Fifty-Five Troy Student-Athletes Recognized at Spring Commencement

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Fifty-Five Troy Student-Athletes Recognized at Spring Commencement

5/16/2025 2:01:00 PM | Baseball, Cross Country, Football, General, Basketball (M), Golf (M), Tennis (M), Softball, Track & Field, Basketball (W), Golf (W), Soccer, Tennis (W), Volleyball

By: Troy Athletics Communications

TROY, Ala. – Troy student-athletes represented 55 of the nearly 1,000 students who participated in Troy's two spring commencement ceremonies on Friday in Trojan Arena.

Troy's football program led the way with 12 current or former players earning degrees this semester, followed by seven from women's track & field and five from men's golf.

They keynote address was provided by Luis Alverde Montemayor, who is the founding Rector of Anáhuac University's Querétaro Campus, a position he's held since 2006. He has more than 25 years' experience working for the Anáhuac University Network.

A native of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, Alverde studied Industrial and Systems Engineering, and holds a Masters in Senior Management from Anáhuac University's México Norte campus. When he arrived in Querétaro and founded Anáhuac University's new campus, he had to develop it from scratch, including getting approval to use the land and admitting the very first students and professors. Since then, he has led the campus' growth through to the present day.

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
Luke Lyon – Interdisciplinary Studies
Grady Gorgen - Interdisciplinary Studies
Jason Hawkins - Interdisciplinary Studies (Summa Cum Laude)
Mike Bello - Interdisciplinary Studies

Men's Basketball
Braydon Whitaker – Criminal Justice (Magna Cum Laude)
Marcus Rigsby Jr. - Interdisciplinary Studies
Tayton Conerway - Interdisciplinary Studies
Theo Seng – Global Business – Marketing

Women's Basketball
Ashley Baez - Interdisciplinary Studies
Leilani Guion - Interdisciplinary Studies
Briana Peguero - Interdisciplinary Studies

Football
Brendan Jackson - Interdisciplinary Studies
Damaje Yancey - Interdisciplinary Studies
Devin Lafayette - Interdisciplinary Studies
Eric Shaw - Interdisciplinary Studies
Will Spain – Political Science
Jordan Stringer - Interdisciplinary Studies
Matthew Caldwell - Interdisciplinary Studies
Quincey Miller – Electronics Engineering Technology
Robert Bruce - Interdisciplinary Studies
Robert Cole - Interdisciplinary Studies
Scott Taylor Renfroe – Business Administration – Accounting (Cum Laude)
Steven Cattledge - Interdisciplinary Studies

Men's Golf
Nick Fowlkes - Interdisciplinary Studies (Cum Laude)
Laurenz Kubin – Global Business (Manga Cum Laude)
Jason Quinlan – Master's Business Administration
Brantley Scott – Global Business – Risk Management Insurance
Jake Springer - Global Business – Risk Management Insurance (Summa Cum Laude)

Women's Golf
Alyssa Mercado – Sport Management (Cum Laude)
Brinson Hall – Economics (Summa Cum Laude)

Soccer
Une Georgsen – Psychology

Softball
Cassidy Boltz – Psychology (Cum Laude)
Natalie Turner – Business (Manga Cum Laude)

Men's Tennis
Benjamin Ambrosio – Psychology
Nicolas Simkin – Global Business
Noah Martens – Global Business
Vicente Arbelaez – Global Business

Women's Tennis
Gabrielle Leslie – Criminal Justice (Manga Cum Laude)
Hagar Ramadan-Amin – Global Business – Marketing (Cum Laude)

Men's Track & Field
Michael Marvin – Sport Management
Sidney Wynn - Interdisciplinary Studies
Javon Osbourne – Criminal Justice
Saindeley Dorsainvil – Sport Management (Cum Laude)

Women's Track & Field
Abby Grosinske – Exercise Science – Pre-Health Professions (Summa Cum Laude)
Alejandra Gutierrez Fuente – Mathematics (Summa Cume Laude)
Biniosa Ezukuse – Nursing
Cadi Rowe – Master's Kinesiology – Exercise Science
Caroline Montini – Biology – Biomedical Sciences (Summa Cum Laude)
Jordan Bailey – Global Business – Marketing (Magna Cum Laude)
Kyra Dalluge - Exercise Science – Pre-Health Professions (Cum Laude)

Volleyball
Caroline Darracott – Communications (Cum Laude)
Jaci Mesa – Sport Management (Summa Cum Laude)
Janelle Stuempfig – Biology (Summa Cum Laude)
Sophie Sparks - Global Business – Risk Management Insurance (Summa Cum Laude)
Tori Hester – Master's Strategic Communications