BATON ROUGE — LSU handed out 60 degrees, including 54 undergraduate degrees, to student-athletes on Friday as the school concluded the spring semester with commencement exercises on the campus.
Among those student-athletes receiving their degrees on Friday include nine members of LSU’s national championship football team in 2003; one of the most decorated gymnasts in school history in April Burkholder; a starting guard for LSU’s Final Four team this year in Darrel Mitchell and baseball’s Chad Ogea, who was the winning pitcher in LSU’s 6-3 win over Wichita State in the 1991 national title contest.
LSU had six student-athletes receive their Master’s degree on Friday: volleyball’s Beth Cowley (business administration); track and field’s Jeffrey Fisher (kinesiology); gymnastics’ Rachel Franzella (education) and swimming and diving’s James Moon (business administration), Stephen Naremore (nuclear science) and Reed Robelot (kinesiology).
Chelsea Agar, who was the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women’s soccer in 2004, picked up diplomas in both biochemistry and sociology on her way to being named a University Medalist.
Four LSU student-athletes were among those honored as Cum Laude graduates. That list included Lauren Companioni (gymnastics), Jennifer Molinski (swimming and diving), Paul White (men’s tennis) and David Pollet (men’s golf). Softball’s Stephanie Hill was a Summa Cum Laude graduate.
The following is a listing of LSU’s student-athlete graduates:
Agriculture
Heather Brand, Swimming and Diving, Wildlife & Fisheries
Art & Design
Chad Ogea, Baseball, Landscape Architecture
Arts & Sciences
Chelsea Agar*, Soccer, Sociology
April Burkholder, Gymnastics, General Studies
Rhett Buteau, Baseball, General Studies
Marina Chiarelli, Tennis, Economics
Christopher Cochran, Swimming and Diving, Psychology
Lauren Companioni**, Gymnastics, Psychology
Chase Dardar, Baseball, General Studies
Holly Davis, Soccer, English
Peter Dyakowski, Football, History
Louis Earl, Basketball, General Studies
Stephanie Hill***, Softball, Political Science
Katherine Hilton, Gymnastics, General Studies
Andrew Lanahan, Golf, General Studies
Nate Livings, Football, General Studies
Ranysha LeBlanc, Track & Field, Communication Studies
Phillip Maxwell, Football, General Studies
Darrel Mitchell, Basketball, General Studies
Sam Mwape, Track & Field, General Studies
Lisa Newton, Soccer, Psychology
Patrick Perrien, Track & Field, General Studies
Michael Serio, Baseball, Communication Studies
Jacob Shaw, Golf, General Studies
Collin Smith, Baseball, General Studies
Mario Stevenson, Football, General Studies
Daniel Trosclair, Track & Field, General Studies
Tillie Willis, Basketball, Sociology
Basic Sciences
Chelsea Agar*, Soccer, Biochemistry
Leigh Ann Danos, Softball, Biological Sciences
Jack Hunt, Football, Chemistry
Gant Petty, Football, Biological Sciences
David Pollet**, Golf, Biological Sciences
Paul White**, Tennis, Biological Sciences
Business Administration
Megan Akre, Track & Field, Marketing
Joshua Dicharry, Football, Management
Ryan Gaudet, Football, Management
Shontae Harris, Track & Field, General Business
Stephanie Hill***, Softball, Finance
Aaron Smith, Golf, Management
Education
Gino Giambelluca, Football, Kinesiology
Regan Hood, Volleyball, Kinesiology
Myles Jaynes, Swimming and Diving, Kinesiology
Shamekia Louis, Track & Field, Kinesiology
Amanda Mang, Tennis, Kinesiology
Christopher McDougall, Baseball, Kinesiology
Stacie McDougall, Soccer, Kinesiology
Jennifer Molinski**, Swimming and Diving, Kinesiology
Engineering
Andre’ Boagni, Football, Construction Management
Isabel Cysneiros, Golf, Mechanical Engineering
Gregory Hercules, Football, Chemical Engineering
Evan Martinec, Swimming and Diving, Construction Management
Mass Communication
Peter Richman, Tennis, Mass Communication
Bruce Sprowl, Baseball, Mass Communication
Graduate School
Beth Cowley, Volleyball, Business Administration
Jeffrey Fisher, Track & Field, Kinesiology
Rachel Franzella, Gymnastics, Education
James Moon, Swimming and Diving, Business Administration
Stephen Naremore, Swimming and Diving, Nuclear Science
Reed Robelot, Swimming and Diving, Kinesiology
* University Medalist & receiving 2 degrees
** Cum Laude Graduate
*** Summa Cum Laude Graduate
**** Receiving Master’s degree