Thirty Troy Student-Athletes Earn Degrees at Spring Commencement

5/10/2019 3:27:00 PM | Baseball, Cross Country, Football, General, Basketball (M), Softball, Track & Field, Basketball (W), Golf (W), Soccer, Tennis (W), Volleyball

By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Alabama – Thirty Troy University student-athletes were among the nearly 1,000 students who had their degrees officially conferred Friday at Troy University's spring commencement ceremony in Trojan Arena.

About 822 students were expected to receive an undergraduate degree, 155 their master's degree and 12 received a doctorate degree. The graduating class represents 26 U.S. states and 22 nations.

Eleven of Troy's 13 programs were represented in the ceremony with four student-athletes graduating Summa Cum Laude – Zack Lightsey (baseball), Brennan Garriques (men's track & field), Daniel Glick (men's track & field) and Kiara Barrett (volleyball). All told, nearly half of the student-athletes who graduated on Friday did so with honors with three student-athletes earning Magna Cum Laude honors and six with Cum Laude honors.

Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange delivered the commencement address to the graduates. Strange became the 56th mayor of the city of Montgomery on March 10, 2009, and was sworn in on March 23, 2009. Strange has received numerous awards and honors for his visionary and progressive leadership. His awards include Business and Professional Women Boss of the Year, March of Dimes' River Region Citizen of the Year, AUM Outstanding Community Leader Award, and Time Magazine's Quality Dealer Award for Alabama.

A full list of student-athlete graduates can be found below. For more on Troy Athletics, visit TroyTrojans.com and follow @TroyAthletics on Twitter.

Baseball
Daren Osby
Zack Lightsey

Football
Damion Willis
Tron Folsom
Richard Hallman
Trevon Sanders

Men's Basketball
Alex Hicks

Men's Track & Field
Brennan Garriques
Daniel Glick
Eric Durham
Garrison Floyd
Tyree Reed

Soccer
Lauren Aldrich
Megan Aaron

Softball
Peyton Glover
Stephanie Snyder

Volleyball
Belle Waldrop
Logan Page
Kiara Barrett

Women's Basketball
Shaterrika O'Neal

Women's Golf
Abby Parks
Bianca Lohbauer
Bria Jansen
Lindsey Harrison

Women's Tennis
Efriliya Herlina

Women's Track & Field
Gemma Finch
Helga Volgyi
Shelby Smith
Jenna Oden
Jaevyn Wortham