Introducing The Citadel Class of 2023

The Citadel's 2023 Commencement Ceremony.

The South Carolina Corps of Cadets Class of 2023 are now part of the Long Gray Line.

More than 500 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets and approximately 350 students from The Citadel Graduate College accepted their degrees during the commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 6.

The day before commencement, approximately 30% of the graduating cadets accepted commissions as officers into the U.S. Armed Services.

Awards are presented to cadets and active duty students in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments during the awards convocation on Thursday, May 4.

During the 2023 commencement, three awards were given out to the First Honor Graduate, Second Honor Graduate and the John O. Wilson Ring. First Honor Graduate went to Emily Lund, a double major in Intelligence and Security Studies as well as Political Science. Dylan Wood, a Mechanical Engineering major, was named Second Honor Graduate. The John O. Wilson Ring went to Thomas Blake Giles, a Civil Engineering major.

Also on Thursday, The Citadel Graduate College held an awards ceremony to recognize members of the graduating class who excelled during their time at the college, as well as some of the outstanding faculty who helped educate them.

The top academic programs for the Class of 2023 included Intelligence and Security Studies, Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Criminal Justice.

For the graduate program, top academic programs included a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Project Management, Master of Science in Leadership, Master of Education in Counselor Education and a Master of Science in Health Exercise Sport Science.

Graduates accepted their diploma from President of The Citadel Gen. Glenn W. Walters, USMC (Ret.), Class of 1979.

Recordings of both commencement ceremonies, as well as the Joint Commissioning Ceremony, can be viewed here.

Photos from this year’s commencement events are available for purchase through The Citadel’s photo store.

Graduates who completed their degree requirements are listed below.

The SCCC graduating class includes:

First nameLast name
DavidAbernathy III
JohnAcker IV
AdrianAlizadeh
JacksonAll
JohnAllocco
KhalilAl-Nakhala
JackAlvarez
LiamAndersen
JeremyAnyim
ShannonArias
ThomasAtchison Jr.
TrevorAtkins
MaleenaAustin
DonaldAustin
MaiaAviles
AnthonyBadala
JaceBaer
MasonBailey
ConnorBailey
JohnBaker
ChristopherBaker II
AdamBalawi
MaryBallentine
ClaytonBallog
MadelaineBarbee
WalkerBarber
EverettBarkley
BakaryBarton
WilliamBastian
AaronBatalka
MackenzieBattle
JoshuaBaxa
PorterBeal
CollinBeck
LonnieBecude III
BrendanBemis
ColbyBennett
MichaelBerry
ChristopherBeverly
ZacharyBieda
LoganBillings
WilhelmBirkholz
BrandonBirsner
CameronBlanchard
KingslandBland Jr.
BradleyBlankenship
BrettBlankenship
JacobBouknight
JosephBowers
BrendanBowersox
BenjaminBoyd
IanBradbury
DanielBrannon
JustinBrannon
BenjaminBrockington
ThorntonBrown
DrewBrown
TylerBurgess
JonahBurriss
JohnBusche II
JarretButzer
JohnCahill III
MirabellaCalabrase
AveryCanady III
MadelineCardenas
WesleyCarlay
AlexandriaCarter
JackCasazza
AlbertCastro
CurtCaudle
JosephChandler
ThomasChapman
JohnCharles
NathanChastain
GregoryChavez
JosueChegue
ChristianChekroun Jr.
PatrickCherry
MichaelCherry
SaraiChestnut
SethChildress
Hao-PinChou
DylanChristmas
JohnClark
StephenClark
HenryClarke
SamuelClarke
NathanClerc
JoshuaCockrell
ChaseCoffel
CameronCole
HannahCollee
GradyCollins
TrevorCompton
JamesConnor
WilliamConnor VI
ChaceCooper
GabrielCooper-Feldt
KelseyCordero
CreadCorley
CharlesCorte
NoahCote
AlexanderCotton
AristaCouture
JessicaCrawford
AndrewCrawford
ConnerCummiskey
JoshuaCurran
JohnCurtis
AustinCurtsinger
CarlCuster Jr.
AndrewDarby Jr.
MichaelDarcy
AndrewDavis
WestonDavis
JamesDay Jr.
CatherineDebuisseret
DylanDeCosty
GinaDelancey
NathanielDenne
ReidDerrick
MicahDersch
JosephDesser
JohnDoar II
CharlestonDodson
MaximilianDonegan
JonathonDowell
GrantDowis
TereisDrayton
DiegoDuarte
TylerDuben
DyceDuckworth
MarcusDuncan
JohnEamiguel
JonathanEdens
SethEdwards
WilliamEggers
HikeemElmore
JonathanEraula
KylerEstes
BaileyEzell
WilliamEzquerro
AndrewFinkle
RodolfoFitzgibbons III
JacobFlesher
BillyFletcher
AnnikaFord
BrentForrest
HeidiFortin
SamuelFrampton
JohnFrank
KennedyFravel
GraysonFree
TristonFreeberg
LydiaFreeman
BryanFurtick
NorthGaines
GarrettGamble
HoustonGambrell
ManGao
DonaldGarbade Jr.
AndrewGardner
ChayseGarrett
JacobGarrett
RobertGarrett
BlakeGarwood
MiaGervais
JoshuaGibson
WilliamGibson
GuyGierhart Jr.
ThomasGiles
WilliamGinn
DanielGladwell Jr.
TimothyGoike
BrandonGoings
HeydenGoldiner
SiennaGonzalez
KyleGoodwin
SimonGraf
IssacGraves
ThomasGrealy
AmieGreene
WilliamGreene III
BrysonGregg
StephenGriffin
CatherineGuenther
PorterGuyton
JacksonHaguewood
WilliamHahn
WilliamHahn
FrankHale
WyattHallman
HenryHamilton
ThomasonHand
HunterHartman
DavidHawkins
JacobHayes
GuyHecker III
JustinHedges
JoshuaHersey
NicholasHerzler
BlakeHill Jr.
JacksonHills
MirandaHinderliter
BrianHipp
ElijahHolder
CharlesHopkins
WilliamHowl V
TylerHughes
AnnaHughes
SaraHume
JacobHunter
JacobIngoe
LillianInman
AshleyJames
ErnestJames V
RyanJanuchowski
IanJenkins
JulianJenkins Jr.
MasonJohnson
CullenJohnson
DylanJohnson
BenjaminJohnson
CharlesJohnson
BrandonJohnson
ChandlerJohnson
DrewJohnson
PaytonJones
ToddJones
Ty'ShonnaJones
CrosbyJones
JoshuaJones
ChaztonJordan
ElijahJoseph
JacksonJoye
SteeleJudy
JosephJustis
StephenKaiser-Parlette
BlakeKeffer
JackKelley
SydneyKemp
JacobKenison
CalistaKenowski
JoshuaKenyon
JonathonKing
NathanaelKing
ColbyKintner
RudyKirven
JordanKish
GarrettKlein
ThomasKnight
SamuelKreis
JohnKroske
JaloveonLagroon
EvanLambrecht
PeytonLangford
JohnLanier
