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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Rose Matrisciano | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |
| Gina N. McGowen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Erinn Katherine McSherry | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Logan P. Messner | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| John L. Mieras | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Kade L. Moffitt | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Kira Kristine Moneke | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Adam John Monson | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Angela Ann Moxley | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Jarren Alan Munce | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Hannah Marie Muth | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Grace Irene Nielsen | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Patrick Niyonshuti | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Gracie May O'Brien | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Dara Kathleen O'Donnell | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Isabella Aisha Onisoru | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Aden Jonathon Parker | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Michael Edwin Paulson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Josie Janada Pearson | SCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Travis Wolf Pearson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Tessa Isabell Pederson | MCL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Tate Hawkin Peterson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Zander Peterson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Caryn Marie Piatt | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Abigail Elizabeth Pickup | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |