2023 Featured Graduates

“Because of Willamette, I got to play baseball with some of my best friends while receiving an amazing education.”

Data science, economics, MS in data science

Luke Werkmeister-Martin

Willamette University Baseball Player for four years.
2021 ABCA Baseball All-American
2021, 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2021 ABCA Baseball All-West Region
2021, 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2021, 2022 All Northwest Conference Baseball
Co-founder and patent owner of NevaRest LLC, a foam roller water bottle sleeve; it was a 2022 Shark Tank Finalist
Data scientist intern at Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado
Rocket team lead at Ball Aerospace in Boulder
Data scientist intern at SigmaMed Solutions in Boulder
Baseball coach at Monarch High School Baseball in Louisville, Colorado
Computer science section leader at Willamette
Physics tutor at Willamette
Charles D. Allis Economics Award 2021 from Willamette University

What’s next: Data scientist at Ball Aerospace in Boulder.