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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia K. Garrow | CL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Emma Kathryn Hansen | Brandon | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Noah Benjamin Holm | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Morgan Grace Hunt | MCL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Connor Brooks Ilchuk | CL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS |
| Hallie Marie Lichty | CL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Lauren Elizabeth Moller-Welynn | Brandon | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Kenzie Ann Polasky | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Braiden Philip Reiser | MCL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Macy Rippentrop | MCL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Nicholas Joseph Roby | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Ty M. Sanow | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Colin Jody Simon | CL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Alexander Everett Sohl | SCL | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Tristan Rowland Stauffacher | Brandon | South Dakota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Aidan Kayson Swift | Brandon | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Madison McKenzie Hofer | MCL | Bridgewater | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Brianna Mari Beth Duerre | Bristol | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| McKenna Lynn Carlson | Britton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Joel Eugene James | Britton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Ahmed Yosef Alhusays | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Philosophy, SAFES | |
| Mohammed Fawaz Almhed | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Dunya Saleh A Alshayban | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAFES | |
| Avery Elizabeth Asche | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Kai Kenyada-john Banks | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |