General | 5/6/2020 12:00:00 AM
The virtual world has been embraced by many and included among this group is the Goldey-Beacom College Athletics Department, which recently honored its seniors by holding a ceremony through Zoom to thank these student-athletes for their contributions.
Under normal circumstances, this ceremony is held in person and attended by many dignitaries within the College's Administration.
This year's virtual encounter was led by Associate Director of Athletics Jeremy Benoit and featured a welcome from first-year President Dr. Colleen Perry Keith, who honored the College's latest group of alums. Dr. Keith's abundance of enthusiasm for Athletics has been apparent since her arrival on campus, as well as her knowledge of how things are successfully run within the college environment. The College looks forward to bigger and better things during her tenure.
"Graduation is a special moment in the life of an individual and family," Goldey-Beacom Director of Athletics Dr. Thomas Brennan said. "Needless to say, our celebration this year was anything but normal. But what a special group; and it was so important to connect with our student athletes, at this time, to be sure they recognize just how proud we are of them and to emphasize that GBC will always be there for them. Thanks to the coaches, athletic and college staff that joined us on Saturday, May 2, 2020. It promises to be a day we will all remember."
Others who took time to join our celebration included Dean of Students Chuck Hammond, Director of Career Services Beth Kirker, Director of External Affairs Janine Sorbello, Director of Alumni Affairs Maureen Tomey and Alumni Board Member Patrick McRae. McRae, who in 2015 with the Golf team became the College's first CoSIDA Academic All-America, offered his special perspective and welcomed the graduates into their new role as an alumni athlete.
The senior gift, a knitted blanket with the name and sport, will find its way to each student-athlete in the near future.
This year's senior class includes 41 student-athletes across twelve rosters. Among them are:
- The first four-year Baseball student-athletes
- A second team All-America for Women's Soccer
- A 1,000-point scorer for Women's Basketball
- Six Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference champions
- Three who led Women's Tennis to the NCAA Tournament "Sweet 16" in 2019
- Fourteen named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Academic Honor Roll
- A CACC Top XVI Award winner
The 2020 graduating class consisted of the following student-athletes:
John Barkley Jr. Baseball
Cole Collins Baseball
Brandon Ferrie Baseball
Jeff Gillis Baseball
Justin Hill Baseball
Isaiah Holmes Baseball
Jake Kinsell Baseball
Brian McCourt Baseball
Trevor Powers Baseball
Zach Roseman Baseball
Carlos Solis Baseball
Ivan Solis Baseball
Bailey Spence Baseball
Tevin Thomas Baseball
Troy Thomas Baseball
Jacob Smeltzer Cross Country/Track & Field
Jeremy Hartnett Track & Field
Jono Hooper Track & Field
Mary Ann Jones Cross Country/Track & Field
Jaime Daza Golf
Shea Murphy Golf
Braden Wheeler Golf
Steve Golding Soccer
Nicolas Jaramillo Soccer
Levi Maruca Soccer
Dan McAllister Soccer
Jaime McAvoy Soccer
Sergi Varona Soccer
Nina Bartlette Basketball
Chiara Giesselbach Basketball
Jill Latanowich Basketball
Amanda McGrogan Basketball
Jenna Fannon Soccer
Dianna Gatto Softball
Kasey Goshorn Softball
Jess Lusk Softball
Kylie Quirk Softball
Alma Garcia Valle Tennis
Anna Hortelano Pey Tennis
Silvia Hortelano Pey Tennis
Autumn Keller Volleyball
