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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbie Ann Chase | Salem | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Ella J. Stiefvater | Salem | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Karlie Elizabeth Stiefvater | Salem | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Erica Brianne Guthmiller | Scotland | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Fisher Leigh Beck | Selby | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Megan J. Christoffels | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Lily Claire Geffre | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Ethan Andrew Gullickson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Nathaniel Eric Holm | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Bree Alexis Koepke | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Julienne Christiane Korst | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Nicholas L. Kriens | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Annika K. Kvale | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Hunter John Peterson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Katherine Marie Pfeifle | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Carly Morgan Rickenbaugh | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Grace Madalyn Runia | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Gabriel Michael Stevens | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| James William Ziegahn | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Kathryn Grace Meyer | Sisseton | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Cash Clare Clendenen | Spearfish | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Maria Diane Eisenbraun | Spearfish | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Coy Thomas Hamilton | Spearfish | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Korbin R. Leddy | Stockholm | South Dakota | SAFES |
| Isaac Allen Hoeft | Stratford | South Dakota | SAFES |