180 SECD students named to Fall 2021 Deans' List

09 Feb 2022    

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