Texas Tech graduates take the stage for fall 2022 commencement

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Two soon-to-be graduates hug during the ceremony. Texas Tech University held one of its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies at the United Supermarkets Arena Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (Photo: Mark Rogers/For the Avalanche-Journal)
Two soon-to-be graduates hug during the ceremony. Texas Tech University held one of its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies at the United Supermarkets Arena Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (Photo: Mark Rogers/For the Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Tech hosted its fall 2022 commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday at the United Supermarkets Arena.

Among the thousands of graduates was the Avalanche-Journal's Mateo Rosiles, who received his bachelor of arts in journalism.

The Avalanche-Journal's Mateo Rosiles was among graduates who walked the stage Saturday morning, Dec. 17, as Texas Tech University held one its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies at the United Supermarkets Arena.
The Avalanche-Journal's Mateo Rosiles was among graduates who walked the stage Saturday morning, Dec. 17, as Texas Tech University held one its Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies at the United Supermarkets Arena.

Texas Tech Athletics also had 28 of its student-athletes, including 15 members of its football program, receive either their undergraduate or master’s degrees beginning Friday during commencement ceremonies at United Supermarkets Arena.

“The end of each semester is always a time to celebrate as we see so many of our student-athletes achieve their dreams and become Texas Tech graduates,” Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said. “Our department congratulates these student-athletes and their families for this tremendous accomplishment they will remember for the rest of their lives.”

The bulk of Texas Tech Athletics' fall graduates will be in Houston later this month for the TaxAct Texas Bowl as Joey McGuire’s football program has 15 graduates in total with nine receiving undergraduate degrees and six earning their master’s diploma. The list of now two-time college graduates includes the likes of Patrick Curley, Jaylon Hutchings, Dimitri Moore, Tyler Shough, Marquis Waters and Matthew Young.

In addition to the football program, Wes Kittley’s track and field teams boast six graduates in Joanna Archer, Knowledge Omovoh, Abigale Rhodes, Sven Cepus, Kyle Stifflemire and Robert Teer Jr. Both basketball programs have one graduate each in Clarence Nadolny and Tatum Veitenheimer, while baseball, women’s tennis soccer and volleyball round out the list of graduates as Garrett Crowley (baseball), Hannah Anderson (soccer), Margarita Skriabina (women’s tennis), KJ Adams (volleyball) and Karrington Jones (volleyball) will all walk the stage.

Banner Bearers

Outstanding students, chosen based on their all-around achievement, carried banners representing their colleges. The banner bearers were:

College of Arts & Science:

  • Jordan Conger

Graduate School:

  • Lauren Pokorzynski

Honors College:

  • 2 p.m., Leah Skelton

  • 9 a.m., Sierra Delgado

  • 1:30 p.m., Malaika Shinwari

Huckabee College of Architecture:

  • Tomas Marin

College of Media & Communication:

  • Te’Rone Eaglin Jr.

Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources:

  • Alexandra Salinas

Whitacre College of Engineering:

  • Jackson Kays

College of Education:

  • Lucero Garcia

J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts:

  • Calista Renfro

University Studies:

  • Cody Blake

College of Human Sciences:

  • Tyla Oliver

Rawls College of Business:

  • Chandler Tillman

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Texas Tech graduates take the stage for fall 2022 commencement