2020 Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration
Congratulations to the Class of 2020!
Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevents us from being together in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Athletic Department celebrates the accomplishments of the more than 170 student-athletes who graduate from U-M on Saturday, May 2.
The department has annually held its Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration the day prior to University's spring commencement. This year we present a virtual experience featuring a video that includes Warde Manuel, the Donald R. Shepherd Director of Athletics, as well as women's track and field student-athlete Kayla Keane and keynote speaker Tracy Wolfson, a U-M alumna and CBS Sports personality.
Be sure to check out the senior highlight video featuring a poem from women's swimming and diving team member Jacqui Shafer.
Congratulations to all of this year's graduates as you join the largest living alumni base in the country, and thank you for your contributions to Michigan Athletics. Forever GO BLUE!!
Michigan Student-Athlete Graduates (May 2020)
Baseball
Ben Keizer
Joe Pace
Harrison Salter
Matt Schmidt
Ako Thomas
Men's Basketball
Austin Davis
Zavier Simpson
Jon Teske
Women's Basketball
Akienreh Johnson
Kayla Robbins
Cheer
Anders Barzdukas
Nina Bourdeau
Mohan Dong
James Hudson
Riley Maher
Demetrius Markham
Meghan Mesojedec
Joshua Nichols
Joseph Solomon
Joshua Sullivan
Andrew Zamiara
Dance
Nicole Chow
Allison Gu
Casey Huhndorff
Carson Johnson
Lexi Roberts
Kayla Ryers
Sophia Simopoulos
Libby Wicker
Alyssa Winnie
Field Hockey
Clare Brush
Meg Dowthwaite
Guadalupe Fernandez Lacort
Fay Keijer
Kate Walker
Football
Peter Bush
Jared Char
Camaron Cheeseman
Tyler Cochran
Dane Drobocky
Tyler Grosz
William Hart
Jake Martin
Carl Myers
Greg Robinson
Nate Schoenle
Andrew Vastardis
Men's Golf
Brent Ito
Taisei Negishi
Women's Golf
Hannah Ghelfi
Alisa Snyder
Men's Gymnastics
Mitchell Brown
Parker Chiapuzio
Socrates Gavallas
Mack Lasker
Tom Paul
Women's Gymnastics
Lexi Funk
Maggie O'Hara
Maddy Osman
Sam Roy
Polina Shchennikova
Ice Hockey
Jacob Hayhurst*
Hayden Lavigne
Griffin Luce
Will Lockwood
Luke Martin
Nick Pastujov
Jake Slaker
Shane Switzer*
Adam Winborg
Men's Lacrosse
Harry Bogle
Matthew Dellacroce
Christian Ford
Finn Goonan
Peter Hollen
Avery Myers
Rocco Sutherland
Patrick Tracy
Matthew Trowbridge
Women's Lacrosse
Caroline Bilger
Molly Garrett
Catherine Granito
Lilly Grass
Maggie Handlan
Chandler Kirby
Alli Kothari
Quinn Melidona
Sara Parnes
Bronwyn Shields
Nadine Stewart
Sydney Whitaker
Rowing
Tate Aronstien
Perry Bower
Tacy Greissinger
Eliese Hornberger-Rocco
Lily Miller
Anahera Nin
Madeleine Schneider
Erika Yasuda
Rebecca Joyce
Men's Soccer
Joe Hertgen
Andrew Verdi
Women's Soccer
Brooke Cilley
Jada Dayne
Sura Yekka
Softball
Thais Gonzalez
Abby Skvarce
Morgan Swift
Madison Uden
Men's Swimming and Diving
Felix Auböck
Jeremy Babinet
Tommy Cope
Tim Hanson
Jake Herremens
James Jones
Alex Martin
Jacob Montague
Charlie Swanson
Leo Zabudkin
Women's Swimming and Diving
Monica Babits
Jackie DeLoof
Chloe Hicks
Vanessa Krause
Jacqui Schafer
Women's Tennis
Chiara Lommer
Brienne Minor
Giulia Pairone
Men's Track and Field / Cross Country
Roland Amarteifio
Jacob Branch
Isaac Harding
Sierra Hendrix-Williams
Ben Hill
Alex Klemm
Jacob Lee
Andrew Liskowitz
Andrew Lorant
Joseph McCarthy
Desmond Melson
Devin Meyrer
Brandon Piwinski
Manning Plater
Ryan Robinson
Alex Schwedt
Max Wagner
Women's Track and Field / Cross Country
Audrey Belf
Meg Darmofal
Micaela DeGenero
Jeryne Fish
Julia Hall
Jade Harrison
Kathryn House
Courtney Jacobsen
Kayla Keane
Tiana Luton
Maegan McCarthy
Jena Metwalli
Katt Miner
Briana Nelson
Margaret Sliney
Annie Taylor
Maddy Trevisan
Anna West
Volleyball
Ellie Brooks
Katarina Glavinic
Kyleigh Hamacher
Katerina Rocafort
Sydney Wetterstrom
Water Polo
Cameron Cordial
Skyler Pyle
Heidi Ritner
Rachel Sodokoff
Wrestling
Myles Amine
Austin Assad
Ben Lamantia*
Tyler Meisinger
Jackson Striggow
* indicates graduate degree
Your graduation underscores your ability to overcome tremendous obstacles, to persevere and achieve great things.- Warde Manuel
An annual tradition of the Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration is to gather our graduates on the block M on the William Davidson Player Development Center practice court. This year the athletic department has created a photo montage of all of our graduates. It is our hope that these young men and women will be able to reconvene on campus at a future date to participate in a traditional graduation ceremony alongside their peers.
Most importantly, though, listen to yourself. Trust what you believe in and what your education and your time here at Michigan has prepared you for.- Tracy Wolfson
Michigan fans can support our graduating seniors throughout the day on Saturday, May 2, with a Virtual Maize Out celebration. » Details
This is not the spring that any of us had imagined.
— Michigan Athletics (@UMichAthletics) April 28, 2020
Join us in paying tribute to our @UMich graduates online and through social media on May 2nd.
We're going with a Virtual Maize Out! #MGoGrad
DETAILS » https://t.co/Pmj7svpOQt pic.twitter.com/zXlKkgp8ZT
#MGoGrad #GoBlue