Bethea Football General Studies
John Bender Football Management and Marketing
Antone Bulich Men’s Tennis Finance
Ryan Coulson Football General Studies
Alex Daruty Tennis International Business
Whitney Gilson Soccer Finance
Nick Graziano Football Civil Engineering
Virgil Green Football Criminal Justice
Kevin Grimes Football Finance
Chris Hegge Football Mechanical Engineering
Katie Holverson Softball General Studies
Scott Hume Skiing International Business
Jaleesa Jeffery Track and Field Human Development and Family Studies
Colin Kaepernick Football Management
Adam Liranzo Football Speech Communications
Miranda Moore Swimming and Diving Journalism
Josh Morrow Football Management
Augustin Myard Tennis International Business
Devin Noe Soccer History
Kevin Rodland Baseball Speech Communications
Chelsea Sawyer Swimming and Diving Accounting
Travis Simas Baseball General Studies
Jorgan Staker Volleyball Journalism and Speech Communications
Vai Taua Football General Studies
Kellen Watabu Golf Management
Chris Wellington Football Speech Communications
