Within the College of Arts and Sciences, tennis player Alex Montgomery (B.A. - Philosophy) and soccer player Jamie Peterson (B.A. - Strategic Communications and Spanish) graduated with magna cum laude honors. Graduating with cum laude honors were distance runner Nicholas Alvarado (B.A. - Psychology), track and field student-athlete Mara Becker (B.S. - Sport and Exercise Science), and soccer player M'ily Reiter (B.A. - Fine Arts).
Other Seattle U student-athletes earning degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences include: baseball player Doug Buser (B.A. - Communication Studies); basketball players Mike Boxley (B.A. - Journalism/Mass Communication), Ashley Brown (B.A. - Communication Studies), and Alysse Carlson (B.A. - Sociology); distance runners Chris Henry (B.A. - History w/Departmental Honors) and Greta Stickney (B.A. - English/Creative Writing); golfer Dianne Alcantara (B.A. - Strategic Communications); soccer player Wesley VanHooser (B.S. - Sport and Exercise Science); softball player Sandra Hernandez (B.A. - Psychology); swimmers Bryson Chiu (B.A. - Fine Arts), Doug Djang (B.A. - History), and Ben Guthrie (B.A. - Liberal Studies); and track and field participant Courtney Cabebe (Bachelor of Criminal Justice).
From the Albers School of Business and Economics, soccer players Nance Hill (B.A. - Business Administration/Finance) and Maria Madeira (B.A. - Business Administration/Marketing and Accounting) graduated with cum laude honors. Basketball players Chris Gweth (B.A. - Business Administration), Cassidy Murillo (B.A. - Business Administration/Management), and Taylor Olson (B.A. - Business Administration/Management); soccer player Ian Walsh (B.A. - Business Administration/Finance and Accounting); softball player Kelsey Reynolds (B.A. - Business Administration/Accounting); swimmer Chris Fulton (B.A. - Business Administration/Finance); and tennis player Audree Jenks (B.A. - Business Administration/Accounting) also earned degrees from the Albers School.
Softball player Katie Petersen (B.A. - Humanities for Teaching) earned her degree from the Matteo Ricci College. Soccer player Kate Edstrom (B.S. - Nursing), the 2010 Female Student-Athlete of the Year, earned magna cum laude honors within the College of Nursing. Also picking up Bachelor of Science degrees from the College of Nursing were distance runner Rachel Yorkston, softball player Lauren Berin and track and field student-athlete Lindsay Currier.
Within the College of Science and Engineering, distance runner Alec Adams (B.S. - Electrical Engineering) and soccer player Derek Rogalsky (B.S. - Biochemistry), the 2010 Male Student-Athlete of the Year, earned magna cum laude honors, and softball player Katie Antich (B.S. - Diagnostic Ultrasound) graduated with cum laude honors. Other student-athlete graduates from the College of Science and Engineering included: basketball player Chelsie Morrison (B.S. - Biology); soccer players Jamie Coe (B.S. - General Science), Sarah Dean (B.S. - General Science), and Max Walker (B.S. - Mathematics); swimmers Kaci Dudley (B.S. - Biology), Elizabeth Hanohano (B.S. - General Science), and Andrew Miron (B.S. - Electrical Engineering); track and field student-athletes Julia Miller (B.S. - General Science), Robert Poshusta (B.S. - Civil Engineering), and Daniel Sullivan (B.S. - Biology); and volleyball player Jessica Gunderson (B.S. - Mechanical Engineering).
The Seattle University athletic department will begin Year Three of the four-year reclassification process towards Division I membership on July 1, 2010. Part of the department's mission statement in action is "to create an athletic culture where student-athletes can realize balanced success in academics, athletics, and in all their collegiate pursuits and experiences."