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CONWAY - Coastal Carolina University held its spring 2016 commencement exercises Friday and Saturday. Among the class of newly minted Coastal Carolina alumni were 56 Chanticleer student-athletes, including 12 of whom graduated with honors.

Leading the way among student-athlete graduates with magna cum laude honors were Brinson Corn (men's track & field), Brianna Cristiano (women's track & field), Arnar Geirsson (men's soccer), Gisli Helgason (men's soccer), Colin Marz (men's soccer) and Camille Christie (women's soccer). Graduating with cum laude honors were Marissa Hinchman (women's golf), Lena Schaeffner (women's golf), Josh Pisarri (men's golf), Maddy Ciardi (lacrosse), Kasey Griese (lacrosse) and Charlotte O'Leary (lacrosse).

Football produced the largest number of graduates among CCU's 19 athletic teams with 11. Among the 11 football grads were Devin Brown, Clark Krimmer and Voghens Larrieux, each of whom will return to the field this fall with eligibility remaining.

Nine Chanticleers from the lacrosse program earned their degrees. The nine Chants are the first four-year graduates of the lacrosse program, which became Coastal's 18th sport program in 2012.

Other Chants of note to earn their degree are men's basketball's four-year seniors Badou Diagne, Tristian Curtis and Michel Enanga. The group led Coastal to 80-plus wins, four Big South titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances in their careers. In addition, women's golf's Schaeffner concluded her career ranked second on the CCU career scoring average list, while men's soccer student-athletes Geirsson, Helgason, Marz and Tobenna Uzo were instrumental in the programs rise to the upper echelon of collegiate soccer.

The group of 2016 Chanticleer graduates won more than a combined 25 Big South Conference division, regular season or tournament championships

Coastal Carolina Student-Athlete Spring 2016 Graduates

BaseballAlex Cunningham    ManagementConnor Owings    HistoryDavid Parrett    Exercise and Sport ScienceZach Remillard    Politics

Men's Basketball
Tristian Curtis Exercise and Sport Science
Badou Diagne Economics
Michel Enanga Computer Science
Marcus Freeman Communication
Aaron Law Management
Ron Trapps Communication

Women's Basketball
Nicole Isaacs Exercise and Sport Science
Stephanie Isaacs Exercise and Sport Science

Football
Devin Brown Interdisciplinary Studies
Tyrell Brown Economics
Roderick Holder Recreation and Sport Management
Kyle Fleetwood Communication
Andre Johnson Sociology
Caleb Kelly Communication
Clark Krimmer Recreation and Sport Management
Voghens Larrieux Management Richard Sampson Economics
Rayshaud Shields Interdisciplinary Studies
Denzell Thomas Communication

Women's Golf
Bailey Cocca Communication
Marissa Hinchman Marketing (cum laude)
Lena Schaeffner Recreation and Sport Management (cum laude)

Men's Golf
Josh Pisarri Finance (cum laude)

Lacrosse
Austin Brown Recreation and Sport Management
Maddy Ciardi Exercise and Sport Science (cum laude)
Nyra Constant Marketing
Rachel Ferrara Communication
Kasey Griese Marketing (cum laude) Trista Kuehn Psychology / English (double major)
Sara Nolan Communication
Charlotte O'Leary Biology (cum laude)
Kaitlyn Trodden Management

Women's Soccer
Camille Christie Marketing (magna cum laude)

Men's Soccer
Arnar Geirsson Mmarketing (magna cum laude)
Gisli Helgason Marketing (magna cum laude)
Colin Marz Recreation and Sport Management (magna cum laude)
Tobenna Uzo Management

Softball
Kelsey Dominik Sociology
Cassidy Brzozowski Communication

Men's Tennis
Rick Timmerman Management

Women's Tennis
Cari Berry Interdisciplinary Studies
Libby Scott Psychology

Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Steve Carr Marine Science
Brinson Corn Hospitality, Resort and Tourism Management (magna cum laude)
Desmond Wallace Communication

Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Brianna Cristiano Exercise and Sport Science (magna cum laude)
Raven Hamilton Exercise and Sport Science
Hannah Hetzel Management
Jalacy Green Public Health
Regina Peattie Recreation and Sport Science
Stephanie Taylor Pollock Communication
Teka Simpson Exercise and Sport Science