Morgan State Student-Athletes to Receive Degrees Saturday

Morgan State Student-Athletes to Receive Degrees Saturday

5/17/2023 8:00:00 AM

BALTIMORE, Md. (May 17, 2023) — On Saturday, May 20th forty (40) current and former Morgan State student-athletes will receive degrees from the University. The 146th Spring Commencement ceremony will be held at 10:00 a.m. in Hughes Memorial Stadium.
 
The ceremony will be outdoors, except in the case of severe weather. You do not need tickets, and there are no reserved seats.
 
The complete list of athletics graduates is below.

Included among the graduates are …  
  • Victoria Fletcher is one of five (5) members of the softball program that will earn degrees and she became the third MSU player to earn MEAC Player of the Year. An All-MEAC second team third baseman and All-MEAC third team pitcher, Fletcher led the MEAC in RBIs with 43. She led Morgan in at bats (139), hits (38), doubles (9) and home runs (7). As a pitcher, she led the team in ERA (2.20) and was second on the team in wins (9) and strikeouts 42.
  • Nine (9) football players will earn degrees, including running back Alfonzo Graham who was the top running back in the MEAC with 1,150 rushing yards (the 6th highest single-season total in school history) on 196 carries and eight touchdowns. He averaged 104.5 yards per game in his senior campaign while earning First-Team All-MEAC honors in 2022. 
  • JaNiah Henson completed the 2022-23 season averaging 14.0 points per game which was second on the team. She earned All-MEAC First Team honors, while leading the MEAC in free throw percentage at 86% and finished ranked 38th in the nation in free throw percentage. Henson, who helped the Lady Bears to the school's second WNIT appearance, finished her career ranked 16th all-time at Morgan in steals (127). She was named Second Team BOXTOROW All-American.
  • Five (5) men's basketball players will earn degrees, including Isaiah Burke who made his mark as one of the top players in the MEAC and completed the 2022-23 season averaged 18.7 points per game, which ranked No. 2 in the MEAC. Burke racked up a number of postseason accolades, including: First Team BOXTOROW All-America Team selection; First Team All-MEAC; named to All-District Second Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC); and was selected to participate in the HBCU All-Star Game.

Spring 2023 Morgan State Student-Athlete Graduates 
 
 Cheerleading (5)  Major
 Takara Bennett  Family and Consumer Sciences
 Yasmeen Giggetts  Psychology
 Jadyn Giles  Psychology
 Tajiah Mott  Multiplatform Production
 Alana Lassiter  Nursing
 Bowling (2)  Major
 Aliya Adams  Biology
 LaMonique Berrios  Electrical Engineering
 Men's Basketball (5)  Major
 Ty Horner  Applied Liberal Studies
 Isaiah Burke  Multiplatform Production
 Collin Nnamene  Graduate School
 Daiquan Copeland  Applied Liberal Studies
 David McCullough      Graduate School
 Men's Tennis (1)  Major
 Sebastian Lopez  Graduate School
 Football (9)  Major
 Cameron Brown  Graduate School
 Dexter Carr  Health Education
 Shimano Dendoe  Graduate School
 Alfonzo Graham  Applied Liberal Studies
 Bruce Mattox  Information Systems
 Jae'Veyon Morton  Applied Liberal Studies
 Ahmeen Reese  Applied Liberal Studies
 Lawrence Richardson  Biology
 Kobe Tuitele  Sociology
 Softball (5)  Major
 Victoria Fletcher  Strategic Communication
 Deborah Hamilton  Business Administration
 Danielle Jason  Psychology
 Madison Nunez  Accounting
 Tayven Rousseau  Graduate School
 Women's Tennis (2)  Major
 Ana Isabel Aran Torrente  Social Work
 Ana Kalawe-Edwards  Biology
 Volleyball (1)  Major
 Melanie Battle  Multimedia Journalism
 Men's Track & Field (3)  Major
 Justin Alston   Information Systems
 Ali Bowens  Electrical Engineering
 Duane Kizer  Family and Consumer Sciences
 Women's Track & Field (4)  Major
 Rachel Field  Graduate School
 Johnelle Johnson  Biology
 Destiny Ward  Journalism
 Diamond Moore  Applied Liberal Sciences
 Women's Basketball (3)  Major
 Janiah Henson  Information Sysytems
 Isioma Oduah  Applied Liberal Studies
 Khaliah Hines  Multimedia Journalism



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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 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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