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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon David Florey | Watertown | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Madisen Marie Hansen | Watertown | South Dakota | Doctor of Pharmacy, SPAHP | |
| Zachary Thomas Hirsch | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Seth Wayne Koeppe | CL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Ryle Walter Koistinen | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS | |
| Ilse Maldonado Vital | SCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Fine Arts, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Jason John Ohlde | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Annika Lynn Olson | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jay R. Remmers | SCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR, and Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Vanessa Jean Snell | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Olivia Lynn Stanley | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Dylan Ray Stephens | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Jared J. Volesky | MCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jake Erik Werner | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Tucker Kendall Wookey | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Raeanna Joy Zink | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP | |
| Carter Vincent Zubke | MCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Caitlyn Renae German | Waverly | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Tristen Thomas Bent | CL | Webster | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jacob Michael Case | Webster | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Kaleb Franklin Miller-Woodell | Webster | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Chad Tyler Lemme | CL | Wentworth | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS, and Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Dylan James Richey | Wewela | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS | |
| Shelby Lynn Andrews | White | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Megan Lea Gillen | CL | White Lake | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |