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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josie Rae Koch | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Melinda Rae Kroeger | Hartford | South Dakota | Associate of Arts, SAHSS | |
| Taylor Morgann Kunzweiler | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Jack Curtis Linneman | MCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Jenna Lee Schoeneman | SCL | Hartford | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SNS |
| Jasmine M. Klancke | Henry | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Natalie Gail Hanka | CL | Hermosa | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Devon Kristen Wilford | Hermosa | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Nadia Guadalupe Becerra | Hill City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Kyle Roger Hamilton | CL | Hitchcock | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| McKenzie H. Hofer | MCL | Hitchcock | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Brendan Ceylon Nowell | Hitchcock | South Dakota | Associate of Science, SAFES | |
| Hunter Dillon Johnson | Hot Springs | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Kathryn Marie Bowar | MCL | Hoven | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| John Eugene Callies | CL | Howard | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Mitchell Arie VanderWal | CL | Howard | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES |
| Grace Elizabeth Harden | MCL | Humboldt | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, and Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Chase Nolan Mason | Hurley | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Abram Isaiah Collaguazo | CL | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Arts, SAHSS |
| Cole James Moody | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Micah J. Pichura | Huron | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Reese Katherine Rozell | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Peyton Rose Schuchhardt | CL | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Elizabeth Claire Willemssen | Huron | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Ashton Jorgine Loken | Ipswich | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SPAHP |