The Austin College’s Dean’s List has been announced for Fall Term 2016.The Dean’s List recognizes the top 20 percent of students taking a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses. For Fall Term 2016, the Dean’s List recognizes 251 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 Fall Term 2016 are listed below:
Zachary Aamold of Dallas, Texas;
Giovani Acosta of South Houston, Texas;
Erin Adams of Dallas, Texas;
Jessie Akhigbe of Frisco, Texas;
Esmeralda Alejo of Dallas, Texas;
Madison “Madi” Lee Aliff of Placerville, California;
Sophie Grace Anderson of Houston, Texas;
Tianna Alexa Anderson of Harker Heights, Texas;
Elijah C. Andes of Santa Fe , New Mexico;
Phoebe Angaye of Denton, Texas;
Alexandra “Allie” Marie Armato of Irving, Texas;
Jessica Atwell of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Neethu Augustine of Allen, Texas;
Parsa Mohsen Azam of Plano, Texas;
Christopher Azbell of Colleyville, Texas;
Hiba Toufic Bader of Allen, Texas;
Brian Allen Baehl of The Woodlands, Texas;
Shelby Bagby of Forney, Texas;
Matthew Austin Bagley of Houston, Texas;
Vana Ghazy Bahram of McKinney, Texas;
Olivia Joanna Bailey of High Springs, Florida;
Nicole Baker of McKinney, Texas;
Abigail “Abby” Ballard of Norman, Oklahoma;
Hannah Barry of Dallas, Texas;
Joshua Behar of Plano, Texas;
Amanda Bernal of Dallas, Texas;
Julia Bialecka of Piascezno, POLAND;
Alanna Marie Black of El Paso, Texas;
Allison “Ali” P. Boehmer of Nixa, Missouri;
Kyle Jeremy Bohannon of Katy, Texas;
Lois Bronaugh of Buda, Texas;
Shelby Anne Brooks of Lucas, Texas;
Chris Brown of Garland, Texas;
Tran Bui of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;
Bethany Bundrant of Austin, Texas;
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield of Fort Worth, Texas;
Emily Campbell of League City, Texas;
Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas;
Anna Centala of Dallas, Texas;
Emma Chalott of Dallas, Texas;
Ashley Charales of Sunnyvale, Texas;
Ashley Chen of Parker, Texas;
Jason Chen of Plano, Texas;
Olivia Cicci of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Desiree Coleman of Whitewright, Texas;
James Collins of Katy, Texas;
Cyndi Coon of Indianapolis, Indiana;
Florence Cornell of Dallas, Texas;
Katey Cottrell of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Blair Creedle Reynolds of Austin, Texas;
Brandon Dang of Frisco, Texas;
Michael Dang of Richardson, Texas;
Andrew Dawson of Murphy, Texas;
Xuanru Ding of Beijing, CHINA;
Marenza DiNovo of Hurst, Texas;
Spencer Dirk of San Antonio, Texas;
Victoria Dodd of Pottsboro, Texas;
Matthew Donovan of Mansfield, Texas;
Truman Dowdy of Magnolia, Texas;
Jacob Dowell of Little Rock, Arkansas;
Derrick Draeger of Plano, Texas;
Harris Drake of Whitesboro, Texas;
Chelsea Easley of Canton, Texas;
Malak El-Sherif of Plano, Texas;
Jonathan Estrada of Houston, Texas;
Jackson Farnsworth of Dallas, Texas;
Rosie Fasullo of El Lago, Texas;
Chelsea Faulkner of Flower Mound, Texas;
Samantha Fawcett of Plano, Texas;
Brady Flanery of Whitesboro, Texas;
Savy Flores of Dallas, Texas;
Aubry Foose of Austin, Texas;
Nicholaus Frederick of Pantego ,Texas;
Yue Fu of Zhejiang, CHINA;
Kierra Gaither of Waco, Texas;
Ana Garcia of El Paso, Texas;
Jorge Garza of San Antonio, Texas;
Henry Preston Glasscock of Dallas, Texas;
Amy Glazier of McKinney, Texas;
Callie Graham of Shreveport, Louisiana;
Victoria Grano of Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Dylan Guthrie of Howe, Texas;
Victor Gutierrez de Pineres of Sherman, Texas;
Aurora Hadzic of Lubbock, Texas;
Sarah Haque of Plano, Texas;
Aimi Hardy of Lubbock, Texas;
Kenneth Hardy of Lubbock Texas;
Holly He of Richardson, Texas;
Kendall Heitmeier of Parker, Colorado;
Narmin Hemani of Carrollton, Texas;
Ashley Hernandez of El Paso, Texas;
Karla Herrera of Addison, Texas;
Riley Heruska of Fairview, Texas;
Tory Heruska of Fairview, Texas;
Jordan Hobbs of Crowley, Texas;
Caroline Hodge of Carrollton, Texas;
Alexandra “Alix” Hoffman of Thorndale, Texas;
Ryan Hood of Melissa, Texas;
Tad Howard of Azle, Texas;
Tanner Howard of Azle, Texas;
Jiandu Hu of Guangzhou, CHINA;
Angela Huang of Allen, Texas;
John Huggins of Arlington, Texas;
Steven Jacob of Wake Village, Texas;
Katie Johnson of Austin, Texas;
Emma Johnsson of Frisco, Texas;
Jack Kennady of Lenorah, Texas;
Joseph Khalaf of Sherman, Texas;
Conner Kramer of Allen, Texas;
Manasa Kuncham of Plano, Texas;
Brandt Lawson of Garland, Texas;
Alvin LeBlanc of Galveston, Texas;
Kayley LeBlanc of Celina, Texas;
Jenny Lee of McKinney, Texas;
Jiwon Lee of Grapevine, Texas;
Yeesoo Lee of Plano, Texas;
Ben Lehrman of Dallas, Texas;
Wenhao Li of Guangzhou, CHINA;
Todd Liang of Plano, Texas;
Elisha Lisson of San Angelo, Texas;
Katia Lopez of Dallas, Texas;
Emily Low of League City, Texas;
Caitlin Lucero of Boerne, Texas;
Connor Luckett of Sherman, Texas;
Brandon Mai of Garland, Texas;
Kevin Mai of Arlington, Texas;
Keara Malone of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Ganesh Maniam of The Woodlands, Texas;
Pranavya Manickavelu of Plano, Texas;
Daniel Marin of Sherman, Texas;
Christian Martinez of Katy, Texas;
Monica Martinez of Austin, Texas;
Vidur Marwaha of Frisco, Texas;
Megan Mayfield of Rockwall, Texas;
Elisabeth Mays of McKinney, Texas;
Kristin McCamy of San Antonio, Texas;
Victoria McCartney of Baytown, Texas;
Lauren McCaskill of McKinney, Texas;
Brenna McCown of Garland, Texas;
Ethan McCready of Forney, Texas;
Deric McCurry of Littlefield, Texas;
Rebecca McDonald of College Station, Texas;
Joseph McDuffie of Bryan, Texas;
Kalynn McKee of Klondike, Texas;
Shannon McKelvie of Highlands Ranch, Colorado;
Camarah McLean of Falls Church, Virginia;
Madi McVay of Fort Worth, Texas;
George Melchor, Jr. of Uvalde, Texas;
Kylie Menocal of Plano, Texas;
Saher Merchant of Colleyville, Texas;
Matthew Meyer of Frisco, Texas;
Cody Meyers of Midlothian, Texas;
Alejandro Moran of Sherman, Texas;
Benjamin “Ben” Michael Moran of Tomball, Texas;
Marie Mortensen of Lucas, Texas;
Daniel Mulligan of Irving, Texas;
Eva Natinsky of Manor, Texas;
Francisco Neal of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Anna Nevels of Allen, Texas;
Katrina Ngo of McKinney, 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;
Cliff “Wes” Nichols of Holliday, Texas;
Katrina Nichols of Austin, Texas;
Kane Norman of Allen, Texas;
Felix Omoruyi of Corpus Christi, Texas;
Rachel Oney of Dallas, Texas;
Tristan Ortiz of Mansfield, Texas;
Christopher “Daniel” Oxenreiter of Dallas, Texas;
Kenneth Bailey Page of Phoenix, Arizona;
Diane Crosby Palmer of Richardson, Texas;
Shannon Pan of Plano, Texas;
Daniel Park of Dallas, Texas;
Tilghman Parr of Montague, Texas;
Avery Parsons of Granbury, Texas;
John Pass of Austin, Texas;
Henali Patel of Houston, Texas;
Jayna Patel of Abilene, Texas;
Richa Patel of El Paso, Texas;
Tajal Patel of Richardson, Texas;
Chris Patton of Bellaire, Texas;
Addie Pederson of Georgetown, Texas;
Mark “Nick” Nicholas Pernik of Kingwood, Texas;
Kylie Peterson of Plano, Texas;
Enam Valerie Pleth-Suka of Dallas, Texas;
Shelby Poe of Whitewright, Texas;
Steven Prinslow of McKinney, Texas;
Giovanna Privitera of Austin, Texas;
Jordan Proctor of Marion, Texas;
Alex Quinn of Lubbock, Texas;
Kendra Rainey of San Antonio, Texas;
Brooke “Laurel” Reiche of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Yasmin Renteria of Dallas, Texas;
Rohan Rereddy of Garland, Texas;
Ashley Rice of Colleyville, Texas;
Zoe Rice of Haslet, Texas;
Kaitlyn Riley of Aledo, Texas;
Jacob Rincon of Baytown, Texas;
Michael Rinehart of Garland, Texas;
Kiki Robinson of Wiesbaden, GERMANY;
Rebecca Rogers of Boerne, Texas;
Cesar Ruiz of Sachse, Texas;
Ernesto Ruiz of Houston, Texas;
Zuleyma Ruiz of Dallas, Texas;
Ian Ruth of Pearland, Texas;
Antonio Saavedra of Plano, Texas;
Thomas Samonig of Portsmouth, ENGLAND;
Liam Sartor of Denison, Texas;
Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Callin A. Schone of Norman, Oklahoma;
Jason Shin of Southlake, Texas;
Sam Skupin of Sadler, Texas;
Anthony Sledge of Katy, Texas;
Ben Sloan of Dallas, Texas;
Jessi Snyder of Dallas, Texas;
Rita Spellman of Hallsville, Texas;
Matthew Steidle of Bedford, Texas;
Alexandra Grace Sterken of Tyler, Texas;
Brittany Subialdea of Fort Worth, Texas;
Jeremy Swisher of The Woodlands, Texas;
William Tanner of Denton, Texas;
Aaron Thomas of Rowlett, Texas;
Emma Thornburg of Madison, Wisconsin;
Bridget Tolle of Yukon, Oklahoma;
Virgina “Henny” Trifiro of Austin, Texas;
Cassi Tullier of Houston, Texas;
Shreya Uppala of Austin, Texas;
Kathryn Van Dinh of Austin, Texas;
Jillian Vandergrift of Carrollton, Texas;
Andrea Velez of The Woodlands, Texas;
Joey Vetter of Midland, Texas;
Sayali Vilekar of Pleasanton, California;
Sitara Weerakoon of Austin, Texas;
Blake Weinstein of Dallas, Texas;
Blair Whalen of The Woodlands, Texas;
Jack Wheaton of Katy, Texas;
Maureen Kelly Williams of San Antonio, Texas;
Lee Williamson of Wichita Falls, Texas;
Evan Wyatt of Fairview, Texas;
James Wyche of Grapevine, Texas;
Tiffany “Yan” Xu of Plano, Texas;
Cecilia Yip of Colleyville, Texas;
Congling “Brittany” Zhang of Xian City, CHINA; and
Michelle Zhou 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 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.