The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is celebrating its 257^th Commencement on campus this week.  More than 1,500 students are expected to graduate in eight ceremonies running from Wednesday to Sunday in McKenzie Arena. 

Among those earning their degrees are the 40 student-athletes listed below.  There is representation across most of the Mocs' 16 sports, with 38 finishing their undergraduate careers and two more earning graduate degrees. 

"This is a very special group of student-athletes who persevered through some very unique challenges to fulfill their academic goals," stated UTC Vice Chancellor & Director of Athletics Mark Wharton.  "They represented themselves, their teams and the University in exemplary fashion, and we are proud of all of their accomplishment, both in the classroom and in competition."

Also listed are six individuals who are expected to finish their degrees in the summer (denoted with ^S).  They are all eligible to walk this week with 1-2 classes remaining.

With the NCAA granting student-athletes from spring 2020 through winter 2021 an extra year of eligibility, a number of those listed below will be back to compete again next season.  All totaled, 25 majors are represented by this year's class of graduating student-athletes. 

Men's Basketball
A.J. Caldwell – Business
Stefan Kenic – Health & Human Performance
Alex Tostado – Finance

Women's Basketball
Bria Dial – Health & Human Performance
Liz Wood – Psychology

Beach Volleyball
Brenna Everingham^S - Accounting

Men's Cross Country
Jonathan Boyd – Electrical Engineering
Jacob Etheridge – Civil Engineering

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Nicole Buehrle – Social Work
Katie Coker – Biology
Jada Hale – Criminal Justice
Ashlynd Miller – Secondary Education
Sophia Neglia – Chemistry

Football
Tyron Arnett - Biology
Zay Brown – Psychology
McClendon Curtis – Health & Human Performance
Brandon Dowdell – Business
Reginald Henderson – Health & Human Performance
D.J. Jackson – Criminal Justice
Jerrell Lawson – Master's of Business Administration
Noah Ramsey^S – Health & Human Performance
Christian Snyder – Finance & Investments

Men's Golf
Dominic Jones^S – Business
A.J. Lintunen – Finance
Connor Nolan^S – Political Science
Oliver Simonsen – Health & Human Performance

Women's Golf
Michaela Kulhankova – Health & Human Performance

Soccer
Chloe Arnold – Civil Engineering
Lauren Dluzewski – Health & Human Performance
Osa Iyare – Communications
Emily Szymanski – Business

Softball
Sidney Swantic^S – Health & Human Performance

Men's Tennis
Kaisei Kuroki – Business
Cooper Long – Biology
Jacob Marshall – Finance
Luke Plaisted – Biology
Turner Voges – Master's of Business Administration

Women's Tennis
Polina Goloputova – Health & Human Performance
Emma Van Hee – Economics
Bogdana Zaporozhets - Business

Wrestling
Hunter Fortner – Business
Fabian Gutierrez – Health & Human Performance
Aidan Murphy – Mechanical Engineering
Drew Nicholson^S – Engineering Management
Ryan Resnick – Health & Human Performance
Tanner Smith – Business Analytics