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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleya Lynn Kizer | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Dylan Drew Kopecky | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Dominic D. Kucera | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Olivia Wing Lam | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Nathan Steven Lease | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Taylor Rose Lindekugel | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Marylin Lopez | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Jake Joseph Melius | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Kaden Jacob Mengenhauser Turner | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Kylie Kay Moe | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Abigail Alaine Mohs | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Mollie Violet Moore | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Madysen Annabelle Nieburg | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Olivea Mersedes Nieto | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Shane Nupen | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Jacob William Nystrom | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Molly Shannon O'Hara | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Cyanne Marie O'Neill | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Sophia June Poppen | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Brody Philip Powers | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Tarah Ann Prisinger | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Nathan Dane Antonio Rutledge | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Isabella Faye Schaefer | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Brooke A. Schiltz | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Keith Sorlie | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |