RALEIGH, N.C. (May 31) – Student-athletes accounted for 30 percent of the 2023 undergraduate graduating class at Shaw University.
Fifty-eight Shaw student-athletes graduated during Commencement Exercise, which was held May 13
th at the Raleigh Convention Center. In addition to the 58 student-athletes, one coach and one student-athlete received their graduate degrees.
Twenty-five student-athletes posted a 3.25 cumulative grade point average or higher to earn either Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude or Cum Laude honors.
Summa Cum Laude (3.75-4.00 GPA)
Magna Cum Laude (3.50-3.74 GPA)
Cum Laude (3.25-3.49)
Below are the student-athletes who graduated from Shaw, their respective sports and majors.
Victor Alcada – Men's Soccer (Biology) – Magna Cum Laude
Justus Baldwin – Men's Basketball (Recreation Management)
Brijette Basden – Track & Field (Elementary Education) – Summa Cum Laude
Noelani Beard – Volleyball (Political Science) – Summa Sum Laude
As'shaan Belcher – Football (Recreation Management)
Michelle Blaha – Women's Cross Country (Exercise Science/Fitness & Wellness) – Summa Cum Laude
Brian Blount Jr. – Football (Sociology/Criminal Justice)
Tyrese Bobbitt – Football (Business Administration/Management)
Mallory Brown – Volleyball (Political Science) – Summa Cum Laude
Akeythio Carson – Football (Mass Communications)
Gabriele De Oliveira Carvalho – Women's Soccer (Business Administration/Management)
Michael Chesney – Football (Recreation Management)
Breelyn Clark – Volleyball (Business Administration/Management) – Summa Cum Laude
Marlon Cruz – Men's Soccer (Psychology) – Magna Cum Laude
Justin Daniels – Football (Computer Science)
Robert David – Football (Sociology/Criminal Justice)
Jaleesa Dillard – Women's Basketball (Psychology)
Lukas Dudziak – Men's Soccer (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training) – Summa Cum Laude
Thalita Faria – Women's Soccer (Exercise Science/Fitness & Wellness) – Summa Cum Laude
Isabela Santos Fernandes – Women's Soccer (Business Administration/Management) – Summa Cum Laude
Jatoine Fields – Football (Recreation Management)
Farbicio Gama – Men's Soccer (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training)
Sidney Gibbs – Football (Sociology/Criminal Justice)
Shady Mohamed Hamman – Men's Soccer (Business Administration/Management) – Magna Cum Laude
Ian Harris – Men's Soccer (Mass Communications)
Jordan Johnson – Football (Computer Information Systems)
Gabriel Andrew Joseph-Bryan – Men's Basketball (Recreation Management) – Magna Cum Laude
Endya Kershaw – Women's Soccer (Computer Information Systems) – Cum Laude
Tyler Keser – Men's Soccer (Recreation Management)
Chetna Kumari – Women's Tennis (Psychology) – Summa Cum Laude
Tom Letecheur – Men's Tennis (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training)
Jiah Lewis – Women's Soccer (Sociology/Criminal Justice) – Cum Laude
Arthur Abelha Carmo Lopes – (Business Administration/Management)
Jonathan Lorza – Football (Political Science) - Magna Cum Laude
Anna Ney – Volleyball (Social Work)
Jayana Nicholson – Women's Soccer (Exercise Science/Fitness & Wellness) – Magna Cum Laude
Fabien Niyirora – Track & Field (Business Administration/Management)
Wissem Obeid – Men's Soccer (Business Administration/Management)
Sevval Ozseker – Women's Tennis (Business Administration/Management) – Cum Laude
Christian Peters – Football (Business Administration/Management)
Makenzie Pollard – Women's Basketball (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training)
D'Andre Rucker – Football (Business Administration/Management)
Alexis Samuel - (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training)
Ana Schardong – Women's Soccer/Cross Country (Business Administration/Management)
Sheldon Seymour – Cheerleader (Mass Communications)
Mark Shannon – Football (Business Administration/Management)
Ilya Skobelev – Men's Tennis (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training)
Sierra Spade – Volleyball (Psychology) – Summa Cum Laude
Sas'Kia Stephens – Softball (Sociology/Criminal Justice) – Magna Cum Laude
Victoria Swanson – Women's Basketball (Interdisciplinary Studies) – Magna Cum Laude
Harrison Szep – Men's Soccer (Business Administration/Management)
Audrey Taylor – Women's Soccer (Psychology)
Gabriel Wallace – Football (Recreation Management)
Jahquel Webb – Football (Sociology)
Chandler Westin – Volleyball (Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training) – Magna Cum Laude
Micah Wright – Track & Field/Cross Country (Sociology/Criminal Justice) – Magna Cum Laude
Antavious Zachery – Football (Business Administration/Management) – Cum Laude
Ben Zuhlke – Men's Soccer (Business Administration/Management) – Summa Cum Laude
Graduate Degrees
Toryeon Ceasar-Hester – Football Coach (Master of Science In Early Childhood Education)
Tevin Perry – Football (Master of Science In Early Childhood Education)
