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SPRINGFIELD -- A total of 37 current and former Missouri State University student-athletes will receive their degrees Friday, Dec. 15 during fall commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Springfield campus.
 
Led by football (13), women's track and field (7) and men's soccer (4), the graduating student-athletes represent 11 different sports.

Five graduates earned academic honors. One student-athlete -- track and field athlete Karissa Coble Locke -- earned summa cum laude (3.90 to 4.00 GPA) academic honors. Likewise, magna cum laude distinction (3.75-3.89 GPA) will be bestowed on baseballer Will Duff, swimmer Ainsley Krug and volleyball performer Manuela Ibarguen. Finally, men's soccer standout Pascal Corvino earned cum laude (3.50-3.74 GPA) honors.
 
Five Bears are also completing post-graduate degrees.
 
All told, Missouri State will confer 943 bachelor's degrees, 443 master's degrees, 10 doctorate degrees and three specialist degree on Friday. The university will recognize 25 students for their work with a more rigorous curriculum in the school's Honors College in addition to 68 students who will graduate summa cum laude, 83 magna cum laude and 160 cum laude honorees.

Baseball (1): Will Duff (Administrative Management)**

Football (13): Wesley Bazzle (Communication Studies); Cecil Bratton (M.S.E.D. Special Education Alternative Certification); Jacob Clark (Marketing Management); Tevita Fuimaono (Sociology); Devin Goree (Communication Studies); Terique Owens (Administrative Management); Owen Rozanc (Graduate Certificate - Project Management); Raylen Sharpe (Communication Studies); Trae Thompson (Communication Studies); DeAndre Washington (General Business); Steven Watson (General Studies); Larry Wright (Criminology and Criminal Justice); Von Young (General Studies).

Men's Soccer (4): Pascal Corvino (Economics)*; Jon Koka (Cell & Molecular Biology / Foundations of Nutrition - Undergraduate Certificate); Javier Martin Gil (Economics); Harry Townsend (Psychology).

Men's Swimming & Diving (2): Tyler Lewis (M.S. Cybersecurity); James Vaughn (Mathematics Education).

Softball (1): Gracie Johnston (Management and Leadership).

Volleyball (3): Azyah Green (History); Manuela Ibarguen (Sports Medicine /Foundations of Nutrition Undergraduate Certificate / Sports Nutrition Undergraduate Certificate)**; Holly Luginbill (Administrative Management).

Women's Basketball (1): Paige Rocca (General Business).

Women's Soccer (1): Emma Hensley (Nursing).

Women's Swimming & Diving (2): Mariah Alberty (Elementary Education); Ainsley Krug (Finance)**.

Women's Tennis (2): Brooke Buehler (Drawing); Mara Presot (M.S. Project Management).

Women's Track & Field (7): Karissa (Coble) Locke (Biomedical Art)***; Alex Hamre (Nursing); Brooke Jenkins (Physical Education); Claudrice McKoy (M.B.A. Business Administration / Management Graduate Certificate); Jaide Rose (Physical Education); Blair Sebastian (Psychology); Nakaja Weaver (Sociology / Diversity in the United States Undergraduate Certificate).    
 
*cum laude
**magna cum laude
***summa cum laude