More than four dozen current and former student-athletes, as well as assistant coaches and athletic staff members, were awarded degrees as Mary Baldwin University celebrated its annual graduation weekend May 17-18 on sun-filled mornings at Page Terrace and Hunt Hill in the center of MBU's campus.

Saturday, a handful of Fighting Squirrels earned their master's degrees while on Sunday, 51 walked across the Page Terrace stage to receive their bachelor's degree.  Among the undergraduate groups, 17 earned special recognition, including six summa cum laude, two magna cum laude and nine cum laude honorees.

Student-Athletes who earned special recognition include:

Martha Stackhouse Grafton Award and Student Commencement Speaker- Gretchen Brooke Lutz

Phi Beta Kappa - Johannah C. Dillaway and Caroline Motley

Undergraduates Commissioned as officers in the U.S. Military 
Ensign Johannah C. Dillaway (Navy)
Second Lieutenant Eric A. Leyton (Air Force)
Second Lieutenant Cloey Anasi Mazingo (Army)

summa cum laude
Emily Grace Hall
Gretchen Brooke Lutz
Katlyn Paige Massie
Cloey Anasi Mazingo
Caroline Motley
Madelynn LeeAnn Vinson

magna cum laude
Lauren Elyse Byrnes
Molly Elizabeth Thompson

cum laude
Brett Asbury
Roman O'Neill Borders
Abigail Logan Coscia
Allison Elizabeth Crum
Johannah C. Dillaway
Brenna A. Kehoe
Eric A. Leyton
Jaci Nichole McAlwee
Kathy Welsh