Class of 2026 Soaks in Commencement

Of the entire traditions on the George Washington University, maybe the truest Only At GW second comes round every May when Commencement is held on the National Mall. On Sunday, for the Class of 2026, the event was made extra memorable by America 250 celebrations being held alongside. Capping per week that noticed an early Commencement train for those who can be competing in the course of the week, and a Friday toast that honored GW Athletics’ grads, Sunday was the topper on the mall.

While as soon as a Revolutionary, all the time a Revolutionary, because it was made clear to all grads that they’re going to all the time have a house at GW, student-athletes celebrated with their classmates because the college bade farewell. In Friday’s Senior Honors Toast, 5 graduates had been awarded with high senior superlatives.

Lacrosse’s Parker Cranz was named the highest feminine scholar.

Holden Wheeler of males’s swimming & diving was the highest male scholar.

Softball’s Ashley Corpuz was topped Most Outstanding Senior Female Student-Athlete.

Men’s diver Michael Wood earned Most Outstanding Senior Male Student-Athlete.

Amina Robinson of volleyball took residence the Student-Athlete Leadership Award.

The full GW Athletics Class of 2026 contains:

Baseball: Reese Crochet, Max Haug, Jack Kent, Luke LeMond, Greg Marmo, Charlie Rogan

Men’s Basketball: Mohamed Binzagr, Rafael Castro, Tre Dinkins, Tyrone Marshall Jr., Trey Moss

Women’s Basketball: Filipa Calisto, Caia Loving, Nya Morris, Natalia Sierra-Vargas, Emma Theodorsson

Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field: Michael Bohlke, Austin Brotemarkle, Colin Funk, Jacob Heredia, Andrew McCabe

Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field: Una Boylan, Sonia Lountchenko, Marcella Mancini, Rita Mazumder, Sarah Mitchell, Ashley Robinson

Golf: Rodrigo Barahona, Manuel Barbachano, Philippe Thorin, Leo Xu

Gymnastics: Kasey Burke, Kylie Kazmierski, Nancy Kiner, Catherine O’Rourke, Deana Sheremeta

Lacrosse: Gracie Burke, Carleigh Callahan, Parker Cranz, Emma Curry, Grace Curry, Ava Flores, Stella Ray, Kiki Rotay, Caroline Tone

Rowing: Madison Bachmayer, Emma Balfanz, Macy Bronte, Olivia Brown, April Chism, Kendall Dorn, Lia Nicodemo, Peyton Reynolds, Tess Romine, Bianca Rose, Lily Sarnowski, Katie Swatek, Brianne Wieczorek

Softball: Ashley Corpuz, Emma Fales, Lucy Goodwin, Chloe Greene, Daniella Lew

Men’s Soccer: Pat Altamirano, Alex Nicholson, Rashid Seidu-Aroza

Women’s Soccer: Alana Beasley, Amelia Booth, Grace Crowe, Elizabeth Cruz, Aoi Kataoka, Isabel Kelly, Jessica Robbert

Men’s Swimming & Diving: Jason Hawkins, Preston Lin, Daniel Nagy, Ganesh Sivaramakrishnan, Holden Wheeler, AJ Wood, Michael Wood

Women’s Swimming & Diving: Abby Clark, Joselle Mensah, Olivia Paquette, Dara Reyblat, Ava Topolewski

Tennis: Katya Balin

Volleyball: Dilara Elmacıoğlu, Sydney Hasenfratz, Penelope Hiepler, Amina Robinson, Sydney Stewart, Cianna Tejada

Water Polo: Vasilije Marinkovic, Adonis Vlassis