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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janae Marie Olson | Chancellor | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Benjamin James Gustafson | Claremont | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Jack Wayne Helkenn | Clark | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Sadie Marie Streff | Clark | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Caleb M. Schmaltz | Clear Lake | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Blake Scott Pauli | Columbia | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Ella Grace Haven | Conde | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Carter Joseph Wright | Corsica | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Cole Henry Focken | Crooks | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Emily Evonne Borkowski | Custer | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Logan R. Graf | Custer | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Kincade Lehman | Custer | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Tucker J. Anderson | De Smet | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Damon Mark Wilkinson | De Smet | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Kaiden E. Olson | Dell Rapids | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Cameron Leroy Noethlich | Doland | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Mallory Elizabeth Valburg | Draper | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Carsyn Susann Farlee | Dupree | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Elizabeth Marie Will | Estelline | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Madisyn Victoria Raymond | Ethan | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Jordan Clarice Van De Stroet | Fairview | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Ann Ulrich | Faith | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Simon Leo Bowar | Faulkton | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Teralyn Marie Cramer | Faulkton | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Olivia Janice Hadrick | Faulkton | South Dakota | SAFES |