BATON ROUGE — A total of 20 LSU student-athletes received degrees Friday during the school’s Fall Commencement Exercises held at the Maravich Assembly Center.
Included in the group were present football defensive end Kyle Kipps and two members of LSU’s softball team, Stephanie Hastings and Auburne Ziober, who took the Tigers to their first Women’s College World Series in 2001.
Track graduates are highlighted by Lueroy Colquhoun, a member of the 2001 Indoor Championship Men’s track and field team and was on the record setting Tiger relay team. Sharene Mamby is still competing for LSU’s nationally-ranked gymnastics team, but received her degree in Psychology and Anthropology. Mamby had the second ever perfect 10.0 score last season on the uneven bars.
The complete list of graduates by colleges:
Agriculture – Kevin Calmes, Track and Field, Animal Science
Arts & Sciences – Carlos Garcia, Track and Field, Sociology; Jason Green, Football, General Studies; Sharene Mamby, Gymnastics, Psychology and Anthropology; Carl Passantino, Track and Field, General Studies.
Basic Sciences – Sara Krupa, Soccer, Biochemistry.
Business Administration – Lueroy Colquhoun, Track and Field, Accounting; Ralf Kahles, Track and Field, Management Information Systems; Kyle Kipps, Football, Marketing; Brandon Landry, Basketball, Management; Chenelle Marshall, Track, Marketing; Erick Oynes, Swimming, Marketing.
Education – Jeremy Comeaux, Basketball, Kinesiology; Stephanie Hastings, Softball, Kinesiology; Corey Miller, Swimming, Secondary Education-Art; Lindsey Mooney, Swimming, Kinesiology; Matt Myers, Swimming, Kinesiology; Claudia Rodriguez, Volleyball, Kinesiology; April Sams, Track, Kinesiology.
Mass Communication – Auburne Ziober, Softball, Advertising.