100 Alabama Student-Athletes Slated to Earn Degrees in the Spring

100 Alabama Student-Athletes Slated to Earn Degrees in the Spring

5/1/2020 3:34:00 PM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Golf, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Gymnastics, Rowing, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, Cross Country

The Crimson Tide’s spring total is comprised of 88 undergraduate and 14 master’s degrees, including two that earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree concurrently

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A total of 100 University of Alabama student-athletes are slated to receive their degrees following the spring semester, which came to a close Friday, including 86 bachelor's, 12 master's and two who earned one of each.

The Crimson Tide's graduates included 17 All-Americans, four Academic All-Americans, 10 who were on a national championship team, 23 who were on a Southeastern Conference championship squad, as well as a World and NCAA Champion, a CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, an NCAA Elite 90 Award winner and a pair of NFL veterans.

Zane Waddell, who capped his Alabama career as a FINA World Champion, World University Games gold medalist, NCAA Champion, 21-time All-American, eight-time SEC Champion, SEC record holder, SEC Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Commissioner's Trophy winner, earned degrees in finance and management information Sciences.

All-Americans and Academic All-Americans Bailey Hemphill and Kaylee Tow, who were named the CoSIDA Softball Academic All-American of the Year and an NCAA Elite 90 Award winner, respectively, both earned their bachelor's degrees.

A total of 16 football players earned degrees this spring led by All-American Alex Leatherwood and NFL veterans Chris Goode and Le'Ron McClain.

All-American Graduates

A total of 17 spring graduates earned All-America honors, while four earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors during their Crimson Tide careers.
The track and field/cross country program led the way with eight All-American graduates, including Symone Darius, Nickolette Dunbar, Esther Gitahi, Mauricia Prieto, Keitavious Walter, Portious Warren, Kiara Williams and Samantha Zelden.
All-American swimmers Waddell, Alexis Preski and Allie Surrency earned diplomas this spring.
All-American gymnasts Nicki Guerrero and Kiana Winston both earned graduate degrees in the fall.
Hemphill (softball), Leatherwood (football) and Tow (softball) round out the Tide's All-American spring graduates.
Raien Emery (rowing), Hemphill (softball), Nealy Martin (soccer) and Tow (softball) all graduate with Academic All-America honors to go with their diplomas.

Championship Teams

A total of 10 spring graduates were part of Alabama's 2017 College Football Playoff Championship team in 2017, including Connor Adams, Deonte Brown, Joseph Bulovas, Joe Donald, Thomas Fletcher, Miller Forristall, Nigel Knott, Leatherwood, John Parker and Daniel Wright.
In addition, Adams, Brown, Bulovas, Donald, Fletcher, Forristall, Knott, Leatherwood, Parker and Wright, along with Joe Donald, Sean Kelly, Nigel Knott, Chadarius Townsend and Loren Ugheoke were on an SEC Football Championship squad.
Hemphill, Tow and SEC Pitcher of the Year Sarah Cornell all graduate after earning and SEC Championship ring as part of Alabama's 2019 regular-season league title.
Henry Barrett, Elliott Miller, Oliver Rigg, Walter and Drew Williams were part of the team that won the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championship in 2018.
Winston and Guerrero were both on the Tide's 2015 SEC Championship squad.

More About Alabama's Spring Graduates

Alabama's 100 spring graduates includes two student-athletes – Luca Fabian (women's tennis) and Drew Williams (men's track and field) who earned their bachelor's and master's degrees simultaneously through UA's Accelerated Master's Program (AMP), giving the Tide a total of 102 degrees this spring, including 88 undergraduate and 14 master's degrees.
In addition to Fabian and Williams, Crimson Tide student-athletes earning master's degrees this spring are Eva Borrowdale (volleyball), Makena Clark (rowing), Kylie Diffley (rowing), Emery (rowing), Forristall (football), Nicki Guerrero (gymnastics), Ashley Homan (volleyball), Kelly (football), Shea Mahoney (gymnastics), Hayley McSparin (volleyball), Amber Richardson (basketball) and Kiana Winston (gymnastics).
Three members of the spring graduating class earned SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors for their respective sports, Mahoney (gymnastics), Martin (soccer) and Waddell (swimming and diving).
There are four individual SEC Champions among the Tide's spring graduates including Ariana Guerra (gymnastics), Waddell, who won eight conference titles during his career, Portious Warren (track and field), who took home four titles, and Winston (gymnastics), who earned two.
14 spring graduates also earned All-SEC honors including Cornell (softball), Maddie Desch (gymnastics), Gitahi (track and field), Guerra (gymnastics), Guerrero (gymnastics), Hemphill (softball), Leatherwood (football), Mahoney (gymnastics), Tow (softball), Waddell (swimming and diving), Walter (track and field), Warren (track and field), Kiara Williams (track and field) and Winston (gymnastics).

Combined with the 30 graduates that earned degrees following the fall semester, the Crimson Tide has seen 130 of its student-athletes take home diplomas during the current academic year, a total that will rise when the summer commencement list is announced in August.

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University of Alabama Athletics Spring 2020 Graduates

Student-Athlete	Sport
Student-Athlete	Sport
Connor Adams	Football
Elle Anderson	Rowing
Henry Barrett	M. Track & Field
Camden Bauer	Baseball
Sydney Boles	Rowing
Eva Borrowdale	Volleyball
Caroline Brooks	W. Track & Field
Cameron Brown	W. Swim & Dive
Deonte Brown	Football
Joseph Bulovas	Football
Kayla Cecil	W. Track & Field
Wynter Childers	Gymnastics
Makena Clark	Rowing
Casey Cobb	Baseball
Sarah Cornell	Softball
Alba Cortina Pou	W. Tennis
Peyton Cowell	Rowing
Gaby Crawford	Rowing
Karen Crews	Volleyball
Alexa Cruz	W. Track & Field/Cross Country
Symone Darius	W. Track & Field
Olivia DeGroot	Rowing
Maddie Desch	Gymnastics
Jake DeZoort	M. Golf
Abigail Dickinson	W. Track & Field
Kylie Diffley	Rowing
Joe Donald	Football
Nickolette Dunbar	W. Track & Field
Raien Emery	Rowing
Luca Fabian	W. Tennis
Alina Faunce	W. Swim & Dive
Thomas Fletcher	Football
Miller Forristall	Football
William Freeman	Baseball
Samantha Gafford	Rowing
Shelby Gibson	W. Basketball
Esther Gitahi	W. Track & Field/Cross Country
Sarah Giuliani	Rowing
Chris Goode	Football
Cori Guay	Rowing
Ariana Guerra	Gymnastics
Nicki Guerrero	Gymnastics
Keilani Hamann	Rowing
Johnny Hawk	Baseball
Bailey Hemphill	Softball
Hailey Higgins	Rowing
Ashley Homan	Volleyball
Hannah Howard	W. Track & Field/Cross Country
Cierra Johnson	W. Basketball
Sean Kelly	Football
Ashley Knight	W. Basketball
Nigel Knott	Football
Daniel Kober	M. Swim & Dive
Gabrielle Krieger	Rowing
Alex Leatherwood	Football
Kyle Maas	M. Swim & Dive
Shea Mahoney	Gymnastics
Shannon Marsh	W. Track & Field/Cross Country
Nealy Martin	Soccer, Women's
Le'Ron McClain	Football
Carley McCoin	Rowing
Hayley McSparin	Volleyball
Elliott Miller	M. Track & Field/Cross Country
Taylor Morgan	Soccer
Kacey Oberlander	W. Swim & Dive
Dylan Oliver	Baseball
John Parker	Football
Jacqueline Pelletier	W. Tennis
Ginger Perinar	Volleyball
Alexis Preski	W. Swim & Dive
Mauricia Prieto	W. Track & Field
Josh Pugh	Football
Amber Richardson	W. Basketball
Oliver Rigg	M. Track & Field/Cross Country
Kolby Robinson	Baseball
Garret Rukes	Baseball
Arielle Schafer	Rowing
Davis Shore	M. Golf
Lexi Souther	W. Swim & Dive
Rebekah Stewart	Rowing
Avery Stuchell	W. Track & Field
Allie Surrency	W. Swim & Dive
Ariana Sweany	Rowing
Brittany Tolson	W. Track & Field/Cross Country
Katie Toth	Rowing
Kaylee Tow	Softball
Chadarius Townsend	Football
Loren Ugheoke	Football
Zane Waddell	M. Swim & Dive
Jasmine Walker	W. Basketball
Keitavious Walter	M. Track & Field
Portious Warren	W. Track & Field
Drew Williams	M. Track & Field
Kiara Williams	W. Track & Field
Kiana Winston	Gymnastics
Abby Wohler	Rowing
Daniel Wright	Football
Kenzie Wright	W. Golf
Sophia Yurosek	Rowing
Samantha Zelden	W. Track & Field