GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Thirty-one student-athletes are amongst the 1,700 students who are eligible to receive degrees at the University of North Dakota's general commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12, at the Alerus Center.

Candidates for degrees by team include six from football, four from baseball and women's swimming and diving, three each from men's hockey, men's track and field, women's track and field and volleyball, two from men's basketball and women's hockey, and one from men's golf.

The list includes student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility but who still qualify for athletics aid.

UND Athletics congratulates all 31 candidates for degrees and wishes them the very best in their future endeavors.

Name  (Sport/Hometown/Major)
Lindsay Anderson (Track & Field, Cross Country/Leeds, N.D./Communication Science & Disorders)
Kris Ankenbauer (Football/Murphy, Texas/Management)
Kevin Auth (Baseball/Camrbidge, Minn./Civil Engineering)
Broc Bellmore (Football/West Fargo, N.D./Management)
Chris Benson (Track & Field/Devils Lake, N.D./General Studies)
Brooke Biederstedt (Track & Field/Dickinson, N.D./History)
Ben Blood (Hockey/Plymouth, Minn./Recreation & Tourism Studies)
Taylor Bohannon (Volleyball/Inver Grove Heights, Minn./Marketing)
Kyle Bolander (Baseball/Hermantown, Minn./Criminal Justice)
Jorid Dagfinrud (Hockey/Sarpsborg, Norway/Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness)
Drew Daggett (Football/Frazee, Minn./Management)
Dalonda Dalin (Swimming & Diving/Sioux Falls, S.D./Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness)
Brad Eidsness (Hockey/Chestermere, Alberta/MBA)
Emily Emerson (Track & Field, Cross Country/Lino Lakes, Minn./Psychology)
Dan Hendrickson (Football/Minot, N.D./Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness)
Katelyn Johnson (Swimming & Diving/Albany, Ore./Nursing)
Mitch Kudrna (Football/Dickinson, N.D./Management)
Jocelyne Lamoureux (Hockey/Grand Forks, N.D./Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness)
Mario Lamoureux (Hockey/Grand Forks, N.D./Entrepreneurship)
Mike Mathison (Basketball/Walhalla, N.D./General Studies)
Patrick Mitchell (Basketball/Des Moines, Iowa/General Studies)
Tyler Monda (Golf/Brainerd, Minn./Investments)
Shawn Reich (Track & Field/Grand Forks, N.D./Physical Education, Exercise Science & Wellness)
Tyler Rose (Track & Field, Cross Country/Brainerd, Minn./Biology)
Daniel Ross (Baseball/Brooklyn Park, Minn./Mechanical Engineering)
Zac Salfer (Baseball/Sleepy Eye, Minn./General Studies)
Brittany Schmidt (Swimming & Diving/Grand Forks, N.D./Criminal Justice Studies)
Annika Smed (Volleyball/Albert Lea, Minn./Psychology)
Catlin Solum (Football/Fargo, N.D./Communication)
Devin Trefz (Volleyball/Bagley, Minn./Human Resources Management)
Stephenie Varichak (Swimming & Diving/Fridley, Minn./Early Childhood Education)