At 2 p.m. today, 47 current and former student-athletes will officially receive their degrees from The Ohio State University. Among those walking will be Braxton Miller, the Big Ten's two-time conference Player of the Year.
Extremely proud of @E_Spencer6 and @BraxtonMiller5 for graduating today. Set for life after football. pic.twitter.com/0fNoiNVDRO
— Urban Meyer (@OSUCoachMeyer) December 22, 2014
Miller enrolled in January of 2011 and will achieve his degree in four years – impressive enough without considering his workload on the gridiron. Joining Miller are nine other football players, including current players Evan Spencer, Joel Hale and Rashad Frazier.
Nathan Williams, a starter on the defensive line for Ohio State from 2010-12, returned to school to take care of business and will join the current crop of Buckeyes at the Schottenstein Center Sunday.
Also walking are Tim Phillips, an All-American swimmer, Alexis Thomas, a three-time All-American in track, and Tim Wetzel, a four-year starter on the baseball team.
Ohio State's Autumn Commencement will be held at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. No tickets are required, with seating on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you're local, you can watch the ceremony live on WOSU. If you're out of town, you can catch a livestream of the proceedings.
Here's the full list of graduating student-athletes. Congratulations go out to all of them – and the thousands of other students receiving diplomas.
| Sport | Athlete (Major) | Sport | Athlete (Major) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASE | Joshua Dezse (Sport Industry) | MHKY | Corey Toy (Sport and Leisure Studies) |
| BASE | Brian King (Family Resource Management) | MSOC | Alexander Harrison (Sociology) |
| BASE | John Kuchno (Political Science) | MSWIM | Kevin Lancki (Human Development and Family Science) |
| BASE | Hector Nava (Economics – Business) | MSWIM | Michael Meldon (Biology) |
| BASE | Brock Trimbur (Marketing) | MSWIM | Timothy Phillips (Agribusiness and Applied Economics) |
| BASE | Timothy Wetzel (Nutrition) | MSWIM | Jason Schnur (Construction Systems Management) |
| CHEER | Danielle Lance (Communication) | MSWIM | Alexander Stuart (Family Resource Management) |
| CHEER | Emily Merlina (Human Development and Family Science) | MTRK | Marcus Brooks (Construction Systems Management) |
| FB | Craig Cataline (Natural Resource Management) | MTRK | William Lauricella (Family Resource Management) |
| FB | Kyle Clinton (Communication) | MTRK | Luke Norris (Economics) |
| FB | William Doup (Marketing) | MTRK | Dylan Vogt (Human Development and Family Science) |
| FB | Rashad Frazier (Family Resource Management) | MVB | Anthony Hock (Electrical and Computer Engineering) |
| FB | Garrett Goebel (Construction Systems Management) | WRES | Ian Paddock (Agribusiness and Applied Economics) |
| FB | Joel Hale (Family Resource Management) | FH | Emma Voelker (Speech and Hearing Science) |
| FB | Braxton Miller (Communication) | WGYM | Victoria Aepli (Hospitality Management) |
| FB | James Moore (Family Resource Management) | WLAX | Cara Facchina (Industrial and Systems Engineering) |
| FB | Evan Spencer (Economics) | ROW | Jillian Getz (International Studies) |
| FB | Nathan Williams (Communication) | SB | Kasie Kelly (Marketing) |
| FB | Ethan Zucal (International Studies) | SYNCH | Julia Gaylard (Human Development and Family Science) |
| FENC | Eric Philippou (Communication) | SYNCH | Natalie Gaylard (Human Development and Family Science) |
| MGYM | Cory Barnes (Political Science) | WTRK | Ashlee Abraham (Human Nutrition) |
| MGYM | Neil Zyburt (Human Nutrition) | WTRK | Alexis Thomas (Industrial and Systems Engineering) |
| MHKY | Nicholas Oddo (Logistics Management) | WVB | Amy Schwarzwalder (Speech and Hearing Science) |
| MHKY | Travis Statchuk (Marketing) |
