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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Lee Lutz Brown | Rapid City | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SPAHP | |
| Sarah V. Carlson | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Matthew John Carreiro | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Kathryn Jane Collins | CL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Lucas James Degen | SCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Nathanial Shawn Dodd | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Kyla Marie Doering | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Mackenzie Elizabeth Marie Doerr | Rapid City | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SPAHP | |
| Sierra M. Doherty | MCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Alexis Lynn Dubray | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Briana Rae Flagg | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Augusta Marie Gartamaker | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Darcy Mae Geersen | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Jake Goble | CL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Jazelle Daze Gonzales | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Haley Nancy Hammond | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Paige Marie Hansen | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Brett Charles Holcomb | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Christopher William Holm | SCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SPAHP |
| Cameron Owen Jackson | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Adam John Karschnik | Rapid City | South Dakota | Master of Engineering, SENGR | |
| Gerald Jacob Keller | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Kelsie Anne Ladner | MCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Gracie Ann Lemer | MCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Grace Marie Litts | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |