Briar Cliff University Announces Spring 2026 Dean’s List

(Sioux City, Iowa – June 9, 2026) Briar Cliff University celebrates the academic accomplishments of the 263 students named to the Dean’s list for the Spring Semester of the 2025-2026 academic year. 93 of which 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 

Juneau – Shaelynn Lee

Arizona 

Glendale – Kaylee Lafferty*; Patagonia – Raenan Padilla

California 

Chino – Sierra Brooks; Lodi – Steven Whiting; Los Alamitos – Isaiah Wempe; Orland – Ivan Funderburk; Rocklin – Johnny Bauser; Salinas – Anthony Ruiz-Quiroz; San Diego – Sarah Jensen*; San Jacinto – Ethan Gregg*; Santa Rosa – Malina Weerts; Stockton – Maximilliano Rascon; Tracy – Jayme Aguon; Winchester – Emily Daprato

Colorado

Castle Rock – Cameron Cayou; Greeley – Chase Thomas; Haxtun – Megan Walker; Longmont – Brendan Ward; Westminster – Domenic Ciani, Anjelica Gallardo*; Windsor – Kylie Sanger*

Florida

Dunedin – Noah Dennis; Monticello – Elizabeth Austin; Pembroke Pines – Kymani Fleurme

Iowa

Ankeny – Abby Matney; Avoca – Adryan Bruce*; Blue Grass – Brittany Dawson*; Britt – Mallory Leerar; Carroll – Kenadee Loew*; Carson – Ayla Richardson; Charles City – Adam White; Cherokee – Harper Benson*, Kenna Mongan*; Cleghorn – Addyson Pigott*; Clive – Ryann Coughlin*; Council Bluffs – Clayton Luett; Cushing – Ashlyn Putzier; Danbury – Reagan Seuntjens; Defiance – Derek Scheuring*; Dow City – Karley Hagge; Emmitsburg – Meredith Illg; Estherville – Anne Hamm*; Fort Dodge – Sara Albright*; George – Serenity Putnam*; Hartley – Miranda Niemeyer*; Hinton – Madison Goosmann; Kingsley – Harrison Nissen*, Damon Schmid; Lawton – Casee Arens*; Le Mars – Alaina Beitelspacher, Erin Rolling*, Sophie Ruden, Maricel Storey*, Gabe Wiltgen; Meriden – Shanon Hill*; Merrill – Kaitlyn Stabe; Milford – Stephanie Craig; Moville – Jackson Reblitz; Murray – Melissa Means*; Muscatine – Ciara Burkamper; Neola – Justice Weers; Newell – Emma Erickson, Kinzee Hinders; Norwalk – Abigail Hughes; Panora – Avery Bahrenfuss; Red Oak – Vivian Walker*; Remsen – Maria Russell*, Landon Waldschmitt*; Sergeant Bluff – Ella Bos, Nathanial MacClure*, Easton Wheeler; Sheldon – Makenna Kleinhesselink*, Maliah Kleinhesselink*; Sidney – Michael Hensley; Sioux City – Andrea Alcaraz*, Caitlin Anderholm, Melat Belay, Avery Beller*, Elizabeth Benton*, Emma Blomberg*, Isabela Campos Pereira, Lucy Carter, Madelyne Casillas, Kimberly Chilton*, Grace Clark, Rose Davis*, Anthony Digilio, Baylee Egan, Lillian Elliott, Molli Exner*, Alec Fletcher, Ethan Frazee, Mariah Fustos*, Gabriela Garcia*, Carolina Garcia Contreras, Kyle Gibson, Abraham Gonzalez, Haley Gruis*, Jennifer Guevara, Lilly Hall, Cynthia Harder-Garcia, Maria Harris, Gaizka Hashimoto Sebastian, Sabrina Henry*, Allyson Hirst*, Aubrey Hoeft*, Kari Hoklin, Faith Hurlbert*, Nadia Ibrahim*, Alexander Johnson, Amy Johnson*, Kylie Keenan, Kalyn Koob, Abby Lee*, James Lillard, Jack Lloyd*, Jessica Lopez-Walker, Tylar Lutgen, Landry Lyman*, Milton Medina, Cade Mineart, Joshua Mogensen, Therese Molin, Mafalda Mota, Elena Ochoa, Manuel Parades, Arath Pinedo, Ryder Pokorny*, Alondra Prieto-Rodriguez, Zakary Rachow, Roisin Sagan*, Jenna Santos*, Kristen Santos, Brock Saya, Jasmine Schaffer, Luca Schmiel Gamarra, Victoria Schneiders*, Finlay Skilling*, Aaliyah Smith, William Steffen, Tristin Thomas, Molly Vondrak, Danielle Wendt, Brody Williams*, Dianeyra Zapata Jimenez, Ella Zierott*; Storm Lake – Clare Peters; Urbandale – Ryan Kleppe; Wall Lake – Chelsey Bieret*; Whiting – Hannah Allen, Tatum Cooper*; Winterset – Kael Forsyth*

Idaho 

Kuna – Addison Frisch; Moscow – Noah Velasco

Illinois 

Bethalto – Adam Ogden*; Brighton – Audrey Evola*; Jacksonville – Kinley Wood*; Rockford – Jalyn Yakey

Kansas 

Andover – Kellyn Rogers; Liberal – Fatima Ortega

Louisiana 

Lake Charles – Conor Brignac

Michigan 

Mendon – Isabella Smith*

Minnesota 

Floodwood – Kylie Hart; Fulda – Aiden Langle*; Lake Elmo – Montgomerie Richter; Luverne – Britton McKenzie; Marshall – Cayden Werner; Minneapolis – Khalid Abdulkadir; Montevideo – Hailey Dirksen; Saint James – Taylor Sodeman; St Michael – Hannah Hoglund

Missouri 

Saint Louis – Ethan Sebastian

Montana 

Billings – Sydney Robbins*

North Dakota 

Fargo – Zachary Lamont

Nebraska 

Bellevue – Aubrey White; Blair – Addison Reinoehl, Ella Reinoehl*; Byron – Natalie Tietjen*; Chadron – Demi Ferguson; Clarkson – Jordyn Ratzlaff*; Elkhorn – Ava Grimm; Fordyce – Sabrina Kaiser*; Gretna – Ava Boyce; Howells – Blake Sindelar; Lincoln – Evan Fuchs*, Sydney Mennenga; Omaha – Kyle Capece*, Logan Kraegel, Brady Rempel*, Caleb St. Cyr*, Sydney Woods*; Overton – Braden Fleischman; Papillion – Kaden Allred, April Benson*, Emma Pease; Ralston – Wyatt Gettman; Scribner – Elyssa Collins*; South Sioux City – Brooklyn Heineman, Alexa Hurtado; Tekamah – Preslee Hansen*; Wahoo – Adam Ohnoutka; Waterbury – Jennifer Cunningham; Winnebago – Emily Harden

Ohio 

Amelia – Alisa Komolthiti*

Oklahoma 

Broken Arrow – Dariuz Black; Moore – Phillip Benjamin; Oklahoma City – David Fay

Oregon

Forest Grove – Hailey Yon

South Dakota

Aberdeen – Kaelyn Schutter; Canton – Ellery Jansen; Dakota Dunes – Tim Luse, Jaxson Wingert; Elk Point – Nora Kastning*; Flandreau – Alfie Henderson*; Hudson – Olivia Sorlie*; Mission Hill – John Nelson; North Sioux City – Paige Atchison, Brylie Cray, Isabella Strawn; Sioux Falls – Aiden Doyle, Morgan Johnson*; Tea – Christy Lee*; Vermillion – Reagan Lee; White River – Skyler Krogman

Texas

Anna – Palvin Ntiege*; Canadian – Connor Miller; Cedar Park – Caton Firkins; Justin – Taegan Eatmon; Keller – Grayson Waters

Utah 

Eagle Mountain – Brandon Crowe; Millville – Shelby Blankenship*

Washington 

Everett – Jackson Balmer

Wisconsin 

Exeland – Aliyah Basham*; Milwaukee – Lorencio Bruno Callazo

Wyoming 

Kemmerer – Graison Kelley; Thermopolis – Saraiya Sosa

International Students

Australia

Tangambalanga – Tamzin Hilton

Austria

Ahorngasse – Thomas Goetz*

Bahamas 

Nassau – Devondra Sands

Canada 

Calgary – Lily Johnstone; Woodstock – Sydney Ebel*

Ecuador 

Sangolqui – Julian Mena

England 

Chesire – Sarah Jones*

Germany 

Baden-W – Leon Walter Hesselbarth; Castrop-Rauxel – Tobias Noack; Martin-Vollmer-Weg – David Sauter; Pforzheim – Giuseppe Marrix; Zwickau – Aime Oettler*

Mexico

Mexico City – Iker Delfin*

Monaco

Monte Carlo – Axel Bjerke*

Norway 

Maelagata Nord – Sveinung Toerring*; Marteåsveien -- Ferdinand Dahl

Portugal 

Rua Nóbrega E Sousa – Joana Boal Neves

Slovakia 

Kajakarska – Oliver Kardos*

Spain 

Calle Monasterio de Sigena – Gabriel Hernandez Les; Madrid – Valeria Viroomal Galan; Villaviciosa de Odón -- Alejandro Illan

Sweden 

Stockholm – Ellen Lofsjogard; Vinthundsgatan – Nora Angleina Montalvo

Thailand 

Patong Beach – Thavichakree Arunmala

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi – Crisiendy Brenn Salva

United Kingdom 

Hampshire – Farrah Thompson