GRAMBLING, LA – Grambling State University is proud to announce Karlin Gray as the valedictorian of the Class of 2015. Gray will graduate with a 4.0 GPA at 10 a.m. Friday at the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
Gray is a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and a 2011 graduate of White Station High School. She is a senior in the Department of Kinesiology, Sport and Leisure Studies (KSLS) with a concentration in Sport Management.
Gray is a very active member of the Grambling community. Throughout her four years on campus, she has been a cheerleader, participated in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program and served on the Favrot Student Union Board. She is also a member of the Earl Lester Cole Honors College, Phi Epsilon Kappa and the KSLS Majors Club.
Gray is very dedicated to a career in sport management, having served as a volunteer athletic trainer for track and field, football and soccer players in 2011 and a youth volunteer soccer and flag football coach in 2014. She also organized and led fitness and recreational activities for summer camp youth at First Baptist Church Broad in Memphis during summer 2014.
Gray’s professors describe her as a model student who is quick to help her teachers and classmates. They are especially proud of her accomplishments, since it is rare for the valedictorian to be a kinesiology major.
“We collectively are extremely delighted about Karlin being the graduate with the highest GPA,” said Obadiah Simmons, Jr., who previously served as the director of the KSLS Department, but has recently been named the interim athletic director of Intercollegiate Athletics.
“From day one, she has demonstrated her leadership, efficiency and passion for her major. She has been a model student and a model club member in the KSLS Majors Club. She’s been very helpful to her peers and her faculty members, always helping them with research and helping them prepare for workshops. Everyone that has come into contact with her in our department has nothing but positive things to say to each other,” Simmons said.
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