Spring 2026 Graduation List
July 21, 2026
South Dakota State University announces spring 2026 graduates.
BROOKINGS, S.D. — The following students graduated after the spring 2026 semester 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 32 states and 27 nations graduated in the spring 2026 semester. More than 90 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.**
Spring 2026
| Name | Honors | Home City | State | Degree, College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michaela Janine French | Wagner | South Dakota | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Jaden Jon Peters | Wagner | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Jacob Dale Ziegler | Wagner | South Dakota | Master of Education, SEHS | |
| Jaydon Keller | Wallace | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Ethan Donald Paulson | Wallace | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Cody Len Larson | Warner | South Dakota | Master of Engineering, SENGR | |
| Tell Michael Mollman | SCL | Watauga | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR |
| Elijah David Baldwin | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Kylie Dakota Bean | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of General Studies, SAHSS | |
| Kaia Sylvia Bolsoy | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SENGR | |
| Hunter Leigh Britzman | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Kyann Hazel Rose Buchanan | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS | |
| Caitlin Taylor Cyrus | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SEHS | |
| Andrew Michael Czech | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Benjamin Jon Fischbach | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| George Edward Fraher | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Keith German | MCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS |
| Kory Jean Hall | Watertown | South Dakota | Master of Science, SAHSS | |
| Karli Marie Hanten | MCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SEHS |
| Logan Paul Jenc | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SENGR | |
| Mack T. Johnson | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAFES | |
| Chloe Christine Karst | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS | |
| Masume Krol | SCL | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and undergraduate certificate, SAHSS |
| Kimberly N. La Frenier | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science in Nursing, SNURS | |
| Charles Ray Larson | Watertown | South Dakota | Bachelor of Science, SAHSS, and graduate certificate, SAHSS |