TEMPE, Ariz. – As the fall 2019 semester wraps up and Arizona State University celebrates fall graduations, 21 student-athletes now join the Sun Devil Alumni family. Of the graduates, two graduated from Barrett, The Honors College, three returned to complete their degree, two graduated in less than four years, and nine graduated with honors.
Four track and field graduates led the way followed by three from baseball, two from gymnastics, football, soccer, swimming and diving and volleyball, and one from women's golf, hockey, softball and men's tennis.
Among those graduating with honors, two are Summa Cum Laude, Riley Simpson (hockey) and Heather Udowitch (gymnastics), and four Magna Cum Laude, Matthew Eckels (track and field), Christina Edwards (soccer), Fanny Teijonsalo (swimming and diving) and Morgan Wilson (gymnastics). There were also three Cum Laude, Sofia Anokhina (women's golf), Jessica Barreira (track and field) and Travis Buck (baseball).
Simpson, Edwards and football players Eno Benjamin and Dillon Sterling Cole graduated in less than four years. Baseball players Buck, Connor Higgins and Gage Canning returned to ASU to finish their degrees.
Those who graduate following the fall 2019 semester are as follows:
Baseball (3)
* Summa Cum Laude (3.80 to 4.00 GPA)
**Magna Cum Laude (3.60 to 3.79 GPA)
***Cum Laude (3.40 to 3.59 GPA)
+ Graduated In Less Than Four Years
^Barrett Honors College graduate
@ Sun Devil 4 Life Degree Completion
! Tip of the Fork Cohort
Four track and field graduates led the way followed by three from baseball, two from gymnastics, football, soccer, swimming and diving and volleyball, and one from women's golf, hockey, softball and men's tennis.
Among those graduating with honors, two are Summa Cum Laude, Riley Simpson (hockey) and Heather Udowitch (gymnastics), and four Magna Cum Laude, Matthew Eckels (track and field), Christina Edwards (soccer), Fanny Teijonsalo (swimming and diving) and Morgan Wilson (gymnastics). There were also three Cum Laude, Sofia Anokhina (women's golf), Jessica Barreira (track and field) and Travis Buck (baseball).
Simpson, Edwards and football players Eno Benjamin and Dillon Sterling Cole graduated in less than four years. Baseball players Buck, Connor Higgins and Gage Canning returned to ASU to finish their degrees.
Those who graduate following the fall 2019 semester are as follows:
Baseball (3)
- Travis Buck, BA Business (Administration)***@
- Connor Higgins, BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Business/Organizational Leadership)@
- Gage Canning, BA Liberal Studies@
- Sofia Anokhina, BS Management***
- Heather Udowitch, BS Marketing*^!
- Morgan Wilson, BS Exercise and Wellness (Fitness and Wellness Specialist)**
- Eno Benjamin, BA Business (Sports Business)+
- Dillon Sterling Cole, BS Sociology+
- Riley Simpson, BS Finance*+
- Skylar McCarty, BS Family and Human Development
- Christina Edwards, BA Psychology/BA Spanish**^+
- Kylie Minniefield, MSLB Sports Law and Business
- Marlies Ross, BS Kinesiology
- Fanny Teijonsalo, BA Psychology/French (minor)**
- Justin Roberts, MSLB Sports Law and Business
- Jessica Barreira, BS Kinesiology***
- Holland Cabara, BA Liberal Studies
- Matthew Eckels, BS Integrative Health/BSN Nursing**
- Hudson Keffer, BS Biological Sciences (Conservation and Ecology)
- Ivana Jeremic, BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Business/French)
- Courtney Leffel, BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Business/Exercise and Wellness)
* Summa Cum Laude (3.80 to 4.00 GPA)
**Magna Cum Laude (3.60 to 3.79 GPA)
***Cum Laude (3.40 to 3.59 GPA)
+ Graduated In Less Than Four Years
^Barrett Honors College graduate
@ Sun Devil 4 Life Degree Completion
! Tip of the Fork Cohort