DAYTON – The University of Dayton is poised to send the largest graduating class in its history into the world ready to Learn, Lead and Serve for the second straight year. A projected 1,650 students will receive undergraduate degrees today, Sunday, May 6 at University of Dayton Arena.
Among those are student-athletes in all 17 of Dayton's intercollegiate sports. The latest Flyer grads are part of a tradition of success in competition and in the classroom. In the past four years, Dayton teams have won 19 conference championships and reached their respective NCAA tournaments 12 times while maintaining a department-wide GPA of 3.29 or better during their time at UD.
Here are some plans of University of Dayton graduating student-athletes from the class of 2018:
Baseball
Dom Golubiewski - Hopes to work in a financial field and also considering graduate school.
Danny Hentz - Will work in medical sales.
Mason Kutruff - Attending flight school in Florida to pursue a career in commercial aviation.
Peter Rozman - Working in investment banking and data analytics in Chicago.
Masashi Sakamoto - Pursuing a position as a translator in major league baseball.
Men's Basketball
Darrell Davis - Planning on playing professional basketball.
Joey Gruden - Pursuing a basketball graduate assistant position.
Men's Cross Country
Tyler Adgalanis - Moving to central Kentucky to start an engineering position in automotive applications.
Tom Clark - Currently interviewing for jobs writing and editing positions.
Michael George - Planning to stay in Midwest and pursue a job in corporate finance or the banking industry.
Football
Najm Babatunde - Working as a manager at Enterprise Car Rental.
Jack Crain - Working as a CPA for Plante Moran.
Wes Hegemann - Working in sales for Gartner Corporation.
Alex Jeske - Working on his MBA while playing his fifth year of football.
Alex Kenner - Working for LexisNexis in Dayton.
Gus Madden - Working as a project manager for Danis Construction.
Nate Marotta - Working as a software quality analyst for CareSource.
Andrew McCormick - Working in sales for Henry Schein Dental.
Christian Searles - Signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Washington Redskins.
Michael Sernus - Working for Insight Global in Cincinnati as an account manager.
Nick Surges - Working on his MBA while playing his fifth year of football.
Men's Golf
Caleb Wolters - Completing his master's degree at UD.
Tripp French - Interning with Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor in South Carolina. Will still play golf over the summer with an eye toward playing professionally.
Phillip Johnson - Earned a scholarship in the Victory Scholar program.
Brendan Keating - Completing MBA at UD and then joining Deloitte in Cincinnati.
P.J. Malik - Working for Fox Sports USGA in Long Island, N.Y.
Erron Vandemore - Working in Cleveland in business.
Women's Golf
Emily Connors - Interviewing for technical sales or account managing jobs, hopefully back home in Buffalo. She still plans to play a lot of golf and may pursue her MBA with a concentration in Data Analytics.
Emma Meyer - Has three interviews/offers for clinical specialist role.
Rowing
Kaleigh Barkaszi - Will work as a Protected Species Mitigator with an offshore wind company in Boston.
Gwen Bartot - Will be a tax intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers in downtown Chicago this summer with hopes to work there after graduation in December.
Jaclyn Franz - Will be going to graduate school for physical therapy through the Army-Baylor DPT program.
Sydney Torok - Moving to Indianapolis to work for USA Football in account membership and marketing.
Men's Soccer
Michael Brezovsky - Pursuing a finance job, most likely back in Dallas.
Anthony Flowers - Attending University of Cincinnati's Medical School.
Lance Gaspar - Working for Cargill as a Production Improvement Engineer in Mount Joy, Pa. for their Cocoa and Chocolate Industry. Also going to graduate school for either Engineering Robotics, Engineering Management, or Business Administration.
Nick Hagenkord - Interning at a law firm (Shields Law Group) this summer and attending law school next fall, most likely at UNLV Boyd Law School or Marquette Law School.
Women's Soccer
Nicolette Griesinger - Pursuing a teaching job in Middle Childhood Education.
Alexis Kiehl - Playing professional soccer in Iceland for UMF Selfoss
Kaitlynn Kiehl - Working with Catholic Social Services.
Sidney LeRoy - Moving back to Dallas area and working as a sales rep for Trinity Materials.
Abby Weigel - Working for Stryker in DC/Baltimore area as a MAKO product specialist (part of their orthopedic sales team).
Softball
Kailee Budicin - Has an internship in Australia this summer.
Manda Cash - Playing professionally in Switzerland.
Jaclyn Kweder - Will be an underwriting tech at FCCI in Sarasota, Fla.
Rebekkah Potter - Working at Dayton Children's as a medical scribe. Will begin Physician's Assistant school next year.
Kayla Haberstich - Working in sports data analytics. May return to UD in the fall for grad school.
Women's Tennis
Marlys Bridgham - Working as a mechanical engineer at Bechtel Plant Machinery.
Jackie Kawamoto - Planning to go to graduate school for occupational therapy.
Jade Kawamoto - Interning for the Indiana Wildlife Federation, pursuing a career in environmental sustainability.
Women's Track/Cross Country
Claire Attea - Applying to veterinary schools and taking entrance exams in May. In the meantime, she will be working at a small animal clinic and volunteering with a large animal veterinarian.
Brittany Fisher - Moving to downtown Cleveland from Chicago, and working sales at Crown Equipment Corporation.
Leah Frischmann - Attending medical school with plans to pursue sports medicine, potentially becoming an orthopedic surgeon focused on sports injuries.
Emily Leonard - Returning to the Chicago area to work for Clearbrook, a nonprofit that creates opportunities, services, and supports for people with disabilities.
Grace McDonald - Pursuing MBA at University of Dayton in the Bachelors Plus Master's Program and plans to stay involved with the cross country and track & field teams. After graduate school she plans to work in either external audit or another field of business.
Sarah Sepanski - Has joined Teach For America, teaching secondary math in Nashville, Tenn. in the fall while concurrently taking classes at Lipscomb University for her transitional license.
Nicole Steinbicker - Attending the University of Cincinnati's Winkle College of Pharmacy, as part of the class of 2022 in the Pharmaceutical Doctorate program.
Jenni Rossi - Finishing the outdoor track season with a trip to regionals and maybe nationals. She will then stay local and pursue a career in psychology or family development.
