Spring 2025 Graduation List
July 15, 2025
South Dakota State University announces spring 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2025 semester at South Dakota State University. The students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program, and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college.
The names of honor graduates marked with WH designate graduation with honor; WHH, with high honor; WHHH, with highest honor; CL, Cum Laude; MCL, Magna Cum Laude; and SCL, Summa Cum Laude.
Overall, students from 34 states and 28 nations graduated in the spring 2025 semester. Nearly 70 students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.
**This list is sorted in the following order: State, Hometown and Student Name, but it can be edited as one sees fit for one’s publication.**
Spring 2025
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Daniel Stumpf | Wabasha | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Madeline Faith Hanna | CL | Wabasso | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Meagan Elaine Flood | Waconia | Minnesota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Christian Jae Larson | Waconia | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Kaden Nelson | Waseca | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Megan J. Nelson | MCL | Waseca | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jacob Charles Platte | Waseca | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Chloe Baelle Stitt | Waseca | Minnesota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Sydney Anna Heins | MCL | Wayzata | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Amber Rose Hassing | CL | Wells | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Ashley Lea Hassing | MCL | Wells | Minnesota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Issabella Thelma Irene O'Rourke | Wells | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Bethany Johannah Byers | Westbrook | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Aidan William Donelan | MCL | Willmar | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Mercedes Ann Schueler | Willmar | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Madison Lucy Thaden | Willmar | Minnesota | Master of Mass Communication, SAHSS | |
| Avery Lynn Welsh | CL | Willmar | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Riley Tucker Zammert | CL | Willmar | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Bailey Ann Newman | CL | Wilmont | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Zachary Ryan Squires | CL | Windom | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Maribel Jo Vargas | SCL | Winnebago | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Brock Sivert Kvistad | Wood Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| William Chase Wilson | SCL | Woodbury | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jaden Nicole Weinkauf | Woodstock | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Luke William Gordon | CL | Worthington | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |