25 Ohio State Student-Athletes To Receive Degrees During Summer Commencement

The list of graduates includes four football players and one Olympian.

Author:
Andrew Lind
Aug 8, 2021 11:42 AM EDT

Twenty-five current and former student-athletes are set to receive their diplomas during Ohio State’s summer commencement at the Schottenstein Center on Sunday afternoon.

Included among the graduates are offensive tackle Thayer Munford, tight end Jeremy Ruckert, running back Master Teague and cornerback Marcus Williamson, as well as sprinter Anavia Battle, who just competed in the 200-meter dash at the Tokyo Olympics.

Other current and former Buckeyes receiving their degrees on Sunday include men’s basketball guard Jimmy Sotos, Big Ten Medal of Honor winner and men’s lacrosse midfielder Ryan Terefenko and women’s lacrosse goalie Jillian Rizzo, who is the program’s all-time leader in saves, as well as Bernard Melus and Alexanne Verret, who were All-Americans in pistol and fencing, respectively.

The full list of graduates are below, listed alphabetically by sport:

MEN’S BASKETBALL - Sotos, Economics.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK - Tevin Brown, Education (Master’s).

WOMEN’S FENCING - Jessica Thow, Psychology; and Alexanne Verret, Accounting.

FOOTBALL - Munford, Human Development and Family Science; Ruckert, Human Development and Family Science; Teague, Communications; and Williamson, Public Management (Graduate Certificate).

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS - Kaitlyn Gilson, Communications.

MEN’S HOCKEY - Chris Crane, Sport Industry.

MEN’S LACROSSE - Jeffrey Henrick, Kinesiology (Master’s); Tre LeClaire, Kinesiology (Master’s); Ryan Terefenko, Kinesiology (Master’s); and Alec Van de Bovenkamp, Kinesiology (Master’s).

WOMEN’S LACROSSE - Mary Kate Bonanni, Kinesiology (Master’s); Elizabeth Hernandez, Kinesiology (Master’s); Kelsey Reed, Kinesiology (Master’s); and Jillian Rizzo, Kinesiology (Master’s).