CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – A total of 24 student-athletes will receive their degrees from Southeast Missouri State University during Saturday's Fall Commencement ceremony at the Show-Me Center. These Redhawks were honored Wednesday at a pre-graduation ceremony at the Show-Me Center.
Associate Director of Academics & Student-Athlete Development Brooke Hengst welcomed the ceremony before Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Brady Barke spoke to the graduates.
Hannah Eastman of Cross Country and Track & Field and Lunden Manuel of football provided their peers with student remarks on graduation.
The Jewel and Trombetta awards were presented next to the male and female athletes with the highest GPA of the graduates in the Fall. Q'Nairies Anderson of football was given the Jewel Award. Anderson is graduating with a degree in Technology Management: Construction and Applied Technology.
Alyson Modrow of SEMO softball was the recipient of the Trombetta award. Modrow will graduate with a degree in Exceptional Child: Cross Categorical.
Following the awards, the sashing ceremony took place as each athlete was handed their student-athlete sash by their respective head coach to wear at their graduation ceremony.
Saturday will feature two separate commencements for all Southeast Missouri State University graduates. Commencement day will begin at 10 a.m. with the College(s) of Arts and Media, Business and Computing, and Humanities and Social Sciences.
The afternoon commencement will begin at 2 p.m. with the College(s) of Education, Health, and Human Studies plus Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
Southeast Missouri's 2023 Fall Student-Athlete Graduates
Baseball
Carlos Aranda Business Administration
Cheer
Jaeda Easley Child Care & Family Studies / Child Care & Guidance (AA)
Abby Stebner Hospitality Management
Football
Q'Nairies Anderson Technology Management: Construction / Applied Technology
Ryan Flournoy General Studies
Christian Fuhrman General Studies
Ty Leonard Corporate Communications
Lunden Manuel Business Administration
Michael Matthews Trauma and Resiliency Studies (Certificate)
Dalyn McDonald General Studies
Darrell Smith General Studies
Damoriea Vick Communication Studies: Relational
Women's Soccer
Gabrielle Gscheidmeier Nursing
Natalie Jackson Human Environmental Studies: Dietetics
Softball
Kimberlyn Flemming Elementary Education
Alyson Modrow Exceptional Child: Cross Categorical
Women's Tennis
Pei-Yu Lai Finance
Kseniia Shikanova Finance
Lera Valeeva Finance
Track and Field
Clay Alewelt Entrepreneurship
Markeith Crawford* Business Administration
Taylor Fox* Nursing
*Signifies athletes that compete in Cross Country and Track & Field
Volleyball
Zoey Beasley Health Sciences
Mackenzie Meehan Mass Communications: Public Relations
