Student-Athletes Excelling in the Classroom

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SAAS Graduate Students

Baseball
Garret Houts - Communication Management
Andrew Triggs - Business Administration
Martin Viramontes - Certificate in Business Fundamentals for Non-Business Professionals
Brett Williams - Health Administration

Football
Rhett Ellison - Communication Management
Khaled Holmes - Progressive degree Classics / Communication Management
Christian Tupou - Communication Management

Men's Track & Field
Matthew McCormick - Progressive Degree Mechanical Engineering

Women's Basketball
Jacqueline Gemelos - Gerontology

Crew
Helen Tinkus - Progressive Degree Economics

Women's Track
Tamara Baumann - Communication Management
Farren Benjamin - Progressive Degree Communication Management

Women's Indoor Volleyball
Lauren Williams - MA in Teaching

Women's Sand Volleyball
Kelly Irvin - Communication Management
Megan Thornberry - MA in Teaching
Geena Urango - Communication Management

Women's Waterpolo
Jenna Schuck - Progressive Degree International Relations Global Business / International Relations

Despite the rigors and battles to maintain high GPA's, make solid progress towards one's degree, and balance a demanding practice schedule each semester, there are a few student-athletes who push themselves even more. In this section you will find a list of student-athletes who are pursuing double majors, dual degrees, dual Master's and Bachelor's degrees, and in some cases, Master's degrees alone - all while some are still eligible for competition as USC student-athletes. The NCAA requires that all participants in NCAA competitions be registered as full-time students at their host institution. For some, they finish their undergraduate degrees in 3 years and compete in their final year(s) of competition as full-time graduate students. We would like to congratulate all those who take advantage of their educational opportunities as Trojan athletes.