Lincoln – A total of 14 current and former Husker student-athletes across all sports will receive their degrees during University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summer Commencement ceremonies at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday, Aug. 16 at 9 a.m.
A trio of Nebraska football players will earn their degrees, led by current Husker defensive lineman Elijah Jeudy. The 6-3, 300-pounder from Philadelphia, Pa., played in all 13 games for the Big Red last season and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. He will be joined by former Huskers Koby Bretz (Omaha, Neb.) and Taveon Thompson (Lincoln, Neb.).
A trio of All-Americans highlight the Husker class. Two-time All-America wrestler Caleb Smith (High Point, N.C.), who helped Nebraska to an NCAA runner-up team finish, will claim his master’s degree in business. Smith captured back-to-back All-America honors for the Big Red at 125 pounds in 2024 and 2025.
Rhianna Phipps (St. Thomas, Jamaica) and Velecia Williams (Bybrook, Jamaica) both earned their degrees after capturing All-America honors for the Husker women’s track and field team in their careers. Phipps was a five-time All-America triple jumper for the Huskers, earning first-team honors during the indoor season in 2024. She was also the 2024 Big Ten outdoor champion. Williams added a pair of All-America honors as a long jumper for the Big Red, including first-team All-America accolades during the 2024 outdoor campaign. Williams was also a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar in 2025. Both Phipps and Williams were psychology majors at Nebraska.
Men’s basketball big men Josiah Allick (Lincoln, Neb.) and Andrew Morgan (Waseca, Minn.) added degrees, with Allick earning his master’s degree in business while Morgan earned his bachelor’s degree as an agricultural economics major.
Pitcher Casey Daiss (Webster, Fla.) will represent the Husker baseball team at commencement after helping Nebraska to its second consecutive Big Ten Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance during the spring. Daiss, who made 21 appearances on the mound in both 2024 and 2025 for the conference champion Huskers, was a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar as a senior.
NFCA All-Mountain Region softball player Kacie Hoffmann (Elkhorn, Neb.) also claimed her bachelor’s degree. The outfielder helped the Huskers to an NCAA Super Regional berth as a junior and expects to return as a graduate student for the Big Red in 2026.
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