AUBURN, Ala. – A total of 66 current and former Auburn student-athletes will take part in Auburn University’s 2026 Spring Commencement ceremonies this weekend at Neville Arena.
Seventeen teams will be represented over the course of the university’s eight ceremonies, which begin Friday and conclude Sunday. The 66 student-athletes have combined for 26 All-America selections (academic/athletic), 32 All-SEC honors and 92 appearances on the SEC Academic Honor Roll during their time on the Plains.
The list of student-athletes participating includes:
Baseball (4): Trevor Booton, Mason Koch, Eddie Madrigal, Lucas Steele
Women’s Basketball (1): Kaitlyn Duhon
Equestrian (9): Holland Barnett, Caroline Buchanan, Caroline Fredenburg, Lauren Hall, Elizabeth Klein, Isabel Litkenhous, Baylee Mckeever, Charlotte McLaughlin, Alexia Tordoff
Football (7): Tyler Brown, Keyron Crawford, Keldric Faulk, Alex McPherson, Chris Murray, Paul Thompson Jr., Dallas Walker IV
Women’s Golf (4): Katie Cranston, Rachel Gourley, Elle Squires, Carys Worby
Gymnastics (2): Hannah Hagle, Hailey John
Soccer (4): Manu Baptista Filipe, Hayden Colson, Erin Houston, Grace Ivey
Softball (2): SJ Geurin, Ma’Nia Womack
Men’s Swimming & Diving (5): Tate Cutler, Kalle Makinen, Danny Schmidt, Lucas Thomas, Jon Vanzandt
Women’s Swimming & Diving (4): Casey Cullen, Kyleigh Kidd, Kyla Maloney, Katie Russell
Men’s Tennis (3): Billy Blaydes, Nicholas Heng, Thomas Kennedy
Women’s Tennis (1): DJ Bennett
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country (11): LeBron Bessick, Makanakaishe Charamba, Aaron Davis, Tyler Davis, Rex Green, Austin Kresley, John Leonard, John Murray, Ian Myers, Joseph Perry, Matthew Rueff
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country (6): Shelby Balding, Gené Coetzee, Audrey Dunn, Megan Hague, Hallie Porterfield, Alyssa Quinones-Mixon
Volleyball (3): Alexis Dacosta, Sydney Handel, Bel Zimmerman