Student-Athletes Receive Degrees at Spring Commencement
5/10/2026 9:41:00 AM | General, SASSO
171 current and former student-athletes among Ohio State graduates
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sunday, 171 current and former Ohio State student-athletes will receive degrees as the University holds Spring Commencement ceremonies in Ohio Stadium. The complete list of graduates is linked above.
The list features national and conference champions, All-Americans and other standouts, including …Â
The list features national and conference champions, All-Americans and other standouts, including …Â
- Graduating today from football is All-American, Academic All-American and the fourth overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, Carnell Tate. The standout wideout earned his degree in sport industry.
- Fellow offensive starters Will Kacmarek and Luke Montgomery, who were also key members of the 2024 national champion football team, graduate with degrees in human development and family services and sport industry, respectively.
- Tate and Kacmarek both earned their degrees through the university's degree completion program, along with Donovan Williams and Laurence Wootton of the men's soccer program.
- An Ohio State captain and four-time First Team All-B1G selection, Wootton was a Third Team All-American in 2022 and was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year in both 2022 and 2023.
- Lena Hentschel won back-to-back Big Ten titles in the one-meter dive and she is a two-time All-American in both the one-meter and three-meter dives. Hentschel was a bronze medalist for Team Germany in the three-meter synchronized dive at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and also competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Â
- Men's swimmer Tomas Navikonis was a three-time Big Ten champion in the 200 freestyle and has also earned an individual Big Ten title in the 100 freestyle and a relay title in the 800 freestyle relay. He is an eight-time All-American and competed for Lithuania at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Â
- From the women's hockey program, 2026 WCHA Final Faceoff champions Brooke Disher, Hailey MacLeod, Sloane Matthews and Emma Peschel will earn their degrees Sunday. Peschel, a two-time All-American, and Matthews are four-year members of the program who are also two-time WCHA regular season champions and 2024 national champions.
- Fencer Gabriel Feinberg, the 2022 NCAA men's epee champion and a First Team All-American, was a two-time NCAA qualifier. He was a four-time all-conference selection and part of four Central Collegiate Fencing Conference team titles.
- Ruby Remati graduates from Ohio State as a seven-time routine national champion and Olympic silver medalist. The 2026 Collegiate Athlete of the Year and individual high point award winner has earned three A Figures national titles, two duet titles and a trio and team routine championship. She helped Team USA qualify a team routine for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the team's first in 16 years, and earn a medal in the routine for the first time since 2004.
- Remati and Emma Spott are All-American performers for the Ohio State artistic swimming team. Remati is a two-time overall institution national champion and Spott and Lilly Ortiz were members of the 2023 national championship team.
- Five four-year members of the men's lacrosse program – Cullen Brown, Jonny Cool, Blake Eiland, Taji Flynn and Griffin Liedel– will earn their degrees after helping the team to back-to-back Big Ten regular season titles, the first two Big Ten titles in program history. Brown and Eiland are both All-Americans and 2026 PLL College Draft picks. Brown was also named the 2026 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
- Aniya Mosley graduates as one of the fastest female track & field/cross country athletes in program history. She holds the program records in both indoor (800m, 1000m, mile) and outdoor (800m, 1500m) seasons. Mosley is the third Buckeye in cross country history to qualify as an individual for two NCAA Championships and earned a spot on the All-America First Team during the 2024 outdoor season in the 800m.Â
- Three All-Americans from the men's track & field program are set to graduate. Big Ten 4x400m relay champion Noah Carmichael and Nazzio John were on the All-American Second Team for the 4x400m relay, while Reign Winston earned a spot on the All-American Second Team for his performance in the high jump.Â
- The women's track & field program graduates four additional All-Americans in Fatouma Conde, Columba Effiong, Noa Smith and Janela Spencer. The quartet combines for nine All-American accolades and has won the Big Ten Outdoor Championship in the 4x100m relay and 200m.Â
- The men's gymnastics program graduates three All-Americans - Justin Ciccone, Kristian Grahovski and Caden Spencer - as they combined for multiple All-America honors between the regular season and NCAA Championships.
- An All-American, Abbie Leverett won an individual title and was part of four pistol team national champions during her career.
- Wrestler Carson Kharchla finished his career in 2026 as a two-time All-American and a four-time NCAA qualifier.
- Shane Wetzel is one of just two Buckeyes all-time to be named an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American four times. He earned All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association honors four times, including two first team nods.
- Kary Hollenbaugh holds multiple Ohio State women's golf program records, including tournament wins in a single season with four in 2025, and was the silver medalist at the 2025 Big Ten Championships. She earned WGCA and GolfWeek All-America honors in 2025, is a two-time selection to the All-Big Ten First Team and she has competed in the prestigious Augusta National Women's Amateur twice.
- Alexander Bernard and Jack Anthrop were part of four Big Ten men's tennis regular-season and two Big Ten Tournament titles. Bernard was a 2023 men's tennis All-American in singles. A three-time First Team All-Big Ten selection, Anthrop is in the Top 10 at Ohio State with 117 career victories and was a singles All-American in 2024.
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