Arizona Athletics and C.A.T.S. Academics hosted its fifth-annual student-athlete convocation on Thursday as nearly 100 Wildcats were honored during a virtual ceremony. Although the circumstances didn't allow us to be together, this event was still special as our current seniors were recognized for all of their hard work as student-athletes while longtime Wildcats returned to receive their diplomas as Arizona graduates as part of our tremendous CATS Forever program.

We were honored to have a group of speakers on Thursday, including Valedictorian Rhett Rodriguez of football, Director of Athletics Dave Heeke, Executive Senior Associate Director of Athletics & SWA Erika Barnes and Vice Provost for Student Success and Retention Innovation Dr. Cynthia Demetriou.



Student-Athlete Spotlight

Name: Rhett Rodriguez (Football)
Student-Athlete Valedictorian
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Major: Business Management

??|| Quarterback Rhett Rodriguez delivers his valedictorian speech to the Student-Athlete Graduating Class of 2020!??#BuildingTheA | #BearDown pic.twitter.com/bvAKP9rhYi

— Arizona Football (@ArizonaFBall) May 14, 2020

2020 Graduates

Women's Director of Cross Country and Track & Field, Fred Harvey

Crystal Akpede	Nutritional Science
Jennie Baragar-Petrash	History
Liz Lansing	International Security
Aoife Martin	Business Analytics
Thea Ramsey	Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
Tatum Waggoner	Special Education
Pamela White	Rehabilitation Studies

 
Men's Director of Cross Country and Track & Field, Fred Harvey

Carlos Villarreal	Psychology
Isaac Desjarlais	Marketing
Matthew Treston	Economics
Zakee Washington	Applied Humanities

 
Baseball Head Coach, Jay Johnson

Nate Brown	Sports and Society
Cameron Haskell	Communication
Vincent Vannelle	Social Behavior & Human Understanding
Justin Wylie	Journalism

Juan Aguilera*	Sports and Society
Daniel Butler*	Social Behavior & Human Understanding
Michael Flynn*	Sports and Society
Kyle Simon*	Psychology

*CATS Forever Graduates

Beach Volleyball Head Coach, Steve Walker

Natalie Anselmo	Accounting
Brooke Burling	Public Health
Caroline Cordes	Marketing
Olivia Hallaran	Public Health

 
Women's Basketball Head Coach, Adia Barnes

Amari Carter	Educational Leadership
Dominique McBryde	Social Behavior & Human Understanding
Aari McDonald	Sociology
Tee Tee Starks	Educational Leadership
Sam Thomas	Psychology

 
Men's Basketball Head Coach, Sean Miller

Max Hazzard	Entrepreneurship
Chase Jeter	Educational Leadership
Jake DesJardins	Business Management
Stone Gettings	Accounting & Entrepreneurship
Kory Jones	Sports and Society
Dylan Smith	Social Behavior & Human Understanding

 
Women's Golf Head Coach, Laura Ianello

Sandra Nordaas

Economics

  
Gymnastics Head Coach, John Court

Christina Berg	Nutritional Sciences
Jenny Leung	Management Information Systems
Maddi Leydin	Psychology
Heather Swanson	Nutritional Sciences

 
Soccer Head Coach, Tony Amato

Jill Aguilera	Sports and Society
Zoe Barrie	Marketing
Lainey Burdett	Marketing
Leah Carillo	Care, Health and Society
Kelcey Cavarra	Sports and Society
Dana Dalton	Public Health
Samantha Falasco	Retailing & Consumer Science
Morgan McGarry	Accounting
Brynn Moga	Social Behavior & Human Understanding

 
Softball Head Coach, Mike Candrea

Alyssa Denham	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Jessie Harper	Sociology
Malia Martinez	Physiology

 
Women's Swimming and Diving Head Coach, Augie Busch

Thomas Anderson	Communication
Jerad Kaskawal	Systems Engineering
Brendan Meyer	Management Information Systems
Casey Ponton	Marketing & Entrepreneurship

 
Men's Swimming and Diving Head Coach, Augie Busch

Hannah Cox	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Daniela Georges	Neuroscience & Cognitive Science
Kirsten Jacobsen	Accounting
Mallory Korenwinder	Physiology
Taylor Nations	Film and Television

 
Women's Tennis Head Coach, Ryan Stotland

Marie Van Aelst

Communication

 
Men's Tennis Head Coach, Clancy Shields

Jonas Maier

Business Management

 
Volleyball Head Coach, Dave Rubio

Devyn Cross	Africana Studies
Shardonee Hayes	Criminal Justice Studies
Makenna Martin	Education
Julia Patterson	Finance
Emi Pua'a	Social Behavior & Human Understanding

 
Football Head Coach, Kevin Sumlin

Lee Anderson	Sociology
Steven Bailey	Sports and Society
Xavier Bell	Applied Humanities
Stanley Berryhill	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Lorenzo Burns	Social Behavior & Human Understanding
Bryson Cain	Communication
Jalen Cochran	Psychology
Robert Congel	Urban and Regional Development
Finton Connolly	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Tristan Cooper	Psychology
Tony Fields	Social Behavior & Human Understanding
Jalen Harris	Criminal Justice Studies
Michael Irving	Psychology
Terrence Johnson	Marketing
Josh McCauley	Criminal Justice Studies
Richard Merritt	Business Management
Blake Pfaff	Criminal Justice Studies
Thomas Reid	Psychology
Donald Reiter	Urban and Regional Development
Rhett Rodriguez	Business Management
Colin Schooler	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Rhedi Short	General Studies
JJ Taylor	Literacy Learning & Leadership
Chacho Ulloa	Accounting
Jarrius Wallace	Psychological Science
Kylan Wilborn	Communication
Shaquille Richardson*	Psychology
Nick Wilson*	Social Behavior & Human Understanding

*CATS Forever Graduates