Austin College’s Dean’s List has been announced for Fall Term 2015.The Dean’s List recognizes the top 20 percent of students taking a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses. For Fall Term 2015, the Dean’s List recognizes 254 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 Fall Term 2015 Dean’s List are included below by hometown:
Daniel Jacob Ahle of Plano, Texas;
Ali Faraaz Ahmed of El Paso, Texas;
Bradford “Brad” Elliot Aiken of Flower Mound, Texas;
Christopher “Chris” Thomas Alcorta of Colleyville, Texas;
Mashal Amber Ali of Sugar Land, Texas;
Mohammed Y. Allawala of San Antonio, Texas;
Jared Michial Allen of Aubrey, Texas;
Sophie Grace Anderson of Houston, Texas;
Tianna Alexa Anderson of Harker Heights, Texas;
Alexandra “Allie” Marie Armato of Irving, Texas;
Nickolas Mitchell Ashburn of McKinney, Texas;
Neethu Ann Augustine of Allen, Texas;
Abigail “Abby” Ballard of Norman, Oklahoma;
Fiona Nicole Barker of Fort Worth, Texas;
Andrea Michelle Batchelor of Tomball, Texas;
Myranda Elise Baumgartner of Athens, Texas;
Amanda Bernal of Dallas, Texas;
Mason Wesly Bird of Waxahachie, Texas;
Kyle Jeremy Bohannon of Katy, Texas;
Zachary George Bomar of Southlake, Texas;
Rebekah kristine Bowden of Flint, Texas;
Nathaniel Austin Brandom of Denton, Texas;
Ryan Lewayne Bridges of Sherman, Texas;
Shane William Brooks of Waco, Texas;
Tran Bui of Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM;
Bethany Bundrant of Austin, Texas;
Hunter Burkett of Bokchito, Oklahoma;
Hannah Elizabeth Butterfield of Fort Worth, Texas;
Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas;
Kaitlyn Casmedes of Sherman, Texas;
Emma Chalott of Dallas, Texas;
Ashley Chen of Parker, Texas;
Katherine Chipman of Spring, Texas;
Hailey Clendennen of Round Rock, Texas;
Desiree Coleman of Whitewright, Texas;
Caitlyn Collins of Robinson, Texas;
Reed Cook of Owasso, Oklahoma;
Florence Cornell of Dallas, Texas;
Blair Creedle Reynolds of Austin, Texas;
Raquel Da Cunha Martins Silva of Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL;
Brandon Dang of Frisco, Texas;
Megan Daugherty of North Richland Hills, Texas;
Josh Dickerman of Dallas, Texas;
Sarah Dillabough of El Paso, Texas;
Xuanru Ding of Beijing, CHINA;
Marenza DiNovo of Hurst, Texas;
Matthew Donovan of Mansfield, Texas;
Sarah Dowd of Dallas, Texas;
Derrick Draeger of Plano, Texas;
Harris Drake of Whitesboro, Texas;
Salina DuClos of Burleson, Texas;
Moises Duran of Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
Nick Edwards of Pottsboro, Texas;
Malak El-Sherif of Plano, Texas;
Aktan Eminovski of Pottsboro, Texas;
Nathanael Essin of Sherman, Texas;
Carly Fagnant of The Woodlands, Texas;
Rosie Fasullo of El Lago, Texas;
Chelsea Faulkner of Flower Mound, Texas;
Brady Douglas Flannery of Whitesboro, Texas;
Austin Freet of Highland Village, Texas;
Elliott Freudneburg of Houston, Texas;
Yue Fu of Zhejiang, CHINA;
Rachel Fusselman of Trophy Club, Texas;
Greyka Denise Galvan of Dallas, Texas;
Rizwan Gangwani of Euless, Texas;
Emily Gant of Sherman, Texas;
Ana Garcia of El Paso, Texas;
Jorge Garza of San Antonio, Texas;
Edriena Gee of Houston, Texas;
Caroline Geiger of Austin, Texas;
