Fall/Summer 2025 Graduation List
March 13, 2026
South Dakota State University announces summer, fall 2025 graduates
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the summer and fall 2025 semesters 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 35 states and 26 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2025 semesters. Nearly 40 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.**
Graduate List
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Anthony Neuharth | Eureka | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Bruce Marvin Van De Stroet | MCL | Fairview | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Simon Leo Bowar | SCL | Faulkton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Teralyn Marie Cramer | Faulkton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Shayna Rae Heitmann | SCL | Faulkton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| James Michael Drietz | CL | Flandreau | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Elizabeth Claire Hursey | SCL | Flandreau | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Sheridan D. Nickolas | WH | Fort Pierre | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES |
| Ricky Albert Pickner | Fort Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Madelynn Michelle Schindler | Fort Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Taylee Nicole Stroup | CL | Fort Pierre | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Ericka Kim Dale | Garden City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Elyssa Eileen Clark | MCL | Garretson | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Natalee Neomia Graesser | MCL | Gregory | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Brooke Boddicker | Groton | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Tori Avery Buck | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Haylee Mae Christenson | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kathleen Grace Davis | MCL | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Morgan Elizabeth DeBulten | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Joshua Klemme | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Cheyenne Mitchell Miller | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Master of Architecture, SAHSS | |
| Rylee Michelle Qualseth | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Danesa Brooke Willson | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Emily Nicole Winckler | SCL | Harrisburg | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS, and Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Mara Marie Fitzpatrick | CL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |