Eighty-Seven Student-Athletes Graduate From Saint Augustine’s College

Eighty-Seven Student-Athletes Graduate From Saint Augustine’s College

May 2, 2011
 
RALEIGH, N.C. – Eighty-seven current and former student-athletes and cheerleaders were among 249 Saint Augustine’s College graduates in the 2011 class who received their degrees at the 144rd commencement Sunday (May 1) on the campus Quadrangle.
 
Thirty-five percent (35%) of the graduating class were student-athletes and cheerleaders which topped last year’s percentage number (31%). The graduating number among student-athletes is higher than the previous two years (56 and 48) although this is the first time the list included cheerleaders.
 
The graduating class included men’s track and field standout Orolando Duffus (St. Catherine, Jamaica), who was the 2010 CIAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Football had the most graduates among the sports with 25 followed by basketball with 15 and track and field with 12.
 
Saint Augustine’s College won the CIAA highest grade point average award in four sports including football, women’s basketball and men’s indoor and outdoor track and field. The Falcons also won CIAA championships in men’s indoor and outdoor track and field.
 
Major General Ronald L. Bailey gave the commencement address. Below is a list of the 2011 student-athlete graduates and their respective sports:
 
Bachelor of Science (Division of Business)
Diamond Andrews – Softball
Andre Baxter – Football
Dominique Brown – Softball
Roman Caple – Men’s Tennis
Kira Edgehill – Women’s Tennis
Eliezer Iceson – Women’s Basketball
Kevin Johnson – Baseball
Nicolas Lilley – Football
Charles McKenzie – Football
Stephony Newkirk – Women’s Volleyball
Joe Pierce – Baseball
Joshua Robinson – Men’s Track and Field
Walter Sanders – Football
 
Summa Cum Laude (3.80-4.00 GPA)
Orolando Duffus – Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country
 
Magna Cum Laude (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Ramon Gittens – Men’s Track and Field
Sheena Johns – Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country
 
Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
Crystal McCaffity – Women’s Basketball
 
Bachelor of Arts and Science (Division of Liberal Arts and Education)
Ontario Bell – Baseball
Jamil Berry – Football
Josh Bishop – Baseball
Richard Boone – Football/Men’s Track and Field
Steven Brignol – Men’s Basketball
Terell Burgess – Men’s Basketball
Marcus Butler – Men’s Basketball
Brittany Bynum - Cheerleading
Nicolette Campbell – Women’s Volleyball
Brian Clark – Baseball
Dionta Cox – Football
Antonio Fitzgerald – Men’s Basketball
Jamar Greene – Men’s Basketball
Derrick Hall – Football
Marcel Harley – Men’s Tennis
Sanqueesha Henderson – Softball
Tierra Huff – Cheerleading
Bryan Hunter – Cheerleading
Barry Jones – Men’s Basketball
April London – Women’s Track and Field
Ebony Milton – Softball
Kyra Mobley – Women’s Track and Field/Women’s Tennis
Michael Monroe – Football
Jamel Moore – Football
Calvin Peay – Football
Miyoshi Polk – Cheerleading
Rudeesha Reese – Women’s Basketball
Michael Rice – Football
Claudia Royster – Women’s Track and Field
Koi Slaughter – Football
Brandon Stewart – Baseball
Levi Thompson – Football/Men’s Tennis
Terence Townsend – Baseball
Chris Tucker – Football
Nathaniel Tyler – Football
Michael Williams – Men’s Track and Field
 
Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
Herbert Hickson – Men’s Basketball
 
Bachelor of Science (Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
Tyshawn Colter – Football
Jerissa Lake – Women’s Volleyball
Jamian Smith – Football
Le’Kiesha White – Women’s Basketball/Cheerleading
Larry Whiteside – Men’s Golf
 
Magna Cum Laude (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Courtney Mosley – Women’s Volleyball
 
Cum Laude (3.40-3.59 GPA)
Shakira Carter – Women’s Volleyball
Joshua Charley – Football
 
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (Division of Social Sciences)
Travis Anderson – Football
Sherman Cauthen – Football
Khalilah Clark – Cheerleading
George DeGroat – Men’s Basketball
Marlin Felder – Men’s Tennis/Men’s Basketball
Tieayrra Glover – Women’s Volleyball
Schaccoa Hoover – Cheerleading
Joy Hutchinson – Softball
Dartania Jackson – Women’s Track and Field
Rashaud Johnston – Men’s Track and Field
Chanel Kinard – Women’s Basketball
Cory Landrum-Smith – Men’s Golf
Ashley Paschall – Cheerleading
Latashia Pinckney – Cheerleading
Ricky Rodriguez – Football
Miles Roe – Men’s Tennis
Curby Rogers – Women’s Volleyball
Kievell Ruffin – Men’s Tennis
Deborah Scott – Women’s Track and Field
Stephan Stanback – Football
Steven Stanback – Football
Justin Wells – Football
Angela Wood – Softball
 
Magna Cum Laude (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Allison Sikes – Women’s Basketball
 
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (Division of Extended Studies)
Sandra Battle - Cheerleading