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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Russell Derickson | SCL | Lamberton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and three undergraduate certificates, SAHSS |
| Justin Martin Klabunde | Lamberton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Katilyn Grace Goettl-Rutt | CL | Le Center | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Wilfrido Eusebio Villela | Litchfield | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Garrett Ross Pesch | CL | Loretto | Minnesota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Emma Mae Hinz | CL | Luverne | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Kacie Mae Kracht | Luverne | Minnesota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| McCall Mae Stegenga | Luverne | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Ryenn Ashley Stegenga | Luverne | Minnesota | Associate of Science, SPAHP | |
| Austin Connor Winter | Luverne | Minnesota | Master of Science, SNS | |
| Megan DeAnne Silbaugh | Lyle | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Austin Allen Bonn | MCL | Madison | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Ashley Lynn McFarland | CL | Madison | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Ezekiel John Sather | SCL | Madison | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Nicole Mary McCabe | SCL | Madison Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Nichole Samantha Endreson | Mankato | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Jack Henry Roering | CL | Mankato | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Emma Grace Brookman | Mantorville | Minnesota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Emma E. Bauernfeind | Maple Grove | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Adrienne Nicole Bauernschmidt | WH | Maple Grove | Minnesota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS |
| Grace Elizabeth Rengel | Maple Grove | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Alexandra Kathleen Sarkis | Maple Grove | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Brittani Helen Alie Dardis | Maplewood | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Michele Christina Lovara | Maplewood | Minnesota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Andrew John Heil | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |