CHATTANOOGA, TN (GoMocs.com)--Just hours after ending the most successful season in school history, six members of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team joined eight other student-athletes and hundreds of classmates at the 244th Commencement Ceremonies today.
The Mocs earned their degrees in the fall festivities at McKenzie Arena. The six members of the football program included Chris Mayes (Health Human Performance), Zack Rayl (Integrated Studies), Faysal Shafaat (Psychology), Davis Tull (Health Human Performance), Muhasibi Wakeel (Sociology Anthropology) and Keon Williams (Integrated Studies).
This group landed in Chattanooga at 4:30 a.m. following their quarterfinal loss at No. 1 New Hampshire on Friday night and managed a few hours of sleep before donning their cap and gowns. UTC finished with a school record 10-4 mark, its second-straight Southern Conference championship and a No. 8 seed in the FCS Playoffs.
Tull and track field's John Gilpin were both Latin Honors Candidates in Health Human Performance. Soccer's Kelly Crew and wrestling's Kevin Malone also earned degrees in HHP. Former wrestler Robert Prigmore earned a Master's of Business Administration while track's Amanda Cotter graduated with a degree in Psychology.
Men's basketball's Ronrico White and former women's golfer Porsche Campbell earned degrees in Integrated Studies. Former men's tennis standout Jorge Varon wrapped up his degree in Business while former football student-athlete Taylor Dodds earned a degree in Integrated Studies.