Thank You, Demon Deacons! Wake Forest Set to Honor 69 Students on Saturday at Allegacy Stadium for Senior Day
11/19/2025 9:56:00 AM | Football
Tickets for Saturday's game are available on GoDeacs.com/Tickets.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest Athletics will honor 30 football players, 19 members of the Spirit of the Old Gold & Black, 18 Deacs from the Spirit Squads and two student staffers on Saturday before the football game during Senior Day.
"First and foremost, I want to thank our senior class for everything they've given to Wake Forest Football. This group has laid the foundation for an incredible Year One — their leadership, toughness, and belief in what we're building has pushed this program forward every single day. To our seniors: thank you for leaving our locker room, our culture, and our future better than you found it. I'm incredibly honored to have coached each of you."
"This is a very special group of seniors. Regardless of whether they chose Wake Forest six or seven years ago or 10 months ago, they have built a unique team chemistry and are creating memories that will last a lifetime both for themselves and all of Demon Deacon Nation," said Vice President & Director of Athletics John Currie. "From our football players to the members of Spirit of the Old Gold & Black, spirit squads and student staffers, we are proud to honor these seniors who through their leadership, dedication and commitment have elevated Wake Forest University and made a lasting impact on the Winston-Salem community."
Several football student-athletes being honored on Saturday have completed or will complete their degrees in December 2025 or May 2026, but have remaining eligibility.
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Spirit of the Old Gold & Black
"First and foremost, I want to thank our senior class for everything they've given to Wake Forest Football. This group has laid the foundation for an incredible Year One — their leadership, toughness, and belief in what we're building has pushed this program forward every single day. To our seniors: thank you for leaving our locker room, our culture, and our future better than you found it. I'm incredibly honored to have coached each of you."
"This is a very special group of seniors. Regardless of whether they chose Wake Forest six or seven years ago or 10 months ago, they have built a unique team chemistry and are creating memories that will last a lifetime both for themselves and all of Demon Deacon Nation," said Vice President & Director of Athletics John Currie. "From our football players to the members of Spirit of the Old Gold & Black, spirit squads and student staffers, we are proud to honor these seniors who through their leadership, dedication and commitment have elevated Wake Forest University and made a lasting impact on the Winston-Salem community."
Several football student-athletes being honored on Saturday have completed or will complete their degrees in December 2025 or May 2026, but have remaining eligibility.
Football:
- DB Nick Andersen
- Hometown: Clifton, VA
- Degree: BA Communication
- Major: Project Management
- RB Mason Andrade
- Hometown: Watertown, MA
- Major: BA Economics
- QB Robby Ashford
- Hometown: Hoover, AL
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- WR Sterling Berkhalter
- Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
- Major: Communications
- WR Karate Brenson
- Hometown: St. Louis, MO
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- LB Quincy Bryant
- Hometown: Lilburn, GA
- Degree: BS Business & Enterprise Management
- Major: Financial Technology and Analytics
- RB Tate Carney
- Hometown: Davie County, NC
- Major: Communication
- TE Kevin Check
- Hometown: Mclean, VA
- Major: BS Engineering, Biomedical
- RB Demond Claiborne
- Hometown: Aylett, VA
- Major: BA Communication
- RB Jamario Clements
- Hometown: Lafayette, GA
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- LS Will Cobb
- Hometown: Matthews, NC
- Degree: BA Politics & International Affairs
- Major: Digital Marketing
- K Matt Dennis
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Degree: BA Psychology
- Major: Public Administration
- OL Cale Doyle
- Hometown: Chagrin Falls, OH
- Major: BS Business & Enterprise Management
- OL Fa'alili Fa'amoe
- Hometown: Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- TE Eni Falayi
- Hometown: Boston, MA
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- LB Dylan Hazen
- Hometown: The Woodlands, TX
- Degree: BS Finance
- Major: Financial Technology and Analytics
- DL Brandon Hoyle
- Hometown: Shelby, NC
- Major: Biology
- OL Derrell Johnson II
- Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
- Major: Communication
- OL Devin Kylany
- Hometown: Lake Stevens, WA
- Major: Communications
- DL Jayden Loving
- Hometown: Hamilton, AL
- Major: Project Management
- TE Matthew Lusardi
- Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
- Major: Communication
- LB Alec Marenco
- Hometown: El Paso, TX
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- DB Karon Prunty
- Hometown: Portsmouth, VA
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- WR Sawyer Racanelli
- Hometown: Brush Prairie, WA
- Major: Project Management
- OL George Sell
- Hometown: Chagrin Falls, OH
- Degree: BA Economics
- Major: Project Management
- WR Wesley Stroebel
- Hometown: Cedarburg, WI
- Major: BS Mathematical Business & BA Computer Science
- DB Lardarius Webb Jr.
- Hometown: Opelika, AL
- Major: Digital Marketing & Analytics
- LB Luke White
- Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
- Major: BA Economics & BA Politics and International Affairs
- DL BJ Williams Jr.
- Hometown: Johnston, SC
- Degree: BS Health and Exercise Science
- Major: Project Management
- WR Ian Ver Steeg
- Hometown: Severn, MD
- Major: BA Philosophy
Spirit of the Old Gold & Black
- Brandon Bonner
- Hometown: Lewisville, NC
- Major: Mechatronics Engineering at Forsyth Tech
- Bolutife Dediare
- Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
- Major: Health Sciences and Music with a minor in Public Health at Salem College
- Courtney Gray
- Hometown: Rosemont, WV
- Major: Divinity
- Judith Hernandez Guardado
- Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
- Major: Nursing at Associates in Arts
- Fahad Janjua
- Hometown: Clemmons, NC
- Major: Biology
- Gaeun Jeon
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Major: Applied Mathematics
- Minor: Music and Engineering
- Jenna Jordan
- Hometown: Clemmons, NC
- Major: Communication
- Simon Kitts
- Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
- Major: Biology B.S., Chemistry B.A.
- Stan Lindquist
- Hometown: Saint Louis, MO
- Major: Economics
- Catherine Major
- Hometown: Chicago, IL
- Major: Economics and Music
- Kayley Mathe
- Hometown: Millbrook, AL
- Major: Marketing at UNCG
- Maggie Payne
- Hometown: Holly Springs, NC
- Major: Theatre
- Sarah Ravenel
- Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
- Major: Special Education and English with a concentration in Creative Writing Major with a Psychology and Sociology Minor at Salem College duel enrolled with Wake Forest
- Abby Rise
- Hometown: Pennington, NJ
- Major: Environment & Sustainability Studies and French Studies
- Maxwell Schellhammer
- Hometown: Ashburn, VA
- Major: Double Major in Engineering & Music
- Riley Seezen
- Hometown: Columbia, SC
- Major: Music Performance and Physics
- Kailee Sexton
- Hometown: Kernersville, NC
- Major: Mathematics at UNCG
- Alston Wang
- Hometown: Linwood, NJ
- Major: Applied Statistics
- Callise Young
- Hometown: Pennington, NJ
- Major: Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical
- Cheer
- Laine Abbinante
- Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
- Major: Psychology
- Micaela Creo
- Hometown: Malverne, New York
- Major: Economics and Sociology double major
- Rania Hart
- Hometown: Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Major: Mathematical Business
- Connally Hobbs
- Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
- Major: Communications
- Natalia House
- Hometown: Salisbury, NC
- Major: Communications
- Kayla Linville
- Hometown: Shakopee, Minnesota
- Major: Chemistry
- Riley Mann
- Hometown: Fort Myers, Florida
- Major: Marketing & Communications
- Jordan Monteith
- Hometown: Raleigh. NC
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- April Moss
- Hometown: Savannah, Georgia
- Major: Economics
- Emily Murphy
- Hometown: Garden City, New York
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- Emma Rowe
- Hometown: Sebring Florida
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- Morgan Salvino
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Major: Psychology
- Laine Abbinante
- Dance
- Brooke de Jong
- Hometown Winston Salem, NC
- Major: Double major in Politics & International Affairs and History
- Kelci Little
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Major: Psychology
- Brooke de Jong
- Mascot
- Ian Hutcherson
- Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
- Major: English
- Mariana Soares
- Hometown: Cornelius, NC
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- Chris Tsimbinos
- Hometown: Rumson, NJ
- Major: Mathematical Economics, and Communications
- Caleb Walsh
- Hometown: Alexandria, VA
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- Ian Hutcherson
- Sports Medicine
- Lindsay Spears:
- Hometown: Atlanta, GA
- Major: Health and Exercise Science
- Lindsay Spears:
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- Isabella Parolini
- Hometown: Charlotte, NC
- Major: Spanish and Communications-Concentration in Media Studies
- Isabella Parolini
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