GOLDEN, Colo. - Thirty-two current and former Colorado School of Mines student-athletes earned degrees this week as part of the university's midyear commencement exercises.

In a special week-long, socially-distanced arrangement in Steinhauer Fieldhouse, graduates and their families experienced individual walks across the stage to receive their diploma covers, with elbow bumps replacing the traditional handshake. Oredigger student-athletes earned 21 bachelor's, 10 master's, and one doctoral degree and represented a dozen teams. The accomplished class included 23 RMAC champions, 22 NCAA qualifiers, four all-Americans, and four national champions.

The Orediggers' Winter 2020 President's Senior Scholar-Athletes were volleyball's Delaney Duis and soccer's Ford Edwards. The award is given to one male and one female graduating student-athlete who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and the leadership qualities of an exemplary student-athlete. Edwards was also named the outstanding graduating senior for the petroleum engineering department.

The current and former Mines student-athletes who earned degrees in winter 2020 are:
 

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BASEBALL
Mitch Menard - B.S., Civil Engineering
Arik Ringsby - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Blaise Sims - B.S., Chemical Engineering

FOOTBALL
Logan Braden - M.S., Advanced Manufacturing
Will Brock - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Zach Budzik - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Marshall Cain - B.S., Geophysical Engineering
Corbin Cargil - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Travis Lockhart - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Tak Nishi - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Sean O'Dell - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Josh Odom - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Blake Ray - B.S., Computer Science
Chaffin Ross - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Justin Wood - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management

GOLF
Preston Smith - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Mike McNulty - M.S., Electrical Engineering

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Duke Douglas - M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering

MEN'S SOCCER
Ford Edwards - B.S., Petroleum Engineering

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Kaylee Kennedy - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Giselle Sawaged - B.S., Chemical Engineering

SOFTBALL
Hana Mawlawi - B.S., Chemical Engineering

MEN'S SWIMMING
Dominic Byrne - M.S., Applied Physics

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Josh Gregory - B.S., Mechanical Engineering

MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY
Mason Brevig - B.S., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Chris Cathcart - B.S., Computer Science
Dylan Ko - B.S., Computer Science
Trevor Lockman - M.S., Advanced Energy Systems
Joe Bourgeois - PhD, Mining and Earth Systems Engineering

WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Megan Maccagnan - B.S., Chemistry

VOLLEYBALL
Delaney Duis - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Courtney Richardson - B.S., Computer Science