Posted: Dec 10, 2020
TLU celebrates December 2020 student-athlete graduates with senior watch ceremony
SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran University Athletics celebrated the upcoming graduation of 12 student-athletes with the department's annual senior watch ceremony.
The ceremony was held Thursday afternoon in TLU's Jackson Auditorium.
TLU student-athletes receive senior watches for the completion of their undergraduate degrees. Student-athletes also must complete their collegiate careers as members in good standing of their respective athletics programs.
This year's group of graduating seniors combined to claim an NCAA national championship in softball (2019), a national runner-up in the men's 4x100 meter relay (2018), two individual All-America honors, and a combined eight conference team championships.
TLU student-athletes collecting their senior watches for December 2020 graduation were:
Anna Koenig, Women's Basketball
Guillermo Guerra, Men's Soccer
Madisyn Cates, Softball
Bailey Nimtz, Women's Soccer
Jocee Bennett, Women's Track & Field and Women's Cross Country
Ashley Rynard, Women's Track & Field and Women's Cross Country
Asia Fernandez, Women's Track & Field
Paris Foster, Men's Track & Field
Derek Dunn, Football and Men's Track & Field
Benjamin Rodriguez, Football
Coy Tutt, Football
The senior watches were presented to the student-athletes by TLU Director of Athletics Bill Miller and members of the TLU coaching staff.