University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Student-Athletes Celebrate Graduation
June 16, 2017 | Bruin Athletics
A total of 126 UCLA graduating student-athletes and team members were honored at the Sixth Annual Student-Athlete Graduation Celebration in Pauley Pavilion on Thursday, June 15. Among the participants were student-athletes who graduated in the Winter 2017 and Spring 2017 quarters, as well as those who are projected to graduate in Summer 2017 and Fall 2017.
Annika Lenz from women's swimming & diving and Matt Farmer from men's water polo delivered commencement speeches (Watch Lenz's speech | Watch Farmer's speech).
Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarships in the amount of $9,000 were presented to beach volleyball player Kamila Tan and men's water polo player Garrett Danner. Tan was also recognized as an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award semifinalist. Women's basketball's Kari Korver and men's soccer's Felix Vobejda were awarded the Pac-12's Tom Hansen Conference Medal, which goes annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. Additionally, baseball player Nick Kern was recognized for winning the Wilma Rudolph Award, and Lenz and football player Thomas Schwab were presented as the UCLA Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
Congratulations to the Class of 2017:
Baseball
Scott Burke*
Nick Kern*
Andrew Schmidt*
Brett Stephens**
Branden Yob*
Men's Basketball
Bryce Alford**
Isaac Hamilton*
Jerrold Smith*
Ryan Walcott*
Women's Basketball
Paulina Hersler*
Nicole Kornet*
Kari Korver*
Savanna Trapp *
Dominique Williams*
Beach Volleyball
Jordan Anderson*
Kamila Tan*
Football
Darren Andrews*
Preston Awedisean*
Zach Bateman*
Kahlil Bell*
Jayon Brown*
Xan Vuevas*
Charles Dawson*
Daniel Fields***
Cristian Garcia*
John Johnson*
Mossi Johnson*
Jake Jones*
Cameron Judge*
Kenny Lacy*
Dylan Luther*
Eldridge Massington*
Poasi Moala*
Adarius Pickett*
Scott Quessenberry*
Isako Savaiinaea*
Thomas Schwab*
Adam Searl*
Gyo Shojima*
Alex Staff*
Nick Terry*
Women's Golf
Bronte Law*
Alison Lee*
Hadas Libman*
Gymnastics
Angi Cipra*
Mikaela Gerber*
Mattie Larson*
Christine Peng-Peng Lee*
Hallie Mossett*
Alex Waller*
Jordyn Wieber*
Women's Rowing
Hannah Elder*
Marie Jacquet*
Caroline Williams*
Men's Soccer
Abdullah Adam*
Michael Amick*
Brian Iloski*
Brian Perk*
Javan Torre*
Felix Vobejda***
Gage Zerboni*
Women's Soccer
Alyssa Alarab*
Annie Alvarado**
Siri Ervik*
Zoey Goralski*
Darian Jenkins**
Lauren Kaskie***
Gabbi Miranda*
Claire Winter*
Softball
Gabrielle Maurice*
Paige McDuffee*
Delaney Spaulding*
Swimming & Diving
Katy Campbell*
Emily Hammond*
Nina Hayes*
Annika Lenz*
Linnea Mack*
Michaela Merlihan*
Danielle Repper*
Savannah Steffen**
Hayden Walker**
Madison White*
Brigitte Winkler*
Men's Tennis
Gage Brymer*
Joseph Di Giulio*
Michael Guzman*
Travis Martin*
Nishanth Yamani*
Women's Tennis
Alejandra Glover*
Men's Track & Field
Cody Crampton**
Braheme Days*
Jonah Diaz*
Richard Ho*
Eldridge Massington*
Jonathan Moniz*
Austin O'Neil**
Sage Stone*
Riley Turner*
Women's Track & Field
Zaybree Haury*
Torie Owers*
Monique Van*
Men's Volleyball
Jackson Bantle*
Michael Fisher*
Hagen Smith*
Mitch Stahl*
Women's Volleyball
Jordan Anderson*
Ryann Chandler*
Claire Felix*
Jennie Frager*
Men's Water Polo
Jesse Camou*
Matt Farmer*
Patrick Fellner*
Joey Fuentes**
Jack Grover*
Max Irving*
Elliot Ordway*
Chancellor Ramirez*
Ryder Roberts*
James Robinson*
Aleksandar Ruzic*
Women's Water Polo
Mackenzie Barr*
Rachel Fattal*
Kodi Hill*
Aubrie Monahan**
Kelsey O'Brien*
Elissia Schilling*
Alexa Tielmann**
Alys Williams*
*** Fall 2016 Graduate
** Winter 2017 Graduate
* Projected to Graduate
