Austin College’s Dean’s List has been announced for Spring Term 2017.The Dean’s List recognizes the top 20 percent of students taking a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses. For Spring Term 2017, the Dean’s List recognizes 241 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.”
Named to the Austin College Dean’s List for Spring 2017:
Zachary Aamold of Dallas, Texas;
Giovani Acosta of South Houston, Texas;Elizabeth Adams of Ovilla, Texas;
Elizabeth Adams of Red Oak, Texas;
Daniel Ahle of Plano, Texas;
Bradford “Brad” Elliot Aiken of Flower Mound, Texas;
Madison Aliff of Placerville, California;
David Anderson of Richardson, Texas;
Sophie Grace Anderson of Houston, Texas;
Tianna Alexa Anderson of Harker Heights, Texas;
Trevor Cornell Anderson of Plano, Texas;
Phoebe Angaye of Denton, Texas;
Alexandra “Allie” Marie Armato of Irving, Texas;
Jessica Atwell of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Neethu Augustine of Allen, Texas;
Christopher Azbell of Colleyville, Texas;
Hiba Bader of Allen, Texas;
Shelby Bagby of Forney, Texas;
Matthew Bagley of Houston, Texas;
Vana Bahram of McKinney, Texas;
Olivia Bailey of High Springs, Florida;
Narendra Balkaran of Kingshill, VIRGIN ISLANDS;
Abigail “Abby” Ballard of Norman, Oklahoma;
Hannah Barry of Dallas, Texas;
Joshua Behar of Plano, Texas;
Amanda Bernal of Dallas, Texas;
Julia Bialecka of Piaseczno, POLAND;
Allison “Ali” P. Boehmer of Nixa, Missouri;
Benjamin Bouchez of McKinney, Texas;
Emily Grace Bourcier of Bonham, Texas;
Mitzi Briseno of Dallas, Texas;
Lois Bronaugh of Buda, Texas;
Shane William Brooks of Waco, Texas;
Bethany Bundrant of Austin, Texas;
Nathan Butcher of Greenville, Texas;
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield of Fort Worth, Texas;
Pieter Jon Cabato of Pearland, Texas;
Amelia Calley of Indianapolis, Indiana;
Victoria Campbell of Oakdale, Minnesota;
Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas;
Gary Casey of Celeste, Texas;
Zixian Chai of Jinan, CHINA;
Emma Chalott of Dallas, Texas;
Ashley Chen of Parker, Texas;
Jason Chen of Plano, Texas;
Jaylin Clevenger of Conroe, Texas;
Desiree Coleman of Whitewright, Texas;
James Collins of Katy, Texas;
Marissa Collins of Anna, Texas;
Florence Cornell of Dallas, Texas;
Blair Creedle Reynolds of Austin, Texas;
Connor Cumpton of Dallas, Texas;
Brandon Dang of Frisco, Texas;
Michael Dang of Richardson, Texas;
Joshua Dickerman of Dallas, Texas;
Brittany Dimock of Houston, Texas;
Marenza DiNovo of Hurst, Texas;
Victoria Dodd of Pottsboro, Texas;
Cassandra Donovan of Houston, Texas;
Matthew Donovan of Mansfield, Texas;
Jacob Dowell of Little Rock, Arkansas;
Derrick Draeger of Plano, Texas;
Harris Drake of Whitesboro, Texas;
Austin Dudley of Northridge, California;
Chelsea Easley of Canton, Texas;
Erin Eckart of Norman, Oklahoma;
Nick Edwards of Pottsboro, Texas;
Malak El-Sherif of Plano, Texas;
Aktan Eminovski of Pottsboro, Texas;
Nathanael Essin of Sherman, Texas;
Rosie Fasullo of El Lago, Texas;
Chelsea Faulkner of Flower Mound, Texas;
Samantha Fawcett of Plano, Texas;
Quincy Ferrill of Whitewright, Texas;
Brady Flanery of Whitesboro, Texas;
Savy Flores of Dallas, Texas;
Aubry Foose of Austin, Texas;
Joel Forbis of Decatur, Texas;
Sierra Force of Casper, Wyoming;
Nicholaus Frederick of Pantego, Texas;
Elliott Freudenburg of Houston, Texas;
Yue Fu of Zhejiang, CHINA;
Zerlina Fung of Lewisville, Texas;
Emily Gant of Sherman, Texas;
Ana Garcia of El Paso, Texas;
Crystal Garcia of Houston, Texas;
Sarah Gilbert of Montréal, CANADA;
Henry Glasscock of Dallas, Texas;
Callie Graham of Shreveport, Louisiana;
Dylan Guthrie of Howe, Texas;
Victor Gutiérrez de Piñeres of Highland Village, Texas;
Sadie (Pierson) Hackney of Whitesboro, Texas;
Sarah Haque of Plano, Texas;
Aimi Hardy of Lubbock, Texas;
Brooke Harris of Dallas, Texas;
Grace Harrison of Farmersville, Texas;
Charles “Chad” Head of Athens, Texas;
Ashley Hernandez of El Paso, Texas;
Karla Herrera of Addison, Texas;
Katherine Higgins of The Woodlands, Texas;
Ryan Hood of Melissa, Texas;
Meredith Huff of Sherman, Texas;
John Huggins of Arlington, Texas;
Steven Jacob of Wake Village, Texas;
Maria Jaramillo of Austin, Texas;
Ben Johnson of Watauga, Texas;
Emma Johnsson of Frisco, Texas;
Joseph Khalaf of Sherman, Texas;
Jinsu Kim of Busan, SOUTH KOREA;
Jeffrey Kubena of Seadrift, Texas;
Katelyn Kuehnhold of Garland, Texas;
Abby Laing of Houston, Texas;
Anna Lara of Pottsboro, Texas;
Brandt Lawson of Garland, Texas;
Brian Lazarow of Carmeron, Texas;
Alvin LeBlanc of Galveston, Texas;
Jiwon Lee of Grapevine, Texas;
Madison Lee of Allen, Texas;
Benjamin Lehrman of Dallas, Texas;
Minhua Li of Fuijan, CHINA;
Wenhao Li of Guangzhou, CHINA;
Carlye Lide of Wills Point, Texas;
Elisha Lisson of San Angelo, Texas;
Emily Low of League City, Texas;
Connor Luckett of Sherman, Texas;
Zoe Lugo of Allen, Texas;
Alexandria Lux of Houston, Texas;
Brandon Mai of Garland, Texas;
Daniel Maldonado of Austin, Texas;
Keara Malone of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Ganesh Maniam of The Woodlands, Texas;
Daniel Marin of Sherman, Texas;
Erin Martin of Dallas, 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;
Deric McCurry of Littlefield, Texas;
Rebecca McDonald of College Station, Texas;
William David McDonough of Denison, Texas;
Joseph McDuffie of Bryan, Texas;
Kalynn McKee of Klondike, Texas;
Shannon McKelvie of Highlands Ranch, Colorado;
Camarah McLean of Falls Church, Virginia;
Alana McLeod of Grapevine, Texas;
Madi McVay of Fort Worth, Texas;
Erik Meendsen of Aledo, Texas;
Kylie Menocal of Plano, Texas;
Matthew Meyer of Frisco, Texas;
Alejandro Moran of Sherman, Texas;
Ben Moran of Tomball, Texas;
Michael Moran of Denison, Texas;
Marie Mortensen of Lucas, Texas;
Hannah Myslik of Austin, Texas;
Brian Nguyen of Dallas, Texas;
Khanh Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;
Nguyen Nguyen of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;
Tam Nguyen of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Cliff “Wes” Nichols of Holliday, Texas;
Shamika Ninan of Bedford, Texas;
Felix Omoruyi of Corpus Christi, Texas;
Tristan Ortiz of Crowley, Texas;
Tristan Ortiz of Mansfield, Texas;
Kenneth Bailey Page of Phoenix, Arizona;
Daniel Park of Dallas, Texas;
Avery Parsons of Granbury, Texas;
John Pass of Austin, Texas
Jayna Patel of Abilene, Texas;
Addie Pederson of Georgetown, Texas;
Jack Perkins of Savoy, Texas;
“Nick Pernik of Kingwood, Texas;
Kylie Peterson of Plano, Texas;
Shelby Poe of Whitewright, Texas;
Emma Polini of Westfield, New Jersey;
Sydney Powell of Highlands Ranch, Colorado;
Steven Prinslow of McKinney, Texas;
Alex Quinn of Lubbock, Texas;
Natalie Randall of Delray Beach, Florida;
Zsuzsa Ratliff-Johnson of Denton, Texas;
Syeda Raza of Bedford, Texas;
Ana Rea of Greenville, Texas;
Abigail Rees of Dallas, Texas;
Rohan Rereddy of Garland, Texas;
Ashley Rice of Colleyville, Texas;
Kaitlyn Riley of Aledo, Texas;
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;
Cesar Ruiz of Sachse, Texas;
Ian Ruth of Pearland, Texas;
Antonio Saavedra of Plano, Texas;
SallyAnne Saint Jacques of Midland, Texas;
Taher Sapatwalla of Flower Mound, Texas;
Mandi Sarembock of Dallas, Texas;
Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Ben Schmidt of Dallas, Texas;
Callin A. Schone of Norman, Oklahoma;
Victoria Severance of Kyle, Texas;
Karisma Sheth of Plano, Texas;
Jason Shin of Southlake, Texas;
Sam Skupin of Sadler, Texas;
Ben Sloan of Dallas, Texas;
Jorge Esteban Sosa of Sherman, Texas;
Rita Spellman of Hallsville, Texas;
Matthew Steidle of Bedford, Texas;
Alexandra Grace Sterken of Tyler, Texas;
Rachel Storm of Arlington, Texas;
Brittany Subialdea of Fort Worth, Texas;
Jeremy Swisher of The Woodlands, Texas;
AnnaBeth Thomas of Amarillo, Texas;
Bridget Tolle of Yukon, Oklahoma;
Matthew Tran of Austin, Texas;
Virginia Trifiro of Austin, Texas;
Shreya Uppala of Austin, Texas;
Rebekah Urban of Whitesboro, Texas;
Aneesa Vaidya of Corinth, Texas;
Jillian Vandergrift of Carrollton, Texas;
Andrea Velez of The Woodlands, Texas;
Joey Vetter of Midland, Texas;
Sayali Vilekar of Pleasanton, California;
Karla Villanueva of Houston, Texas;
Catherine Waldie of Forth Worth, Texas;
Jared Weaver of Galveston, Texas;
Kirsten Weber of Texarkana, Texas;
Sitara Weerakoon of Austin, Texas;
Blair Whalen of The Woodlands, Texas;
Alisa White of Arlington, Texas;
Marissa Wilkinson of Portland, Oregon;
Bonnie Worstell of Sugar Land, Texas;
Evan Wyatt of Fairview, Texas;
James Wyche of Grapevine, Texas;
Tiffany “Yan” Xu of Plano, Texas;
Cecilia Yip of Colleyville, Texas;
Diana Yu of Plano, Texas;
Thomas Yuan of Houston, Texas; and
“Molly” Zhang 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.