Twenty-Five Troy Student-Athletes Earn Degrees at Summer Commencement

Twenty-Five Troy Student-Athletes Earn Degrees at Summer Commencement

7/26/2019 2:23:00 PM | Baseball, Football, General, Tennis (M), Softball, Track & Field, Basketball (W), Soccer, Volleyball

By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Alabama – Twenty-five Troy University student-athletes were among the more than 500 students who received their degrees Friday at Troy's summer commencement exercises inside Trojan Arena.

Some 524 students were expected to earn their degrees, of which slightly more than half received an undergraduate degree, 255 earned their master's degrees and one earned the educational specialist degree.

Nine of Troy's athletic programs were represented in the ceremony led by six from the women's track & field team and five each from football and men's track & field. Five student-athletes graduated with honors including Krystin Guirey who graduated Magna Cum Laude.

The commencement address was delivered by Jimmy Baker, a Coffee County native and Troy University Alumnus of the Year (2018). He was appointed to lead the Alabama Community College System in March 2017, after having served as acting chancellor since August 2016. Baker had joined the system as governmental affairs consultant.

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
Taylor Ford
Tyler Head

Women's Basketball
Sky'Lynn Holmes
Jasmine LeBlanc
Amahni Upshaw

Women's Track & Field
Niata Alexander
Tiarra Bailey
Krystin Guirey
Gabrielle Henderson
Sydney Henderson
Ashley McDonald

Soccer
Claire Taylor

Men's Track & Field
Jordan Howell
Tyree Reed
Sawyer Sprung
Rodney Thrift
John Webb

Men's Tennis
Jiaqi Duan

Football
Rasool Clemons
Deontae Crumitie
Sidney Davis
Kirk Kelley
Jawon McDowell

Volleyball
Jordyn Saulsberry

Softball
Kaylee Hussey