Fall 2025 Dean's List
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The following students have been named to the dean's list for academic excellence after the fall 2025 semester at South Dakota State University. To earn dean's list distinctions in SDSU's colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Overall, more than 4,100 students from 40 states and 31 foreign nations are on the list.
Students with F, I, U, RI or RU grades are not eligible regardless of system term GPA attained. Note that this report includes courses that were taken at other South Dakota institutions this term. A minimum of 12 credits within the 100-699 course range must be taken. A student who passes pregeneral education courses may still qualify, if the student has 12 other credits that do fall within the 100-699 range.
SAFES – College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
SAHSS – College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
SEHS – College of Education and Human Sciences
SENGR – Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
SNS – College of Natural Sciences
SNURS – College of Nursing
Fall 2025
| Name | Hometown | State | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Jane Pearson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Nathaniel J. Platson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Payge Rerick | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Averi K. Schmitt | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Brendon Jack Schulte | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Evangeline Aileen Schumacher | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Keenan L. Sheridan | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Gavin Mitchel Smith | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Emma Ruth Southwick | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Everett Speer | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Makenzie Jo Stagner | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Ava K. Steffen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Kaitlyn Marie Steinhoff | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Paul Aaron Townsend | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Jackson James Tschetter | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Eli James Van Hulzen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Victoria Virginia Vazquez | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SNS |
| Rylan Alexa Konrad | Tea | South Dakota | SNS |
| Wyatt Joseph Stuntebeck | Tea | South Dakota | SNS |
| Megan Elizabeth Reiner | Tripp | South Dakota | SNS |
| Karson Michael Beyer | Valley Springs | South Dakota | SNS |
| Lucille Ella Peterson | Valley Springs | South Dakota | SNS |
| Bodhi Tristan Brady | Vermillion | South Dakota | SNS |
| Avery Clark Lewison | Vermillion | South Dakota | SNS |
| Aidan G. Brower | Volga | South Dakota | SNS |