BELMONT, N.C. -- Over 150 Belmont Abbey student-athletes were conferred degrees on Saturday afternoon as the College conducted its annual graduation ceremonies on campus.

Following the traditional baccalaureate Mass on the piazza of the Abbey Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, the graduation ceremony took place with Chancellor Abbot Placid Solari, O.S.B., and President Dr. Jeffery R. Talley presiding.