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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jax Wilder Schuster | Piedmont | South Dakota | SEHS |
| Cassandra Mae VanDeWiele | Piedmont | South Dakota | SNURS |
| Betra Kifle Amare | Pierre | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Colter Babcock | Pierre | South Dakota | SPAHP |
| Jack Bartlett | Pierre | South Dakota | SNS |
| Jaycee Rae Bauer | Pierre | South Dakota | SEHS |
| Jarron James Beck | Pierre | South Dakota | SNS |
| Samuel Timothy Carey | Pierre | South Dakota | SNS |
| Edmund DeVaney | Pierre | South Dakota | SEHS |
| Ava Elizabeth Doyle | Pierre | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Miles Doyle | Pierre | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Jesse Daniel Eldridge | Pierre | South Dakota | SENGR |
| Ethan Dean Ellingson | Pierre | South Dakota | SEHS |
| Ella Joy Fisk | Pierre | South Dakota | SNURS |
| Eli Jakob Flanigan | Pierre | South Dakota | SENGR |
| Nolan Donald Flanigan | Pierre | South Dakota | SEHS |
| Kiera R. Hanson | Pierre | South Dakota | SNURS |
| Lincoln Houska | Pierre | South Dakota | SENGR |
| Ainslee Marie Hutchinson | Pierre | South Dakota | SNS |
| Autumn Anne Iverson | Pierre | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Michael Joseph Jackley | Pierre | South Dakota | SENGR |
| Bailey Jessen | Pierre | South Dakota | SPAHP |
| Keegan Kitts | Pierre | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Claire Elizabeth Koenecke | Pierre | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Adisyn Kay Kuxhaus | Pierre | South Dakota | SEHS |