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USF Athletics Increases Graduate Total to 210 Since 2016-17 School Year

December 07, 2018

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TAMPA, DEC. 7, 2018 – USF Athletics congratulates another impressive group of student-athletes receiving their degrees this weekend during fall commencement ceremonies at the Yuengling Center.

With 27 student-athletes projected to receive degrees this fall, USF Athletics increased its total number of graduates to 210 since the 2016-17 school year. USF student-athletes are currently on a program-record run of seven straight semesters with a cumulative grade-point average above 3.0 and have posted a Graduation Success Rate above 80 percent for five straight years.

Among the student-athletes projected to receive their degrees this weekend are 12 members of head coach Charlie Strong's football team that will make the program's fourth straight postseason appearance in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl against Marshall on Thursday, Dec. 20 at Raymond James Stadium.

Versatile defensive back Ronnie Hoggins (Coconut Creek, Fla.) is set to receive his bachelor's degree in communication and leads all active USF players with 40 career starts. Hoggins ranks second on the team with a career-high 76 total tackles and two interceptions this season while playing six different positions on defense.

Safety Jaymon Thomas (Immokalee, Fla.) will receive a bachelor's degree in health sciences after earning Google Cloud Academic All-District honors for his work in the classroom. The three-time academic all-conference team member has made 17 career starts and totaled 151 tackles for the Bulls since 2015.

William Atterbury (Clearwater, Fla.) has made 22 straight starts at right guard and will receive his bachelor's degree in finance prior to USF's bowl game preparation. Atterbury has helped pave the way for Jordan Cronkrite to post the ninth 1,000-yard rushing season in program history and tie the program record with five straight 100-yard rushing games.

Women's soccer players Cassidy Kallenborn (Land O' Lakes, Fla.), Hanna Seybold (Tampa), Jordyn Smith (Stuart, Fla.) and Jordan Tuttle (Yardley, Pa.) are projected to graduate after helping USF capture its first American Athletic Conference regular season title before the program made its fifth NCAA tournament appearance.

Clara Payne (Osteen, Fla.) is set to graduate with a bachelor's degree in health sciences following USF volleyball's 20-win season. The redshirt senior middle blocker earned all-conference honors prior to the Bulls' first postseason appearance since 2002 at the National Invitational Volleyball Championship.

Before taking the court on Sunday, Alyssa Rader (Thornton, Colo.) is projected to walk across the Yuengling Center stage as a graduate with a bachelor's degree in communication. The junior post player is averaging a team-best 8.5 rebounds and 6.6 points per game heading into USF women's basketball's home test against George Washington on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Jimmy Jones (Tampa) is projected to receive his bachelor's degree in marketing a semester after playing a key role in USF men's golf's fourth straight wire-to-wire win at the American Athletic Conference Championship. Jones capped off his senior season by competing in the Bulls' sixth consecutive NCAA Regional trip last spring.

One of three projected USF track and field graduates, Kirby Powers (Orange Park, Fla.) will be pursuing an MBA after receiving her bachelor's in management. Powers, a triplet, will be graduating with her sister, Courtney, while their brother, Phillip, is on track to receive his degree next May after transferring to USF. The Powers family was chosen as USF Family of the Year.
 

Fall 2018 Projected USF Graduates
Name	Sport
Alyssa Rader	Women's Basketball
Temi Alaka	Football
William Atterbury	Football
Kevin Bronson	Football
Derek Hintze	Football
Ronnie Hoggins	Football
Frank Johnson	Football
Ryeshene Bronson	Football
Nico Sawtelle	Football
Riley Sheehan	Football
Jaymon Thomas	Football
Jake Vivonetto	Football
Mazzi Wilkins	Football
Jimmy Jones	Men's Golf
Cassidy Kallenborn	Women's Soccer
Hannah Seybold	Women's Soccer
Jordyn Smith	Women's Soccer
Jordan Tuttle	Women's Soccer
Juliana Cardoso	Women's Tennis
Zoe Knowles	Sailing
Sarah Streater	Sailing
Kelly Stukbauer	Sailing
Isabella Uribe	Sailing
Tierra Lacey	Track and Field
Kirby Powers	Track and Field
Nicole Carroll	Track and Field
Clara Payne	Volleyball

 
About USF Athletics
USF Athletics sponsors 19 varsity men's and women's teams that compete in 11 different sports, 18 at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference. The Bulls' athletic program began in 1965 and is in its 53^rd season in 2018-19. Nearly 500 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of the campus in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls have claimed 16 American Athletic Conference team titles since joining the conference in 2013, including at least three in each of the last three seasons, and own 113 conference championships overall. Nine USF programs reached national post-season competition in the 2017-18 season and six were ranked in the Top 25 nationally. The Bulls posted a combined annual grade-point average over 3.0 for the third straight year in 2017-18 and have posted a program record seven straight semesters with a combined GPA over 3.0. USF has seen more than 180 student-athletes earn their degree in the last two years. 

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