May 13, 2015
DEKALB, Ill. -- Forty-three Northern Illinois University student-athletes from 14 Huskie teams celebrated their graduation as commencement was held on Saturday, May 9 at the NIU Convocation Center.
NIU's 43 student-athlete graduates represent 19 majors, including accountancy, finance, leadership and management, organizational/corporate communications, pre-physical therapy and speech language pathology/audiology, each of which featured three or more graduates. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is represented by 20 student-athlete graduates, the College of Business and the College of Health and Human Sciences are each represented by 11 graduates and one graduate represented the College of Education.
"Congratulations to all of our spring 2015 NIU student-athlete graduates," said
Sean T. Frazier, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics.  "Their ability to accomplish this life-changing goal of earning a college degree while competing at the highest levels of intercollegiate competition sets them apart and now propels them into the future.  We are extremely proud, and thank them for continuing to set the standard which has led NIU to rank first in the MAC, and among the best programs in the country, in graduation success."
Seven members of both the NIU baseball and football teams received their degrees this spring; Men's basketball and gymnastics were each represented with four graduates. Three student-athletes graduated from NIU this spring representing the women's basketball, women's soccer, men's tennis, track & field and volleyball teams. Men's soccer had a pair of spring graduates while men's golf, women's golf, softball and women's tennis were each represented with one graduate.
Below is the complete list of NIU's 2015 spring student-athlete graduates by sport, along with their majors.
Baseball (7)Eli Anderson -- Psychology
Tony Brandner -- History
Anthony Ciango -- Leadership and Management
Ben Neumann -- Organizational/Corporate Communication
Nate Ruzich -- Organizational/Corporate Communication
Kevin Sweeney -- General Emphasis
Landon Tenhagen -- Organizational/Corporate Communication
Men's Basketball (4)Aaron Armstead -- General Emphasis
Anthony Johnson -- General Emphasis
Pete Rakocevic -- General Emphasis
Jordan Threloff -- General Emphasis
Women's Basketball (3)Natecia Augusta -- Family Social Services
Lacia Gorman -- Speech Language Pathology/Audiology
Danny Pulliam -- Sport Management
Football (7)Cameron Clinton-Earl -- Psychology
Jason Meehan -- Marketing
Videl Nelson -- Psychology
Thomas Scanlan -- Economics
Angelo Sebastiano -- Media Studies
Rob Sterling -- Accountancy
Tyler Wedel -- Finance
Men's Golf (1)Liam White -- General Emphasis
Women's Golf (1)Casey LaBarbera -- Biological Sciences
Gymnastics (4)Shelby Davis -- Pre-Physical Therapy
Kelly Nortz -- Nursing
Amanda Stepp -- Nursing
Peyton Taylor -- Family & Individual Development
Men's Soccer (2)Dusty Page -- Finance
Shawn Vroom -- Marketing
Women's Soccer (3)Ashley Neubeck -- Accountancy
Lauren Noonan -- Speech Language Pathology/Audiology
Gwen Sabo -- Speech Language Pathology/Audiology
Softball (1)Jessica Sturm -- Organizational/Corporate Communication
Men's Tennis (3)Dor Amir -- Finance
Axel Lagerlof -- Economics
Jovan Zeljkovic -- Leadership and Management
Women's Tennis (1)Mary Malkin -- Biological Sciences
Track & Field (3)Jamie Burr -- Organizational/Corporate Communication
Leah Raffety -- Pre-Physical Therapy
Alexandra Schad -- Pre-Physical Therapy
Volleyball (3)Tori Halbur -- Nutrition, Health and Wellness
Emily Paschke -- Accountancy
Mackenzie Roddy -- Leadership and Management
