LORMAN, Miss. A total of 41 current and former Alcorn State University student-athletes had degrees conferred on Saturday's 2022 Spring Commencement Ceremony inside the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex.
Included in the graduates are four Braves who completed their master's degrees – Ty'mesha Nabors from women's track and field; Kyle Jenkins from baseball, Myshawn Smith from football; and softball graduate assistant Sarai Nui.
The Braves graduating class also has excelled in the arenas of competition. While at Alcorn, the graduates have won three conference championships, three east division titles, and participated in several Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Tournaments, two Celebrations Bowls, and one National Invitation Tournament. A total of 17 grads have earned individual conference awards for their athletic and academic efforts.
"Congratulations to our graduating student-athletes," said Raynoid Dedeaux, Alcorn State Director of Athletics. "There are few accomplishments in life as fulfilling and personally rewarding as getting your college degree. To do so while also balancing the rigors of being a student-athlete is even more impressive. Take pride in what you've accomplished."
Braves fans will continue to see many of these graduates in their respective fields of play in 2022-23 as numerous student-athletes have remaining eligibility and will return to represent Alcorn State while attending graduate school or exploring other avenues of continued education.
Below is the list of graduates:|
JaMira Allen (Volleyball) – General Studies
Kiana Allen (Track & Field) – Biology
Alec Bailey (Football) – Business Administration/Marketing
Devin Bennett-Puckett (Baseball) – General Studies
Anouchka Berthelot (Women's Soccer) – Computer Science
Jonathon Bolton (Football) – Sport Management
Kareem Bowe (Men's Tennis) – Applied Science/Electro-Mechanical Engineering
Bria Broughton (Women's Basketball) – Criminal Justice
Tyler Buckner (Baseball) – Criminal Justice
Paula Cabeza Sole (Women's Soccer) – Criminal Justice
Kwanisha Carroll-Quarles (Volleyball) – English/Literature
Miracle Crosby (Softball) – Business Administration
Ashton DeFreeze (Track & Field) – Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy
Brandun Dunn (Baseball) – Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy
Tajah Fraley (Men's Basketball) – Agribusiness Management
Evette Griffin (Track & Field) – Business Administration
Stefany Grlj (Women's Tennis) – Food Nutrition Community Health
Aurelius Hardy (Football) – Applied Science/Electro-Mechanical Engineering
Marsha Hunt (Softball) – Psychology
Ernest Dixon, III (Football) – Agribusiness Management
Olecia James (Women's Tennis) – Mass Communication
Kyle Jenkins (Men's Basketball) – Computer
Jakobi Jones (Football) – Sport Management
Kee Wayne Jones (Football) – Agribusiness Management
Timothy Lee, Jr. (Football) – Agricultural Economics
Niamh Magill (Women's Soccer) – General Studies
Frederick McNair (Football) – Agricultural Science/Animal Science
Ty'mesha Nabors (Track &Field) – Master Agricultural/Agronomy
Sarai Nui (Softball GA) – NCCAA Compliance and APR Reporting
Cayla Obillo (Women's Basketball) – Sport Management
Elliott Pak (Track & Field) – Computer Science
Craig Philpot (Track & Field) – Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy
Jaylon Pitts (Football) – Applied Science
Larae Rascoe (Women's Basketball) – Sport Management
Javon Rutledge (Track & Field) – Accounting
Eric Sherrod (Football) – Social Work
Myshawn Smith (Football) – Biotechnology
Braxton Spells (Football) – Biology/Pre-Physical Therapy
Eddie Thomas (Football) – General Studies
Mariah Wilmoth (Volleyball) – Recreation/Health and Physical Education
Tyginae Wright (Women's Basketball) – Sport Management
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