Burgoyne Earns Degree

 Lincoln- Former Nebraska bowler Amanda Burgoyne is among 45 Nebraska student-athletes set to graduate in the winter commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Burgoyne, a Newport, Minn. native, earns her bachelor's degree in sociology.  She leaves NU as one of the most decorated bowlers in Nebraska history.  A four-time NTCA All-American, Burgoyne was also named the National Collegiate Bowler of the Year during her final season with the Huskers.

Nebraska’s winter graduating class of student-athletes is one of the largest in school history and is 30 percent larger than last December’s group of 31 graduates. The Huskers’ 45-member graduating class consists of student-athletes from 14 U.S. states and three foreign countries, including Germany, Latvia and South Africa. Nearly all of Nebraska’s varsity teams are represented in the group, while the Huskers graduate with nearly 20 different majors in their fields of study. Despite the diversity of the group, a total of 20 Nebraska natives make up nearly half of the class. Nebraska continues to feature one of the highest graduation rates in the nation with an exhausted eligibility graduation rate of 94 percent.