DeKALB, Ill.  – Sixty Northern Illinois University student-athletes representing 15 of the Huskies' 16 sports programs celebrated commencement during three ceremonies held last weekend with 47 Huskie student-athletes picking up their bachelor's diploma and 13 achieving a master's degree.
 
The NIU football and baseball teams led the way with 12 and nine graduates, respectively. Seven of the 12 Huskie football grads will return for the 2023 season. Three of the NIU student-athlete grads were not able to attend the ceremonies for a very good reason as men's golf team members Tommy Dunsire, Zach Place and Campbell Wolf are competing at the NCAA Salem Regional after helping the Huskies to the 2023 Mid-American Conference Championship.
 
Meanwhile, one of the seven Huskies who will complete their degrees following summer coursework, Diamond Riley of the NIU women's track and field team, earned MAC Champion status on the day of her graduation with a victory in the triple jump at the MAC Outdoor Championships Saturday.
 
"Seeing our student-athletes graduate is one of the highlights of my year," said NIU Vice-President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean T. Frazier. "This is what it's all about! We are extremely proud of these newest NIU alumni!  Congratulations to each of them and to everyone who has supported them along the way."  
 
The Huskies' spring 2023 student-athlete grads represented every college (except College of Law) with 21 each from the College of Business and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.  Gymnastics' Brookelyn Sears was the lone student-athlete grad from the College of Visual & Performing Arts with a degree in art studio, design and media arts, while Diego Sanz of men's soccer and Brandon Johnson of baseball were the student-athlete graduates from the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.
 
BASEBALL (9)
Jack Anderson - Economics
Nick Bonk – MBA (Grad)
Brandon Doty – General Emphasis
Aaron Harper - Kinesiology
Brandon Johnson – Mechanical Engineering
# Mason Kelley - Kinesiology
Brandon McPherson – MBA (Grad)
# Caleb Pittman – General Emphasis
Christian Seegers – Organizational & Corporate Communications
 
MEN'S BASKETBALL (3)
Anthony Crump – General Emphasis
Darweshi Hunter – General Emphasis
Drew Wiemers – Sport Management
 
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (4)
Emma Carter – MBA (Grad)
A'Jah Davis - Kinesiology
Janae Poisson – Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Grad)
# Moriah Prewitt – Business Administration
 
FOOTBALL (12)
Leif Engstrand - History
James Ester – Communication, Media Studies
Dustin Fletcher - Marketing
Tom Foley – Finance (Grad)
Izayah Green-May – Sport Management (Grad)
Miles Joiner – MBA (Grad)
J.J. Lippe – Leadership and Management
Fabian McCray – Sport Management
Kacper Rutkiewicz – General Emphasis
Demond Taylor Jr. – Communication, Media Studies
Mohamed Toure – Communication, Media Studies
Messiah Travis – Sport Management
 
MEN'S GOLF (4)
Tommy Dunsire – Management, Leadership and Management
Zach Place – Management, Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility
# Scott Rescigno – General Emphasis
Campbell Wolf – MBA (Grad)
 
WOMEN'S GOLF (3)
Sidney Jockisch - Marketing
Ahra Ko – Health Sciences, Pre-Physical Therapy
Jasmine Ly - Accountancy
 
GYMNASTICS (3)
# Natalie Hamp - Kinesiology
Ciara Ryan – MBA (Grad)
Brookelyn Sears – Art Studio and Design, Design and Media Arts
 
MEN'S SOCCER (5)
Enrique Banuelos – MBA (Grad)
Adrian Lara – Operations & Information Management
Miguel Maynez Jr. – MBA (Grad)
Diego Sanz – Mechanical Engineering
Malcolm Ward - Psychology
 
WOMEN'S SOCCER (1)
Abby McHugh – Physical Education
 
SOFTBALL (4)
Sam Mallinder – Biological Sciences
Madison Mathews – Political Science, Public Administration and Service
Isabel Shafer – Organizational & Corporate Communications
Kelly Walinski – Health Sciences, Pre-Physical Therapy
 
MEN'S TENNIS (2)
Oliver Valentinsson – MBA (Grad)
Mikael Vollbach - Finance
 
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (4)
Suerethia Henderson – Finance (Grad)
Kayla La Fontain - Psychology
Diamond Riley# – General Emphasis
Jazmyn Smith - Journalism
 
VOLLEYBALL (2)
Kaitlyn Bell – Human Development & Family Sciences, Family Social Services
Brianna Scuric – Nutrition, Dietetics and Wellness
 
WRESTLING (4)
Terrese Aaron – Organizational & Corporate Communications
Anthony Cheloni – Organizational & Corporate Communications
Anthony Gibson – Leadership and Management
# Dillon Nichols - Kinesiology
 
#Summer Graduate
 
NIU 2023 Spring Student-Athlete Graduates By The Numbers
 

Graduates By Level
Undergrad	47
Grad	13

 
 

Graduates by College
Business	21
Education	11
Engineering & Engineering Technology	2
Health & Human Sciences	4
Liberal Arts & Sciences	21
Visual & Performing Arts	1

 
 

Graduates By Sport
Baseball	9
Basketball Men's	3
Basketball Women's	4
Football	12
Golf Men's	4
Golf Women's	3
Gymnastics	3
Soccer Men's	5
Soccer Women's	1
Softball	4
Tennis Men's	2
Track & Field	4
Volleyball	2
Wrestling	4

 
 
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