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Twenty-Seven Student-Athletes Earn Bachelor’s Degrees

NORMAL, Ill. – A total of 27 student-athletes completed work on bachelor's degrees and were recognized at Illinois State's winter commencement ceremony Dec. 17.

The 27 students represent 10 of Illinois State's 19 athletic teams.

They included (listed alphabetically): Jeremy Accardo (baseball), Demetri Alimissis (men's track and field), Reece Attard (football), Kyle Avaloy (football), Sean Beesley (baseball), Payton Billups (softball), Molly Cull (softball), Jakub Eisner (men's tennis), Haley Goers (women's cross country/track and field), Steve Heilenbach (baseball), Jacob Hendren (baseball), Jared Hendren (baseball), Justine Kaszynski (swimming and diving), Kernard Killingsworth (Karter) (football), Kaitlyn Knary (softball), Cameron Lee (football), Kelly McShea (women's cross country/track and field), Sarah Mussallem (women's track and field), La'Darius Newbold (football), Dan Pawlak (football), Paris Ratliff (football), Alejandro Rivera (football), Brent Spack (football), Rolando Torrellas (men's tennis), Travis Trevizo (men's track and field), Abby Van Deventer (soccer) and Kyle Williams (football).