In the second year of the NCAA legalizing payments to student-athletes, a nascent patchwork of financial advisors, firms and university athletic programs aim to address a huge problem.
CLEMSON, S.C. - Twenty-seven student-athletes and two students in athletics support roles are set to earn degrees during Clemson University’s commencement ceremony on Friday in Littlejohn Coliseum. Representatives from eleven programs completed their degrees, which includes seven individuals who earned Master’s degrees. The list included the ACC Outdoor Track 800 meter champions Laurie Barton (women’s track) and Kameron Jones (men’s track) and ACC Indoor Track 200 meter champion Trishauna Hemmings (women’s track). Three members of Clemson’s NCAA-Tournament men’s basketball team are set to walk, as are two members of the ACC Regular Season Champion softball program and the Elite Eight women’s soccer program. [table id=308 /]
Offensive lineman Matt Bockhorst, long snapper Jack Maddox, linebacker Baylon Spector, punter Will Spiers and wide receiver/holder Will Swinney were named Wednesday to the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame’s NFF Hampshire Honor Society.