A total of 47 current and former Ohio State athletes are receiving degrees from the university at Sunday’s summer commencement.
The list of graduating Buckeyes includes five current and former Ohio State football players: Josh Proctor, Gee Scott Jr., Mitch Rossi, Noah Ruggles and Lloyd McFarquhar.
Proctor, who is entering his sixth season with the Buckeyes, and Scott, who is entering his fourth season with the Buckeyes, are both graduating with bachelor’s degree in human development and family sciences. Rossi, Ruggles and McFarquhar, who all played their final seasons at Ohio State last year, will each receive master’s degrees on Sunday (Ruggles and McFarquhar in sports coaching, Rossi in human resource management).
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— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) August 6, 2023
Other notable graduates on Sunday include Sophie Jaques, who led the Ohio State women’s hockey team to its first-ever national championship in 2022 and won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best player in women’s college hockey in 2023. Jaques, who is receiving his second degree from Ohio State – a master’s in civil engineering – will get a diploma Sunday alongside three of her former women’s hockey teammates: Madison Bizal (certificate in public management), Riley Brengman (bachelor’s degree in sport industry) and Emma Maltais (master’s in bioethics).
Adelaide Aquilla, who won four national champions in the shot put and qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics during her Ohio State career, will receive a certificate in public management from OSU on Sunday after previously receiving her bachelor’s degree in both communications and hospitality management from Ohio State in 2022. Fellow former Ohio State throwing standout Sade Olatoye, who won six individual Big Ten track and field championships in the shot put and weight throw, will receive a master’s degree in bioethics on Sunday.
The full list of Ohio State athletes receiving degrees Sunday:
| Sport | Athlete | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball | Jameson Campbell | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Baseball | Justin Eckhardt | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Baseball | Nicholas Erwin | Bachelor’s (Communications) |
| Baseball | William Pfennig | Certificate (Public Management) |
| Fencing | Bence Bende | Bachelor’s (Biology) |
| Fencing | Roscoe Swartz | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
| Football | Lloyd McFarquhar | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Football | Josh Proctor | Bachelor’s (Human Development & Family Science) |
| Football | Mitch Rossi | Master’s (Human Resource Management) |
| Football | Noah Ruggles | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Football | Gee Scott Jr. | Bachelor’s (Human Development & Family Science) |
| Field Hockey | Malen Iglesias | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Field Hockey | Grace Kim | Master’s (Kinesiology) |
| Men’s Golf | Jackson Chandler | Bachelor’s (Sport Industry) |
| Men’s Golf | Neal Shipley | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
| Men’s Hockey | Matthew Cassidy | Bachelor’s (Economics) |
| Men’s Lacrosse | Kyle Lewis | Certificate (Public Management) |
| Men’s Soccer | Keagan McLaughlin | Master’s (Statistics) |
| Men’s Swimming | Fabio Dalu | Bachelor’s (Mathematics) |
| Men’s Swimming | Thomas Watkins | Bachelor’s (Computer and Information Science) |
| Men’s Track and Field | Carlos Aviles | Bachelor’s (Pscyhology) |
| Rifle | Frank Steyn | Bachelor’s (Public Health) |
| Rowing | Sarah Asad | Master’s (Nursing) |
| Rowing | Charline Ulmer | Bachelor’s (Art) |
| Rowing | Jessy Vermeer | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Softball | Sam Hackenbracht | Bachelor’s (Human Development & Family Science) |
| Softball | Jaycee Ruberti | Master’s (Kinesiology) |
| Spirit Program | Jack Sampson | Master’s (Kinesiology) |
| Synchronized Swimming | Emily Armstrong | Bachelor’s (Psychology) |
| Women’s Basketball | Madison Greene | Bachelor’s (Sport Industry) |
| Women’s Basketball | Linnae Harper | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Women’s Basketball | Eboni Walker | Bachelor’s (Communications) |
| Women’s Hockey | Madison Bizal | Certificate (Public Management) |
| Women’s Hockey | Riley Brengman | Bachelor’s (Sport Industry) |
| Women’s Hockey | Sophie Jaques | Master’s (Civil Engineering) |
| Women’s Hockey | Emma Maltais | Master’s (Bioethics) |
| Women’s Lacrosse | Sarah Klein | Bachelor’s (Human Development & Family Science) |
| Women’s Lacrosse | Jamie Level | Master’s (Sports Coaching) |
| Women’s Track and Field | Adelaide Aquilla | Certificate (Public Management) |
| Women’s Track and Field | Alyssa Marsh | Certificate (Public Management) |
| Women’s Track and Field | Sade Olatoye | Master’s (Bioethics) |
| Women’s Track and Field | Jaydan Wood | Bachelor’s (Health Sciences) |
| Wrestling | Malik Heinselman | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
| Wrestling | Gavin Hoffman | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
| Wrestling | Dylan Koontz | Bachelor’s (History) |
| Wrestling | Tate Orndorff | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
| Wrestling | Kaleb Romero | Master’s (Business Analytics) |
