Saturday, May 10, 2014

Sixty-Three Student-Athletes Among 210 Saint Augustine's University Graduates

Football Player Javarous Faulk (Left) and Clarence Ganus (Right) Are Among
63 SAU Student-Athletes.
RALEIGH, North Carolina – Sixty-three student-athletes and cheerleaders were among the 210 Saint Augustine's University graduates this past weekend (May 4) at the school's 2014 Commencement, held on the lawn of the campus Quadrangle.

Thirty percent (30%) of the graduating class were student-athletes and cheerleaders. The percentage surpasses last year's percent number (25%) of student-athletes in the 2013 graduating class.

The ceremony capped another successful season for the university's athletic program. Saint Augustine's University won CIAA championships in five sports this season including men's cross country, women's cross country, men's indoor track and field, women's indoor track and field and men's outdoor track and field. The men's track & field team won the NCAA Division II indoor championship for the second consecutive year and are currently ranked No. 1 in Division II in outdoor track & field.

The softball team reached the CIAA Championship Game, and the women's basketball team won the CIAA Team Highest Grade Point Average Award in its sport for the fifth straight season.

Below is a list of the 2014 student-athletes who graduated from Saint Augustine's University and their respective sports:

Bachelor of Science (School of Applied Health and Medical Sciences)

Summa Cum Laude (3.80-4.00 GPA)
Dwayne Hyman – Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Christopher Octetree – Men's Tennis

Javarous Faulk – Football
Clarence Ganus – Baseball
Jonathan Hailey – Baseball
Jermaine Jones – Football/Men's Track & Field
Jjshaun Pinkston – Football
Brian Richards – Football
Kelly Shaw – Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Amber Simrel - Volleyball
Anthony Todd – Men's Track & Field
Jameel Walcott – Men's Track & Field/Cross Country

Bachelor of Science (School of Business, Technology and Sport Management)

Summa Cum Laude (3.80-4.00 GPA)
Joshua Easter – Baseball
Byron Munro – Football
Autumn Smith – Women's Basketball/Softball

Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
Victoria Davis – Women's Basketball/Volleyball

Audarius Blackwood – Football
Kirsten Bowens – Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Unique Connor – Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Alex Edwards – Baseball
Jamie Goff – Volleyball
Stephen Hamilton – Baseball
Javon Harley – Football
Joel Kindred – Men's Basketball
James Quarles – Men's Track & Field
Herman Reaves – Football
Joseph Reed – Football
Chaz Robinson – Football
Jonathan Stallworth – Football
Marcel Streeter – Football
Shawn Sutton – Men's Track & Field
Luther Witherspoon – Football

Bachelor of Arts (School of Liberal Arts and Education)

Summa Cum Laude (3.80-4.00 GPA)
Brittany Brown – Women's Track & Field/Cross Country

Ramaan Ansley – Men's Track & Field
Jaivairia Bacote – Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Dario Barnes – Football
Devon Burroughs – Men's Track & Field
Calvin Butcher – Baseball
Joshua Edmonds – Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Brittni Finch – Women's Track & Field
Aru Kok – Men's Basketball
Newton Miller – Football
John Newman – Men's Basketball
Rodricaus Peters – Football
Ashley Ross – Cheerleading

Bachelor of Science (School of Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)

Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
Jennifer Plair – Softball
Justin Williams – Football

Kenishea Donaldson – Women's Tennis
Unique Gupton – Bowling
Bryan Jones – Football
Minyan Murphy – Women's Tennis
Shonquez Nelson – Football
Michelle Shackelford - Softball

Bachelor of Arts and Science (School of Social and Behaviorial Sciences)

Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
LaKeisha Ford – Softball
Temperance Jacobs – Women's Basketball/Volleyball

Latricia Bennett – Track & Field
Darien Hardaway – Baseball
Brock Holmes – Baseball
Dane Hyatt – Men's Track & Field
Clarence Peace – Baseball
Ebony Spencer – Women's Basketball/Volleyball/Softball/Tennis
Dahveed Todd – Baseball
Anthony Wright – Football

NOTE: Volunteer men's assistant basketball coach B.J. Williams and baseball student manager Gennetha Williams graduated at Commencement.

COURTESY SAINT AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION

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