Congrats to Joe Slocum

(Slocum is second from the right)

Alaska Nanooks: "The University of Alaska Fairbanks held its 94th commencement ceremony on Sunday (May 8), honoring the class of 2016 at the Carlson Center. The university handed out 1,460 degrees to some 1,367 students which included 820 women, 547 men and 21 Alaska Nanook student-athletes...

...The commencement ceremony was highlighted by men's basketball's redshirt senior Joe Slocum, who was selected as the student speaker for the event. Slocum, a five-year student at Alaska and men's basketball captain this past season, was one of two Nanook student-athletes (235 people total) to receive master's degrees on Sunday.

"To be naturally inspiring, you must have determination," Slocum said in his speech. "Determination is what got us to this moment here today … Remember all the hard times and know that your determination got you through all of them. And know that these situations helped make you the competent person you are today … Our class will go on to inspire the world..."

Slocum is out of Vallejo High and City College of San Francisco.