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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelyssa Sandralyn Theel | Rapid City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Dominique Joy Tigert | Rapid City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Kelsey Usera | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Kirsten Taylor Veit | MCL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Macey Lynn VonBerge | Rapid City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Jesse Weber | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Joseph Robert Wescoat | Rapid City | South Dakota | Master of Science, SNURS | |
| Avery Joyce Wood | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Ruby Lujia Yang | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Allison Diane Zellmer | CL | Rapid City | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Timothy Patrick Reinbold | Redfield | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Jake Kelly Fox | Revillo | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Logan J. Meyer | Revillo | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Emma Nichole Beyers | CL | Roscoe | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Robert John Baune | Rosholt | South Dakota | Doctor of Nursing Practice, SNURS | |
| Ally Marie Staub | Roslyn | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Blake William Pulse | Salem | South Dakota | graduate certificate, SAHSS | |
| Sadye Ann Roesler | CL | Salem | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Megan Kathryn Stiefvater | CL | Salem | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES, and undergraduate certificate, SAFES |
| Ann Louisa Adler | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Micah Trini Albrecht-Gonzalez | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Justin Lloyd Alderman | CL | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |
| Mercedes Faith Anchondo-Corral | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Heather Niocole Anderson | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Kaya Ione Ashpaugh | Sioux Falls | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS |