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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jace L. Parliament | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Anjali Rajesh Parmar | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Coryn Alan Primm | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Avery Joy Retzer | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS |
| Carolyn Elizabeth Rodriguez | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Haley Mae Sampson | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| William James Schaefer | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Blake Andrew Schaper | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Alexis Kaitlyn Schelske | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Anna Grace Schmit | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Jenna Grace Schoon | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Lucas Jacob Schultz | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Eric Christopher Sell | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Austin Wayne Smith | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Carl Nicholas Steinlicht | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Grant William Sternhagen | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Nicole Regan Strande | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Max Michael Struck | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Piper Mae Stubbs | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Grant Eugene Taylor | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Ihab Theeb | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Laura Nathaly Valencia Rueda | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Emily Anna Van Liere | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Ben William Vukovich | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Jane Renee Walter | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |