BLACKSBURG – Thirty-one Virginia Tech student-athletes will receive degrees on Friday during the university and graduate school fall commencement ceremonies in Cassell Coliseum.
At the 10:30 a.m. undergraduate ceremony, 29 Hokies will be honored, while two others will receive Master's degrees at the 2:30 p.m. graduate school ceremony. Over 20 different programs are represented across the 31 student-athletes, including programs in six of Virginia Tech's colleges.
Ten Virginia Tech teams have student-athletes receiving degrees: football (13), women's soccer (6), men's soccer (3), men's cross country (2), spirit (2), wrestling (1), women's swim and dive (2), women's cross country (1), women's tennis (1) and volleyball (1).
2023 FALL GRADUATES | |||||
NAME | DEGREE | TEAM | |||
Ben Nagel | Data Analysis & Applied Statistics [Master's] | Men's cross country | |||
Cole Beck | Building/Construction Science & Management [Master's] | Football | |||
Parker Clements | Accounting & Information Systems; Accounting | Football | |||
Josh Fuga | Criminology* | Football | |||
Nick Gallo | Finance; Corporate Financial Management | Football | |||
Stephen Gosnell | Public Health | Football | |||
Jesse Hanson | Finance; Investment Management & Chartered Financial Analyst Finance; Financial Accounting** | Football | |||
Wilfried Pene | Consumer Studies | Football | |||
Nasir Peoples | Communication** | Football | |||
Norell Pollard | Consumer Studies* | Football | |||
Will Pritchard | Consumer Studies | Football | |||
Dorian Strong | Sports Media & Analytics | Football | |||
Alan Tisdale | Consumer Studies** | Football | |||
Grant Wells | Economics | Football | |||
Connor Jordan-Hyde | Ocean Engineering | Men's soccer | |||
Mayola Kinyua | Communication Science and Social Inquiry | Men's soccer | |||
Mason McClendon | Packaging Systems and Design | Men's soccer | |||
Connor Brady | Management; Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology | Wrestling | |||
Brandon Firned | Political Science | Spirit | |||
Jonas Lane | Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise; Science | Spirit | |||
Sophie Brezinski | Political Science | Women's cross country | |||
Makenie Graham | Communication Science and Social Inquiry | Women's soccer | |||
Victoria Haugen | Public Relations | Women's soccer | |||
Riley McCarthy | Hospitality and Tourism Management | Women's soccer | |||
Tori Powell | Communication Science and Social Inquiry | Women's soccer | |||
Alia Skinner | Management; Management Consulting and Analytics | Women's soccer | |||
Averi Visage | Management; Management Consulting and Analytics | Women's soccer | |||
Rose Pouch | Dairy Science | Women's swimming and diving | |||
Erin Quinn | Public Health | Women's swimming and diving | |||
Erika Cheng | Civil Engineering | Women's tennis | |||
Cara Lewis | Sociology | Volleyball | |||
*Second degree **Dual Degree |
Gallery: (12-7-2023) GEN: Fall 2023 Grad Sashing