Spring 2026 Dean's List
BROOKINGS, S.D. – The following students have been named to the dean's list for academic excellence after the spring 2026 semester at South Dakota State University. To earn dean's list distinctions in SDSU's colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
Overall, more than 3,900 students from 38 states and 29 foreign nations are on the list.
Students with F, I, U, RI or RU grades are not eligible regardless of system term GPA attained. Note that this report includes courses that were taken at other South Dakota institutions this term. A minimum of 12 credits within the 100-699 course range must be taken. A student who passes pregeneral education courses may still qualify, if the student has 12 other credits that do fall within the 100-699 range.
SAFES – College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
SAHSS – College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
SEHS – College of Education and Human Sciences
SENGR – Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
SNS – College of Natural Sciences
SNURS – College of Nursing
Spring 2026
| Name | Hometown | State | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Michael Pietila | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Donald Charles Rounds | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Katie Elizabeth Schulte | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Evan C. Serck | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Lauren Cecilia Tereshinski | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Logan Karl Winckler | Yankton | South Dakota | SNS |
| Jude Kane | Altoona | Wisconsin | SNS |
| Greta Grace Peters | Altoona | Wisconsin | SNS |
| Brent M. Conway | Ixonia | Wisconsin | SNS |
| Jae'Shaun Anthony Thomas | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | SNS |
| Kaitlyn Paige Orr | Powell | Wyoming | SNS |
| Nora Elizabeth Butler | Sheridan | Wyoming | SNS |
| Yueqing Wang | Sanhe | China | SNS |
| Shuang Chen | Wuhan | China | SNS |
| Michel Santos Kipimbwe Makelele | Lubumbashi | Congo | SNS |
| Bethelehem Gebreegziabher | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | SNS |
| Varlika Mahesh Ahirekar | Mumbai | India | SNS |
| Aaheli Malla | Kathmandu | Nepal | SNS |
| Shishir Roka | Ramechhap | Nepal | SNS |
| Iphanna Athena Konmil | Kundiawa | Papua New Guinea | SNS |
| Japhet Kapak | Mt. Hagen | Papua New Guinea | SNS |
| Natasha Menau | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | SNS |
| Philscobaybs Rappie | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | SNS |