Fifty-Five Student-Athletes to Graduate on Friday

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Clemson, SC ? Fifty-five Clemson student-athletes, including basketball captain Cliff Hammonds and football captains Cullen Harper and Michael Hamlin, will receive diplomas during graduation ceremonies at Littlejohn Coliseum on Friday. There will be two graduation sessions, one at 9:30 a.m. and one at 2:30 p.m.

It will be a landmark day for Hammonds, who will receive his degree in the same facility where he received many cheers while leading the Clemson men?s basketball team for the last four years. Hammonds had a double major in architecture and psychology, and is the first Clemson scholarship men?s basketball player to earn a degree in architecture.

Hammonds will be joined by fellow seniors Sam Perry and Matt Morris on Friday. Perry will earn his degree in sociology and Morris will earn his degree in marketing. It will be the second time in three years that three Clemson men?s basketball players have graduated on the same day. Hammonds was the recipient of the Skip Prosser Award as the top ACC student-athlete in men?s basketball this past year. He is also a finalist for the Arthur Ashe Award, which will be presented on May 29 in New York.

Harper and Hamlin are two of the 12 Clemson football players who will receive degrees on Friday. While both are graduating, both will be back for another season with the Clemson football team. Both were second-team All-ACC players on the field this past year when they led the Tigers to a 9-4 record and a final top 25 ranking. Mark Buchholz and Jimmy Maners are two more Clemson football players who will graduate on Friday, but will return to the gridiron for a final year of eligibility in 2008. Clemson will actually have five players on the 2008 roster who already have degrees, as Akeem Robinson graduated this past December, but will be on the team in 2008.

Three members of Clemson?s 2007 ACC Champion volleyball team will receive their undergraduate degrees on Friday. That list includes Laura Boozer, Sue Eckman and Leslie Mansfield. Eckman is one of four student-athletes who were recently named to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society who will receive diplomas on Friday. The others are Lizzy Jennings (rowing), Matt Balderston (men?s swimming), and Maners. Balderston also just recently won an NCAA Postgraduate scholarship.

Other prominent Clemson student-athletes who will graduate on Friday include baseball catcher Doug Hogan, one of Clemson?s top home run hitters in recent years, five-time All-ACC track athlete Matt Clark, and women?s tennis athlete Carol Salge, who recently won MVP honors at the ACC Tournament, leading Clemson to the league title.

Clemson Student-Athletes Who Graduated Friday, May 9, 2008

Student-Athlete   Sport            Major


William Bond      Baseball         Marketing


Drew Fiorenza     Baseball         Accounting


Doug Hogan        Baseball         Financial Management


Adam Ward         Baseball         Economics


Bryan Baker       Football         Wildlife & Fisheries Biology


Mark Buchholz     Soccer/Football  Marketing


Bradley Flowers   Football         Health Science


Mike Hamlin       Football         Sport Management


Cullen Harper     Football         Management


Colin Leonard     Football         Sport Management


Jimmy Maners      Football         History


Jermaine Martin   Football         Management


Brandon Pilgrim   Football         Workforce Training


Tribble Reese     Football         Marketing


Tyler Stone       Football         Financial Management


Chris Wade        Football         Management


Tanner Ervin      Golf             Management


Zack Siefert      Golf             Community Rec Mgment


Cliff Hammonds    Basketball       Architecture & Psychology


Matt Morris       Basketball       Marketing


Sam Perry         Basketball       Sociology


Jarrett Lewis     Men?s Soccer     Political Science


Jeff Routh        Men?s Soccer     Financial Management


Matt Balderston   Men?s Swimming   Biochemistry


Andy Bergren      Men?s Swimming   Management


Jay Crout         Men?s Swimming   Human Resource Development


Sean Geary        Men?s Swimming   Management


Patrick Raisor    Men?s Swimming   Financial Management


Taylor Thompson   Men?s Swimming   Mechanical Engineering


Mark Vahle        Men?s Swimming   Political Science


Sam Bryfczynski   Men?s Track      Computer Science


Matt Clark        Men?s Track      Management


Vernita Boone     Rowing           Sociology


Kimberly Brendle  Rowing           Sociology


Julie Fishel      Rowing           Ceramic & Materials Eng


Ford Heiner       Rowing           Marketing


Jaime Horgan      Rowing           Health Science


Lizzy Jennings    Rowing           Political Science


Elyse Roenick     Rowing           Psychology


Laura Boozer      Volleyball       Elementary Education


Sue Eckman        Volleyball       History


Leslie Mansfield  Volleyball       Elementary Education


Brittany Ross     Volleyball       Communication Studies


Adrianne Bradshaw W. Basketball    Sociology


Moreemi Davis     W. Basketball    Sociology


Julie Bolt        W. Soccer        Psychology


Nuria Zufia       W. Soccer        Economics


Jill Allen        W. Swimming      Architecture


Peg Carter        W. Swimming      Health Science


Jen Grove         W. Swimming      Graphic Communications


Dani Kazilionis   W. Swimming      Marketing


Whitney Sandison  W. Swimming      Financial Management


Mikaela Patterson W. Track         Health Science


Catheryne Porter  W. Track         Elementary Education


Carol Salge       W. Tennis        Lang & International Trade

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