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HONOLULU – Walking amidst a record 2,500 University of Hawai'i at Manoa graduates during Saturday's Spring Commencement Exercises at the Stan Sheriff Center, 88 current and former Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine student-athletes from 20 programs took their final, and most important step in their journey at Manoa – walking among their classmates as graduates in the 105th Annual Graduating Class.
 
The graduating group is represented by 39 student-athletes from men's teams, 39 student-athletes from women's teams and 10 student-athletes from coed teams. The largest team represented on Saturday was the football team, with 14 student-athletes earning their undergraduate degrees. The swimming and diving team was the most highly-represented among the women's programs, with eight graduates. The other teams followed with: baseball (12) sailing (9), track and field/cross country (7), women's basketball (5), men's swimming and diving (5), softball (4), women's tennis (4), men's basketball (3), soccer (3), water polo (3), men's golf (2), beach volleyball (2), men's volleyball (2), women's volleyball (2), women's golf (1), cheer (1) and men's tennis (1).

Several of the student-athletes who will attain their degrees during the summer session also participated in the Spring Commencement ceremony. Two current student-athletes, both from beach volleyball, received graduate degrees this semester—those student-athletes are Heather Boyan (M.S., Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science) and Katie Spieler (M.A., Accounting). Former baseball player Stephen Ventimilia also earned his graduate degree (M.S., Adapted Physical Activity) after serving at the program's manager this season. Former tennis player Aglae Van den Bergh also earned her J.D. in Law on Saturday.

Two teams are off campus, with softball at Cal Poly and track and field at the Big West Championships, and held their own private ceremonies for their graduates.

Each of the graduating student-athletes received white "H" stoles courtesy of the UH Letterwinners Club and were honored in a pre-graduation reception breakfast along with their families.
 

Spring 2016 University of Hawai'i Graduating Student-Athletes
Men's Sports (39)			Women's Sports (38)
Baseball (12)			Women's Basketball (5)
Alan Baldwin	B.A.	Sociology	Ashleigh Karaitiana	B.S.	Travel Industry Management
Lawrence Chew	B.B.A	Finance	Brianna Kennedy	B.A.	Psychology
Matt LoCoco	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies	Destiny King	B.S.	Family Resources
Alex Sawelson	B.A.	Sociology	Connie Morris	B.A.	Sociology
Jacob Sheldon-Collins	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies	Marissa Wimbley	B.S.	Family Resources
Matt Valencia	B.A.	Sociology
Stephen Ventimilia	M.S.	Adapted Physical Activity
Cody Culp	B.A.	Sociology	Beach Volleyball (2)
Josh Pigg	B.A.	Sociology	Heather Boyan	M.S.	Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science
Kaeo Aliviado	B.A.	Sociology	Katie Spieler	M.A.	Accounting
Alex Hatch	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies
Josh Slaats	B.A.	Communication	Women's Golf (1)
			Nichole Cruz	B.A.	Psychology
Men's Basketball (3)
Dyrbe Enos	B.A.	Communication	Soccer (3)
Quincy Smith	B.B.A	Management	Amanda Bates	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies
Stefan Jankovic	B.A.	Political Science	Lidia Battaglia	B.B.A	Finance
			Erica Young	B.A.	Communication
Football (14)
Joshua Donovan	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies	Softball (4)
Vasquez Haynes	B.A.	Sociology	Keiki Carlos	B.S.	Family Resources
Brian Hittner	B.A.	Political Science	Sarah McAndrew	B.A.	Communication
Andrew James-Ho	B.A.	Sociology	Dori Ann Sugai	B.S.	Family Resources
Pereese Joas	B.B.A	Management	Kiani Wong	B.S.	Family Resources
Leo Koloamatangi	B.B.A	Entepreneunship
Aaron Novoa	B.A.	Sociology	Women's Swimming and Diving (8)
Adonis Phillips	B.S.	Family Resources	Jasmine Alkhaldi	B.B.A.	Management
Simon Poti	B.A.	Sociology	(Dual Major)	B.B.A.	Marketing
Kiha Sai	B.A.	Sociology	Katie Armbrecht	B.S.	Natural Resources & Environmental Mgmt.
Dominique Small	B.A.	Sociology	Kristen Bennett	B.S.	Marine Biology
Gaetano DeMattei	B.A.	Biology	Sofija Djelic	B.B.A.	Finance
Brenden Urban	B.A.	Political Science	(Triple Major)	B.B.A.	International Business
Ikaika Woolsey	B.S.	Family Resources		B.B.A.	Management
			Lauren Hall	B.B.A.	Finance
Men's Golf (1)			(Dual Major)	B.B.A.	International Business
Chad McLay	B.A.	Sociology	Erin McNulty	B.A.	Art
Scott Yamashita	B.A.	Communication	Natalie Nation	B.S.	Fashion
			Stevi Gregorios	B.A.	Journalism
Men's Swimming and Diving (5)
Austin Akre	B.A.	Psychology	Women's Tennis (4)
Eduardo Vaz Guimarães	B.S.	Global Environmental Science	Rebecca Faltusz	B.B.A.	Finance
Riley Hagan	B.B.A.	Management	(Dual Major)	B.B.A.	International Business
Jose Gonzales	B.S.	Travel Industry Management	Martina Kostalova	B.S.	Travel Industry Management
Kacy Johnson	B.B.A	Finance	Arthi Reddy	B.B.A.	Finance
			(Dual Major)	B.B.A.	International Business
Men's Tennis (1)			Aglae Van den Bergh	J.D.	Law
Nils Schuhmann	B.B.A.	Management
(Triple Major)	B.B.A.	Finance	Track and Field/Cross Country (7)
	B.B.A.	International Business	Erin Carvalho	B.ED	Secondary Education
			Louise Mulvey	B.A.	Biology
			Alex Porlier Langlois	B.S.	Animal Sciences
Men's Volleyball (2)			Zhane Santiago	B.A.	Sociology
Kolby Kanetake	E.D.	Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science	Kim Snow	B.A.	Psychology
Sinisa Zarkovic	B.B.A	Finance	MaKenzie Stang	B.ED	Secondary Education
(Dual Major)	B.B.A	Accounting	Jade Vaughan	B.A.	Psychology
			Women's Volleyball (2)
Coed Sports (10)			Olivia Magill	B.A.	Communication
Cheer (1)			Tai Manu-Olevao	B.S.	Family Resources
Jacob Cheney	B.A.	Interdisciplinary Studies
			Water Polo (3)
Sailing (9)			Ashley Arras	B.A.	Sociology
Maddie Anzivino	B.S.	Marine Biology	(Dual Major)	B.A.	Psychology
Hana Bruno	B.S.	Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science	Caity Lopes da Silva	B.A.	Sociology
Naish Harlan	B.S.	Mechanical Engineering	(Dual Major)	B.A.	Psychology
(Dual Major)	B.A.	German	Megan Ottoboni	B.ED	Secondary Education
Patrick Manuel	B.A.	Communication
Taylor Morgan	B.S.	Biology
Giacomo Paoletti	B.S.	Atmospheric Sciences
Mackenzie Edwards	B.A.	Economics
Kristina Smolenski	B.S.	Marine Biology
Meghan Strohmeyer	B.S.	Psychology