Twenty-Four Student-Athletes Among Summer Graduates

Several of the summer graduates at Friday's ceremony. Steve FranzBATON ROUGE – Twenty-four LSU student-athletes received their college diploma on Friday as the university held its summer commencement at the Maravich Assembly Center.

The list of student-athlete graduates included five from the football team and five members of the women’s track and field squad. Men’s track and field graduated four student-athletes, while women’s swimming and diving and women’s soccer each had three graduates.

Here are some of the highlights from the list of student-athletes graduating today:

Jordan Romero (baseball) - Catcher for the Tigers in 2016 and ranked second on the team in both home runs (9) and RBI…