Seventy Student-Athletes Earn Degrees from Miami
2018 Spring Graduation List: Student-Athletes
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Seventy student-athletes earned degrees from the University of Miami in 2018 Spring Commencement exercises, which took place Thursday and Friday at the Watsco Center on the UM campus in Coral Gables. The UM student-athletes are among the more than 3,500 University of Miami undergraduate and graduate students who earned their degrees during the spring ceremonies.
Graduates from all of the University of Miami’s schools and colleges were recognized by name and walked across the stage to be congratulated by University President Julio Frenk and their academic dean.
Fourteen of Miami’s athletics programs were represented in the graduation ceremonies. The football team led all programs with 14 graduates, while the rowing program boasted 10 graduates.
UM’s impressive list of spring student-athlete graduates includes academic standouts, All-Americans, All-Atlantic Coast Conference selections and program record holders.
The list also includes several former Hurricanes who returned to school to complete their degrees. A pair of former UM football standouts will earn their degrees: Brandon Harris was a 2009 All-America cornerback, while Brandon Washington was a 2010 First-Team All-ACC honoree at offensive guard. Chris Diaz (baseball) was the ACC Co-Pitcher of the Year and an All-American in 2014. Daniela Darquea (women’s golf) was the 2016 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the program’s first three-time All-ACC honoree.
Among the graduates from the Miami Department of Athletics:
Jeb Bargfeldt, Baseball
2017 Second Team All-ACC honoree
2017 All-ACC Academic
Erykah Davenport, Women’s Basketball
2018 Second Team All-ACC honoree
Trent Harris, Football
2017 Third-Team All-ACC honoree
Briadam Herrera, Men’s Diving
Five-time NCAA All-American (three-time in 1-meter, two-time in 3-meter)
Four-time ACC champion (twice in both 1-meter and 3-meter)
2017 ACC Men’s Diver of the Year
Wally Layland, Women’s Diving
Three-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American
Two-time All-ACC Academic
Four-time ACC silver medalist
Sinead Lohan, Women’s Tennis
Two-time ITA All-American
Four-time All-ACC honoree
2016 NCAA Singles Championship semifinalist
Taegan Lynch, Rowing
2017 All-ACC honoree
Two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree
Ja’Quan Newton, Men’s Basketball
1,000-point scorer
Ranks in top 10 in career assists at UM
Malik Rosier, Football
Starting quarterback for Miami’s 2017 Orange Bowl Team
Amy Taintor, Track & Field
2018 ACC Pentathlon bronze medalist
Haley Templeton, Volleyball
Two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention
Two-time AVCA All-Region honoree
Three-time All-ACC honoree
2014 ACC Freshman of the Year
Phallon Tullis-Joyce, Women’s Soccer
Program single-season goals against average record holder
Two-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree
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