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Georgia Tech athletes graduating this weekend

Former Georgia Tech linebacker Chase Alford was to graduate Saturday with a degree in mechanical engineering. (GT Athletics/Danny Karnik)
Former Georgia Tech linebacker Chase Alford was to graduate Saturday with a degree in mechanical engineering. (GT Athletics/Danny Karnik)
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Dec 16, 2017

Georgia Tech held commencement exercises this past weekend for fall-term graduates, with undergraduate graduation taking place Saturday at McCamish Pavilion.

Among the graduates were at least 37 current or former Yellow Jackets athletes or managers. The list, as follows:

Keenan Innis

A.J. Murray

Ben Parr

Erik Maday (manager)

Jodan Price

Women's Basketball
Charon Sweeney

David Cregg

Madeline Gaffney

Sutton Garrett

Madeline-Jane Irvin

Ali Mac Jinks

Lia Moss

Marissa Persky

Luke Runyan

Chris York

Football
Chase Alford
Bennett Barton

Davis Beard

Josh Brown (manager)

Natalie Darby (manager)

Shamire Devine
Step Durham
KeShun Freeman
Tre' Jackson
Ricky Jeune
Andrew Marshall
Antonio Messick
Josh Selembo

Will Somers

Mitch Williams

Softball
Jessica Kowalewicz

Ricky Lehner

Men's Tennis
Cole Fiegel

Grant Hicks

Rhiannon Flanagen-Rosario

Malin Trossas

Anna Kavalchuk

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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.

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