On Sunday, Kentucky student-athletes will walk across the stage at Rupp Arena in what will be the defining moment of their college careers.

It won't be a game-winning shot or a long touchdown pass, rather the simple handoff of a piece of paper. But that piece of paper -- their college diploma -- will mark the end of one chapter and the beginning of the rest of their lives.

Sunday is graduation at the University of Kentucky. A total of 66 student-athletes from UK's 22 varsity sports will participate in the 144th commencement ceremonies.

The graduates include several former athletes like Sam Maxwell, Wayne Turner, Johnny Williams and James Whalen, who returned to school to get their degrees.

UK has made some slight changes to this year's commencement ceremonies. Instead of having one large ceremony and separate college ceremonies, the university will host three larger commencement ceremonies.

The first ceremony of the day will honor graduate and professional students and will begin at 9 a.m. The second ceremony of the day recognizes undergraduates from the colleges of Agriculture, Gatton College of Business and Economics, Education, Engineering and Nursing. That ceremony begins at 1 p.m.

The third ceremony recognizing the undergraduates will be held at 6 p.m. in Rupp Arena. The students honored at this ceremony will be from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Communications and Information Studies, Design, Fine Arts, Health Sciences and Social Work.

Below is a full list of UK's student-athletes graduating Sunday. Kentucky's graduate list includes any student-athlete, past or current, who has graduated or will graduate from December 2010 to August 2011.  

For more information on UK's commencement ceremonies, visit the UKnow website.

Football
Sam Maxwell
Jorge Gonzalez
Johnny Williams
Brad Durham
Antwane Glenn
Stuart Hines
Jake Lanefski
Shane McCord
Anthony Mosley
Ronald Sneed
Antonio Thomas
Ryan Tydlacka
Greg Wilson
James Whalen
Jacob Dufrene
Taiedo Smith
Mike Hartline
J.J. Helton
Derrick Locke
Ricky Lumpkin
Tyler Sargent
Marcus Davis

Men's track and field
Matt Frawley
Colin Boevers
David Banks

Women's track and field
Keundra Bishop
Brittany Cabler
Jenna Martin
Heather Smith

Women's tennis
Lauren Meier
Nicole Scates
Christine Johnston

Women's soccer
Kelly Browning

Men's soccer
Drew Midkiff
Josh Albers

Gymnastics
Emilie Rymer
Phylicia Reshard
Jamie Reimann

Swimming and diving
Chatham Penrod
Kayla Sergesketter
Kevin Ryan
Jenna Newsome
Elvis Burrows
Travis Muzzillo
Lisa Faulkner
Anna Sirmon

Rifle
Sarah Broeker

Women's basketball
Victoria Dunlap
Carly Morrow
Amber Smith
Keyla Snowden

Men's golf
Brian Belden
Chase Carpenter
Alex Volpenhein

Baseball
T.J. Daugherty
Neiko Johnson
Nick Kennedy

Women's golf
Louise Ljungstedt

Men's basketball
Josh Harrellson
Wayne Turner

Volleyball
Blaire Hiler
BriAnne Sauer

Men's tennis
Brad Cox

Softball
Molly Johnson
Jennifer Young
Amber Matousek