Shawn Horcoff, Moritz Seider and Joe Veleno talk about Detroit Red Wings development camp on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press
Danny DeKeyser plays for the Detroit Red Wings for $5 million a season, but the defenseman took classes during the offseason to earn his general studies degree from Western Michigan.
His parents, Linda and Mick, attended the ceremony on Saturday at Miller Auditorium on the Kalamazoo campus.
He said his first focus was to not trip walking up the stage to shake university president Edward Montgomery's hand, then the feelings came in.