Erik Gentzel of McKinney, Texas;
Henry Preston Glasscock of Dallas, Texas;
Phyllis Goode of Lubbock, Texas;
Katie Gowdy of Kingwood, Texas;
Magan Green of Farmersville, Texas;
Davis William Gregory-Allen of Sherman, Texas;
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;
Grace Harrison of Farmersville, Texas;
James Hemen of Grand Prairie, Texas;
Briana Hernandez of Irving, Texas;
Karla Herrera Gutierrez of Addison, Texas;
Caroline Hodge of Carrollton, Texas;
Alexandra “Alix” Hoffman of Thorndale, Texas;
Austin Holloway of Borger, 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;
Stephenie Hudek of Denison, Texas;
Andi Hudson of Cedar Creek, Texas;
Meredith Huff of Sherman, Texas;
Johanna Hunter of Whitewright, Texas;
Aven Jackson of Arlington, Texas;
Lisha Jacob of Coppell, Texas;
Steven Jacob of Wake Village, Texas;
Lauren Johnson of Flower Mound, Texas;
Abhishek Kadiyala of Plano, Texas;
Aarthi Kannan of Frisco, Texas;
Joseph Khalaf of Sherman, Texas;
Ryan Knesek of Frisco, Texas;
Riya Koshy of Allen, Texas;
Cameron Kubacki of The Woodlands, Texas;
Samira Lavingia of Plano, Texas;
Brittany Lawrence of Carrollton, Texas;
Jiwon Lee of Grapevine, Texas;
Ben Lehrman of Dallas, Texas;
Kayla Linthicum of Lake in the Hills, Illinois;
Katia Lopez of Dallas, Texas;
Savanah Low of Austin, Texas;
Connor Luckett of Sherman, Texas;
Alex Lux of Houston, Texas;
Trung Ly of Anna, Texas;
Keara Malone of Nacogdoches, Texas;
Ganesh Maniam of The Woodlands, Texas;
Deepika Mannem of Austin, Texas;
James Mantil of Coppell, Texas;
Grant Marcinko of Plano, Texas;
Angelica Yrene Marosy of Flower Mound, Texas;
Ashley Martin of Trophy Club, Texas;
Monica Martinez of Austin, Texas;
Kennedy Mazara Jr of Denton, Texas;
Katharine Elizabeth McBryde of San Antonio, Texas;
Lauren McCaskill of McKinney, Texas;
Deric McCurry of Littlefield, Texas;
Rebecca McDonald of College Station, Texas;
Kalynn McKee of Klondike, Texas;
Kevin McKee of Kingwood, Texas;
Alana McLeod of Grapevine, Texas;
Madilyn “Madi” McVay of Fort Worth, Texas;
Daniel Medford of Kilgore, Texas;
George Melchor, Jr. of Uvalde, Texas;
Rodney “RJ” Vance Melton of Electra, Texas;
Kylie Menocal of Plano, Texas;
Cody Meyers of Austin, Texas;
Sarah Monroe of San Antonio, Texas;
Alejandro Moran of Sherman, Texas;
Ivonne Moran of Crockett, Texas;
Mary Elizabeth Morris of Arlington, Texas;
Marie Mortensen of Lucas, Texas;
Daniel Mulligan of Irving, Texas;
Carly Myers of Rowlett, Texas;
Hannah Myslik of Austin, Texas;
Francisco Neal of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Anna Nevels of Allen, Texas;
Rachael Newsom of Arlington, Texas;
Katrina Ngo of McKinney, Texas;
Steffen Ngo of San Antonio, Texas;
Nguyen Nguyen of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;
Trung Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;
Cliff “Wes” Nichols of Holliday, Texas;
Katrina Rene’ Nichols of Austin, Texas;
Karlie Niehus of Sherman, Texas;
Shamika Ninan of Bedford, Texas;
Andrew O’Connor of Natick, Massachusetts;
Felix Omoruyi of Corpus Christi, Texas;
Kenneth Bailey Page of Phoenix, Arizona;
Shannon Pan of Plano, Texas;
Elizabeth Pargaman of Austin, Texas;
Benjamin Pargmann of Austin, Texas;