JohnLaRosa
MackenzieLarson
AlvinLe
MarieLe Gallo
AnthonyLee
ZacharyLehmer
JonathanLewis
JonLewis
BenjaminLigons
RhettLindler
NathanaelLing
SamuelLittle
SidneyLocke
AveryLollis
TylerLong
WillLott
TravisLott
AaronLove
RobertLowe
MaximilianLowrey
JettLucas-Murphy
EmilyLund
EzraMack
ErnestMaggard
NicoloMarcucci
PaulMarshall
TylerMartin
EdwinMartin III
BraedenMarzitelli
MadisonMatthews
EdwardMaxted-Sorensen
CharlesMayfield
MalcolmMcalister III
DylanMcBride
AidenMcCabe
RobertMcCaffrey
IrelandMcConnell
EmmaMcCorkle
EdwardMcCormick
WilliamMcDannald
WilsonMcDonald
DylanMcDowell
ColinMcKee
EthanMcKenzie
JoshuaMcKenzie
StephenMcLaughlin
WilliamMcLaurine Jr.
RossMcMillan
KemptonMeetze
AaronMelton
CyrusMendez
ChaseyMercado
LoganMichael
CalebMichael
MakayaMiddleton
NathanaelMilby
JohnMiller Jr.
WilliamMinor
NoahMitchell
GeorgeMock
LukeMontenery
CelesteMontero
OliviaMontgomery
PrinceMoody Jr.
HaydenMoore
JamesMoore
WilliamMoran
JohnMorris
HenryMoses
JackMozley
SrijitMukherjee
JesseMurdaugh
AndrewMurphy
PierceMyrick
CallistaNasso
PeterNastro
LymanNewman
JacobNewton
TreonteNewton
NkemjikaNjoku
WilliamNoonan III
SamanthaNordhaus
BrantNorris
JacobNovack
ChaseNugnes
MichaelO'Brien
JohnathanO'Cain
DanielO'Connor
BlakeO'Quinn
HenryOsborne
MaximilianOster
EthanOswald
BraxtonOverton
JamesPalmer III
ColtonParcell
StephanieParris
MasonPatnoude
IsaacPatterson
NoahPearson
LarryPearson III
BlaynePennartz
DamirelysPerez
JacobPerkins
JonathanPetrovich
SpencerPhillips
AndrewPickens
BenjaminPickens IV
JacobPickett
LucyPincus
ThomasPipkins
JacobPoole
BenjaminPrins
JacobProctor
GaryPruiett III
JamesPruskowski II
JesseQuimby
CalebRaab
BenjaminRace
PerryRaines
AdamRandolph
AndruwRandolph
JosephRavago
HamptonRea
JosephReaney
ElissaReckdenwald
LoganRedding
LoganRedding
ReedReichel
RonaldReid
KevinRevuelta
RonaldReyes
AaronReynolds
ReginaldReynolds II
ChaseRhodes
PeterRiazzi
AidanRichter
SamuelRieger
NathanRiley
EthanRoberson
ElijahRobinson
MontrayRobinson Jr.
NoahRodgers
EliRodriguez
ChristopherRohrer
SharizeRoper
JackRose
JohnRourke
DanteRovere
AlecRufty
JuanRuiz
GeorgeSamellas Jr.
ThadeusSanchez Jr.
AbigailSansbury
DionadreSauls Jr.
ThomasSaunders
NicoSavino
JosiahSawyer
GeorgeSchlageter
IanSchultz
DavidSeymour
SamuelSharnas
BlakeShope
MaxwellSibley
EvanSida
BriannaSikes
CamilleSimmons
DaytonSimpson
LarrySingletary Jr.
GerikSiwko
CharlesSizer
JohnSmith
AndrewSmith
MarshallSmith
JacobSnavely
JohnSnowman
BraxtonSnyder
GraySobel
LucasSotile
KaleisSpaulding
MitchellSpeedy
BradySpence
JacobSperry
Javonte'Spratley
JacksonStancell
WilliamStanley
JimmyStarling III
SidneyStarr
JoshuaStaunton
DavidStem III
RyanStephens
KallanStephens
BrettonStevens
NatalieStewart
RyanStewart
BradyStone
LawrenceStory III
BrendanSullivan
ChristopherSullivan
SpencerSuter
JamesSweeney
TaylorSwiger
GarrisonSwope
EthanTaddy
WilliamTague
BrettTaylor
ChaseTaylor
CodyThomas
ClaireThomas
LoganThompson
NathanTirpak
TimothyToomer Jr.
ClaytonTovo
IvanTran
LoganTreiber
PaulTruluck Jr.
StevenValentine
EthanVan Hall
AdgerVanadore Jr.
DerekVande
JamesVincent
Kellenvon Hoven
MichaelVoorhees
GarrettWachendorfer
TheodoreWagner
JackWalker
CooperWallace
JoshuaWallen
PatrickWalsh
GregoryWalters Jr.
Yu-ChingWang
CliftonWarren
StevenWarren
WilliamWaters
CalebWatson
BraxtonWeaver
JasonWheeler Jr.
JordanWhite
StevenWhite Jr.
JeremyWilkes
MasonWilkinson
KevinWilliams
HaydenWilliamson
EthanWillis
ClaytonWilson
KevinWilson
EricWilson Jr.
JackWinter
MadelynWojciechowski
GraceWolfe
DylanWood
ZacharyWukits
SuzukaYosue
PeterYoung III
MaximillianZappendorf
MichaelZavala

The CGC graduating class includes:

First nameLast name
CassidyAbell
MichaelAbrams
AmyAckershoek
IanAdams
AndrewAdldoost
StevenAhlers
LisaAhrens
NealAldavera
MarkAllard II
AndrewAllen
NicholasAnderson
LaceyAtkins
JaredBailey
DerekBaker
JosephBaker
CoreyBaldwin
Ballard
LindseyBallard
JamesBarnard
StephenBarnes
RobertBarnes Jr.
KaeleeBarrett
TravisBarrow
JamesBartelle Jr.
CalebBeach
JamesBelue
RobertBernzott
JamesBevis
JamesBlanton
HeatherBlaschke
RobertBlok Sr.
SamuelBlumer
TimothyBott Jr.
NayaBoualany
JaredBradshaw
GloriaBraxton
BlakeBredemeier
BrianBrennan
AndrewBride
GabrielaBromage
PaytonBrowder
JeremyBrown
MichelleBrown
AlaycierBrown
JustinBrownlee
AbigailBrubaker
AbbigailBruner
CaitlinBuchanan
TylerBullock
MadiaBurchfield
EricBurchfield
ZacheryCampbell
StevenCanaday
ErinCarrino
AubreyCarson
RyanCetin
StephenChannell
BryantChilds Jr.
RayshawnChisolm
JohnClayton
JaceyCobb
CrystalCochran
CarletonCompton
AndrewCondon
ThomasConrad
TatianaCorso
NicholasCostas
MichaelCox
DaltonCross
GraemeCrowe
KennethCuming
AmandaCunningham
AliciaDaly
ForrestDangerfield
JoshuaDavidson
JamesDavidson
EricDavis
RichardDavis
ChayneDawley
Jahdielde la Torre Palermo
JoshuaDeGeorge
JoshuaDeGeorge
JosephDel Vecchio
LoriDel Vecchio
TriciaDelice
BrittanyDenis
MelissaDevenney
DarrinDevereaux
MichaelDickson
MaryDinda
AngelaDixon
MarcDolder
RobbieDoran
TiffanyDove
DiarraDrake
JohnEast
BenjaminEdwards
CharlesEggleton
MatthewEichman
AminElgazar
LaShoneEllington-Tolbert
MelissaElliot
DavidEthridge Jr.
CollinEvans
BroganFerry
RandallFischer
JeremiahFlowers
LaurenFord
NicholeFord
ErikaFoster
NicholasFunai
PhilipFyock Jr.
CoreyGaither
JessicaGalvin
SalvatoreGandolfo
DonaldGarbade
ArthurGartner
WendyGeorge
CharlynnicaGlasscho
JenniferGonsalves
JoshuaGore
JoshuaGraham
CassidyGraham
DylanGrant
AustinGraven Franchot
RoyGray
ElizabethGrech
AndreaGregoire
AdamGuercio
KevinHaddad
HeatherHajes
GeorgeHall V
ZachariahHampton
AveryHanulcik
CarlHarris
MatthewHart
EllenHarvey
RandallHarville
LoganHatley
TerryHeichelbech
CazzyHein
LillianHendricks
JoshuaHenline
SybilHensley
JenniferHerndon
RyanHicks
KennethHill
BethanyHoftiezer
AnnaHopf
MarieHornsby
DavidHoward
PrinceHoward-Whitaker
JohnHughes
ColinHunsicker
ZackaryHuskamp
JamesJennings III
DemerioJones
TashaJoyner
SheldonKazmarski
SamanthaKelly
DanielKennedy
JohnKiphart
KimberlyKitchens
BenjaminKnight
YukoKojimoto
AlexisKroese
WilliamKyzer II
HollieLacey
ElizabethLadd
JamesLawson
ChanelLeach
JacobLehr
LauraLewis
Liferidge-Pinckney
BrittanyLinder
JuanLorduy
ZebulunLott
JeffreyLow
ZacharyLowery
JenniferLozan
JalaneLugo
JenniferLutz
AlexandriaMadden
KarenMajewski
QuentinMajor
ChristopherManley Jr
RoelMariano
MariaMarquez-Garcia
IanMarrone
CodyMartin
CharlesMatheny
DonnaMathias
EmilyMay
DavidMaynard
PennyMayton
ThomasMazzo Sr.
FredaMcCanick
AshleighMcclellan
BeauMcCollum
EmilyMcCoy
ColleenMccuskey
MatthewMcDaniel
GaryMckenzie
ShannonMcmanus
SabrinaMcmillan
ShainaMedlen
ThomasMignone
DanielleMiller
AustinMims
TylerMiner
LaurenMiranda
RichardMitchum
MeredithMoore
DeannaMoore
DavidMoraes-Montana
BarryMorehart
AmandaMoyer
JarrodMurbarger
DanielMurphy
LarryMurray Jr.
PeterMusselman II
AdriannaNapier
NoelleNatale
AnnaNelson
ChristopherNelson
DebraNelson
JulieNguyen
MarissaNiedermeyer
ThomasNorby III
WendiNorris
ConorNuelle
SeanO'Donnell
NikkiOgle
CailynO'Leary
MatthewOlesh
AmberOpp
JenningsOwens
WilliamPakkala
AaronPanos
AnnaParham
JennaPatterson
JillianPatton
JuanitaPaylor
SusannePender
RichardPerez
DebraPetitpain
VietPham
FrankPickering
NicholasPohlabeln
BrettPolen
SabrinaPolite
EnriquePortillo
KaraPresson
ElizabethQuinn
BenjaminRace
CharlesRagsdale
AdamRagus
JamesRatcliffe
DanielleRecinos
AlexandriaReed
RichardReuter Jr.
AndrewReynolds
JosephRhodes
MaxxymRice
KevinRichberg
SarahRichter
WalterRichter
SteveRiley
MeganRinehart
MariaRivera
RobertRobinson
RyanRomanowski
HannahRosselle
GregoryRothschild
MadelynRowland
AnnaLeighRunion
LindseyRussell
MillicentSadi
KaySalomon
StefanieSalter
RachelSanders
JoelSayre
RobertScheve
LukeSchmitz
JaimieSchramm
JohnSchreiner
KoleSchultz
AlexandraSeay
ClaireSeely
ShawnSeitz
AlexeiSevernyak
JamesShahid
NeginShamsi
DallasShreeve
TessaSimeone
NicoleSloan
BriannaSmeriglio
CourtneySmith
TarshaSmith
AdamSmith
William JaySmith
JuliaSmoak
TaraSpencer
KyleStaats
KyleStaten
JessicaSteverson
BlakeStewart
JonStrain
MaryStuckey
CurtisSturgeon
JacobSummey
AudreySutton
SeanSweeney
MatthewSwensen
JeffreyTaylor II
CurtisThomas
ShantaniqueThomas
WilliamThompson
KatlinThompson
SamuelThompson III
JeremyThomson
CourtneyToporek
MatthewTownsend
TimothyTucker
JonathanVest
TravisVolmert
TalonWagenknecht
ZacharyWatson
MeghanWatson
MichaelWeeks II
AlexaWell
ChristopherWerder
HaganWest
NathanWilkes
RichardWilkinson-Roberts
AndreaWilliams
WilliamWinston
JonathanWorkman
JordanYarborough
TinaZhou
ConnorZrinzo