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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Izabelle Bannwarth | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Avery D. Barnhart | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Reagan Elizabeth Bastemeyer | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Cathryn Marie Bauer | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Maverick John Beckmann | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Tyson Dale Boeve | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Elias Boomgarden | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jane Kim Brainard | Brookings | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Caiden J. Brown | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Megan Lyn Bryant | WHH | Brookings | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAHSS |
| Frank J. Bulfer | CL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Rachel Marie Burke | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Timothy Theo Burns | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Noah August Buteyn | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Harshitha Byregowda | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Joseph Tyler Cassady | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS |
| Asledi Enidan Castillo | Brookings | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SENGR | |
| Alyssa Sue Chaska | MCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jordyn Lee Cranny | Brookings | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Dionna Crofts | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Reid Carrington Cummings | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Denilson Cyprianos | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Abigayle Jo Davis | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Evan David DeBates | SCL | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jacob Deschenes | Brookings | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |