JACKSON, Miss. – The Millsaps College Class of 2025 celebrated the 131st Annual Commencement inside the Galloway United Methodist Church on Saturday, May 10.
 
A total of 66 candidates who competed in and finished their senior or graduate seasons during the 2024-25 academic year obtained their degrees.

An additional 10 undergrads and five graduate students are continuing their degree completion this summer. Of the 66 Spring graduates, 52 were undergraduate students and 14 were graduate students.

All told, 17 of 18 Millsaps College Athletics programs had at least one Spring graduate. The Millsaps baseball and softball programs had a Commencement ceremony inside the Selby & Richard McRae Christian Center on Monday, May 12.

Additionally, 55 student-athletes made the Spring President's List and another 75 made the Spring Dean's List. Millsaps College Athletics and cheer team members made 52 percent of the President's List Scholars and 59 percent of the Dean's List Scholars. All honored students have completed a minimum of 12 semester hours, received grades of C or higher in all courses, and upheld the standards of good citizenship as judged by the president and the dean.

A full list of awards garnered by Millsaps College student-athletes can also be found below. 
 
 

UNDERGRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Class of 2025
*Denotes Excellence on Comprehensive Exam
Emily Adams*	Women's Basketball	B.S., Biology
Sophia Albasini	Women's Golf	B.S., Biology and Communication Studies
AJ Alvarez	Football	B.S., Biology
	Men's Track & Field
Thomas Arensberg	Men's Golf	B.B.A., Accounting
Nicole Balduccini	Women's Soccer	B.A., Psychology and Neuro- and Cognitive Science
Gray Berry	Baseball	B.B.A., Business Administration
Remington Bull	Baseball	B.A., Communication Studies
Kat Burns	Women's Swim & Diving	B.B.A., Accounting
Lily Butcher	Women's Soccer	B.B.A., Accounting
Anna Capezzera*	Volleyball	B.A., Communication Studies and Greek & Roman Studies
Will Cook*	Baseball	B.S., Biochemistry
Ana Cuesta*	Women's Soccer	B.B.A., Business Administration
		B.S., Economics
Mary Dabadie	Women's Tennis	B.B.A., Accounting
Daniel Denton	Men's Soccer	B.B.A., Business Administration
Anderson Dulaney*	Men's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration and Health & Exercise Science
Nicholas Eaton	Football	B.B.A., Business Administration
Fran Edwards	Women's Cross Country	B.A., Government & Politics
	Women's Track & Field
Zoe Elder*	Volleyball	B.S., Biochemistry
Caroline Eschete*	Women's Cross Country	B.S., Biology
	Women's Track & Field
Kade Folse	Men's Soccer	B.S., Biology
Taylor Frank	Women's Basketball	B.S., Neuro- and Cognitive Science and Psychology
Haley Franklin	Women's Basketball	B.S., Chemistry
Bo Gilkison*	Football	B.B.A., Business Administration and Economics
Tyler Hamby	Women's Cross Country	B.S., Biology
	Women's Track & Field
Patch Heard	Men's Cross Country	B.S., Applied Mathematics and Biochemistry
	Men's Track & Field
Trevor Helper	Football	B.S., Health & Exercise Science
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country	B.A., Psychology
	Women's Track & Field
Preston Hill*	Football	B.S., Biology
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading	B.S., Biology
Ethan Klapatch	Football	B.B.A., Business Administration
Connor Kreppner	Men's Golf	B.B.A., Business Administration
		B.A., Government and Politics
Darren Labit	Football	B.S., Health & Exercise Science
Connor Ladner*	Football	B.S., Biology and Health & Exercise Science
Segen Lister	Women's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration
Mallory Noble	Women's Golf	B.B.A., Business Administration
Alli Nolen	Softball	B.S., Biology
Will Norris	Baseball	B.S., Applied Mathematics
Whitney Novak	Women's Basketball	B.S., Applied Mathematics
Peyton Parker	Football	B.S., Biology
Bradley Pelle	Baseball	B.B.A., Business Administration
Annie Piggott*	Women's Golf	B.S., Biology
Parker Ricks	Men's Soccer	B.B.A., Business Administration and Communication Studies
Drew Roth*	Men's Basketball	B.S., Applied Mathematics and Economics
Richelle Sanchez	Women's Soccer	B.S., Biology and Health & Exercise Science
Luke Seelmann	Men's Soccer	B.S., Neuro- and Cognitive Science
Tyler Starnes	Baseball	B.B.A., Business Administration
Rylee Stephens*	Volleyball	B.S., Biology and Health & Exercise Science
Nick Tarantino	Baseball	B.S., Biology
Nicholas Ughovwa*	Men's Basketball	B.A., Government and Politics
Mackenzie Vordick*	Women's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration
		B.S., Biochemistry
Andy Webb*	Women's Soccer	B.B.A., Business Administration and Communication Studies
Sam Willard	Men's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration
UNDERGRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Summer 2025
Chloee Beebe	Women's Soccer	B.S., Biology and Spanish
	Women's Swimming & Diving
Carson Chassaignac	Men's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration
Will Danielson	Men's Golf	B.A., Communication Studies
Zac Farris	Baseball	B.B.A., Business Administration
MacKenzie Farris	Women's Cross Country	B.S., Biology
	Women's Track & Field
Kerrione Hunter	Cheerleading	B.S., Biology
Catherine Passarelli	Women's Swimming & Diving	B.S., Biology
Evan Scott	Baseball	B.B.A., Business Administration
Brady St. Martin	Men's Tennis	B.B.A., Business Administration
Sarah Strickland	Women's Cross Country	B.S., Biology
	Women's Track & Field
UNDERGRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Dec. 2025
Whitney Novak	Women's Basketball	B.B.A., Business Administration
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Dec. 2024
Jakub Bobinski	Men's Tennis	B.S., Biochemistry
GRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Class of 2025
Brandon Benn	Men's Soccer	M.B.A.
Clay Busby	Baseball	M.B.A.
James Christy	Football	M.B.A.
David Cox	Men's Soccer	M.B.A.
TJ Hogan	Men's Basketball	M.B.A. Analytics
Jackson Hood	Baseball	M.B.A.
Madisyn Latino	Women's Swimming & Diving	M.Acc.
Casey Miller	Men's Swimming & Diving	M.Acc.
Harrison Rhymes	Men's Golf	M.B.A.
Margaret Richardson	Volleyball	M.B.A.
Conner Rucker	Football	M.B.A.
Adrian Turner	Football	M.B.A. Analytics
Madison Williams	Women's Tennis	M.B.A.
Wil Wood	Baseball	M.B.A. Analytics
GRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Summer 2025
David Abbadessa	Baseball	M.B.A.
Nick Dotson	Football	M.Acc
Case Page	Baseball	M.B.A.
Connor Stegeman	Men's Soccer	M.B.A.
Jackson Ware	Baseball	M.Acc.
GRADAUTE CANDIDATE FOR DEGREES
Dec. 2024
Branyan Bounds	Baseball	M.B.A.
2025 HONORS PROGRAM
Sophia Albasini	Women's Golf	Honors in Communication Studies
Chloee Beebe	Women's Soccer	Honors in Biology
	Women's Swimming & Diving
Fran Edwards	Women's Cross Country	Honors in Government and Politics
	Women's Track & Field
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country	Honors in Psychology
	Women's Track & Field
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading	Honors in Biology
2025 ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
Phi Beta Kappa
Ana Cuesta	Women's Soccer
Fran Edwards	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Caroline Eschete	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Andy Webb	Women's Soccer
Beta Gamma Sigma
Ana Cuesta	Women's Soccer
Collin Edwards	Men's Soccer
Segen Lister	Women's Tennis
Andy Webb	Women's Soccer
Brandon Benn – Grad	Men's Soccer
Harrison Rhymes – Grad	Men's Golf
The Hall of Fame
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading
Omicron Delta Kappa
Sophia Albasini	Women's Golf
Anna Capezzera	Volleyball
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading
Connor Kreppner	Men's Golf
Segen Lister	Women's Tennis
Whitney Novak	Women's Basketball
Peyton Parker	Football
Annie Piggott	Women's Golf
Sam Willard	Men's Golf
2025 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Division of Arts and Humanities
Anna Capezzera	Volleyball	Magnolia Coullet Senior Classics Award.
		Theodore W. Adorno Award
Fran Edwards	Women's Cross Country	Peace and Justice Award
	Women's Track & Field
Andy Webb	Women's Soccer	Communication Studies Award
Division of Sciences
Nicole Balduccini	Women's Soccer	Noam Chomsky Psychology Award
Chloee Beebe	Women's Soccer	Biology Research Award
	Women's Swimming & Diving
Caroline Eschete	Women's Cross Country	Biology Department Award for Service
	Women's Track & Field	Physics Service Award
Patch Heard	Men's Cross Country	The Samuel R. Knox Senior Award
	Men's Track & Field
Trevor Helper	Football	Health and Exercise Science Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country	Noam Chomsky Psychology Award
	Women's Track & Field	Outstanding Scholarship in Education Award
Whitney Novak	Women's Basketball	Physics Service Award
Nicholas Ughovwa	Men's Basketball	Chi Omega Social Science Award
		Iren Omo-Bare International Politics Memorial Award
Else School of Management
Undergraduate Awards
Ana Cuesta	Women's Soccer	Business Administration Faculty Excellence Award
		Else Senior Scholars
		Financial Management Association (FMA) National Honor Society Award
		Merrill Lynch Award for Excellence in Investments
		The Richard B. Baltz Award for Excellence in Economics
Nicholas Eaton	Football	Else Senior Scholars
Bo Gilkison	Football	Business Administration Comprehensive Exam Award
		CFA Society of Mississippi Award for Excellence in Financial Analysis
		Financial Management Association (FMA) National Honor Society Award
Connor Kreppner	Men's Golf	Financial Management Association (FMA) National Honor Society Award
Bradley Pelle	Baseball	Else Senior Scholars
Mackenzie Vordick	Women's Tennis	Else Senior Scholars
Graduate Awards
Harrison Rhymes	Men's Golf	Financial Management Association (FMA) National Honor Society Award
Margaret Richardson	Volleyball	ELSEWORKS Entrepreneurship Service Award
College Awards for Leadership and Scholarship
Zoe Elder	Volleyball	Alpha Epsilon Delta Award
Caroline Eschete	Women's Cross Country	Alpha Epsilon Delta Award
	Women's Track & Field
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading	The W. Charles Sallis Leader of the Year
Abigail Henry	Women's Cross Country	Academic Consultant of the Year
	Women's Track & Field
Darren Labit	Football	Millsaps Most Distinguished Man
Rylee Stephens	Volleyball	Alpha Epsilon Delta Award
Sarah Strickland	Women's Cross Country	Millsaps Most Distinguished Woman
	Women's Track & Field
Student Life
Caroline Eschete	Women's Cross Country	Sorority Member of the Year
	Women's Track & Field
2025 SPRING PRESIDENT'S LIST
(3.85 GPA or Higher)
Sophia Albasini	Women's Golf
Tia Anderson	Women's Basketball
Phillip Antis	Men's Cross Country
	Men's Track & Field
Nicole Balduccini	Women's Soccer
Charlie Berglund	Men's Golf
Reese Brasseaux	Women's Soccer
	Women's Track & Field
Lily Bumpers	Volleyball
Lily Butcher	Women's Soccer
Anna Capezzera	Volleyball
Abigail Cerwick	Women's Golf
Anthony Charbonnet	Men's Soccer
Ana Cuesta	Women's Soccer
Ethan Dulitz	Baseball
Fran Edwards	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Zoe Elder	Volleyball
MacKenzie Farris	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Bruce Foster	Football
Garin Freeman	Women's Basketball
Sebastian Gonzalez	Millsaps Tennis
Bryan Guthrie	Baseball
Ashlyn Hafley	Women's Basketball
Michael Hamauei	Men's Soccer
Patch Heard	Men's Cross Country
	Men's Track & Field
Trevor Helper	Football
Preston Hill	Football
Jackson Hood	Baseball
Ryan Hoover	Men's Soccer
Haley James	Women's Soccer
Merritt Johnson	Women's Soccer
	Women's Track & Field
Vivian Jordan	Women's Soccer
	Women's Track & Field
Davin Karst	Men's Golf
Maddy Maw	Women's Basketball
Michael Maxwell	Baseball
Riley McClain	Women's Tennis
Mac Moore	Baseball
Jenna Nattinger	Volleyball
Kayla Ngo	Women's Basketball
Will Norris	Baseball
Molly Northam	Women's Basketball
	Women's Track & Field
Whitney Novak	Women's Basketball
Hailey Peterson	Softball
Ethan Pratt	Men's Soccer
Ben Ragas	Football
Alden Romano	Men's Soccer
Drew Roth	Men's Basketball
Ella Morgan Sears	Softball
Luke Seelmann	Men's Soccer
Caleb Solangi	Men's Tennis
Mollie Spradley	Women's Soccer
Mikey Strain	Football
William Sullivan	Men's Track & Field
Mackenzie Vordick	Women's Tennis
Andy Webb	Women's Soccer
Sam Willard	Men's Tennis
Carston Williams	Baseball
2025 SPRING DEAN'S LIST
(3.84-3.50 GPA)
Emily Adams	Women's Basketball
Ben Anderson	Men's Swimming & Diving
Brynn Arena	Softball
Chloee Beebe	Women's Soccer
	Women's Swimming & Diving
Myah Beebe	Women's Soccer
Gray Berry	Baseball
Madeline Black	Softball
Alex Bremond	Women's Soccer
Geda Brewster	Women's Track & Field
Hannah Briscoe	Softball
Aidan Brown	Men's Soccer
Suzanna Busbee	Women's Soccer
	Women's Track & Field
Mara Colón	Volleyball
Olivia Danos	Volleyball
Daniel Denton	Men's Soccer
Drake Dilodovico	Men Soccer
Abigail Drury	Volleyball
Anderson Dulaney	Men's Tennis
Ellis Dykes	Men's Soccer
Nicholas Eaton	Football
Collin Edwards	Men's Soccer
Willie Elliott	Football
Zac Farris	Baseball
Fred Fields	Baseball
Hayden Fisher	Men's Soccer
Kade Folse	Men's Soccer
Taylor Frank	Women's Basketball
Haley Franklin	Women's  Basketball
Dakota Gasca	Men's Basketball
Tayler Gonzales	Softball
Luke Hamblen	Baseball
Degan Hensley	Baseball
Greer Hernandez	Men's Cross Country
	Men's Soccer
Samantha Himel	Women's Swimming & Diving
Samuel Holt	Men's Basketball
Bailey Johnson	Women's Basketball
Elyssia Jones	Cheerleading
Caleb Kent	Men's Basketball
Connor Ladner	Football
Ryan Laiche	Baseball
Daniel Lee	Men's Soccer
Keely Marshall	Women's Soccer
Drew Mckeithen	Men's Soccer
Pierce Melancon	Football
Mason Morgan	Baseball
Steven Noack	Men's Golf
Alexis Oliver	Women's Tennis
EJ Ousley	Baseball
Ava Palumbo	Softball
Peyton Parker	Football
Bradley Pelle	Baseball
Becca Quick	Women's Soccer
Yahya Rashid	Football
Mallory Richardson	Volleyball
Eleanor Scott	Women's Track & Field
Fiona Selders	Women's Track & Field
Skyler Shank	Football
Justin Smith	Football
	Men's Track & Field
Malakie Smith	Women's Tennis
Kailey Spann	Cheerleading
Skylar Spinks	Women's Tennis
Brady St. Martin	Men's Tennis
Sarah Strickland	Women's Cross Country
	Women's Track & Field
Nicholas Theriot	Men's Soccer
Virginia Trible	Volleyball
Nicholas Ughovwa	Men's Basketball
Allana Vasquez	Softball
Joel Vaughn II	Football
Kyle Veal Jr.	Football
	Baseball
Jackson Wall	Baseball
Elyse Warren	Women's Basketball
Abby Wiard	Women's Soccer
Harrison Williams	Men's Soccer
Laci Williams	Cheerleading
Cole Wix	Baseball

 
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