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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destiny Kionee Randall | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Rochelle Mary Smith | Yankton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Katelyn Ann Darnell | Franklin | Tennessee | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Davis Patrick Carr | Keller | Texas | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Daniel Kenneth Schmidt | Lucas | Texas | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Kassidy Laine Klepper | CL | Pflugerville | Texas | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Emma Allyssa Ludens | Waco | Texas | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Isaiah Pieter Visser | Vergennes | Vermont | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Munkhjin Chuluunkhuu | Annandale | Virginia | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Sophie A. Haise | Charlottesville | Virginia | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Logan Andrew McBurney | Fairfax | Virginia | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Laura Marie Peterson | Fredericksburg | Virginia | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Obinna Kossy Israel Okpala | Bonney Lake | Washington | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Tyler Adrian Groeneweg | Outlook | Washington | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Emilie Marie Koenig | Amery | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Mikaela Marie Dosch | Deforest | Wisconsin | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Natalie Ann Kruger | SCL | Deforest | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Randall Douglas Winch | SCL | Fennimore | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Mya E. Kizer | Hammond | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Matthew John Halberg | SCL | Hayward | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Mesa Jasmine Byom | Holmen | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Sienna Rayne Breton | Hortonville | Wisconsin | Master of Education, SEHS, and graduate certificate, SEHS | |
| Katherine Elizabeth Milbrandt | Hudson | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Avery Margaret Murdzek | CL | Hudson | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Elayna Margaret Murdzek | CL | Hudson | Wisconsin | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |