Utah State University's 123rd undergraduate commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, May 8, at 9:30 a.m. in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum and among those graduating will be 47 USU student-athletes who completed their degrees during the 2009-10 academic year.
Utah State's student-athletes traditionally rank among the best in the Western Athletic Conference with an 85 percent graduation success rate and a cumulative 3.07 grade-point average. During the 2009-10 academic year, USU has had 84 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors thus far and 157 were recognized at its annual Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Luncheon for earning a 3.2 or better GPA.
During the 2008-09 academic year, Utah State had 181 student-athletes earn academic all-WAC honors.
The complete list of graduating Aggie athletes is included in the story on the Athletics
website.
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