DAYTON – Nearly 1,500 undergraduates received degrees from the University of Dayton on Sunday in a video celebration of their graduation.  Among them were more than 100 Flyer student-athletes who graduated with impressive accomplishments in the classroom and in their respective sports, and will continue that excellence in the next steps of their journey.

Listed below you will find some of the plans of University of Dayton graduating student-athletes from the class of 2020:

(Editor's Note:   The video celebrations do not replace commencement exercises, but are an extra way to mark an important milestone in the lives of graduates. The University is planning a formal commencement ceremony to be held at a later date, once the current health crisis has passed and public health authorities allow large-scale gatherings.  
In addition, due in part to the unusual nature of completing the semester and celebrating graduation remotely, not all members of the Flyer senior class responded with their post-graduate plans.  The list below will be updated as we receive more information.)

Baseball
Alex Brickman – Returning to continue his baseball career next season
Dom Coconcelli – Graduated Magna Cum Laude.  Beginning coursework to obtain an Executive Certificate in Financial Planning in preparation for the CFP Certification Examination while working full-time as an Insurance Analyst for Innovative Benefits Consulting in downtown Pittsburgh
Jordan Cox – Seeking a sales position in North Carolina
Tate Hagan -- Will be working in Atlanta on a career track to become a wholesale insurance broker.
Corey Imbriano – Returning to continue his baseball career next season
Brantley Johnson – Graduating in December
Tyler Jones -- Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Returning to UD finish his baseball career while pursuing his Master's in Public Administration 
Justin Longbrake – Graduated Cum Laude.  Returning to UD to get his Master's in Business Analytics starting this summer, and finishing his baseball career next season
Ben Olson – Returning to continue his baseball career next season
Cole Pletka – Returning to continue his baseball career next season
Eddie Pursinger – Returning to UD to continue his baseball career
Will Sheats – Will complete his degree next year
Jeff Steuck -- Taking a gap year before entering into grad school for physical therapy.
R.J. Wagner – Returning to continue his baseball career next season
Connor Wilson – Will be working as a financial advisor in the Philadelphia area
Hunter Wolfe – Returning to UD to continue his baseball career
Takahiro Yamada – Has accepted position as a sales engineer at FET Engineering, Inc. in Louisville

Men's Basketball
Trey Landers – Pursuing professional basketball career
Jhery Matos – Playing his final season of collegiate basketball as a graduate transfer at Charlotte
Ryan Mikesell – Earned his undergrad degree last spring, will continue working on his Master's in Educational Leadership while pursing playing pro basketball

Women's Basketball
Araion Bradshaw – Will return to play in 2020-21 while pursuing a Master's in Engineering Management
Julia Chandler – Was presented the Bette Rogge Morse Award Outstanding Senior Woman in Communication by the UD Communications Department.  Will start playing professionally in France next season
Shakeela Fowler – Currently looking for an audio engineering job in Chicago, with an eye toward a career in music production
Jenna Giacone – Graduated in December.  Will return to play next season while working on her MBA
Jayla Scaife – Graduated in December, and is planning on playing professionally overseas
Christine Szabo – Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Earned the Joan M. Broskey Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic and Professional Achievements in Public Relations prior to graduation.  Plans include staying in Dayton to in follow several communications opportunities, including working on UD's ESPN+ broadcasts.  She is also doing some freelance writing for the Dayton Business Journal  
Brittany Ward – Earned her undergrad degree in 2019.  Currently looking for a GA position to complete her Master's while beginning her coaching career 
Erin Whalen – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. In UD's Bachelor's Plus Master's program.  Will finish her Master's in Communication while playing in final collegiate season
Jordan Wilmoth – Currently looking for a job in the electrical engineering field

Men's Cross Country 
Garrett Grissim – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Attending med school, possibly at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
Colin Theis – Is actively seeking a mechanical engineering position, and hopes to remain in Ohio

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Kaci Bornhorst – Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Was presented The James B. LaVanche Award of Excellence to the Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Graduating in the Department of Health and Sport Science.  Taking a gap year and then pursuing her Master's in Clinical Counseling
Emily Borchers – Was presented The Charles R. Kendall '29 Memorial Award of Excellence for Achievement in Academic and Athletic Effort.  Looking for a communications position in the Dayton area
Kaeley Bush – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Will be getting her Master's in Public Health Microbiology and Emerging Infectious Disease at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Lillian Cook – Has a job in sales for a startup in Columbus
Grace Duffy – Graduated Cum Laude.  Has been accepted into an accelerating nursing program to get her Bachelor's in Nursing to be a registered nurse
Jamie Rachek – Graduated Cum Laude.  Currently looking for an elementary teaching position in Rochester, N.Y.

Football
Will Bobek – Graduated in December.  Working as a financial analyst for Ford in Detroit
Matthew Brandeis – Graduated last May. Finishing his MBA and working in the early career training program to be a sales rep for Herc Rentals
Brennan Burdo -- Looking for jobs in sales, venture capital, private equity or real estate investment
Kyle Butz – Returning for his fifth season
Matthew Clifford – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Presented The Margaret Mary Emonds Huth Memorial Award of Excellence is presented to the outstanding senior in anthropology and is donated by the family of Dr. Edward A. Huth. This year's recipient is Matthew P. Clifford. Attending law school
Turner Cook – Graduating in December, and considering attending law school
Sam Costantino – Will be a graduate assistant on the football team at Westminster (Pa.) College 
Ryan Culhane – Was presented The Reverend Charles L. Collins, S.M., Award of Excellence to an Athlete for Outstanding Citizenship, and the The Edmund J. Rolinski Memorial Award of Excellence to the Outstanding Senior in Leadership and Service. Will be graduating in December, and looking to work and live Chicago following graduation
Matt Durkin – Currently looking for sales and marketing jobs in the metro Detroit area. In the meantime, has a contracting job with AeroTek to make face masks at the GM Warren Transmission plant
Brian Gillen – Working for Fortitude Systems, IT Consulting, in Washington D.C.
Clayton Hamby – Graduating in December, and plans to go attend law school
Ryan Harkleroad – Graduated Cum Laude.  Will be working for PNC Bank in Pittsburgh
Markus Hurd – Has accepted a job at Huntington Bank in Cleveland
Zack Jablonski – Has accepted a sales job with Federated Hermes in Pittsburgh
Cole Kaparos – Looking for a sales job in Denver
Justin Karem – Has a full-time position as a mechanical engineer for CMTA, Inc. in Louisville
Andrew Lutgens – Will be student coach in the fall with the Flyers.  After graduating in December, plans on going into coaching
Drew Melaragno – Graduated Cum Laude
Jaxon Mills – Working with Crown Equipment Company in Orlando, Fla.
Michael Newbold – Has accepted a molecular biology research assistant position studying clear cell renal carcinoma at the University of Cincinnati for the next three years
Michael Niese – Completing his football career on scholarship at Temple as a graduate transfer
Zach Pipoly – Has a job lined up with Key Bank
Sean Prophit – Looking for tech sales jobs in prosthetics or engineering in Chicago, Nashville or Denver 
Tim Roell – Accepted a job at AK Steel in Middletown, Ohio as a Shift Manager 
Andrew Rothstein – Returning to Dayton to get his MBA.  Will have it in the spring of 2021 and will to look for an accounting position along the east coast or in the south
Tim Simon – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Working as a Sales Engineer at Modern Processing Equipment in Chicago
Ryan Skibinski – Working further his football career, with a backup plan to work for Edward Jones in the Chicagoland area
Adam Trautman – Graduated in December, and was taken by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the NFL Draft 
Jay Vallie – Returning for his fifth year
Colt Whitman – Graduating in December
Drake Yinger – Graduating in August, and then working in medical sales, specifically in spine surgery and spinal robotics

Men's Golf
Domenic Maricocchi – Graduated Magna Cum Laude.  Will be working at Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio in their Operations Leadership Program
Paul Maricocchi – Gradauted Magna Cum Laude and with University Honors. Has accepted a job with the Ohio Department of Transportation as an Environmental Engineer in Lebanon, Ohio

Women's Golf
Alexa Amato – Planning to attend nursing school in the fall to get her Bachelor's in Nursing. After working in the field for a couple years to gain experience, returning then to school to get her Master's or Doctorate as a nurse practitioner.
Ellie Cronin – Accepted a job working as a marketing coordinator at The Uhl Insurance Agency in Dayton.
Alissa Danielson – Graduated Summa Cum Laude.  Will be moving to Tempe, Ariz. and will be working for Honeywell Aerospace as a Project Engineer

Rowing
Casey Becker –  Graduated Magna Cum Laude.Starting a job as civil engineer in Indianapolis working in land development
Anna Benton – Graduated Summa Cum Laude.  Currently deciding between going to med school or grad school
Isabelle Blanchard – Completing an operations management internship in Boston this summer
Erin Dwyer – Was presented The Si Burick Award of Excellence for Outstanding Academic and Cocurricular Achievement in Mass Media Arts
Beth Hoffman – Graduated Cum Laude.  Planning on attending UD for graduate school in mechanical engineering
Bridget Kallmeyer – Completing an internship this summer, while looking for a full-time position in mechanical design/manufacturing.  Also planning on attending grad school

Men's Soccer
Laurel Aug – Graduated Cum Laude. Moving to live in Florida and pursuing his Master's 
Federico Barrios – Pursuing pro soccer options in Costa Rica while starting a medical supplies company
Jacob Degler – Graduated Cum Laude.  In sales with CDW in downtown Chicago
David Lianes – Pursuing his Master's at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Victor Olorunfemi – Working on his Master's from UD
Dennis Ntsin – Has another year of eligibility at the Division II level and may complete his career at a D-II school
Daniel Dos Santos – Playing pro soccer in Spain
Rok Taneski – Pursuing pro soccer and job opportunities in Rochester, N.Y.
Cole Watkins – Pursuing a job in the engineering field 

Women's Soccer
Emily Jones – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Will be a Fulbright Scholar working at the Centre for Antibiotic Research at the University of Goteborg in Sweden
Jordan Pauley – Working for Reynolds Consumer Products in their Engineering Leadership Development Program
Alex Powell – Attending Xavier University to pursue a degree in nursing
Madeleine Morrissey – Graduated Cum Laude. Was presented The Mark T. Schneider Award to a Senior in the School of Business Administration Who Has Combined Academic Excellence with Service to the University and the Community.  Accepted a position in March to work for ADP (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.) as an outside B2B sales rep working with small businesses in the Cincinnati area
Micayla Livingston – Working for Amazon as an area manager in logistics in Pittsburgh
Caroline Mink – Graduated Magna Cum Laude.  Attending the University of Cincinnati for their Doctor of Physical Therapy program
Emily Trick – Graduated Summa Cum Laude.  Attending the University of Cincinnati to pursue her Doctorate for Physical Therapy

Softball
Jules Curry -- Working towards her EMT license
Mallory Kimmell -- Accepted a high school special education teaching position in Denver
Katherine Schwartz – Graduated Cum Laude.  Is searching for a mechanical engineering job
Jessica Weaver -- Looking for an engineering job in Indiana
Ellie Ziegler – Graduated Cum Laude.  Was presented The Thomas J. Frericks Award of Excellence to Outstanding Seniors in Sport and Wellness.  Seeking a marketing position in Chicago

Men's Tennis
Steven Karl – Will attend grad school while playing his remaining years of eligibility for the Flyers

Women's Tennis  
Natalie Allen – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Moving to Cincinnati and starting work at Fifth Third Bank in their IT Leadership Program
Anna Delaney – Graduated Magna Cum Laude. Will be working in Columbus temporarily, before going out west to grad or law school
Emily Zargham – Spending the rest of this year in California and working in a hospital. Then continuing her education to get a Bachelors of Nursing and become a registered nurse in Chicago

Volleyball
Jordan Albarran – Seeking jobs in HR or PR in the Chicagoland area
Olivia Dubay – Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Sierra Pla – Looking for an HR job in the Dayton area and planning on going to grad school (MBA)