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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Jo McCord | MCL | White Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Kaitlyn Marie Mohnen | CL | White Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Quincey Grace Piper | White River | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Matea Joy Gordon | SCL | Whitewood | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Naomi Danielle Peldo | SCL | Whitewood | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Wyatt James Burke | Willow Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Kasey Joseph Michalski | MCL | Willow Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Terra Grace Barnes | CL | Wilmot | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Reece Renelt | CL | Wilmot | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Abigail Lind Connor | MCL | Winfred | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Taylor Cadence Headrick | MCL | Winner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Maggie Irene LaCompte | CL | Winner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Sidda Jayd Schuyler | Winner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Grace Marie Schroeder | Worthing | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jaiden Marie Boomsma | MCL | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Megan M. Cap | SCL | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Maggie Rose Donner | CL | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Aidan G. Feser | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Kaitlyn Marie Frank | Yankton | South Dakota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Evan Jay Gilbertson | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Mya Marie Gilbertson | Yankton | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Paige Hoesing | Yankton | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Matthew D. Kinowski | Yankton | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Carson Jae Koletzky | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Lexi Jean Madson | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |