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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Larry Beck | Rose Creek | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Elizabeth Nicole Danielson | Roseau | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Emily Jo Gadker | Rosemount | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Ainsley Louise Sutherland | Rosemount | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Taylor Ann Sutton | MCL | Rosemount | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Luke Brian Flaten | MCL | Rush City | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Tucker John Wieneke | Rushmore | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Kimberly Ann Maesse | MCL | Sabin | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Mason John Gode | Sanborn | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Luke Shawn Willhite | CL | Sanborn | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Olivia Torgrimson | CL | Sartell | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Sydney L. Emery | CL | Savage | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| William Lehnherr | Savage | Minnesota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Marisa Jane Mulcahy | Shakopee | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kelsy Lynn Weber | CL | Shakopee | Minnesota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Brooke Rose Kliber | Shoreview | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Justin Ryan Benda | Slayton | Minnesota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Amber Sue Boock | MCL | Slayton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Brooke Lynn Neilson | CL | Slayton | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Gabriella Lynn Helget | Sleepy Eye | Minnesota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Jacob Matthew Lux | MCL | Sleepy Eye | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Leah E. Miller | Sleepy Eye | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Emily Mae Weiss | Sleepy Eye | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Landin James Brink | MCL | Spicer | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Taggert Reynolds | Spicer | Minnesota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |