44 THE CORNELL DAILY SUN | Graduation Issue 2014
The Cornell Commitment Congratulates our Graduates Cornell Tradition Ebolutalese Airewele Pamela Amaechi Linda Augustin Juan A s Jacob Benedict Keren Bitan Geoffrey Block Stephen Breedon Cassandra Chittenden Dipabali Chowdhury Gabriel Clandorf Collin Clark Callen Curtis Jordan Davis Stacy Delapenha Zafir Dharssi Thea Dickson Julia DiPiazza Mary Erickson Karryssa Fenderson Marcus Franklin Natalie Gonzalez Nia Hall Nicole Hansell Jasmin Harvey Elizabeth Henderson Aja Hess Victor Hom Melissa Icaza William Jackson Fadi Jacob Rebecca John Najah Johnson Eben Kane Yana Karadjova Scott Kelly Joshua Kennedy Calvin Kersbergen Elizabeth Klueber Nicholas Lamson Cristina Lara Austin Lee Danielle Leibowitz Catherine Li Jacqueline Maloney Elizabeth Martens Carmen Martinez Jonathan Masannat Robert McBride Rachel Medin Julie Mina Jackson Mlawer Maya Mundell Saadiya Mutawakil Jacqueline Neves Eric Obeng Aaron Oder Stanley Ojukwu Emily Polk Joseph Prendergast Ariel Prescott Patrick Redmond Chloe Reuter Erica Reyes Lourdes Rios Samuel Ritholtz Vanessa Rivera Faybeyon Robinson Allison Rotteveel Andrew Seiden-Plaut Alana Seixas Akeila Sharp Morgan Shaver Addison Slabaugh Sarah Smith Kenyatta Smith Emily Sweeney Jancey Taveras Rebecca Urquiola Natali Vannoy Michael Verini Lauren Villano Christopher Villanueva Renee Warrow Max Wexler Nichole Wiggins Samantha Wilcox Megan Wildman Leuk Woldeyohannes Gianna Zoppi
Meinig Family Cornell National Scholars Danielle Abada Moises Andrade Jon Atkinson Nicholas Biebel Kayla DeLeon Adrian Flores Jordana Gilman Benjamin Gordon Monique Hall Lee Hamstra Trevor Horton McKenzie Huston Kristina Johnson Nadia Kalley Jennifer Kay Bok Young Kim Victoria Klug Nelson LaMarche Jennifer Lee Tiffany Leung Breann Liebermann Jonathan Lin Erin Loughlin Melissa Lukasiewicz April Manhertz Cara McCauley Leah Meyerholtz Corinne Ogle Christian Parra Julia Parrish Jane Pinckney Laura Pizzuto Sarah Pritchett Sohee Rho Katherine Risvold Sarah Saulsbury Caroline Simon Roberto Soto Emilie Stewart Jeremy Tobin Julie Wang Niajee Washington Cameron Younger Jimmy Zhu
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars Taner Aydin Evan Barrientos Hope Jagger Batcheller Caitlin Bowen Andrew Caldwell Katherine Casey Bingxuan Dennis Chua Hannah Clark Spencer Koncius Clark Anna Corrigan Elizabeth Corteselli Victoria Dahl Carly Dean Elliot Dine Angela Du Joseph Bryan Edwards Diana Tamashiro Folla Emma France Emily Greenberg Celine Izsak Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky n Kelly Rohit Khullar Rachel Allison Lumish Samantha Marfurt Andrew Michaels Michelle Moglia Bao-Thang Anthony Nguyen Sadev Parikh Harry Podolsky Praveen Venkata Polamraju Akilesh Potti Juhi Purswani Erik Rasmussen Spenser Reed Pedro Rittner Jerry Shen Sahana Somasegar Alexandra Springer Alexandre Streicher Ayaka Sugiura Matthew Weiner Emily Wine James Zen Yui (Mary) Yiyue Zhao
FOUR YEARS IN SPORTS
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Christian Knight’16 Captures Fifth Rookie of the Week Award Freshman lacrosse player and goalkeeper for the Red, Christian Knight, became the second lacrosse player in Ivy League history to win five men’s lacrosse Rookie of the Week awards. This accomplishment, which he shares with junior attackman Matt Donovan, came after Knight had an impressive game in goal against Princeton. Knight earned 16 saves playing in the net against the Tigers, the eighth time this season he recorded double digits in this statistic. He is currently ranked No. 10 in the nation for saves. Knight came to Cornell from Baltimore, Maryland, where he played on the Boys’ Latin lacrosse team, as well as the varsity football and basketball teams. With awards such as MVP, first-
team All-Metropolitan Baltimore, first-team AllMIAA and Varsity Sports Network Defensive Player of the Year under his belt, Knight proved himself as a successful and talented high school lacrosse player. After lettering for three seasons in lacrosse and serving as team captain his senior year, Knight joined the Red this season for his freshman year and has contributed much to the team’s overall success. He is a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. After his career-high 16 saves this past weekend, which helped the Red earn a joint Ivy League Championship title along with the Harvard Crimson, the team can hope to see much future success from the young goalie
Archer’05 Notches First Win As Red Coach Against Bucknell FOOTBALL
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an impact player on the offensive side of the ball, and the chemistry that I’ve built with Jeff, Grant and the offensive line made my contributions last night seem second nature.” Mathews said he appreciated the work of his receiving core on Sept. 21, as he was able to complete 15 of 23 passes for 285 yards and three touchdowns. “Shap is a special talent. Physically he has great size and body control; mentally, he completely understands defenses and our scheme,” Mathews said. “I think our whole wide receiving unit played well. Grant [Gellatly] had a few big catches on third down, and Lenz and [Luke] Hagy both played big parts.” Though the receiving core was still a question going into the preseason after losing three starters, the combination of senior Grant Gellatly’s leadership and the talent of sophomore Luke Hagy, Lenz and
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Shapiro made for a stellar performance in the first game of the season. Hagy chipped in with three receptions for 52 yards and a touchdown. “Jeff and Grant are great natural leaders both on and off the field and they have done a great job leading by example,” Shapiro said. ‘They are always the first two in the film room and on the field and the last two to leave. They have really helped the young receivers, including myself, to not only understand the offense as it’s drawn up in the playbook, but also to be able to go out and perform on the field as well.” Though the offense took credit for four of the Red’s six touchdowns on the day — senior running back Dustin Dillard scored the fourth on a one-yard run — it was the defense that really stood out. After compiling two sacks, one interception and forcing five fumbles, the Red’s defensive unit proved that it could also take part in the offense. Bucknell had no answer for the
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combination of the slippery conditions and the Red’s pressure — which stifled them for the entire second half. “Coach Archer has made turnovers our team’s top priority. When our defense is able to force turnovers it gives us a great chance to win,” Mathews said. “They had an unreal game; as a unit, they had more touchdowns than the Bucknell offense.” Senior defensive lineman Tre’ Minor picked up a fumble and ran it back 18 yards for the first of those touchdowns. Only five minutes later, the Bisons fumbled again on a botched fake field goal attempt. Sophomore defensive back Jarrod WatsonLewis took advantage, scooping it up and running it back 82 yards for another touchdown. “Their tenacity and nose for the ball was really apparent and the defensive swarm that coaches have been harping on since the beginning of training camp was seen by everyone last night,” Shapiro said. “I think it was the first time in my career where I wanted the defense to get a turnover and not return it for a touchdown so I could get back out on the field.” With the 45-13 rout — the second in the past two homecomings — Archer can breathe a sigh of relief as his first of many milestones is finally behind him. “He has done a great job thus far, and it was a special night for our team and especially for Coach Archer,” Mathews said.
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