Columbia Athletics Celebrates the Class of 2026
5/20/2026 5:00:00 PM | Baseball, Field Hockey, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Squash, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Tennis, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Squash, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, Archery, Cross Country, Fencing, Lacrosse, Heavyweight Rowing, Lightweight Rowing, Softball, Track and Field
183 student-athletes will graduate from Columbia College, Barnard College, the School of General Studies and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
NEW YORK - Columbia University and Columbia Athletics celebrated the Commencement of its 272nd academic year with various ceremonies across campuses and New York City from May 18-20.
"Congratulations to all of our Class of 2026 graduates," Campbell Family Director of Athletics Peter Pilling said. "We're incredibly proud of what they achieved in their respective sports and academically. It's been amazing to see all the honors our student-athletes have received from their respective colleges and the University. We wish them the best in their future endeavors."
The Columbia Athletics Class of 2026 is comprised of 183 student-athletes responsible for delivering 15 team Ivy League Championships and four individual Ivy League crowns. Additionally, this year's seniors features two-time NCAA Individual Men's Tennis Champion Michael Zheng, 10 All-America honorees, three who garnered an Ivy League Player of the Year award and student-athletes who contributed to a pair of national championships for archery
CLASS OF 2026 UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT HONORS
Additional awards and honors have yet to be announced and will be updated as information becomes available.
PHI BETA KAPPA
George Blaha, Men's Track & Field (CC)
Lucy Roberts, Heavyweight Rowing (BC)
Michael Zhang, Men's Swimming & Diving (CC)
TAU BETA PI
Andrew Blelloch, Lightweight Rowing (SEAS)
Sarah Mikami, Softball (SEAS)
Nitin Rao, Lightweight Rowing (SEAS)
Alanna Xue, Fencing (BC)
HELEN R. DOWNES PRIZE
Alanna Xue, Fencing (BC)
JAMES J. VALENTINI PRIZE
Camylin Blake, Women's Track & Field (CC)
LEADERSHIP & EXCELLENCE AWARDS
These awards recognize the significant contributions of Columbia College and Columbia Engineering students to the Columbia community. They are presented across eight categories to Columbia College and Columbia Engineering individuals.
CC Scholar Athlete Award
Michael Zheng, Men's Tennis (CC)
SEAS Scholar Athlete Award
Sarah Mikami, Softball (SEAS)
Campbell Award
Michael Zheng, Men's Tennis (CC)
James Christopher Caraley Memorial Prize
Salma Farhat, Women's Tennis (CC)
Senior Marshal
Sarah Mikami, Softball (SEAS)
Indelible Mark
Perri Page, Women's Basketball (CC)
Columbia Spirit
George Rubelsky, Men's Golf (CC)
Michael Zheng, Men's Tennis (CC)
Emerging Leader
Isaac Beers, Men's Swimming & Diving (CC)
Community Leading
Lucas Bullock, Football (CC)
Kennedi Poullard, Women's Track & Field (CC)
Health & Wellness
Charlotte Laidler, Softball (CC)
James McCauley, Football (CC)
SEAS Student Activities Award
Sarah Mikami, Softball (SEAS)
MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS GRADUATION
Athletic Excellence
Camylin Blake, Women's Track & Field (CC)
Perri Page, Women's Basketball (CC)
Ray of Sunshine
Seraiah Bruno, Women's Track & Field
COLUMBIA ATHLETICS CLASS OF 2026
| First Name | Last Name | Sport | College |
| Andrew | Argenziano | Baseball | CC |
| Cole | Fellows | Baseball | CC |
| Jack | Kail | Baseball | CC |
| Evan | Kleinhans | Baseball | CC |
| Thomas | Santana | Baseball | CC |
| Ben | Seminara | Baseball | CC |
| Martin | Zhang | Baseball | CC |
| Ayden | Baker | Football | CC |
| Lucas | Bullock | Football | CC |
| Ryan | Carr | Football | CC |
| Mark | Chapman | Football | CC |
| Ewan | Clarke | Football | CC |
| Cobe | Crews | Football | CC |
| Cole | Freeman | Football | CC |
| Matt | Gallehdari | Football | CC |
| David | Garland | Football | GS |
| Ethan | Hebb | Football | CC |
| Noah | Jordan | Football | CC |
| Jordan | Kelley | Football | CC |
| James | Lill | Football | CC |
| Yu-Hsiang | Lin | Football | CC |
| Jayden | Marshall | Football | CC |
| James | McCauley | Football | CC |
| Joshua | Powell | Football | CC |
| Austin | Simpkins | Football | CC |
| Jack | Smiechowski | Football | CC |
| Jalen | Smith | Football | CC |
| Patrick | Sodl | Football | CC |
