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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Milo Jacobson | Hitterdal | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jayden Carter Houselog | Holland | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Anah Rose Flor | Hugo | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Annika Jo Hanson | Hugo | Minnesota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Wyatt Cooper Hanson | CL | Hugo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jacob Thomas Orthaus | Hugo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Kylie Elizabeth Knodel | SCL | Hutchinson | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Shelby Shoen | Hutchinson | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Mackenzie A. Henning | SCL | Jackson | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Trace J. Michelson | Jackson | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Elise Jillian Rasmussen | Jackson | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Rebecca Lori Morgan | Janesville | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Maxwell Alan Ceplecha | Jordan | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Cheylub Wallace Schmitt | Jordan | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Christopher Joseph Trettel | Jordan | Minnesota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Jonathan Richard Burch | Kasson | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Lars Thomas Wagener | Kasson | Minnesota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Kedron William Reimers | Kellogg | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| John Tourdot Smith | SCL | Kenyon | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jasmine Taylor Edmundson | Lake Crystal | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Parker Jay Davis | CL | Lakeville | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Madison Leigh Hamel | Lakeville | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Alyssa A. Launsbach | Lakeville | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Paul Moening | Lakeville | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Matthew David Njaa | Lakeville | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |