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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Lynn Kindt | Garretson | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Matthew Allen Rattenborg | CL | Garretson | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Elle Mae Pieper | Gary | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Taryn J. Starr | SCL | Geddes | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Adrianna Mary Boettcher | Goodwin | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Evan Isaac Oppelt | Goodwin | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Keeley Ann Klein | Gregory | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Trey James Gengerke | Groton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Sage Allys Mortenson | MCL | Groton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| KaSandra Cora Pappas | Groton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Hannah Ann Fisher | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Adelyn Ann Jackson | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Marshall Andrew Minihan | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Joseph Osamudiamen Osazee | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Doctor of Nursing Practice, SNURS | |
| Mia Grace Patten | CL | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Jennifer Lynn Paul | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Rylin Grace Yerdon | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Griffin Gregory Anderson | CL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jami Lynn Bergeson | CL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Mason Jay Bierema | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Erica Mae DeClark | Hartford | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Derrick Eich | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Taylor Anne Even | SCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Elizabeth Caye Hansen | MCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Austin Arnold Iwen | MCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |