LORMAN, Miss. – The Alcorn State University athletics department awarded degrees to 47 Alcorn student-athletes at Saturday's 2021 Spring Commencement Ceremony inside Jack Spinks-Marino Casem Stadium.
"I am immensely proud of all the graduating student-athletes. The athletic department is thankful for all they have done for their respective athletic programs both on and off the field/court. I know that they will represent Alcorn State University with class and dignity upon leaving these hallowed grounds," said Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Derek Horne. "Despite the unprecedented circumstances of competing at the highest level in the middle of a global pandemic, these individuals embodied what it meant to be BRAVE. They not only went above and beyond on the court/field but also in the classroom. These student-athletes should be applauded for their determination to represent Alcorn with the utmost class and respect."
The 48Â graduates hail from 10 different sports programs with the most coming from football (10), followed by men's track & field and softball (7), volleyball (6), baseball and soccer (5), women's basketball and women's track & field (3) plus one each from men's basketball and women's tennis.
"The hard work and dedication our student-athletes put toward getting their degrees is amazing, and the numbers show that," said Assistant Vice President for Compliance & Student Academic Services
Cyrus K. Russ. "They are not only tremendous athletes, but tremendous students as well. Our faculty, coaches and academic support staff have done a great job of supporting them in the classroom and in competition to allow them to flourish."
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Spring 2021 Graduates
Ashley Arnold (Softball) – Biology Pre-Professional
Candace Baity (Women's Track & Field) – Biology Pre-Professional
Jamaysha Bernard (Women's Basketball) – Elementary Education
Braheem Bishop (Men's Track & Field) – Criminal Justice
Chris Blair (Football) – Recreation
Teona Bowles (Softball) – Biology Health-Science
Jasmine Chambers (Volleyball) – Health and Physical Education
Qwynnterrio Cole (Football) – Criminal Justice
Kirt Cormier (Baseball) – Master of Arts in History
De'Kari Courtney (Women's Track & Field) – Elementary Education
Kamathe Daniel (Men's Track & Field) – Applied Science Electrical Mechanical Engineering
Brianna Davies (Volleyball) – Biology Health Science
Malea Dickerson (Softball) – Accounting
Majesty Ferguson (Volleyball) – Mass Communication
Havanna Garza (Volleyball) – Biology Health Science
Mireya Gonzalez (Soccer) – Political Science
Quantavious Gordon (Men's Track & Field) – Business Administration
Toddriana Isler (Women's Basketball) – Sports Management
Sofia Ievleva (Women's Tennis) – Biology Pre-Professional
Edward Jackson (Baseball) – Agricultural Economics
Trinity Jones (Soccer) – Social Science Education
Tesha Lane (Women's Track & Field) – Sociology
Mae Lewis (Volleyball) – Social Work
Desirea Lindsey (Softball) – Criminal Justice
Taylor Linney (Soccer) – BSN
Nyenkeer Malwal (Women's Basketball) – Biology Health Science
Andrew Meadows (Baseball) – Mathematics
Brendly Martina (Baseball) – Accounting
Tim McNair, Jr. (Football) – Agricultural Science-Animal Science
Myron Means (Football) – Agricultural Science-Animal Science
Wanya Morris (Football) – Criminal Justice
Chris Monroe (Football) – Business Administration
Octavia Dixon (Volleyball) – Accounting
George Osborne III (Baseball) – Electro Mechanical Engineering
LeCharles Pringle (Football) – Psychology
Alexsis Ramirez (Softball) – Political Science
Amari Ramsey (Softball) – Biology
Bralon Robinson (Men's Track & Field) – Biology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
Jyron Russell (Football) - Robotics and Automation Technology
Peterson Saint-Cyrin (Men's Track & Field) – Biology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
Jael Scott (Men's Basketball) – Biology (Pre-Physical Therapy)
Marcus Sims (Men's Track & Field) – Sports Management
Darius Smith (Football) – Agricultural Economics
Juwan Taylor (Football) – Sport Management
Carman Thornton (Soccer) – English
Bri Smith (Softball) – BSN
Jabari Thompson (Men's Track & Field) – Masters in Biology
Maya McInnis (Soccer) – BSN
#FearTheBrave
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