May 2, 2015
THE FLATS — Sixty-two current and former Georgia Tech student-athletes took part in Georgia Tech’s 249th Commencement exercises Saturday at McCamish Pavilion.
Graduate ceremonies were held Friday, while undergraduate commencement was held throughout the day Saturday.
Included in Tech’s spring graduates are 21 graduating with an engineering degree, including 2015 ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year Andrew Kosic. The chemical and biomolecular graduate from West Chester, Pa., was an NCAA All-American in both the 50 free and 100 free at the 2015 NCAA Championships. He was the ACC Silver medalist in the 100 free, won bronze in the 50 free and was fourth in the 100 fly. He set six school records last season in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay, and leaves Georgia Tech holding eight different school records.
Also among Saturday’s graduates were All-American golfers Anders Albertson and Ollie Schniederjans. Albertson was the 2015 ACC Co-Champion, while Schniederjans was the 2014 ACC Champion. Albertson won the 2015 Byron Nelson Award, which is given to the nation’s top senior golfer.
Four former football student-athletes — James Butler, Mike Cox, Will Heller and Michael Johnson — returned to The Flats to finish their undergraduate degrees. Butler was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, while Johnson, currently with the Cincinnati Bengals, has spent his NFL offseasons in Atlanta working towards his degree completion.
Swimming’s Kate Brandus and track’s Cole Jackob were two of Georgia Tech’s ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipients in February.
Three student-athletes — Aaron Peek (men’s basketball) Andrew Chau (football), and Alex Braxton (women’s track & field) — are walking in Saturday’s commencement exercises but will not complete their degree requirements until this summer.
Below is a complete list of Georgia Tech student-athletes graduating this semester:
Zachary Danielak, Cheerleading — Electrical Engineering
Maria Diaz Ortiz, Cheerleading — Biomedical Engineering
Rahul Iyer, Cheerleading — Management
Amanda Lankford, Cheerleading — Biology
Rachel True, Cheerleading — Biomedical Engineering
Ellesse Wilten, Cheerleading — Management
Sam Dove, Baseball — Material Sciences & Engineering
Jonathan Roberts, Baseball — Mechanical Engineering
Devin Stanton, Baseball — Management
Robert Sampson, Men’s Basketball — Business Administration
Marty Alcala, Football — Economics
Jamie Alvarez, Football — Psychology
James Butler, Football — Building Construction
Coray Carlson, Football — Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Chaz Cheeks, Football — Business Administration
Mike Cox, Football — Business Administration
Adrian Gardner, Football — Science, Technology & Culture
Jamal Golden, Football — Management
Anthony Harrell, Football — Management
Will Heller, Football — Civil Engineering
Michael Johnson, Football — Business Administration
Zach Laskey, Football — History, Technology & Science
Tremayne McNair, Football — Management
Domonique Noble, Football — Business Administration
Matt Serpico, Football — Business Administration
Will Smith, Football — Industrial Engineering
Kyle Travis, Football — Business Administration
Anders Albertson, Golf — Business Administration
Drew Czuchry, Golf — Business Administration
Ollie Schniederjans, Golf — Management
Nicholas Colletti, Men’s Swimming & Diving — Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dylan Kase, Men’s Swimming & Diving — Business Administration
Andrew Kosic, Men’s Swimming & Diving — Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Mark Sarman, Men’s Swimming & Diving — Business Administration
Wilson Wei, Men’s Swimming & Diving — Industrial Engineering
Rockne Burns, Men’s Track & Field — Civil Engineering
Alec Clifford, Men’s Track & Field — Biomedical Engineering
Nat Estes, Men’s Track & Field — Aerospace Engineering
Zack Fanelty, Men’s Track & Field — Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Jonathan Gardner, Men’s Track & Field — Aerospace Engineering
Scott Greer, Men’s Track & Field — Mechanical Engineering
Cole Jackob, Men’s Track & Field — Business Administration
Colin Edwards, Men’s Tennis — Business Administration
Eduardo Segura, Men’s Tennis — Business Administration
Sydney Wallace, Women’s Basketball — History, Technology & Science
Karly Fullem, Softball — Business Administration
Katie Johnsky, Softball — Business Administration
Kylie Kleinschmidt, Softball — Business Administration
Chelsie Thomas, Softball — Business Administration
Megan Vonderhaar, Softball — Business Administration
Kate Brandus, Women’s Swimming & Diving — Public Policy
Kelsey Maloney, Women’s Swimming & Diving — Industrial Engineering
Catherine Richards, Women’s Swimming & Diving — Business Administration
Kate Woolbright, Women’s Swimming & Diving — Business Administration
Allison Brackin, Women’s Track & Field — Industrial Engineering
Jasmine Bush, Women’s Track & Field — Biology
Hayley Drosky, Women’s Track & Field — Industrial Engineering
Rachel Hammond, Women’s Track & Field — Industrial Engineering
Kelly Meyer, Women’s Track & Field — Business Administration
Laura Nelson, Women’s Track & Field — Biomedical Engineering
Laura Serres, Women’s Track & Field — Business Administration
Courtney Felinski, Volleyball — Science, Technology & Culture
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