Athletics | May 04, 2019

CLARKSVILLE—Sixty-six Austin Peay State University student-athletes and athletics staff participated in Spring 2019 Commencement ceremonies, Friday and Saturday, in the Dunn Center.

The following student-athletes, athletics alumni and departmental employees were Master's degree candidates for May 2019 Commencement:

• Kacy Acree, softball
• Jarrett Givens, men's basketball
• Michael Hoover, football
• Hunter Lindley, baseball
• Peyton Phillips, strength and conditioning

The following student-athletes, athletics alumni and departmental employees were bachelor's degree candidates for May 2019 Commencement:

• Alyssa Amann, cheer
• Kyle Anderton, football
• Amber Bateman, women's soccer
• Brice Bement, women's soccer
• Logan Birchfield, football
• James Bond, football
• Corey Brown Sr., football
• Juantarius Bryant, football
• Aaron Campbell, baseball
• Michaela Campbell, baseball
• Christian Christenson, athletics
• Garrett Copeland, baseball
• Katie Costantino, women's soccer
• Casey Crigger, athletics
• Keawvis Cummings, football
• Ann Peyton Diffenbaugh, women's soccer
• McKenzie Dixon, women's soccer
• Brady Dorris, football
• Cecily Gable, volleyball
• Jarrett Giacchino, football
• Nia Gibbs-Francis, track and field
• Zach Glotta, men's basketball
• Ashton Goodley, women's golf
• Taylor Goodley, women's golf
• Wesley Gray, men's cross country
• Reagan Greene, women's golf
• Keisha Gregory, women's basketball
• Steve Harris, men's basketball
• Dascha Hix, track and field
• Justin Hood, athletic communications
• Nate Howard, football
• Morgan Jackson, women's soccer
• Asia Johnson, dance
• Helena Kuppig, women's tennis
• Danielle Liermann, softball
• Sam Lopez, men's golf
• Kelly Mardones, softball
• David Martinez, baseball
• Carly Mattson, softball
• DJ Montgomery, football
• Brett Newberg, baseball
• Pamela Penaloza, women's soccer
• Parker Phillips, baseball
• Levi Primasing, baseball
• Jacques Pucheu, baseball
• Alex Sala, baseball
• Hunter Schmeisser, football
• Cameron Shryock, baseball
• Jennifer Smith, women's soccer
• Nick Sternloff, cheer
• James Stevens, women's soccer
• Jensen Stevens, cheer
• Shelby Stewart, women's soccer
• Kaylee Taff, volleyball
• Autum Thomas, dance
• Tymeitha Tolbert, track and field
• Brandon Vial, baseball
• Pat Walker, football
• Chad Woodham, men's tennis
• Claudia Yanes Garcia, women's tennis
• Lidia Yanes Garcia, women's tennis

These athletes weren't just names on a roster or numbers on a field. They also represent…

• Twenty-five All-OVC selections
• Fourteen Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships
• The program-record holders in career home runs for both baseball and softball
• Eight OVC All-Newcomer selections
• A 2018 semifinalist for the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, accorded to the most decorated of the more than 1,000 outstanding minority student-athletes nominated by their respective colleges or universities
• The school record-holder in the 60m dash and 100m dash
• Three CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees
• A Major League Baseball draft pick
• Sixty-eight OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll appearances
• A Freshman All-American baseball player
• The fifth-leading scorer in Austin Peay soccer history
• One of 12 players in the history of the baseball program with at least 150 career RBI
• Three members of the SAAC Executive Board
• Two three-time Women's Golf Coaches Association All-American scholars
• Four perfect 4.0 GPA's
• A 2016 OVC Baseball All-Tournament selection
• A member of the 2018 NABC Honors Court
• Three OVC Women's Tennis Player of the Year honors
• One of five players in Austin Peay soccer history with a hat trick
• Eight ITA Scholar-Athlete honors
• The APSU softball program's career leader in hits, RBI, slugging percentage and doubles
• Nineteen OVC Academic Medals of Honor
• The OVC's representative at the 2017 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C.
• The eighth pitcher in Austin Peay baseball history with 200 or more career strikeouts
• An invitee to an NFL Training Camp
• The only women's tennis player in program history with 100 career singles victories
• A 2019 OVC Scholar-Athlete
• The seventh-most receiving touchdowns in Austin Peay football history
• A 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Regional qualifier
• Two NCA National Champions
• The APSU baseball record holder for most pitching appearances
• A member of the Buster Posey Award Watchlist, given to college baseball's best catcher
• An appearance on SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day
• Six Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar honorees
• A graduate of the President's Emerging Leaders program
• A member of the 2017 NABC Good Works Team
• A member of Austin Peay's ROTC program and now, a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army
• The only player in APSU softball history to earn four career OVC Player of the Week honors
• A CoSIDA Academic All-American
• The 2016 OVC Softball Freshman of the Year
• Nine medals in OVC Track and Field Championship competition
• A 2015 Gregg Olson Award semifinalist, given to college baseball's breakout player
• The 2018 ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award recipient for the Ohio Valley region
• Six international student-athletes

And so much more that made Austin Peay a unique, wonderful place. Thank you for your contributions to the program and the university. We wish you well in the future and as always… LET'S GO PEAY!