The Austin College Dean’s List has been announced for Spring Term 2018, recognizing the top 20 percent among students who had taken a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses during the term. For Spring Term 2018, the Dean’s List recognizes 248 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. David Griffith, interim 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.”
The Spring Term 2018 Dean’s List includes the following students, listed with their hometowns:
Zachary Aamold of Dallas, Texas;
Mindalena Elise Adams of Ladonia, Texas;
Esmeralda Alejo of Dallas, Texas;
Emily Aller of Mansfield, Texas;
Sarah Alvi of Southlake, Texas;
Dev Jaymin Amin of Rockwall, Texas;
Abigail Anderson of McKinney, Texas;
David Anderson of Richardson, Texas;
Tianna Alexa Anderson of Harker Heights, Texas;
Trevor Cornell Anderson of Frisco, Texas;
Phoebe Angaye of Denton, Texas;
Alexandra “Allie” Marie Armato of Irving, Texas;
Jessica Atwell of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Shelby Bagby of Forney, Texas;
Nicole Baker of McKinney, Texas;
Alexandra Baker-Livingston of Richardson, Texas;
Abigail “Abby” Ballard of Norman, Oklahoma;
Hannah Barry of Dallas, Texas;
Joshua Behar of Plano, Texas;
Cole Berry of Montgomery, Texas;
Julia Bialecka of Piaseczno, POLAND;
Allison “Ali” P. Boehmer of Nixa, Missouri;
Sebastian Bohlmann of Katy, Texas;
Santos Botello of Galveston, Texas;
Kyle Breed of Crosby, Texas;
Lois Bronaugh of Buda, Texas;
Chris Brown of Garland, Texas;
Hunter Burkett of Bokchito, Oklahoma;
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield of Fort Worth, Texas;
Nic Cappellini of San Antonio, Texas;
Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas;
Anna Centala of Dallas, Texas;
Emma Chalott Barron of Dallas, Texas;
Jason Chen of Plano, Texas;
Megan Chiu of Wylie, Texas;
Ruth F. Clason of Irving, Texas;
Freyja Coe of Friendswood, Texas;
Caitlyn Collins of Robinson, Texas;
Anthony Cooper of Grand Prairie, Texas;
Florence Cornell of Dallas, Texas;
Callier Creedle Reynolds of Austin, Texas;
Kortney Crosby of Pottsboro, Texas;
Connor Cumpton of Dallas, Texas;
Brittany Dang of Frisco, Texas;
Michael Dang of Richardson, Texas;
Cole Deaver of Moses Lake, Washington;
Spencer Dirk of San Antonio, Texas;
Victoria Dodd of Pottsboro, Texas;
Jacob Dowell of Little Rock, Arkansas;
Derrick Draeger of Plano, Texas;
Harris Drake of Whitesboro, Texas;
Hannah Eason of Conroe, Texas;
Erin Katherine Eckart of Norman, Oklahoma;
Mandy Eckhardt of Sulphur Springs, Texas;
Nick Edwards of Pottsboro, Texas;
Leslie Erwin of Fort Worth, Texas;
Christopher Essien of Corpus Christi, Texas;
Emily Estes of Sherman, Texas;
Samantha Fawcett of Plano, Texas;
Hermon Feron of Allen, Texas;
Zaliah Finegan of Bayside, California;
Savy Flores of Dallas, Texas;
Joel Forbis of Decatur, Texas;
Kat Forbus of Plano, Texas;
Sierra Force of Casper, Wyoming;
Nicholaus Frederick of Pantego, Texas;
Lihlu Fuentes of Austin, Texas;
Grace Fullerton of Austin, Texas;
Chloe Glenn of Beaverton, Oregon;
Jonathan Gonzalez of Irving, Texas;
Abigail Goodman of Austin, Texas;
Megan Goyal of Irving, Texas;
Joshua Granberry of Plano, Texas;
Ashley A. Griffin of Fort Worth, Texas;
Shutong Hao of Allen, Texas;
Kenneth Hardy of Lubbock, Texas;
Brandon Harner of Friendswood, Texas;
Karla Herrera of Addison, Texas;
Patrick Hicks of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Wyatt Hill of University Park, Texas;
Joshua Himelfarb of Katy, Texas;
Alexandra “Alix” Hoffman of Thorndale, Texas;
Saif Hoque of Plano, Texas;
Seth Howard of Lantana, Texas;
Jiandu Hu of Guangzhou, CHINA;
Kaitlyn Hudson of Dallas, Texas;
John Huggins of Arlington, Texas;
Milan Jaiswal of Frisco, Texas;
Harper Jambor of Austin, Texas;
Katie Johnson of Austin, Texas;
Emma Johnsson of Frisco, Texas;
Elizabeth Jolly of Denton, Texas;
Holly Kapp of Dodd City, Texas;
Safa Khawaja of Fort Worth, Texas;
Sarah Klawun of Bartlesville, Oklahoma;
Riya Koshy of Allen, Texas;
Varun Kotipalli of Coppel, Texas;
Zane Kottwitz of Arlington, Texas;
Mary Kouns of Rideway, South Carolina;
Conner Kramer of Allen, Texas;
Samira Lavingia of Plano, Texas;
Alvin LeBlanc of Galveston, Texas;
Katie Lebman of Missouri City, Texas;
Pusthi Leva of Fabens, Texas;
Matt Li of Frisco, Texas;
Anna Long of Arlington, Texas;
Ally Longaker of Half Moon Bay, California;
Caitlin Lucero of Boerne, Texas;
Connor Luckett of Sherman, Texas;
Zoe Lugo of Allen, Texas;
Emily MacDonald of Phoenix, Arizona;
Isabella MacMiller of Dallas, Texas;
Zachary Magers of Sherman, Texas;
Brandon Mai of Garland, Texas;
Andrew Maienschein of Claremore, Oklahoma;
Daniel Maldonado of Austin, Texas;
Keara Malone of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Liberte Manirakiza of San Antonio, Texas;
Allen Mankin of Grapevine, Texas;
Jazmen Marquez of Dallas, Texas;
Samuel Marsh of Houston, Texas;
Brian Martinez of Converse, Texas;
Dane Marwood of Flower Mound, Texas;
Collin Maynard of Anderson, South Carolina;
Kristin McCamy of San Antonio, Texas;
Will McCarthy of Waco, Texas;
Lauren McCaskill of McKinney, Texas;
Rebecca McDonald of College Station, Texas;
William McDonough of Denison, Texas;
Camarah McLean of Falls Church, Virginia;
Kenia Mejia of Dallas, Texas;
Kylie Menocal of Frisco, Texas;
Tate Milroy of Morris, Oklahoma;
Angel Montelongo of Dallas, Texas;
Andrea Montiel of Houston, Texas;
Georgia Moore of Dallas, Texas;
Benjamin “Ben” Michael Moran of Tomball, Texas;
Ndanzia “Paul” Mpunga of Euless, Texas;
Elizabeth Munns of Plano, Texas;
Carly Myers of Rowlett, Texas;
Hannah Myslik of Austin, Texas;
Rachael Newsom of Arlington, Texas;
William Newsom of McKinney, Texas;
Steffen Ngo of San Antonio, Texas;
Khanh Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;
Myhien Nguyen of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Nguyen Nguyen of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;
Trung Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;
Katrina Nichols of Austin, Texas;
Jajah Nichols-Trench of Channelview, Texas;
Darcie Nightengale of Heath, Texas;
Shamika Ninan of Bedford, Texas;
Amanda Nolting of Austin, Texas;
Caroline Ogden of Highland Village, Texas;
Rachel Oney of Dallas, Texas;
Manuella Owusu of Katy, Texas;