| Malcolm | Terry | Football | CC |
| Justin | Townsend | Football | CC |
| Aaron | Yoo | Football | CC |
| Zine Eddine | Bedri | Men's Basketball | CC |
| Avery | Brown | Men's Basketball | CC |
| Kenny | Noland | Men's Basketball | CC |
| Blair | Thompson | Men's Basketball | CC |
| Joshua | Adams | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Jonah Keoni | Aden | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Walker Crain | Beverly | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Brett Diamond | Bishop | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Edward Fisk | Blaha | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| George Hartley | Blaha | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Haydn | Brotschi | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| John Raymond | Casey | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Max | Comfere | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Nicolas | Felix | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | GS |
| Matt Kariuki | Gatune | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Matthew | Mazero | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Adam | MoeZaw | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Austin Derek | Rios-Colon | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Jacob Edmund | Van Orden | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Josiah | Williams | Men's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Bogdan | Hamilton | Men's Fencing | CC |
| Colby Harley | Harley | Men's Fencing | CC |
| Nicholas | Harvey | Men's Fencing | CC |
| Skyler | Liverant | Men's Fencing | CC |
| Darren | Pang | Men's Golf | CC |
| George | Rublesky | Men's Golf | CC |
| Charles | Cartisser | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Alessandro | Lee | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Adam | Pushner | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Daniel | Robbins | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Lucy | Roberts | Men's Heavyweight Crew | BC |
| David | Vyhnal | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Peter | Woodville | Men's Heavyweight Crew | CC |
| Eli | Bayer | Men's Lightweight Crew | CC |
| Andrew | Blelloch | Men's Lightweight Crew | SEAS |
| Spencer | Fleming | Men's Lightweight Crew | CC |
| Arin | Jaff | Men's Lightweight Crew | CC |
| Nitin | Rao | Men's Lightweight Crew | SEAS |
| Ben | Sommer | Men's Lightweight Crew | CC |
| Antonio | Valentino | Men's Lightweight Crew | SEAS |
| Joshua | Wang | Men's Lightweight Crew | CC |
| Jakub | Williams | Men's Lightweight Crew | SEAS |
| Carmine | Falco | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Alessandro | Franciosa | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Jesse | Greissman | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Joao | Hall Lima | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Dean | Kelliher | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Christoph | Kuttner | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Brandon | Newman | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Cy | Sokolowski | Men's Soccer | SEAS |
| Yuxuan | Yang | Men's Soccer | CC |
| Adam | Morkel | Men's Squash | CC |
| Franklyn | Smith | Men's Squash | CC |
| Alexander | Yuzpe | Men's Squash | CC |
| Seungjoon | Ahn | Men's Swimming & Diving | SEAS |
| Isaac | Beers | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Samuel | Eckert | Men's Swimming & Diving | SEAS |
| Ali | Elmasry | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Zion | James | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Dongjun | Lee | Men's Swimming & Diving | SEAS |
| Joseph | Nicol | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Seth | Roach | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Padraig | Troy | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Yu Tong | Wu | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Michael | Zhang | Men's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Nicolas | Kotzen | Men's Tennis | CC |
| Sachin | Palta | Men's Tennis | CC |
| Stanly | Shukhman | Men's Tennis | CC |
| Michael | Zheng | Men's Tennis | CC |
| Cesar | Alvan | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Aaron | Ayzerov | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Richard Joseph | Fedalen | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Nicholas | Fine | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Kai Donovan | Owen | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Sung Yup | Ryu | Men's Wrestling | GS |
| Isaac | Schmidt | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Zachary | Witmer | Men's Wrestling | CC |
| Georgia | Corey | Softball | CC |
| Eleni | Katsivalis | Softball | CC |
| Charlotte | Laidler | Softball | CC |
| Savanna | Messner | Softball | CC |
| Sarah | Mikami | Softball | SEAS |
| Ruby | Van Der Heide | Volleyball | CC |
| Giselle | DeSousa | Women's Archery | CC |
| Lillian | Han | Women's Archery | CC |
| Sydney | Sullenberger | Women's Archery | CC |
| Perri | Carlisle-Page | Women's Basketball | CC |
| Susannah | Rafiu | Women's Basketball | CC |
| Emily | Bukowski | Women's Crew | CC |
| Bryn | Dittrich | Women's Crew | CC |
| Addison | Luce | Women's Crew | CC |
| Olivia | Mcmanus | Women's Crew | CC |
| Augusta | Miller | Women's Crew | CC |
| Ria | Raheja | Women's Crew | BC |
| Andrea | Vergara | Women's Crew | SEAS |
| Jaclyn | Zatsiorsky | Women's Crew | CC |
| Camylin | Blake | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Zariyah | Braxton | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Seraiah | Bruno | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Rory Mary | Clare | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Lucy Rose | Henkel | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Michelle | Lee | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Aminah | Martin | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | BC |
| Daphne Ranori | Matthews | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Farah | Osman | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Kennedi | Poullard | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Jada Mia | Puryear | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Daniela Kaneolani | Quintero | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | CC |
| Caroline Elisabeth | Schleif | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Naomi Bjerre | Toft | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Elia Ai-My | Ton-That | Women's Cross Country/Track & Field | SEAS |
| Evelyn | Cheng | Women's Fencing | SEAS |
| Chiara | Diperna | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Madison | Four-Garcia | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Sofia | Gaydos | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Tamar | Gordon | Women's Fencing | BC |
| Alexandra | Jing | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Pilar | Maldonado | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Tierna | Oxenreider | Women's Fencing | CC |
| Zander | Rhodes | Women's Fencing | SEAS |
| Alanna | Xue | Women's Fencing | BC |
| Sophia | Abate | Women's Field Hockey | CC |
| Samantha | Petrucco | Women's Field Hockey | CC |
| Emma | Shen | Women's Golf | CC |
| Yoko | Tai | Women's Golf | CC |
| Riya | Batra | Women's Lacrosse | CC |
| Cordelia | Flemming | Women's Lacrosse | CC |
| Serena | Hong | Women's Lacrosse | CC |
| Cecelia | Messner | Women's Lacrosse | CC |
| Alison | Surace | Women's Lacrosse | CC |
| Charlyse | Berry | Women's Soccer | CC |
| Justina | Bitzer | Women's Soccer | CC |
| Sophia | Stellabotte | Women's Soccer | SEAS |
| Maia | Tabion | Women's Soccer | CC |
| Amal | Izhar | Women's Squash | CC |
| Nourin | Khalifa | Women's Squash | BC |
| Shaivi | Rau | Women's Squash | CC |
| Grace | Dunn | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Olivia | Kim | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Chloe | Leung | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Sally | Ma | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Lindsay | Orringer | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Hayley | Reed | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Gladys | Saunders | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Grace | Zhou | Women's Swimming & Diving | CC |
| Sophia | Wang | Women's Tennis | CC |
| Eva | Atkins | Women's Volleyball | CC |
| Amanda | Holsen | Women's Volleyball | CC |
| Presley | Liberty | Women's Volleyball | CC |
| Ruby | Van Der Heide | Women's Volleyball | CC |
| Hanna | Vorhies | Women's Volleyball | CC |
| Juliana | Williamson | Women's Volleyball | CC |
Due to individual circumstances, several of these student-athletes could return to compete for Columbia Athletics in the 2026-27 academic year.
