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DWU Spring Semester Dean’s List Announced

MITCHELL —  The 2017 spring semester dean’s list at Dakota Wesleyan University includes 251 students.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale. They also have to complete at least 12 hours of academic work during the semester. The following students have been named to the dean’s list.

Arizona

Bullhead City – Katherine Holt

California

Antelope – Amber Budmark

Discovery Bay – Clark Butler

Irvine – Ian Hyde

Palmdale – Nicholas Woslum

Turlock – Savannah Ahumada

Yuba City – Austin Van Poole

Colorado                                                       

Keenesburg – Brittany Ochs

Loveland – Dyrani Clark

Iowa

Ogden – Jeanne Hollingshead

Rock Valley – Maria Koenen

Sioux City – Kristen Mollet

Idaho

Driggs – Sean Riley

Tetonia – Braiden Jorgensen

Illinois

Batavia – Kelly Hull

Minnesota

Anoka – Amber Bray, Ashley Bray

Coon Rapids – Jessica Kolar

Eden Valley – Bret Mattice

Edgerton – Pamela Torres

Granite Falls – Jennifer Monson

Jackson – Sydney Eddy, Jon Harmening

Lake Crystal – Katherine Vetch

Lonsdale – Thomas Dienst

Marshall – Meghan Travis

North Branch – Taylor Spence

Pipestone – Cassandra VanderPlaats

Saint Michael – McKenna Rogers

South Haven – Jenna Loch

Worthington – Paige Kinley

Montana

Roundup – Marissa Soderberg

North Dakota

Hannaford – Kali Manz

Nebraska

Bellevue – Abby Smith

Ewing – Mallory Cooper

Hemingford – Mathew Davis

Holstein – Rachelle Steiner

Juniata – Ciera Eisele

Norfolk – Katarina Godfrey, Peyton Price, Zachary Uttecht

Omaha – Lillian Jones

Nevada

Las Vegas – Karly Severance

South Dakota

Aberdeen – Ariana Arampatzis, Thomas Hogg

Alexandria – Karen Ahrenholz, Kendra Cheeseman, Emily Hanson, Ralph Helmuth, Wyatt Kayser, Timothy Leach, Aaron Wenande

Artesian – Candace Page-Marten

Badger – Johannah Jensen

Baltic – Noah Scotting, Nathan Stadem

Belle Fourche – Nathanial Collins

Black Hawk – Rodney Seals

Bowdle – Elizabeth Anderson

Box Elder – MacKayla Nohr, Amie Williams

Brandon – Ashley Burkman, Jaymie Lillestol, Jennifer Yoon

Bridgewater – Natasha Letcher

Britton – Jared Rabenberg

Brookings – Zachery Treiber

Burke –Shailhyn Schweigert

Canton – Anna Schutte

Cavour – Sierra Crater

Chamberlain – Makenna Hancock, Tara Weeman

Colome – Reed Harter, Zachary Harter

Corsica –Linnaea Johnson, Hope Menning, Kayla Vanden Hoek Weber

Custer – Amanda Stolz

Dallas – Ivy Ekroth

De Smet – Rylie Osthus

Dell Rapids – Ty Hoglund, Trevor Peter

Draper – Madison Mathews

Elk Point – Amy Zeller

Ethan – Cameron Wittstruck

Faith – Shanna Selby

Fedora – Cal Wiese

Forestburg – Morgan Selland

Fort Pierre – Lukas Chase

Garretson – Cody Bonte, Patrick Whetham

Geddes – Rachael Kriz, Kennedy Muckey

Gregory – Codi Horst, Mason Juracek

Harrisburg – Bailey Schriever

Hartford – Jacey Jira, Hailey Johnson, McKenzie Stone, Noah Vettrus

Howard –Andrew Schwader, Maria Schwader

Huron – Lucas Carr, Ryan Chase, Katelynn Ellsworth, Amanda Halsey, Michelle Johnson

Iroquois – Erik Wehlander

Kimball – Jennifer Ekstrum, Russell Pick

Lake Andes – Brooke Deurmier, DiMera Dvorak, Nichole Dvorak, Kelsey Kniffen, Jason Laska

Lake Preston – Cole Casper, Kimberly VanBockern

Madison – Taner DenHoed, Jessica Neises, Cody Warns, Heith Williams

Martin – Brady Hicks

Menno – Ashton Diede

Miller – Desirae VanZee

Mitchell – Tyson Allen, Carter Brewster, Jude Burkinshaw, Mason Cahoy, Joseph Carroll, Zackary Clement, Megan Crago, Erin Croucher, Jessica Fair-Manke, Matthew Fouberg, Alyssa Green, Courtney Hellman, Amelia Honermann, Tori Houwman, Mitch Johnson, Kimberly Karhoff, Alyssa Ketcham, Andrea Konz, Matthew Krall, Chelsea Kulm, Katherine Loveland, Marian Ragels, Morgan Renshaw, Alyssa Roy, Tate Schoenfelder, Hannah Spates, Anna Thompson, Lane Weeman, Michelle Bechen

Montrose – Morgan Sechser

Mount Vernon – Delayna Paulson

New Underwood – Courtney Albers

Oelrichs – Zoey Osmotherly

Parkston – Aaron Ehler, Erica Herrold, Ann Holstein, Tessa Meyer, McKenzie Weidenbach

Philip – Rachel Parsons

Pierre – Matthew Bader, Nathaniel Bader

Plankinton – Makaela Karst, Lauren Linville

Platte – Nicole Nelson, Rheanna Pheifer, Aubrey Rabenberg, Matthew Randall

Pukwana – Anna Pazour

Ramona – Dustin Riedel

Rapid City – Bryce Blank, Autumn Hagen, Alexandra Sterling

Redfield – Kristi Macumber

Revillo – Mikayla Street

Salem – Kurt Schwarzenbart

Selby – Kayla Olson

Sioux Falls – Katlyn Ameson, Anthony Burke, Bethlee Burke, Dina Censky, Emmanuel Christopher, Amy Dunathan, Carrie Ensz, Brittany Forsman, Brooke Forsman, Rachelle Mahoney, Lucas Merrill, Margot Noe, Brooklynn Oehlerking, Megan Peltier, Cierra Schneider, Jason Spicer

Springfield – Chesney Nagel

Stickney – Adam Bormann

Sturgis – Hanah Cerkoney, Dustin Jordan, Lisa Stanley

Tabor – Dakota Bodden

Tea –Zachariah Gors, Cooper Hansen, Alex Kraus, Jenny Ruckdaschel

Tripp – Kelsey Buchmann, Morgan Ziegler

Tyndall –Tyra Patzlaff, Hunter Young

Vermillion – Josie Huber

Volga – Tyson DeGroot, Daniel Mitchell, Danielle Van Kooten

Wagner – Emily Brunsing, Allison Cimpl, Jasmine Kreeger, Justine Soukup

Watertown – Nate Davis, Jayden Engels, Emily Pengilly

Webster –Tyler Wagner

Wessington Springs – Julia Kaus

White Lake – Dylan Dethlefsen

Winner – Tyrel Haley, Sara Husher, Destannie Noteboom

Wolsey – Brittany Bergquist, Alecia VanTassel

Woonsocket – Rex Schlicht

Worthing – Kristen Walsh

Yankton – Derek Brenner, Rebecca Frick, Andriana Sprakel

Texas

Lakeview – April Barnett

Utah

Tooele – Elise Sutherland

Wisconsin

Menomonee Falls – Samantha Schuh

Superior – Thanael Certa-Werner

Wyoming

Buffalo – Luke Wodahl

Cheyenne – Damon Macleary

Gillette – Nicholas Aten, Willow Colbrese, Tyler Fortuna

Other Countries:

Canada

Rosenfeld, Manitoba – Nathen Smith

Selkirk, Manitoba – Colten Boudreau

Winnipeg, Manitoba – Lorissa Loeppky

Windsor, Ontario – Nicholas Garofalo

Shaunavon, Saskatchewan – Claudia Nixon

England

Hartlepool, Cleveland – John Sutherland

Ton Pentre, Mid-Glamorgan – Jordan Southway

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