Elizabeth Pack of Stephenville, Texas;
Kenneth Bailey Page of Phoenix, Arizona;
Shannon Pan of Plano, Texas;
John Pass of Austin, Texas;
Jayna Patel of Abilene, Texas;
Rachel Patel of Richardson, Texas;
Tajal Patel of Richardson, Texas;
Addie Pederson of Georgetown, Texas;
Noah Perez of McKinney, Texas;
Mark “Nick” Nicholas Pernik of Kingwood, Texas;
Nicole Pinkerton of Arlington, Texas;
Shelby Poe of Whitewright, Texas;
Joshua Pollard of Southlake, Texas;
Sita Ramasamy of Plano, Texas;
Sanjana Rasamsetti of Fremont, California;
Zsuzsanna Ratliff-Johnson of Denton, Texas;
Syeda Raza of Bedford, Texas;
Yasmin Renteria of Dallas, Texas;
Rohan Rereddy of Garland, Texas;
Dylan Roberts of Dallas, Texas;
Nicolas Rodriguez of Dallas, Texas;
Audrey Rose of Round Rock, Texas;
Isabel Ruch of Dallas, Texas;
Jaran Rudd of Austin, Texas;
Cesar Ruiz of Sachse, Texas;
Taylor Ryan of Parker, Texas;
Antonio Saavedra of Plano, Texas;
Sarah Safarimaryaki of Longview, Texas;
Sally Saint Jacques of Midland, Texas;
Thomas Samonig of Portsmouth, ENGLAND;
Taher Sapatwalla of Flower Mound, Texas;
Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Hayden Schilling of Muenster, Texas;
Ben Schmidt of Dallas, Texas;
Kyli Scott of Grapevine, Texas;
Andrea Selkow of Turlock, California;
Anna Sergiovanni of Richardson, Texas;
Pranav Sheth of Plano, Texas;
Sam Skupin of Sadler, Texas;
Ben Sloan of Dallas, Texas;
Marcus Slonaker of Austin, Texas;
Quinton Smith of Cedar Hill, Texas;
Felix Soriano of Dallas, Texas;
Rita Spellman of Hallsville, Texas;
Taylor Spurgin of Mansfield, Texas;
Alexandra Grace Sterken of Tyler, Texas;
Michael Suresh of Sugar Land, Texas;
Vero Tessier of Allen, Texas;
Jessica Thoennes of Flower Mound, Texas;
Emma Thornburg of Madison, Wisconsin;
Bridget Tolle of Yukon, Oklahoma;
David Tulkoff of Austin, Texas;
Shreya Uppala of Austin, Texas;
Rebekah Urban of Whitesboro, Texas;
Aneesa Vaidya of Corinth, Texas;
Jillian Vandergrift of Carrollton, Texas;
Jimreeves Varghese of Mesquite, Texas;
Andrea Velez of The Woodlands, Texas;
Architha Vijay of Allen, Texas;
Collin Vu of Rowlett, Texas;
Catherine Waldie of Forth Worth, Texas;
Kirsten Weber of Texarkana, Texas;
Alisa White of Arlington, Texas;
Marissa Wilkinson of Portland, Oregon;
Hunter Williams of Garland, Texas;
Marina Wise of Port Isabel, Texas;
Naomi Wolfe of Columbus, Georgia;
Bonnie Worstell of Sugar Land, Texas;
James Wyche of Grapevine, Texas;
Tiffany “Yan” Xu of Plano, Texas;
Sarah Yarbrough of Keller, Texas;
Sumeya Yassin of Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA;
Cecilia Yip of Colleyville, Texas;
Rachel Young of Paris, Texas;
Clara Zee of Frisco, Texas;
Yujia “Jessica” Zeng of Shenzhen Guangdong, CHINA;
Congling “Brittany” Zhang of Xian City, CHINA;
Yilu Zhang of Xinjiang, CHINA;
Wen Zhao of Liaoning, CHINA; and
Richard Zhu of Plano, Texas.
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 40 percent of students representing ethnic minorities. A residential student body of approximately 1,275 students and a faculty of more than 100 allow a 13:1 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.