Briar Cliff Announces Fall 2025 Dean’s List
January 13, 2026
(Sioux City, Iowa – January 13, 2026) Briar Cliff University is proud to celebrate the academic accomplishments of the 273 students named to the Dean’s list for the Fall semester of the 2025-2026 academic year, including 96 students who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Full-time students who have accomplished a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and part-time students who completed six or more credits in a semester with a 3.5 GPA or higher are eligible for the Dean’s list.
Student names are compiled alphabetically according to their countries, states/provinces, and hometowns. An asterisk following a student’s name denotes a 4.0 GPA.
Alaska
Dillingham – Demetry Hoseth; Juneau – Shaelynn Lee, Barbara Parker*
Arizona
Maricopa – Leah Montes, Patagonia – Raenan Padilla
California
Gardena – Angelina Lopez*; Lodi – Steven Whitling; Los Alamitos – Isaiah Wempe; Orland – Ivan Funderburk; Salinas –Anthony Ruiz-Quiroz; San Diego – Sarah Jensen*; San Jacinto – Ethan Gregg*; Santa Rosa – Malina Weerts*; Temecula –Kailyn Bandel*; Tracy – Jayme Aguon*; Winchester – Emily Daprato
Colorado
Alamosa – Shea Jordan; Castle Rock – Raymond Boosinger; Fort Collins – Jonathan Reed; Greeley – Chase Thomas; Highlands Ranch – Gavin Giles; Johnstown – Brock Saya; Longmont – Brendan Ward; Westminster – Domenic Ciani, Anjelica Gallardo; Windsor – Kylie Sanger*
Florida
Crawfordville – Elizabeth Austin; Dunedin – Noah Dennis; Navarre – DeAntae' Brown*
Iowa
Algona – Meredith Illg; Ankeny – Abby Matney*; Avoca – Adryan Bruce; Blue Grass – Brittany Dawson; Britt – Mallory Leerar; Carroll – Kenadee Loew*, Halle Simons*; Cedar Falls – Kya Bradfield; Cherokee – Harper Benson, Kenna Mongan; Cleghorn – Addyson Pigott*; Clive – Ryann Coughlin*; Council Bluffs – Clayton Luett; Danbury –Reagan Seuntjens; Defiance – Derek Scheuring; Dow City – Karley Hagge; Estherville – Anne Hamm; Fort Dodge – Sara Albright; George – Serenity Putnam*; Hartley – Miranda Niemeyer*; Hull – Leanne Gaul*; Humboldt – Mary Collins; Kingsley – Harrison Nissen; Lawton – Casee Arens*; Le Mars – Alaina Beitelspacher, Desirae Dreckman, Erin Rolling*, Sophie Ruden*, Gabe Wiltgen; Livermore – Olivia Arndorfer*; Lu Verne – Brandon Harris; Mapleton – Jasmine Schaffer; Meriden – Shanon Hill*; Milford – Stephanie Craig; Murray – Melissa Means*; Muscatine –Ciara Burkamper; Neola – Justice Weers*; Newell – Emma Erickson*, Kinzee Hinders; Ottumwa – Ellie Cloyed*; Panora –Avery Bahrenfuss*; Plymouth – Aubrey Hoeft*; Red Oak – Vivian Walker; Remsen – Maria Russell*, Landon Waldschmitt*; Riverside – Grace Batcheller*; Sergeant Bluff – Isabelle Lenz*, Nathanial MacClure*, Easton Wheeler; Sheldon – Maliah Kleinhesselink*, Sarah Reiter*, Samual Vust; Sidney – Michael Hensley; Sioux City – Andrea Alcaraz, Calex Banta, Avery Beller, Elizabeth Benton*, Karina Calles-Romero*, Adrian Cancino Orozco, Kimberly Chilton, Grace Clark, Rose Davis, Clarissa Dicus*, Ethan Frazee, Gabriela Garcia*, Abraham Gonzalez, Haley Gruis*, Jennifer Guevara*, Lilly Hall*, Maria Harris, Sabrina Henry*, Cara Higman*, Allyson Hirst, Kari Hoklin, Crimson Hughes, Faith Hurlbert*, Nadia Ibrahim*, Alexander Johnson, Amy Johnson, Kylie Keenan, Linda Kelly*, Kalyn Koob, Abby Lee*, James Lillard, Jack Lloyd*, Tim Luse, Tylar Lutgen, Landry Lyman*, Milton Medina, Lerato Mosia, Taylor Niemeier, Divine Nzoko, Shawn O’Hern, Emily Ohler*, Noah Porter*, Alondra Prieto-Rodriguez, Valeria Ramirez, Roisin Sagan, Jenna Santos, Kristen Santos*, Tessie Simon*, Tristin Thomas, Marisela Trejo, Cael Walrod, Danielle Wendt*, Brody Williams*, Dianeyra Zapata Jimenez*; Spirit Lake – Reese Strouth; Storm Lake – Clare Peters; Urbandale – Ryan Kleppe*; Wall Lake – Chelsey Bieret*, Madison Bieret; Whiting – Hannah Allen, Tatum Cooper*, Rhema Ring; Winterset –Kael Forsyth
Idaho
Kuna – Addison Frisch; Moscow – Noah Velasco*
Illinois
Bethalto – Adam Ogden*; Brighton – Audrey Evola*; Jacksonville – Kinley Wood; Rockford – Jalyn Yakey
Kansas
Louisiana
Lake Charles – Connor Brignac
Minnesota
Dodge Center – Azeri Thiemann; Floodwood – Kylie Hart*; Jackson – Georgianna Wenzel*; Lake Elmo – Montgomerie Richter; Litchfield – Cade Marquardt; Luverne – Britton McKenzie; Marshall – Cayden Werner; Montevideo – Hailey Dirksen*; Saint Cloud – Jaida Hansen; Saint James – Taylor Sodeman
Montana
Billings – Sydney Robbins; Missoula – Lyndsey McGowan
North Carolina
Charlotte – Joshua Stevenson
North Dakota
Nebraska
Bartlett – Ryder Pokorny*; Bellevue – Baylee Egan, Kaela Persico; Blair – Greyson Kay, Addison Reinoehl, Ella Reinoehl*; Byron – Natalie Tietjen*; Chadron – Demi Ferguson; Clarkson – Jordyn Ratzlaff; Crete – Lauryn Mattox; Crofton – William Steffen; Dakota City – Suhnlatiya Khuninh; Dewitt – Mika Chlupacek; Elkhorn – Ava Grimm; Fordyce – Sabrina Kaiser*; Harrison – Tamika Eastman; Howells – Blake Sindelar; Lincoln – Evan Fuchs*, Sydney Mennenga; Macy – Raven Turner; Murdock – Ella Zierott; Omaha – Kyle Capece, Anthony Digilio, Logan Kraegel, James Nagle, Brady Rempel, Caleb St Cyr*, Sydney Woods; Overton – Braden Fleischman*; Papillion – Kaden Allred, April Benson*, Emma Pease*; Scribner –Elyssa Collins*; South Sioux City – Alondra Camberos, Brooklyn Heineman, Alexa Hurtado, Nayeli Lupercio, Biftu Wako; Sterling – Kaylee Lafferty; Tekamah – Preslee Hansen*; Wahoo – Adam Ohnoutka
Nevada
New York
Johnson City – Dante Rigal; New York – Louis Molnar; Uniondale – Stephanie Williams-Lewis*
Oregon
Forest Grove – Hailey Yon; Portland – Caitlin Anderholm
South Dakota
Aberdeen – Kaelyn Schutter*; Canton – Ellery Jansen*, Olivia Sorlie*; Elk Point – Addison Butler*, Nora Kastning*; Flandreau – Alfie Henderson; Mission Hill – John Nelson*; North Sioux City – Isabella Strawn*; Sioux Falls –Morgan Johnson; Tea – Christy Lee; Vermillion – Reagan Lee; White River – Skyler Krogman; Winner – Karson Keiser
Tennessee
Johnson City – Joseph Giturwa
Texas
Anna – Palvin Ntiege; Canadian – Connor Miller; Cedar Park – Caton Firkins; Keller – Grayson Waters*; Magnolia – Kyle Gibson; Pleasanton – Joseph Casarez
Utah
Millville – Shelby Blankenship
Washington
Everett – Jackson Balmer; Nine Mile Falls – Madison Keon
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Falling Waters – Amanda Stanley*
Wyoming
Kemmerer – Ayden Kelley, Graison Kelley*; Thermopolis – Saraiya Sosa
International Students
Australia
Tangambalanga – Tamzin Hilton
Austria
Brazil
Belo Horizonte – Isabela Campos Pereira
Canada
Calgary – Lily Johnstone*; Woodstock – Sydney Ebel
Costa Rica
Croatia
England
Bedford – Finlay Skilling*; Chesire – Sarah Jones; Stubbington – Farrah Thompson
France
Germany
Ahrensburg – Emma Blomberg; Dresden – Luca Schmiel Gamarra; Schönau im Schwarzwald – Leon Walter Hesselbarth; Tubingen – David Sauter*; Zwickau – Aime Oettler
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kobe – Gaizka Hashimoto Sebastian
Mexico
Mexico City – Iker Delfin*
Norway
Skien – Sveinung Toerring
Portugal
Darque – Guilherme Cruz; Lisbon – Joana Boal Neves; Matosinhos – Mafalda Mota
Slovakia
Piestany – Oliver Kardos*
Spain
Madrid – Valeria Viroomal Galan
Sweden
Åkersberga - Axel Bjerke; Sodertalje – Therese Molin
Thailand
Phuket – Thavichakree Arunmala
Uganda
Kampala – Jesse Koranteng
Zimbabwe
Harare – Blessed Manyenga*