TEMPE – Sun Devil Athletics celebrates its 29 graduating student-athletes as commencement festivities for the 2025 fall semester wrap up at Arizona State University.
A total of 13 student-athletes graduated with honors, including eight summa cum laude (3.80 to 4.00 GPA), one magna cum laude (3.60 to 3.79 GPA), and four cum laude (3.40 to 3.59 GPA). All four volleyball graduates earned summa cum laude honors, as well as three of the four soccer graduates.
Three former student-athletes finished their degrees this fall, including national champion swimmer Leon Marchand. Two from football, Darryl Harris and Dohnovan West, also completed their degrees.
There are two Tip of the Fork Program graduates in fall 2025: CJ Fite and Adama Fall from football. This program encourages high-performing Sun Devil student-athletes to redefine their standard of excellence by providing them with experiences and education to become transformative leaders in their community.
The following list includes student-athletes who participated in graduation ceremonies this past week:
Baseball
Blayne (Nuu) Contrades, BA Organizational Leadership***
Men’s Basketball
Alston Mason, BA Liberal Studies
Football
Josh Atkins, BA Liberal Studies
Kyndrich Breedlove, BA Liberal Studies
Adama Fall, MA Global Security (Cybersecurity)!
CJ Fite, BS Business Entrepreneurship!
Jesus Gomez Juarez, BA Liberal Studies***
Nyland Green, BA Liberal Studies**
Darryl Harris, BS Health Sciences@
Krew Jackson, BS Data Science
Jacob Kongaika, BA Liberal Studies
Blazen Lono Wong, BS Communication
Malik McClain, BA Liberal Studies
Jimeto Obigbo, BA Liberal Studies
Roman Pitre, BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Business & Communication)
Tate Romney, BA Business (Financial Planning), Economics minor***
Dohnovan West, BA Interdisciplinary Studies (Communication & Organizational Leadership)@
Gymnastics
Kimberly Smith, BA Business (Communication)*
Soccer
Meighan Farrell, BA Organizational Lead (Project Management)*
Grace Gillard, BS Psychology*
Andrea Kraetzer, BS Biological Science (Conservation Biology & Ecology)
Cameron Valladares, BA Psychology, Sales and Marketing Essentials certificate*
Swimming and Diving
Leon Marchand, BS Computer Science@
Track and Field
Kaleb Simpson, BA Business (Financial Planning)
Volleyball
Brynn Covell, BA Business (Sports Business)*
Sydney Henry, BA Liberal Studies*
Bailey Miller, BS Technical Communication (Social Media Management)*
Tatum Parrott, BA Liberal Studies*
Wrestling
Carter Dibert, BS Finance***
! Tip of the Fork Cohort
@ Former Sun Devil Completing Their Degree
* 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)