The Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders had 180 students named to the Deans' List for the fall semester of the 2021-22 academic year. To qualify for the Deans’ List, students must earn a 3.75 GPA over a minimum of 12 graded semester hours, while being enrolled full-time.
Of the 180 students from SECD to earn Deans' List recognition, 94 are majoring in communication sciences and disorders, 72 in elementary education and special education (K-6), and 14 in special education (7-12). Following is a list of honorees by major within SECD, and includes students' hometowns.
Communication Sciences & Disorders
- Virginia Allen – Omaha
- Kiley Allgood – North Bend
- Rachel Anderson – Defiance, Iowa
- Emma Arthur – Hastings
- Caitlyn Bargstadt – Bellevue
- Olivia Bell – David City
- Logan Bennett – Columbus
- Alison Best – Chanhassen, Minnesota
- Karissa Boesiger – Lincoln
- Kennedy Bork – Sioux City, Iowa
- Brenna Brown – Lawrence, Kansas
- Emma Conradi – Chanhassen, Minnesota
- Tatum Cool – Arnold
- MaKenna Dahlgrin – Gering
- Nhi Thanh Dao – Lincoln
- Kira Dohse – Chandler, Arizona
- Emma Dougherty – Omaha
- Hailey Droge – Berryton, Kansas
- Hallie Epley – Superior
- Grace Faltin – Elkhorn
- Sheyla Fierro – Grand Island
- Anna Fischer – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Kaylee Flynn – Omaha
- Makenna Frenzen – Columbus
- Erika Gearhart – Lincoln
- Sarah Gibbons-Peterson – Apple Valley, Minnesota
- Allison Glaser – Norfolk
- Rachel Greunke – South Elgin, Illinois
- Aurora Gutshall – Lincoln
- Courtney Helseth – Lincoln
- Alysha Henrichs – Lisle, Illinois
- Sydney Hobza – Hickman
- Amy Hruby – Lincoln
- Gretchen Hodge – Eustis
- Reece Holst – Salina, Kansas
- Angela Huebert – Papillion
- Maddie Huppert – Falls City
- Bailey Jones – Bennington
- Maggie Keslar – Grand Island
- Evyn Kjar – Lincoln
- Kendra Klopfenstein – Maple Grove, Minnesota
- Hannah Knepper – Columbus
- Claire Kubicek – Lincoln
- Katelyn Lang – Bismarck, North Dakota
- Liz Larsen – Waverly
- Katelyn Lawler – Sioux City, Iowa
- Becca Lennemann – Stamford
- Jessica Leung – Omaha
- Emma Luthans – Kearney
- Amanda Malashock – Omaha
- Amy Mattern – Omaha
- Samantha McGargill – La Vista
- Ashton Mehlin – Kearney
- Andie Mikuls – Lincoln
- Danielle Munderloh – Raymond
- Sidney Olson – Gretna
- Allie Otto – Bellevue
- Mackenzie Palu – Grand Island
- Kyra Patrick – Elkhorn
- Lauren Pauley – Overland Park, Kansas
- Kayli Pham – Omaha
- Macy Priess – Lincoln
- Addison Randall – Ramsey, Minnesota
- Sarah Rogoz – Woodridge, Illinoiss
- Becca Roh – Omaha
- Clara Roth – Omaha
- Alexa Russo – Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- Emma Rutt – Minden
- McKenna Sadler – Lincoln
- David Sanchez – Nebraska City
- Karlee Seevers – York
- Cynthia Serrano-Ortega – Grand Island
- Katie Softley – Lincoln
- Taylor Spatz – Lincoln
- Emma Spence – Cambridge, Canada
- Sophie Sprang – Rosemount, Minnesota
- Jaden Steskal – Waterloo
- Claire Streeter – Lincoln
- Anna Suppes – Lincoln
- Nyah Thaemert – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Katie Jo Tobin – Tekamah
- Courtney Toner – Grand Island
- Mary Trainer – Omaha
- Kaylie Trumble – Lincoln
- Cassidy Turner – Woodbury, Minnesota
- Estrella Uribe – Lincoln
- Emma Vogelgesang – Lakeville, Minnesota
- Lauren von Freiberg – Omaha
- Taylor Washburn – Lincoln
- Lizzie Wheeler – Omaha
- Elsa Wilcox – McCook
- Caroline Williams – Roswell, Georgia
- Allison Yaple – Olathe, Kansas
- Abbie Zoucha – Columbus
Elementary Education & Special Education (K-6)
- Jenny Aldana – Lincoln
- Kirsten Baete – Beatrice
- Carlie Bates – Lincoln
- Clare Bierbaum – Seward
- Kaidence Brodersen – Roca
- Anna Buchholz – Lincoln
- Cayley Carpenter – Minden
- Reagan Casserly – Ashland
- Halle Childers – Waterloo
- Payton Chmelka – Lincoln
- Jess Coe – Crete
- Riley Cosson – Lincoln
- Savannah Croft – Bartlett, Illinois
- Jenna Cruse – Papillion
- Morgan Edwards – Lincoln
- Delanie Ferzely – Omaha
- Valerie Gabel – Lincoln
- Sydney Gerace – Omaha
- Alexis Goodenberger – McCook
- Terrence Gude – Ashland
- Natalie Haas – Parker, Colorado
- Emmalee Harder – Belden
- Natalie Hitch – Lincoln
- Lauren Holke – Gretna
- Rachel Hovious – Bartlett, Illinois
- Kyndal Hudson – Lincoln
- Kaitlynn Hurt – Omaha
- Hannah Johnson – Lincoln
- Kennedy Johnson – Osmond
- Sarah Johnson – Roach, Missouri
- Simon Johnson – Lincoln
- Sophia Jones – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Jessie Jordan – Weeping Water
- Kylie Jussel – Shawnee, Kansas
- Elena Kernes – Hickman
- Allie Kunze – Palmer
- Kennedy Lewandowski – Loup City
- Katie Lilly – Ceresco
- Gabriella Liu – Phoenix, Arizona
- Vanessa Lopez Franco – Crete
- Chandler MacDonald – Lincoln
- Abbey Maul – Lincoln
- Ayleanna Moore – Lincoln
- Emily Newman – Omaha
- Grace Nodes – Omaha
- Kiley Noerrlinger – Union
- Natalie Noesen – Collierville, Tennessee
- Laura Pfeifer – Lincoln
- Julia Raffel – Elkhorn
- Nate Rider – Omaha
- Grace Rittscher – Elgin
- Skyler Rolfes – Lincoln
- Jadyn Schultis – Diller
- Gracyn Scott – Lincoln
- Macy Scott – Geneva
- Devin Shaughnessy – Chicago, Illinois
- Gabrielle Siebert – Henderson
- Molly Simpson – Papillion
- Katie Sostad – Kearney
- Faith Spencer – Woodbine, Iowa
- Sophia Spire – Lincoln
- Ashley Svik – Omaha
- Delanie Tinnerstet – Palmyra
- Molli Turek – Grand Island
- Sierra Umland – Alvo
- Ryann Unger – Wahoo
- Josie Vyhnalek – Friend
- Allyson Wemhoff – Elgin
- Kylie Wickwire – Papillion
- Elise Wilhelm – Lincoln
- Allison Wood – Lincoln
- Kelsey Zach – Omaha
Special Education (7-12)
- Myah Anderson – Lincoln
- Leah Buss – Lincoln
- Samantha Carr – Wheaton, Illinois
- Sydney Haubold – Grand Island
- Rebekah Hitz – Omaha
- Kaitlyn Hutchinson – Dakota Dunes, South Dakota
- Dominique Hyler – Lincoln
- Jenna Kramer – Albion
- Watson La Vie – Lincoln
- Mia Pancoe – Bellevue
- Paul Pechous – Omaha
- AJ Romano – Lincoln
- Kaitlyn Sanchez – Hastings
- Emily Welch – Hebron
