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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peyton Vernon Seaburg | Cary | Illinois | SAFES |
| Carly Anne Rhodes | Genoa | Illinois | SNURS |
| Linkin Alan Ballard | Hanover | Illinois | SAHSS |
| Juliana Marie Gullo | Itasca | Illinois | SAHSS |
| Riley Ryan | Joliet | Illinois | SNURS |
| Connor Gerald Gaynor | Mokena | Illinois | SEHS |
| Ian Jaret Mutchler | Morton | Illinois | SAHSS |
| Jackson Alexander Kerstin | Naperville | Illinois | SAHSS |
| William John Delbert Goldammer | Princeville | Illinois | SENGR |
| Jacob Stephen Junia | Round Lake | Illinois | SEHS |
| Emma Elizabeth Smith | St. Charles | Illinois | SNURS |
| Carter Thomas York | Sycamore | Illinois | SAHSS |
| Hannah Marie Langstaff | Washington | Illinois | SAHSS |
| Steven Michael Burkhard | Wheaton | Illinois | SNS |
| Layla Reese Mickle | Woodstock | Illinois | SAFES |
| Cooper Ryan Crawford Pajich | Woodstock | Illinois | SAFES |
| Treyson Charles Buchanan | Carmel | Indiana | SEHS |
| Sarah Gould | Carmel | Indiana | SEHS |
| Bryson E. Love | Charlestown | Indiana | SENGR |
| Anna Layne Minich | La Porte | Indiana | SAFES |
| Kendyl G. Rudolf | Zionsville | Indiana | SAHSS |
| Aubie Kathleen Hartman | Akron | Iowa | SEHS |
| Ivan F. Navarrete | Akron | Iowa | SAHSS |
| Taryn Ella Wilken | Akron | Iowa | SNURS |
| John Fischer Cox | Algona | Iowa | SNURS |