SMSU dean’s list announced for spring semester

Southwest Minnesota State University announced the dean’s list of students recognized for academic achievement during spring semester 2025.

An undergraduate student who completes 12 or more A-F graded credits and achieves a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher will be considered for the Honors dean’s list. If a 4.0 grade- point average is achieved, the student will be on the High Honors dean’s list.

Local students on the list are:

High Honors

Canby: Tracie Hansen, Ethan Thovson, Laura Zeurmens

Dawson: Jada Polhamus

Garvin: Cadence Van

Granite Falls: Bennett Knapper

Iona: Courteney Weidert

Ivanhoe: Melanie Engels

Lake Wilson: Elle Lupkes

Lynd: Luke Novotny

Marshall: Nawaf Afrasiyab. Lazaro Alvarez, Nankling Andrew, Molly Coil, Kalyn DeVlieger, Kennedy Drake, Hunter Gruendemann, Olivia Houseman, Charlie Jacobson, Leah Jones, Caren Juarez, Elle Kirkendall, Yu Cheng Liu, Tri Phuc Nguyen, Tristan Primus, Zoe Pudil, Brenna Springborg

Milroy: Nicholas Schmitt

Minneota: McKenzie Tolk

Porter: Johanna Hansen

Slayton: Emily Rohrer

Vesta: Jamison Rohlik

Walnut Grove: Madyson Girard. Ella Knakmuhs

Honors

Balaton: Lincoln Swanjord

Clarkfield: Michael Pitzl

Cottonwood: Nathan Fenske

Dawson: Collin Swedzinski

Ghent: Zeke Monzon

Granite Falls: Cody Dahlager, Bailey Day, Nikson Knapper, Ashley Niemeyer

Ivanhoe: Alyssa Engels

Lake Benton: Sharon Hudson, Kinsley Krog, Andrei Wogen

Lucan: Grace Dolan

Lynd: Yenghoua Kue

Marshall: Omar Abdi, Claire Allen, Avery Anderson, Gage Andries, Cecily Aufenthie, Hrithik Bartaula, Brock Bruns, Lara Bump, Alex Castor, Kaden Clark, Kaleab Debela, David Edens, Mario Estrella, Emmett Fischer, Sophia Fischer, Taylor Freeburg, James Gednalske, Angela Goettl, Brooklyn Gossen, Feven Haile, Abby Helmer, Ian Her, Victoria Imafidor, Dagim Jalleta, Devon Jayasuriya, Rahma Khalif, Olivia Kisner, Malachi Kohls, Daly Kruger, Alyssa Labat, Yididya Legesse, Dylan Louwagie, Rasti Maharjan, Emma Myhre, Carla Nevi, Ngoc Khanh Ngo, Quyen Nguyen, Andrea Ortega, Aisha Osman, Ruchita Patel, Ku Thay Paw, Isaiah Rheaume, Angel Salazar, Naomi Schroeder, Heidi Schwendemann, Natalie Severson, Lay Shell, Bibek Subedi, Sally Tabaka, Esrom Tadesse, Muela Thaw, Jessica Tolzien, Ashley Wall, Alex Wells, Linnea Williams, Fermin Wingerter, Jinyu Zhou

Minneota: Jerlyn Linares, Jasmine Loftus, McKenna Yost

Porter: Grant Anderson

Slayton: Madison Danneman, Ava Johnson, Sophie Larson

Tracy: Asiel Perez

Vesta: Jayden Goblish, Chloe Rohlik

Wood Lake: Korysa Herrick