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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bensen Powell Kuecker | CL | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Isabella Nichol Philips | CL | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Brittany Jo Seifert | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Keygan Taylor Stensrud | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Leah Hope Wymer | CL | Marshall | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Mason James Nagel | Medford | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Madeiline Rowen Osborn | Melrose | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Zakary Olafson | Mendota Heights | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Cameron Joseph Belair | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Skyler Marie Bergstrom | CL | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Joseph Michael Higgins | CL | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Stephanie Marie Huber | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Patrick Kibanza Kamba | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Kaitlynn Rose Bot | Minneota | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Michael William Proehl | CL | Minnesota Lake | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Madison Paulson | Minnetonka | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Lisa J. Wipf | SCL | Minnetonka | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Kori Marah Douglas | SCL | Montevideo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Landen Joseph Knoshal | CL | Montevideo | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Raena Lynne Visness | Monticello | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Maxwell C. Walter | Monticello | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Michael Christian Tauer | Morgan | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Justus Jon Moser | CL | Morris | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Sydney Beth Solvie | SCL | Morris | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| John Miles Rose | CL | Morristown | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |