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Published May 10, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Australian hockey player graduates from St. Scholastica


Joey Hughes (second from left) walks with his girlfriend, Laura Brandon (left), of Vancouver, British Columbia, and his family, father Charles, mother Beatrice and sister Chantelle, all of Melbourne Australia, after the group left Somers Residence Hall on the College of St. Scholastica campus Sunday. Hughes’ family came from Australia and his girlfriend of 7 years came from Canada to see him graduate. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)

  • Joey Hughes (second from left) walks with his girlfriend, Laura Brandon (left), of Vancouver, British Columbia, and his family, father Charles, mother Beatrice and sister Chantelle, all of Melbourne Australia, after the group left Somers Residence Hall on the College of St. Scholastica campus Sunday. Hughes’ family came from Australia and his girlfriend of 7 years came from Canada to see him graduate. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Laura Brandon (left) adjusts her boyfriend, Joey Hughes' mortarboard before the College of St. Scholastica's commencement at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Sunday. Hughes, originally of Melbourne, Australia, had his family from Australia as well as Brandon, his girlfriend of seven years from Vancouver, British Columbia, visiting to celebrate his graduation with him. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Joey Hughes of Melbourne, Australia, switches his tassel to the other side of his mortarboard with the other undergraduates during the College of St. Scholastica's 2009 commencement at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Joey Hughes of Melbourne, Australia smiles after receiving his diploma, as he walks across the stage, during the College of St. Scholastica's Commencement Sunday afternoon at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)
  • Chantelle Hughes (left) and Laura Brandon snap photos of Joey Hughes (center of group) with his parents Charles and Beatrice Hughes, outside of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center before the College of St. Scholastica commencement Sunday. Joey Hughes' family came from Melbourne Australia, and Brandon, his girlfriend of 7 years, traveled from Canada to celebrate his graduation with him. Chantelle Hughes is Joey Hughes’ sister. (Amanda Hansmeyer / ahansmeyer@duluthnews.com)