Almost 20 years after leaving Kentucky University to start his long and successful NBA career, Rajon Rondo is about to receive your university degree.
Rondo, 39announced the school on Thursday. The beginning of May 2025 of the university will take place this Friday and Saturday in Rupp Arena. Including the 33 graduates in December, a total of 149 British students will have graduated during the 2024-25 school year.
Join Rondo as a male basketball players who should graduate Ansley Almonor,, Koby Brea,, Lmaont Butler,, Andrew Carr,, Grant Darbyshire,, Kerr KriisaAnd Jaxson Robinson. Rondo is not the only former British athlete on the pace to obtain his diploma this spring / summer either.
Thanks to the post-eligibility program for British athletics, also known as Cawood Ledford scholarships, the school athletics department “pays for tuition fees and books for students who return to school after completing their eligibility. Since its creation in 1989, more than 160 Wildcats have returned to obtaining the program. ” Rondo, with the football player Chris WestryTwo of the seven former British athletes have benefited from the program.
The UK fall semester in 2024 was the 25th consecutive with a cumulative average of 3.0 or more (3.405). A total of 14 Wildcats will receive their master’s degrees. You will find below the list of graduates expected from this spring / summer, which includes the intern / volleyball player KSR Eleanor Beavin:
Baseball (18)
- Devin Burkes
- Evan Byers
- Chase Estep *
- Simon Gregersen
- Cole Hage
- Cole Hentschel
- Robert Hogan
- Dylan Koontz
- William Marcy
- Nicholas McCay
- James McCoy
- Shaun Montoya
- Mason Moore *
- Jackson November
- Raphael Pelletier
- Cooper Robinson
- Hayden Smith
- Austin Schultz *
Male basketball (8)
- Ansley Almonor
- Koby Brea
- Lamont Butler, Jr.
- Andrew Carr
- Grant Darbyshire
- Kerr Kriisa
- Jaxson Robinson
- Rajon Rondo *
Football (12)
- Trey Dennis
- Jantzen Dunn
- Fred Farrier, II
- Maxwell Hairston
- Josaih Hayes
- Jordan Lovett
- Lucas Padgett
- Daveren Rayner
- Paul Rodriguez
- Jackson Schulz
- Half-karngbaye
- Chris Westry *
Golf for men (2)
- Jackson Klutznick – Master
- Preston jansen
Male soccer (3)
- Ryan Jack
- Casper Mols
- Riley O’Neill *
Swim and dive for men (7)
- Max Berg
- Nicholas Caruso
- Samuel Duncan – Master
- Jack Hamilton
- Victor Martin Roig
- Jackson Mussler
- Christopher Nagy – Master
Male tennis (1)
Track and Field for Men (9)
- Donstten Brown
- Luke Brown
- LOGAN COLES
- Brayden Jackson
- Alexander Justus
- Brandon Miller
- Jack Pendergast – Master
- Jackson Watts
- Justin Swann *
Rifle (3)
- Allison Buesseler
- Tori Kopelen
- Jaden Thompson – Master
Stuntman (5)
- Frost Aisling
- Katherine Larson
- Chloé Moxley
- Laila White
- Alexus Womack
Golf for women (1)
Gymnastics (6)
- Hailey Davis – Master
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm
- Isabella Magnelli – Master
- Jillian Procasky
- Anna Riegert
- Makenzie Wilson
Female soccer (8)
- Kennedy rooms
- Nicole Coryell – Master
- Dana Dahm
- Marzia Josephson – Master
- Lesley Kiesling – Master
- Kaile Alford
- Gabrielle Ballew
- Gabriella Johnson
Softball (4)
- McKenzie BUMP – Master
- Alexia Lacatena
- Thanks to ag
- Mitchell Hallie
Swimming and diving for women (5)
- Victoria BUERGER
- Kaelan Daly
- Abigail Devereaux
- Olivia Mendenhall
- Madeline Welborn
Female tennis (5)
- Elizabeth Eades
- Lidia Gonzalez Garcia
- Zoe Hammond
- Eleanor Myers
- Elizabeth Stevens – Master
Track and Field for Women (15)
- Simi Akinrinsola – Doctor of Pharmacy
- Hannah Douglas
- Ainsley Edwards
- Sophie Galloway
- Alexis Glasco
- Alysia Johnson
- Amya Livingston
- Phoebe McCowan
- Ariel Pedigo
- Victoria Perrow
- Payton Phillips
- Tesa Roberts – Master
- Mollie Roden
- Jenna Schwinghambaher
- Juliann Williams
Volleyball (4)
- Eleanor Beavin
- Lane Jenkins
- Erin Lamb – Master
- Megan Wilson
* designates the former student-athlete who participated in the Cawood Ledford diploma completion program
And for fun, here is a photo of Mark Pope of his diploma.
Photo via UK Alumni Association
