APSU Sports Information
Clarksville, TN – Thirty-seven Austin Peay State University student-athletes participated in Spring Commencement ceremonies, Friday, at the Dunn Center.
The following student-athletes, athletics alumni and departmental employees were bachelor’s degree candidates for the May 2016 Commencement (master’s candidates noted in parentheses).
APSU Athletes
- April Adams, volleyball
- Corey Adams, Sports Information
- Natalie Ayala, softball
- Savannah Ayers, track and field
- Chris Baker, men’s golf
- Courtney Brower, softball
- Amia Butler, track and field
- Michella Carter, track and field
- Jessica Cathey, women’s golf
- Mikhail Creech, football
- Khalil Davis, men’s basketball
- Vinchenza DiBenedetto, softball
- Alexis Eldridge, track and field/cross country
- Josh Fernandez, Sports Information
- Nikki Filippone, soccer
- Jessica Gray, track and field/cross country
- Tiasha Gray, women’s basketball
- Lindsey Haggerty, athletic training
- Chris Horton, men’s basketball
- Breigh Jones, track and field
- DeWayne Kendricks, cheer
- Keirce Kimbel, baseball
- Austin Kramer, men’s golf
- Lauren Maki, women’s basketball
- Aubrey Marsellis, volleyball
- Symantha Norton, women’s basketball
- Jennifer Nwokocha, women’s basketball
- Mel Pavel, softball
- Tyler Phillips, men’s golf
- Wesley Purcell, baseball
- Nikesha Rivera, athletics department
- LaMontra Robinson, track and field
- Kymmalett Ross, track and field
- Taylor Saucedo, cheer
- Courtney Sheppard, soccer
- Clayton Smithson, baseball
- Niya Sparks, softball
- Antonia Stevenson, track and field (MA)
- Samantha Strother, volleyball
- Shelby Thrasher, dance
- Josh Wilson, baseball
These athletes weren’t just names on a roster or numbers on a field. They also represent…
- 1 of only 9 players in NCAA Men’s Basketball history with 1700 points, 1200 rebounds and 300 blocked shots
- 5 Ohio Valley Conference Champions
- 2 1,000-point scorers in basketball
- 2 Graduation Gonfalon carriers
- 7 All-OVC honors
- 10 APSU school records in track and field
- 1 OVC Scholar-Athlete Award Winner
- 19 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll members
- 1 Junior Pan-American Games representative
- 6 OVC Track and Field Gold Medals
- 1 Men’s Basketball OVC Freshman of the Year
- 4 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sport Scholars
- 1 OVC Track Athlete of the Year
- 1 OVC Men’s Basketball Tournament MVP
- 1 Skeeter Scholar Honoree
- 1 US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honoree
- 4 OVC Medal of Honor winners
- 4 OVC All-Newcomer selections
- 1 ROTC Cadet
- 1 NCAA Track and Field Championships participant
- 1 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District honoree
- 1 OVC Women’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year
- 2 All-OVC Tournament performers
- 1 National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District honoree
- Austin Peay’s all-time and single-season leader in blocked shots (men’s basketball)
- Austin Peay’s all-time leader in steals (women’s basketball)
- The lowest men’s golf round in Austin Peay history
- Austin Peay softball’s all-time and single-season leader in hits by pitch
- 1 NABC Good Works Nominee
- 2 International Student-Athletes
