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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Catherine Geppert | CL | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Staci Rae Her Many Horses | Mitchell | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SEHS | |
| Natali Faith Hobbie | Mitchell | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Olivia Adelaide Husmann | SCL | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Beau J. Schoenfelder | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jacob Jeffrey Schumacher | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Madisyn Lynn Sheesley | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Victoria Lee Hansen Steffes | Mitchell | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS, and graduate certificate, SEHS | |
| Elizabeth Hope Weber | SCL | Mitchell | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Tucker David Holzer | Mobridge | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Jacobi Alan Krouse | MCL | Montrose | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Annaliese Marie Goehring | SCL | Mound City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Logan Dale Tlam | SCL | Mount Vernon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Cerington Emry Jones | MCL | New Underwood | South Dakota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS |
| Grant Parker Madsen | MCL | New Underwood | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jordan Anthony Wright | New Underwood | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Katrina Hill | North Sioux City | South Dakota | Master of Public Health, SPAHP, and graduate certificate, SPAHP | |
| Hannah Grace Schentzel | MCL | Northville | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Brandon Eric Trygstad | Nunda | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Jayd Alexis Chmela | MCL | Oacoma | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Caden William Fischer | SCL | Olivet | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Aidan Tate Friesen | Olivet | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Morgan Rose Gutenkauf | Onaka | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Joshua J. Lamb | SCL | Onida | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Landon Douglas Severson | CL | Onida | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |