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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaine Rukminesh Mudannayake Mudannayake Appuhamilage | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Raelin Marie Nupen | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Ryan Walter Prohofsky | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Alyvia Lauryn Reese | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Madison Mackenzie Schelske | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Michael R. Schipper | brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Makira Anniston Wrage | Brookings | South Dakota | SNS |
| Noah Michael Kleinsasser | Canistota | South Dakota | SNS |
| Madeline Isabel Horn | Castlewood | South Dakota | SNS |
| Althea Patricia Gust | Centerville | South Dakota | SNS |
| Rylie Jade Tieman | Centerville | South Dakota | SNS |
| Declan Jie Tveit | Chamberlain | South Dakota | SNS |
| Tyler Jayden O'Neill | Clark | South Dakota | SNS |
| Elise Mae Hotzler | Clear Lake | South Dakota | SNS |
| Olivia Grace Wilkins | Custer | South Dakota | SNS |
| Jacob Benjamin Bissell | Dakota Dunes | South Dakota | SNS |
| Vanessa Nicole Granstrom | Dakota Dunes | South Dakota | SNS |
| Megan Geraets | Dell Rapids | South Dakota | SNS |
| Eliot M. Olson | Dell Rapids | South Dakota | SNS |
| Jayme Allison Schmidt | Dell Rapids | South Dakota | SNS |
| Mackenzie Jean Hollenbeck | Edgemont | South Dakota | SNS |
| Reese London Luze | Egan | South Dakota | SNS |
| Hannah Kathleen Nearman | Elk Point | South Dakota | SNS |
| Austin Wayne Kjetland | Emery | South Dakota | SNS |
| Liam Jackson Knippling | Flandreau | South Dakota | SNS |