ORANGEBURG, SC (May 18, 2022) – Thirty (30) South Carolina State student-athletes earned degrees at the University’s spring commencement ceremony, which was held on May 6th at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.
19 of the 30 graduated with honors, earning either cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude distinction with either their undergraduate degree or master’s degree.
Of the class, 13 of the graduates were football student-athletes, 4 came from the softball program,2 from women’s & men’s track, 2 from women’s & men’s basketball, 6 from soccer and 3 from women’s and men’s tennis.
Below are the graduates, listed by sport.
Football
Antonio Anderson
Zachary Felder
Jacory Benson
Richard Bailey
Jaylen Evans
Jalen Barr
John Guthrie
Christopher Simon
Alex James
Rod Thomas
Corey Fields
Ridge Ford
Alex Taylor
Softball
Kyla Reeves
Tajah Clark
JaNautica Cohen
Daisha Simon
Soccer
Fabienne Balvers
Kierra Cox
Alaysia Grose
Luisa Marschhausen
Livia Soyza Silva
Karli Williams
WBB
Shania Wright
MBB
Sebastian Guitian
MT/F
Marquis Lynch
WT/F
Jerdashia Scott
MTennis
Omer Gorgun
Diego Arzaluz
WTennis
Lasya Patnaik (July Graduate)