Daniel Park of Dallas, Texas;
Avery Parsons of Granbury, Texas;
Krishna Patel of Austin, Minnesota;
Raj Patel of El Paso, Texas;
Chris Patton of Houston, Texas;
Sarah Paulos of Austin, Texas;
Mark “Nick” Nicholas Pernik of Kingwood, Texas;
Kylie Peterson of Plano, Texas;
Shelby Poe of Whitewright, Texas;
Emma Polini of Westfield, New Jersey;
Alex Pottorff of Crowley, Texas;
Sydney Powell of Littleton, Colorado;
Steven Prinslow of McKinney, Texas;
Giovanna Privitera of Austin, Texas;
Marshall Purdom of Sherman, Texas;
Alex Quinn of Lubbock, Texas;
Christopher “Chris” Rahmeh of Austin, Texas;
Janani Ramesh of Plano, Texas;
Joceline Ramirez of Sherman,Texas;
Ana Maria Rea of Greenville, Texas;
Sneha Reddy of Colleyville, Texas;
Brook “Laurel” Reiche of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Estevan “Steve” Rey Reyna of Fort Worth, Texas;
Samantha Rhyne of Queen City, Texas;
Ashley Rice of Colleyville, Texas;
Brianna Richmond of Lewisville, Texas;
Kaitlyn Riley of Aledo, Texas;
Michael Rinehart of Garland, Texas;
Akylah Robinson of Wiesbaden, GERMANY;
Nicolas Rodriguez of Dallas, Texas;
Rebecca Rogers of Boerne, Texas;
Audrey Rose of Round Rock, Texas;
Madison Ross of Fort Worth, Texas;
Cesar Ruiz of Sachse, Texas;
Ian Ruth of Pearland, Texas;
Sally Saint-Jacques of Midland, Texas;
Thomas Samonig of Portsmouth, ENGLAND;
Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Michelle Selmer of McKinney, Texas;
Noah Selz of Dallas, Texas;
Yemisirach Yiamashewa Seyoum of Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA;
Dilan Shah of McKinney, Texas;
Kim Shelton of Georgetown, Texas;
John Michael Sinclair of McKinney, Texas;
Sam Skupin of Sadler, Texas;
Ben Sloan of Dallas, Texas;
Charlotte Smart of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Sarah Smith of Stephenville, Texas;
Aimee Spearman of Sherman, Texas;
Emily Spears of Bloomburg, Texas;
Brittany Stepanski of Humble, Texas;
Alexandra Grace Sterken of Tyler, Texas;
Mikayla Stocks of Cypress, Texas;
Rachel Storm of Arlington, Texas;
Jayden Stumbaugh of Denison, Texas;
Brittany Subialdea of Fort Worth, Texas;
Jeremy Swisher of The Woodlands, Texas;
Hyowoo “Cindy” Tae of Midland, Michigan;
Destiny Tatum of Celina, Texas;
AnnaBeth Thomas of Amarillo, Texas;
Liya Thomas of Allen, Texas;
Nithya Thomas of Plano, Texas;
Biak Tial of Coppell, Texas;
Mariana Soto Tonche of Houston, Texas;
Pido Tran of Sachse, Texas;
Abigail Treadway of Edmond, Oklahoma;
Cassi Tullier of Houston, Texas;
Rebekah Urban of Whitesboro, Texas;
Kathryn Van Dinh of Austin, Texas;
Andrea Velez of The Woodlands, Texas;
Joey Vetter of Midland, Texas;
Sayali Vilekar of Pleasanton, California;
Karla Villanueva of Houston, Texas;
Collin Vu of Rowlett, Texas;
Ashley Webb of Keller, Texas;
Meghan White of Plano, Texas;
Marissa Wilkinson of Portland, Oregon;
Maureen Kelly Williams of San Antonio, Texas;
Naomi Wolfe of Columbus, Georgia;
Bonnie Worstell of Sugar Land, Texas;
Lauren Wulz of Plano, Texas;
Tiffany “Yan” Xu of Plano, Texas;
Zhiyun Ye of Sichuan, CHINA;
Congling “Brittany” Zhang of Xian City, CHINA;
Shanshan Zhang of Zhejiang, 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.