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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic D. Kucera | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Nathan Steven Lease | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Taylor Rose Lindekugel | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Marylin Lopez | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| McKenzie Merrill Mages | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Alison Genevive Marshall | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Kaden Jacob Mengenhauser Turner | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Emma Leigh Mernaugh | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Jack Ellsworth Merritt | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Kylie Kay Moe | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Abigail Alaine Mohs | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Mollie Violet Moore | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Elijah Dale Mulligan | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Hannah Marie Murphy | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Ayushma Neupane | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Madysen Annabelle Nieburg | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Shane Nupen | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Jacob William Nystrom | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Molly Shannon O'Hara | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Cyanne Marie O'Neill | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Sophia June Poppen | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Hansley Raysor | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Thomas Roland Reynolds | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Isabella Faye Schaefer | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |
| Brooke A. Schiltz | Brookings | South Dakota | SAHSS |