Athletes at Graduation

Athletes at Graduation

1963

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Wilma Rudolph

1969

Curt Gunther

Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)

1979

Courtesy of Kirby Puckett

Kirby Puckett

1984

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Jack Nicklaus

1985

Bill Eppridge

Patrick Ewing

1986

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Doug Flutie

1995

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Bo Jackson

1996

Robert Rogers

Emmitt Smith

1996

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Keyshawn Johnson

1997

Patrick Murphy-Racey

Peyton Manning

1999

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David Stern and Muhammad Ali

1999

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Jerry Stackhouse and Antawn Jamison

2000

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Shaquille O'Neal

2000

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Billie Jean King

2000

David J. Phillip/AP

Tara Lipinski

2000

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Tamika Catchings and Semeka Randall

2001

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Scottie Pippen

2001

Grant Halverson/AP

Brendan Haywood and Vince Carter

2002

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Luke Walton

2003

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Penny Hardaway

2003

Nati Harnik/AP

Ahman Green

2004

Joe Cavaretta/AP

Randall Cunningham

2005

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Paula Creamer

2006

Mel Evans/AP

Joe Torre

2006

Carolyn Kaster/AP

Tamba Hali

2007

Elise Amendola/AP

Bill Russell

2007

Porfirio Solorzano/AP

Joe Namath

2007

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Venus Williams

2007

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Willie Randolph

2009

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Larry Bird

2009

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Tim Tebow

2012

Courtesy of Miami University of Ohio

Ben Roethlisberger

2012

Charlie Neibergall/AP

Don Nelson

2013

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Kim Clijsters

2015

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Damian Lillard