Eighteen MSU Student-Athletes Graduated During Fall Commencement

BALTIMORE, Md. (December 16, 2019) – Eighteen (18) student-athletes earned their degrees as part of the nearly 500 Morgan State University students who participated in the Fall 2019 commencement ceremonies on Friday, December 13 inside Hill Field House.

The 18 graduates represent seven of Morgan State's athletics programs. Six of the graduates were from the football program, four from women's basketball, two from volleyball, two from women's track & field, two from cheerleading, one from softball and one from men's basketball.

Corin "Tiny" Adams, a current member of the Bears men's basketball staff and a former women's basketball standout, earned her Master of Arts in journalism.

Morgan State President David Wilson presided over the ceremonies.

The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, was the keynote speaker for the event, and communications technology expert Jesse E. Russell, a pioneer in the development of the cellphone's wireless technology, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science.

The University also conferred its 800th doctoral degree during the ceremony, a number that included a record 79 doctorates awarded in 2019, the most awarded in a calendar year since the University began offering doctoral degrees.

Congratulations to all of the members of the Morgan State Fall Class of 2019.

Morgan State Student-Athletes | 2019 Fall Graduation by Sport

Football (6)
Carl Garnes, Applied Liberal Studies
Lamont Hill, Construction Management
Rico Kennedy, Construction Management
Dominick Trigg, Economics
Malachi Washington, Sociology
Roderick Wolfe, Applied Liberal Studies

Women's Basketball (4)
Naomi Bolasingh, Strategic Communication
Janessa Fauntroy, Physical Education
Chelsea Mitchell, Business Management
Simone Sampson, Biology

Volleyball (2)
Arianna Hayden, Journalism
Jasmin Hubbard, Sociology

Women's Track & Field (2)
Saborrah Cooper, Physical Education
Zhane Washington, Biology

Cheerleading (2)
Tajana'e Barlow, Elementary Education
Nyla Klusmann, Applied Liberal Studies

Softball (1)
Caitlyn Williams, Biology

Men's Basketball (1)
Ranell Bell, Applied Liberal Studies

About Morgan
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 125 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.

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