BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar University celebrated the ultimate academic achievement over the weekend as 57 student-athletes received their degrees during the 2026 Spring Commencement. The 57-member 2026 graduating class represented 17 varsity sports.

Football had the most with 16 while baseball totaled nine. Men's and women's track and field and cross country accounted for 12 athletes (women - 7 and men - 5). The Lamar men's basketball team graduated four members. Soccer, softball and women's golf each had three and both the men's tennis and men's golf teams had two. Women's tennis, volleyball and women's basketball had one graduate each.

Below is the list of the 2026 spring graduates. 

Baseball (9)
Reese Beheler
Tanner Carlisle
Julius Carpio
Colby Christian
Nathan Darden
Alexander Kostic
Fabian Ramirez
Joshua Shimmin
Tab Tracy

Men's Basketball (4)
Janko Bulajic
Andrew Holifield
BB Knight
Cody Pennebaker

Women's Basketball (1)
KJ Walker

Football (16)
Christian Booker
Major Bowden
Knox Boyd
Peyton Christian
Xavier Coleman
Alexandre Dedieu
Brayden Faulkner
Jacob Ferree
Kyndon Fuselier
Edward Gilds
Marcus Harbert
Colin Hedges
John Hester
Aiden McCown
Kristian Pugh
Jamahdia Whitby

Men's Golf (2)
Truls Andersson
David Schneider

Women's Golf (3)
Lucy Bedford
Montana Di Leo
Karolina Krasova

Soccer (3)
Caragan Childs
Katherine Williams
Lauryn Woodard

Softball (3)
Kalie Amos
Gracee Hess
Kalyn Xayaseng

Men's Tennis (2)
Guy Dagan
Jonah Smith

Women's Tennis (1)
Savannah Bijlsma 

Men's Cross Country and Track & Field (5)
Peyton Christian 
Treyton Showen 
Kenson Tate 
Alejandro Villalva
Alex Williams III

Women's Cross Country Track & Field (7)
Mariam Buenanueva Saleme
Hailey Cleggett
Erial Fontenot
Hannah Roberts
Neelie Schiel
Amber Simpson
Kayla Smith

Volleyball (1)
Taisha Rhone