Sports Persons of the Week - 32 McNeese Student-Athletes Graduate

Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) - The life of a student-athlete isn’t easy, there’s the part that fans get to see which are the student-athletes competing for their school, but there’s also the part fans don’t get to see which is practice, working out, studying film, attending team meetings, and much more, and then there’s the part completely unrelated to their sport, but part of the title ‘Student-Athlete’, their work in the classroom, and working towards graduation.

Last week 32 McNeese Student-Athletes accomplished the ultimate goal for any student, athlete or not; graduating.

Football:

Calvin Barkat, Health & Human Performance - Pro-Chiropractic with a minor in Sports Medicine
KJ Brown, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Darius Daniels, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Accord Green, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Brandon Hayden, Health & Human Performance - Sports and Wellness Management
Zach Hayes, Health & Human Performance - Sports Medicine & Pre-Chiropractic
Marcus McElroy, Masters in Health & Human Performance - Health Promotion
Deonta McMahon, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Mason Pierce, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Kordell Williams, Masters in Criminal Justice
Trent Winbush, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Walker Wood, Masters in Health & Human Performance - Health Promotion
Charley Zeno, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences

Baseball:

Ty Abraham, Marketing
Davis Burgin, General Studies - Arts & Humanities
Antonio Gauthier, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences
Payton Harden, Mass Communication - Public Relations
Bryson Hudgens, Management
Burrell Jones, General Studies - Arts & Humanities
Hayden Shaddox, Finance

Women’s Track and Field:

Bonnie Andres, Psychology
Jordan Carter, Health & Human Performance - Sports Wellness Management
Maja Gebauer, Biology
Sorcha Moloney, General Studies - Applied and Natural Science
Zur’najah Poullard, Health & Human Performance - Sports Wellness Management
Ane Torres, Mass Communication - New Media
Dreunna Washington, Health & Human Performance - Pre-Physical Therapy

Men’s Track and Field:

Garrett Dietert, Health & Human Performance - Pre-Chiropractic
Elias Loriposia, General Studies - Applied and Natural Science

Men’s Golf:

Trey Meadows, Mass Communications - Journalism

Women’s Basketball:

Divine Tanks, General Studies - Behavioral Sciences

Soccer:

Magalie Depot, Biology with a minor in Chemistry

“Well you know, like every athlete, you have to go to school, school definitely matters, it’s really the priority honestly, my people always told me the goal is to get your degree, and so that was my main goal, football obviously I’ve got a love and passion for it, but at the same time I was dedicated to getting my degree” said Deonta McMahon.

“It felt a little bit surreal, just because I felt like I was a freshman yesterday, it was a great accomplishment, especially with everything that happened here in Lake Charles with the hurricane, the flood, the freeze, it was pride also, just saying that I accomplished something like that and also because I’m a first generation college graduate so, for me, but also for my family it was a very proud moment for sure” said Magalie Depot.

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