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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annabelle Marie Hlavac | Utica | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Paige Elizabeth Mehlberg | MCL | Veblen | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Jackson Matthew Bellis | CL | Vermillion | South Dakota | Bachelor of Music Education, SAHSS |
| Avrie Beset Shefl | CL | Vermillion | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Macy Marie Winslow | Vermillion | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Calvin Oliver Rasmussen | Viborg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Trinity Jo Peterson | SCL | Vienna | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Audrey Gwendolyn Field | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Finn Dominic Kane | Volga | South Dakota | Master of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Haley Kae-Dee Kitterman | CL | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Payton Jack Lemme | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Jacie Jo Montis | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Raven Steven Olson | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Trey Alan Sholes | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Rylan Mae Willis | MCL | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Alexis Renae Wilson | Volga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Kallen Bert Kafka | Wagner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Brycen Bly Cheney | CL | Wall | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Cody Len Larson | Warner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Nathan Allen Albertson | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Lisa Marie Axelsen | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Adrienne Rose Bak | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Nicole Bradshaw | Watertown | South Dakota | undergraduate certificate, SPAHP | |
| Sam Marvin Czech | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Joseph Scott Dagel | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |