GOLDEN, Colo. - Colorado School of Mines student-athletes earned 103 degrees during the university's spring Commencement ceremonies held May 11 and 12 at Lockridge Arena.

Current and former Orediggers earned a total of 74 bachelor's and 29 master's degrees, representing 17 Mines teams. Combined with December 2022 graduates, Mines student-athletes earned 145 degrees in 2022-23.

The Class of 2023 produced impressive accomplishments in competition and in the classroom, with 22 All-Americans, 10 Academic All-Americans, 70 RMAC champions, 66 NCAA qualifiers, and three national champions crossing the stage. 

On Thursday, cross country/track & field's Dillon Powell and swimming's Meghan Slowey were recognized as the President's Senior Scholar-Athletes, awarded to two undergraduate degree recipients who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and the leadership qualities of an exemplary student-athlete. 

Twenty-nine undergraduates earned honors including four - baseball's Jackson Bakovich, football's Zach Heckman, cross country/track & field's Loic Scomparin, and track & field's Joey Maguire - graduating summa cum laude. Swimming's Claire Lautman was a dual-degree recipient earning her bachelor's and master's simultaneously in electrical engineering. 

Fourteen members of the baseball team held their own commencement ceremony Thursday morning at their hotel in Grand Junction, where they were competing this week in the RMAC Tournament. The team has 10 bachelor's and four master's degree recipients, and were joined by family and teammates during the ceremony with a special video message from President Dr. Paul C. Johnson. 

The current and former Mines student-athletes earning degrees this May and after the summer term are:
 

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BASEBALL
Jackson Bakovich - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Caden Bonds - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Alex Bumpus - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Adam Houghtaling - B.S., Electrical Engineering
I-Ly Hsue - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Collin Kringlen - B.S., Electrical Engineering
Marcus Lee - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Danny McDermott - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Garret Nielsen - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Blake Ripp - B.S., Computer Science
Ben Schoneman - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Weston Siefken - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Keene Tanaka - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Zapanta - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management

FOOTBALL
Eb Alfred-Igbokwe - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Cam Forrest - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Evan Foster - B.S., Computer Science
Zach Heckman - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Kade Johnson - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Levi Johnson - B.S., Computer Science
Mason Karp - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Caleb Marlatt - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Luke Masters - B.S., Petroleum Engineering
John Matocha - B.S., Computer Science
Robert Miller - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Adrian Moreno - B.S., Biochemistry
Maxwell Nwokeukwu - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Evan Perilloux - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Sean Roberts - B.S., Computer Science
Collin Romero - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Peyton Rose - B.S., Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Preston Rose - B.S., Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Tristan Smith - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Jalen Thomas - B.S., Mechanical Engineering

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Ben Boone - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Trent Dykema - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Brendan Sullivan - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Shelby Nichols - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Ashley Steffeck - B.S., Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Megan Van de Graaf - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Ashley Van Sickle - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Sammy Van Sickle - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY and TRACK & FIELD
Steven Goldy - M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Garrett Lanker - B.S., Electrical Engineering
Dillon Powell - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Joey Maguire - B.S., Engineering Physics
Grant Redmond - B.S., Electrical Engineering
Loic Scomparin - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Arvid Veidmark IV - M.S., Underground Construction & Tunnel Engineering

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY and TRACK & FIELD
Mackenzie Duck - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Randi Higashi - B.S., Computer Science
Lauren Kelly - B.S., Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering
Molly Maksin - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Miranda Manfre - B.S., Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Holly Moser - B.S., Environmental Engineering
Alex Raichart - M.S., Chemical Engineering
Brin Strouse - B.S., Geological Engineering
Gabbi Varela - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Lexye Wood - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Aryelle Wright - B.S., Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering

MEN'S SOCCER
Brian Doherty - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Joe George - M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Azad Iliozer - B.S., Civil Engineering
Ian Kugler - B.S., Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering
Vaughn Simpson - B.S., Computer Science
Michael Sprauer - M.S., Electrical Engineering

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Jordan Barnhart - B.S., Petroleum Engineering
Brooke Patterson - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Lauren Sherburne - B.S., Computer Science
Karolina Sidebaeck - B.S., Computer Science
Colleen Tyrrell - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Meg Zimmerman - M.S., Computer Science

MEN'S SWIMMING
Charles Burroughs - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Nick Delany - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Sam LaPrade - B.S., Computer Science
Josh Lee - B.S., Electrical Engineering
Nathan O'Neil - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Joe Peak - M.S., Computer Science
Braden Whitmarsh - B.S., Mechanical Engineering

WOMEN'S SWIMMING
Claire Lautman - B.S., Electrical Engineering and M.S., Electrical Engineering
Meghan Slowey - B.S., Mechanical Engineering

SOFTBALL
Renata Boyd - B.S., Computer Science
Lauren Decker - B.S., Computer Science
Grace Gonzales - B.S., Chemical Engineering
Aubree Karraker - B.S., Economics
Kailey Robb - B.S., Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Ellaena Rodriguez - B.S., Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Sadriena Rodriguez - B.S., Civil Engineering
Emilee Sloan - B.S., Environmental Engineering

VOLLEYBALL
Gabby Castronova - B.S., Economics
Elle Duis - M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering
Megan Neil - M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering
Audrey Richard - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Drew Stokes - M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering
Rose Stuewe - B.S., Chemistry

WRESTLING
Anthony Atria - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Teague Dilbeck - M.S., Engineering & Technology Management
Levi Farris - B.S., Engineering Physics
KJ Kearns - B.S., Civil Engineering
Tyler Krause - M.S., Data Science
Carter Noehre - B.S., Mechanical Engineering
Anderson Salisbury - M.S., Mechanical Engineering