SIXTEEN UTC STUDENT-ATHLETES EARN DEGREES

        CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.---Sixteen University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
student-athletes earned degrees Sunday in UTC's 202nd Commencement exercises.
        Brian Hampton (football) and Leah Moore (track/cross country) each graduated
cum laude.  Hampton received a degree in Marketing, while Moore earned her
degree in Food and Nutrition.
        Other UTC student-athlete graduates were Chelanda Archie (manager),
Marketing; Lakesha Carson (women's basketball), Secondary Math; Allison
DeVries
(softball), Sports Administration; Ron Faugue (football), Psychology;
Brandon Glass
(football), Industrial Management; Antone Goldwire (football), Criminal
Justice; Drew Kramer (football), Exercise Science; Sam Martin (trainer),
Exercise Science; Wes Moore
(basketball), Sports Administration; Phillip Nau (trainer), Exercise
Science; Heather
Ratchford (softball), Geography; Romie Reed (basketball and football),
Secondary
English; Michael Rogers (golf), Environmental Engineering; and Chris Upkins
(track),
Psychology.

--UTC--
Dec. 22, 1999