Austin College’s Dean’s List has been announced for Spring Term 2016.The Dean’s List recognizes the top 20 percent of students taking a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses. For Spring Term 2016, the Dean’s List recognizes 294 individuals.
“We congratulate the students on the Dean’s List and commend them on this accomplishment, especially given the rigor of the Austin College curriculum and the quality of their colleagues,” said Dr. Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the faculty. “To be named to the Dean’s list evidences students’ commitment to academic excellence and is an honor for the students and their families.”
Students on the Dean’s List for Spring Term 2016 are listed below:
Ali Faraaz Ahmed of El Paso, Texas;
Bradford “Brad” Elliot Aiken of Flower Mound, Texas;
Brittney Marie Aldridge of Whitesboro, Texas;
Ayelia Ali of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Mashal Amber Ali of Sugar Land, Texas;
Madison “Madi” Lee Aliff of Placerville, California;
Mohammed Y. Allawala of San Antonio, Texas;
Jared Michial Allen of Aubrey, Texas;
Zebastian Alzamora of Coral Gables, Florida;
Robert “Rob” Amaya of Garland, Texas;
Cedric Paul Ambulo of Cedar Hill, Texas;
Tianna Alexa Anderson of Harker Heights, Texas;
Elijah C. Andes of Santa Fe , New Mexico;
Nickolas Mitchell Ashburn of McKinney, Texas;
Neethu Ann Augustine of Allen, Texas;
Olivia Joanna Bailey of High Springs, Florida;
Darcy Baldwin of Allen, Texas;
Joel Hughes Barrett of Dallas, Texas;
Katherine Hart Battle of Allen, Texas;
Payton Clark Betts of Bowie, Texas;
Gunnar Karl Bishop of Houston, Texas;
Macey Shanae Blakley of Durant, Oklahoma;
Allison “Ali” P. Boehmer of Nixa, Missouri;
Kyle Jeremy Bohannon of Katy, Texas;
Benjamin “Ben” Joseph Bouchez of McKinney, Texas;
Ryan Lewayne Bridges of Sherman, Texas;
Shane William Brooks of Waco, Texas;
Benjamin Bruce of Friendswood, Texas;
Bethany Bundrant of Austin, Texas;
Hunter Burkett of Bokchito, Oklahoma;
Nathan Butcher of Greenville, Texas;
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield of Fort Worth, Texas;
Niyel Campbell of Austin, Texas;
Victoria “Tori” Campbell of Oakdale, Minnesota;
Brandon Carnes of Sherman, Texas;
Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas;
Morgan Carroll of Sachse, Texas;
Kaitlyn Casmedes of Sherman, Texas;
Emma Chalott of Dallas, Texas;
Joshua Chanin of Coppell, Texas;
Lillana Chavez of Dallas, Texas;
Ashley Chen of Parker, Texas;
John Chesser of Denison, Texas;
Olivia Cicci of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Jake Cole of Murphy, Texas;
Desiree Coleman of Whitewright, Texas;
Nicole Collier of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Caitlyn Collins of Robinson, Texas;
James Collins of Katy, Texas;
Katie Collins of Dallas, Texas;
Marissa Collins of Anna, Texas;
Reed Cook of Owasso, Oklahoma;
Cyndi Coon of Indianapolis, Indiana;
Florence Cornell of Dallas, Texas;
Blair Creedle Reynolds of Austin, Texas;
Emily Cullen of Dedham, Massachusetts;
Brandon Dang of Frisco, Texas;
Josh Dickerman of Dallas, Texas;
Sarah Dillabough of El Paso, Texas;
Xuanru Ding of Beijing, CHINA;
Yashi Dommaraju of Plano, Texas;
Matthew Donovan of Mansfield, Texas;
Sarah Dowd of Dallas, Texas;
Jacob Dowell of Little Rock, Arkansas;
Derrick Draeger of Plano, Texas;
Salina DuClos of Burleson, Texas;
Moises Duran of Melilla, SPAIN;
Malak El-Sherif of Plano, Texas;
Aktan Eminovski of Pottsboro, Texas;
Nathanael Essin of Sherman, Texas;
Carly Fagnant of The Woodlands, Texas;
Jessica Farra of Castle Rock, Colorado;
Rosie Fasullo of El Lago, Texas;
Quincy Ferrill of Whitewright, Texas;
Brady Flanery of Whitesboro, Texas;
Aubry Foose of Austin, Texas;
Joel Forbis of Decatur, Texas;
Yue Fu of Zhejiang, CHINA;
Rachel Fusselman of Trophy Club, Texas;
Greyka Denise Galvan of Dallas, Texas;
Rizwan Gangwani of Euless, Texas;
Ana Garcia of El Paso, Texas;
Jorge Garza of San Antonio, Texas;
Caroline Rose Geiger of Austin, Texas;
Nicole Gentili of Flower Mound, Texas;
Erik Gentzel of McKinney, Texas;
Haley George of Midland, Texas;
Henry Preston Glasscock of Dallas, Texas;
Amy Glazier of McKinney, Texas;
Phyllis Goode of Lubbock, Texas;
Taylor Goyen of Frisco, Texas;
Callie Graham of Shreveport, Louisiana;
Dylan Guthrie of Howe, Texas;
Victor Gutierrez de Pineres of Sherman, Texas;
Shutong Hao of Allen, Texas;
Sarah Haque of Plano, Texas;
Aimi Hardy of Lubbock, Texas;
Grace Harrison of Farmersville, Texas;
Katie Hart of Keller, Texas;
James Hemen of Grand Prairie, Texas;
Ashley Hernandez of El Paso, Texas;
Briana Micaela Hernandez of Irving, Texas;
Karla Herrera of Addison, Texas;
Lacyn Hill of Frisco, Texas;
Alexandra “Alix” Hoffman of Thorndale, Texas;
Grace Holcombe of Eustace, Texas;
Austin Holloway of Borger, Texas;
Ryan Hood of Melissa, Texas;
Tanner Howard of Azle, Texas;
Jiandu Hu of Guangzhou, CHINA;
Angela Huang of Allen, Texas;
Stephenie Hudek of Denison, Texas;
John Huggins of Arlington, Texas;
Branden Hunt of Grand Prairie, Texas;
Johanna Hunter of Whitewright, Texas;
Jacob Huston of San Antonio, Texas;
Muhammad Ismail of Garland, Texas;
Sydney Jackson of Arlington, Texas;
Steven Jacob of Wake Village, Texas;
Marc Jeannin of Austin, Texas;
Jay Jeon of Dallas, Texas;
Felicia Johansson of Southlake, Texas;
Katie Johnson of Austin, Texas;
Lauren Johnson of Flower Mound, Texas;
Abhishek Kadiyala of Plano, Texas;
Tabatha Keton of Baytown, Texas;
Joseph Khalaf of Sherman, Texas;
Kaitlyn Kirby of Plano, Texas;
Riya Koshy of Allen, Texas;
Cameron Kubacki of The Woodlands, Texas;
Erin Laine of Houston, Texas;
Samira Lavingia of Plano, Texas;
Brian Lazarow of Cameron, Texas;
Jessica Leach of Whitesboro, Texas;
Ben Lehrman of Dallas, Texas;
Ysabel Rose Lew of San Antonio, Texas;
Minhua Li of Fujian, CHINA;
Katia Lopez of Dallas, Texas;
Emily Low of League City, Texas;
Connor Luckett of Sherman, Texas;
Alex Lux of Houston, Texas;
Trung Ly of Anna, Texas;
Aleena Madni of Allen, Texas;
Kevin Mai of Arlington, Texas;
Jenny Maique of Irving, Texas;
Keara Malone of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Ganesh Maniam of The Woodlands, Texas;
Deepika Reddy Mannem of Austin, Texas;
James Mantil of Coppell, Texas;
Grant Marcinko of Plano, Texas;
Ashley Nicole Martin of Trophy Club, Texas;
Monica Martinez of Austin, Texas;
Vidur Marwaha of Frisco, Texas;
Megan Mayfield of Rockwall, Texas;
Elisabeth Mays of McKinney, Texas;
Victoria McCartney of Baytown, Texas;
Lauren McCaskill of McKinney, Texas;
Todd McCormack of Friendswood, Texas;
Brenna McCown of Garland, Texas;
Deric McCurry of Littlefield, Texas;
Rebecca McDonald of College Station, Texas;
Joseph McDuffie of Bryan, Texas;
Kalynn McKee of Klondike, Texas;
Kevin McKee of Kingwood, Texas;
Madilyn “Madi” McVay of Fort Worth, Texas;
Daniel Medford of Kilgore, Texas;
Paola Medina of Frisco, Texas;
Kylie Menocal of Frisco, Texas;
Cody Meyers of Austin, Texas;
Zach Miles of Victoria, Texas;
Sarah Monroe of San Antonio, Texas;
Alejandro Moran of Sherman, Texas;
Benjamin “Ben” Michael Moran of Tomball, Texas;
Ivonne Moran of Crockett, Texas;
Mary Elizabeth Morris of Arlington, Texas;
Marie Mortensen of Lucas, Texas;
Will Mount of League City, Texas;
Daniel Mulligan of Irving, Texas;
Nikitha Murugesan of Frisco, Texas;
Hannah Myslik of Austin, Texas;
Alexis Narvaez of Duncanville, Texas;
Eva Natinsky of Manor, Texas;
Francisco Neal of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Anna Nevels of Allen, Texas;
Rachael Newsom of Arlington, Texas;
Duc Nguyen of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Tam Nguyen of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Trung Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;
Cliff “Wes” Nichols of Holliday, Texas;
Katrina Rene’ Nichols of Austin, Texas;
Holly Nightengale of Heath, Texas;
Shamika Ninan of Bedford, Texas;
Kane Norman of Allen, Texas;
Felix Omoruyi of Corpus Christi, Texas;
Nicole Orogbu of Garland, Texas;
Tristan Ortiz of Mansfield, Texas;
Christopher “Daniel” Oxenreiter of Dallas, Texas;
Kenneth Bailey Page of Phoenix, Arizona;
Shannon Pan of Plano, Texas;
Elizabeth Ann Pargaman of Austin, Texas;
Mychael Parish of Pojoaque Valley, New Mexico;
Avery Parsons of Granbury, Texas;
Raj Patel of El Paso, Texas;
Richa Patel of El Paso, Texas;
Chris Patton of Houston, Texas;
Jack Perkins of Savoy, Texas;
Mark “Nick” Nicholas Pernik of Kingwood, Texas;
Kylie Peterson of Plano, Texas;
Camille Phillips of San Antonio, Texas;
Enam Valerie Pleth-Suka of Dallas, Texas;
Shelby Poe of Whitewright, Texas;
Emma Polini of Westfield, New Jersey;
Sydney Powell of Littleton, Colorado;
Steven Prinslow of McKinney, Texas;
Giovanna Privitera of Austin, Texas;
Marshall Purdom of Sherman, Texas;
Thomas Quick of Austin, Texas;
Alex Quinn of Lubbock, Texas;
Josh Quinn of Sunnyvale, Texas;
Rohail Rahman of Plano, Texas;
Christopher “Chris” Rahmeh of Austin, Texas;
Andrew Ramirez of Sherman, Texas;
Brooke “Laurel” Reiche of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Yasmin Renteria of Dallas, Texas;
Rohan Rereddy of Garland, Texas;
Samantha Rhyne of Queen City, Texas;
Ashley Rice of Colleyville, Texas;
Andres Rivera of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Dylan Roberts of Dallas, Texas;
Akylah Robinson of Wiesbaden, GERMANY;
April Rodriguez of Houston, Texas;
Nicolas Rodriguez of Dallas, Texas;
Danielle Rogan of Fairview, Texas;
Rebecca Rogers of Boerne, Texas;
Audrey Rose of Round Rock, Texas;
Ian Ruth of Pearland, Texas;
Roxanna Safarimaryaki of Longview, Texas;
Sally Saint-Jacques of Midland, Texas;
Thomas Samonig of Portsmouth, ENGLAND;
Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Kyli Scott of Grapevine, Texas;
Michelle Selmer of McKinney, Texas;
Victoria Severance of Kyle, Texas;
Dilan Shah of McKinney, Texas;
Jason Jungmin Shin of Southlake, Texas;
Sam Skupin of Sadler, Texas;
Ben Sloan of Dallas, Texas;
Shawn Slowinski of Carrollton, Texas;
Sarah Smith of Stephenville, Texas;
Jessi Snyder of Dallas, Texas;
Brittney Son of Richmond, Texas;
Aimee Spearman of Sherman, Texas;
Emily Spears of Bloomburg, Texas;
Matthew Steidle of Bedford, Texas;
Brittany Stepanski of Landenberg, Pennsylvania;
Alexandra Grace Sterken of Tyler, Texas;
Jayden Stumbaugh of Denison, Texas;
Eric Summerlin of Oak Point, Texas;
Jeremy Swisher of The Woodlands, Texas;
Hyowoo “Cindy” Tae of Midland, Michigan;
Destiny Tatum of Celina, Texas;
AnnaBeth Thomas of Amarillo, Texas;
Emma Thornburg of Madison, Wisconsin;
Khuyen Tran of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;
Pido Tran of Sachse, Texas;
Virgina “Henny” Trifiro of Austin, Texas;
Cassi Tullier of Houston, Texas;
Dannie Urban of Alvarado, Texas;
Rebekah Urban of Whitesboro, Texas;
Laura Michelle Van Zant of Sherman, Texas;
Joey Vetter of Midland, Texas;
Sayali Vilekar of Pleasanton, California;
Karla Villanueva of Houston, Texas;
Presleigh Watson of Edmond, Oklahoma;
Jared Weaver of Galveston, Texas;
Ashley Webb of Keller, Texas;
Sitara Weerakoon of Austin, Texas;
Blair Whalen of The Woodlands, Texas;
Lauren Elizabeth Wheeler of Southlake, Texas;
Shardae White of Wylie, Texas;
Marissa Wilkinson of Portland, Oregon;
Maureen Kelly Williams of San Antonio, Texas;
Naomi Wolfe of Columbus, Georgia;
Bonnie Worstell of Sugar Land, Texas;
Charlotte Wright of Dallas, Texas;
Evann Wu of Flower Mound, Texas;
Tiffany “Yan” Xu of Plano, Texas;
Zhiyun Ye of Sichuan, CHINA;
Diana Yu of Plano, Texas; and
Wen Zhao of Liaoning, CHINA.
Austin College, a private national liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas, has earned a reputation for excellence in academic preparation, international study, pre-professional foundations, leadership development, committed faculty, and hands-on, adventurous learning opportunities. One of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives, Austin College boasts a welcoming community that embraces diversity and individuality, with more than 36 percent of students representing ethnic minorities. A residential student body of 1,250 students and a faculty of more than 100 allow a 12:1 student-faculty ratio and personalized attention. The College is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and cultivates an inclusive atmosphere that supports students’ faith journeys regardless of religious tradition. Founded in 1849, the College is the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original name and charter.