All-Americans Headline Husker Fall Graduates

Lincoln - A strong class of 23 Husker student-athletes will earn their bachelor's degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during commencement exercises at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday morning.

Nebraska's 23-member graduating class includes seven individual All-Americans who combined for 15 All-America awards across their sports during their time at Nebraska, including 2010 first-team Associated Press football All-Americans Prince Amukamara and Alex Henery. Amukamara and Henery headline the eight current and former members of Coach Bo Pelini's football program who will earn their diplomas, including Pierre Allen, Roy Helu Jr., Rickey Thenarse, Joe Broekemeier, Adam Watson and Cruz Barrett.

Sydney Anderson, a two-time All-America setter on Coach John Cook's Husker volleyball team, will also receive her degree on Saturday, as will former two-time All-American Stephen Dwyer from Coach Mark Manning's NU wrestling team.

Cassandra Leuthold, who was a four-time All-American for Coach Bill Straub's Nebraska bowling team, will also earn her degree. Leuthold was the 2010 NTCA National Player of the Year and was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2009 NCAA Championships after leading the Huskers to the national title.

Husker women's gymnast Kylie Stone will also claim her degree. The three-time NCAA All-American was a major contributor to Coach Dan Kendig's squad, despite battling injuries during her time at NU.

Five members of Coach Gary Pepin's men's and women's track and field teams will earn their degrees, including two-time All-American Lehann Fourie, Lindsey Maher, Kellen McClure, Jamie Ryder and Alyssa Vierregger.

Three members of Coach Mike Anderson's baseball team will also pick up their diplomas, including Cody Neer, Mike Nesseth and Jordan Roualdes. Husker swimmer Kaitlin Arntz, men's tennis player Francois Van Impe and women's golfer Charlotte Wendner round out Nebraska's 2010 December graduating class.

The class provides an exciting mixture of student-athletes who came from near and far to call Nebraska home during their collegiate careers. Nebraska's 2010 December graduates came to Nebraska from 10 states, including seven native Nebraskans. Members of the graduating class also came from four foreign countries, including Belgium (Van Impe), Canada (Ryder, Stone), South Africa (Fourie) and Sweden (Wendner).

Nebraska continues to feature one of the highest graduation rates in the nation with an exhausted eligibility graduation rate of 95 percent, while leading the nation in the number of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (279) and NCAA Top Eight Award winners (16) across all sports.

December 2010 Nebraska Student-Athlete Graduates (23)

Student-Athlete	Sport	Hometown	Major
Allen, Pierre	Football	Denver, Colo.	Child, Youth and Family Studies
Amukamara, Prince	Football	Glendale, Ariz.	Sociology
Anderson, Sydney	Volleyball	Salt Lake City, Utah	Sociology
Arntz, Kaitlin	Swimming & Diving	Omaha, Neb.	Advertising
Barrett, Cruz	Football	Daytona Beach, Fla.	Sociology
Broekemeier, Joe	Football	Aurora, Neb.	Business Administration
Dwyer, Stephen	Wrestling	Rockton, Ill.	Business Administration
Fourie, Lehann	Men's Track & Field	Pretoria, South Africa	International Business
Helu, Roy Jr.	Football	Danville, Calif.	Sociology
Henery, Alex	Football	Omaha, Neb.	Construction Management
Leuthold, Cassandra	Bowling	Black Hawk, S.D.	Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science
Maher, Lindsey	Women's Track & Field	Utica, Neb.	Middle Grades Education
McClure, Kellen	Men's Track & Field	Wisner, Neb.	Marketing/Management
Neer, Cody	Baseball	Orlando, Fla.	History
Nesseth, Mike	Baseball	Windom, Minn.	Business Administration
Roualdes, Jordan	Baseball	Sonoma, Calif.	Communication Studies
Ryder, Jamie	Men's Track & Field	London, Ontario, Canada	Business Administration
Stone, Kylie	Women's Gymnastics	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Elementary Education
Thenarse, Rickey	Football	Los Angeles, Calif.	Sociology
Van Impe, Francois	Men's Tennis	Brussels, Belgium	Finance
Vierregger, Alyssa	Women's Track & Field	Springfield, Neb.	Dietetics/Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science
Watson, Adam	Football	Lincoln, Neb.	Communication Studies
Wendner, Charlotte	Women's Golf	Bjarred, Sweden	Business Administration