LARAMIE, Wyo. (Dec. 12, 2024) – The University of Wyoming Athletics Department will hold a special graduation stole ceremony to honor its winter graduates and their families in the Wildcatter Club & Suites beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13  A total of 21 Cowboy and Cowgirl student-athletes representing six different programs are scheduled to graduate this winter.
     
Of the 21 graduates: nine are members of the Cowboy Football team, two are members of the Cowgirl Soccer team, two are members of the Women's Track and Field/Cross Country team, three are members of the Cowgirl Volleyball team and four are members of the Cowboy wrestling team ad one from Cowboy basketball.
 
Winter graduates, members of their families and UW Athletics coaching and administrative staffs will participate in Friday night's stole ceremony.
 
Speakers at Friday's ceremony will include former Cowgirl basketball player Quinn Weidemann, who is currently working in the ticket office at the University of Wyoming.  Will Pelissier, a graduating student-athlete from the Cowboy football team, will speak on behalf of the winter graduating class.  Delaney Mullins, Director of Academic Services at UW, will address the graduates, and she and her staff will present the graduates with their graduation stoles.
                                   
The tradition of presenting UW student-athlete graduates with graduation stoles began with the spring semester of 2014 and has been held every semester since.  The graduation stoles are provided to wear along with the graduation stole from each student-athlete's college during graduation. 
     
The UW Athletics' graduation stole is white with the familiar Steamboat Bucking Horse and Rider emblem on the right-hand side of the stole and a W-Club emblem on the left.  Each graduating student-athlete will also receive a free W-Club membership for the coming year. The W-Club is the official organization for former Cowboy and Cowgirl student-athletes and coaches.
 
The 2024 UW winter commencement ceremonies will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Arena-Auditorium for all graduating students. 
     
Detailed information on the 2024 University of Wyoming Winter Commencement Ceremony may be found at:  https://www.uwyo.edu/commencement/index.html
 
2024 University of Wyoming Athletics Winter Graduates
Men's Basketball
Kobe Newton – BS in Sociology
 
Women's Track and Field
Aubry Sanchez – BS in Finance & Management
Emma Reed – BS in Psychology
 
Women's Soccer
Jazi Barela – BS Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Alyssa Bedard – BS in Kinesiology & Health Promotion, minor Psychology Honors Program
 
Football
Braden Siders – BA in American Studies
Caleb Cooley – Master of Business Administration
Evan Eller - Master of Business Administration
John Michael Gyllenborg – BS in Finance
Jordan Bertagnole - Master of Business Administration
Kimball Madsen – BS in Business Management
Nofoafia Tulafono – BA in American Studies
Shae Suiaunoa - Master of Business Administration
Will Pelissier - Master of Business Administration
 
Women's Volleyball
Macey Boggs - Master of Business Administration
Kayla Mazzocca – BS in Kinesiology & Health Promotion
Kasia Partyka – BS in Psychology
 
Wrestling
Brett McIntosh – BA in American Studies
Josh Kyle – BA in Criminal Justice
Tyce Raddon – BA in Secondary Education Spanish
Garrett Ricks – BS in Human Nutrition & Food