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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernando Guadalupe Lara Lopez | MCL | Spearfish | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Maia Noel Pochop | Spearfish | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Aubrielle LeeAnn Prewitt | MCL | Spearfish | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS |
| Jillian Grace Beck | CL | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Brody Diggs Brink | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Krista Kay Engel | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Arianna Jaedyn Gorczewski | SCL | Sturgis | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Robert Joseph Freidel | Summerset | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Carly Ann Heuer | Summit | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Carson Michael Schmidt | CL | Summit | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Katelyn Mary Sternhagen | WH | Tabor | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SPAHP |
| Katherine Elizabeth Brenholt | Tea | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Aubrey Starr Hagen | MCL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Marisa Haupt | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Jon Alan Heidinger | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Thea Starr Klarenbeek | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Kennedy Elise Konrad | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Cole Joseph Kuhnert | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Alexis Rose Moes | Tea | South Dakota | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Ellie Raylene Ritter | SCL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Grace Elizabeth Stansbury | SCL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Zachary Tanghe | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Madysen Nicole Vlastuin | CL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS |
| Jared Michael Wipf | SCL | Tea | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Allison Marie Leddy | CL | Twin Brooks | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |