Lander University announces the names of those outstanding undergraduates who have been named to the Dean's List for earning top academic achievements during the first semester of the 2017-18 school year.
To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must earn a grade-point average (GPA) between 3.5 and 3.9. Students earning recognition for their academic achievements of making the Dean's List at Lander University are listed by hometown below.
ABBEVILLE COUNTY: Peyton Allen, of Calhoun Falls; Andrea Ashley, of Abbeville; Jordan Black, of Iva; Emily Brantly, of Abbeville; Megan Brocklehurst, of Honea Path; Kamiyah Brown, of Abbeville; De'areyes Bryant, of Calhoun Falls; Cassidy Champoux, of Abbeville; Amanda Cleveland, of Honea Path; Matthew Cox, of Ware Shoals; Zacorbi Crawford, of Calhoun Falls; Jordan Drafts, of Abbeville; Amber Griffin, of Abbeville; Khadijah Hatchell, of Abbeville; Caitlin Hill, of Abbeville; Adam Myers, of Donalds; Haleigh Phillips, of Honea Path; Patrice Stevens, of Donalds; and Chandler Thompson, of Abbeville.
AIKEN COUNTY: Matthew Albertson, of Aiken; Tonya Bledsoe, of North Augusta; Carrie Floth, of Beech Island; Christy Heath, of North Augusta; John Kitchings, of Wagener; Elizabeth Lubnow, of Aiken; Lynwood Pixley, of Aiken; McKenna Scott, of Aiken; and Candace Simpkins, of North Augusta.
ANDERSON COUNTY: Carter Albertson, of Anderson; Leah Applewhite, of Belton; Alora Arnold, of Iva; Kristin Austin, of Belton; Meagan Bryant, of Anderson; Caroline Cawthon, of Pelzer; Mickayla Crumley, of Piedmont; Blake Edens, of Easley; Hannah Gallant, of Anderson; Ashley Hampton, of Anderson; Alexis Johnson, of Anderson; Matthew Keown, of Honea Path; Brandyn Lee, of Pendleton; Dennis Lollis, of Starr; Lindsey Loparo, of Anderson; Graysen Lott, of Anderson; Erazah Miller, of Anderson; Seth Pruitt, of Anderson; Hannah Stone, of Belton; and Katie Whiten, of Pelzer.
BAMBERG COUNTY: Ajadae Williams, of Bamberg.
BARNWELL COUNTY: Latonya Holman, of Blackville; Makaylia Myrick, of Barnwell; Julia Richardson, of Barnwell; and Sharita Wright, of Barnwell.
BEAUFORT COUNTY: Jacob Kizer, of Bluffton; Roderick McPherson, of Bluffton; Andrew Peter, of Hilton Head; Sadazia Robinson, of Beaufort; and Abby Silon, of Seabrook.
BERKELEY COUNTY: Sarah Harris, of Summerville; Sara Horton, of Charleston; Jacob Schnell, of Goose Creek; Ta'Mya Sullivan, of Goose Creek; Frances Weiland, of Goose Creek; and Chamia White, of Goose Creek.
CALHOUN COUNTY: Savannah Jackson, of Gaston.
CHARLESTON COUNTY: Hayley Anderson, of Charleston; Shelton Avera, of Isle of Palms; Claire Moore, of Johns Island; and Caroline Yodice, of Mount Pleasant.
CHEROKEE COUNTY: Jada Mayes, of Blacksburg; Haley Sherbert, of Cowpens; and Macie Smiley, of Gaffney.
CHESTER COUNTY: Breonna Belton, of Great Falls; Brittany Gionakis, of Catawba; and Hayden Hawkins, of Chester.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY: Julia Melton, of Chesterfield; Joseph Plyler, of Ruby; Melody Teal, of Chesterfield; and Davin Wilkerson, of Chesterfield.
CLARENDON COUNTY: Chelsea Miller, of Manning.
COLLETON COUNTY: Sydney Green, of Walterboro.
DARLINGTON COUNTY: Alexis Jackson, of Darlington; Nyasia James, of Darlington; Tikeyia James, of Hartsville; Christina Meakim, of Lamar; Alexander Morrison, of Hartsville; Haley Pierce, of Hartsville; and Adrianna Sawyer, of Darlington.
DILLON COUNTY: Logan Norton, of Latta; and Donald Stroud, of Sellers.
DORCHESTER COUNTY: Kara Dorrity, of Summerville; Taylor Keefer, of Summerville; Ayanna Maner, of North Charleston; Jacob Mitchell, of Summerville; Abigail Nance, of Summerville; N'Dia Small, of Summerville; and Ryan Troutman, of St. George.
EDGEFIELD COUNTY: Sarah Alexander, of Edgefield; Bailey Davidson, of North Augusta; Kathryn Warnken, of North Augusta.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY: Austin Costenbader, of Winnsboro; Kaitlyn King, of Ridgeway; and Annie Laurie Mattox, of Winnsboro.
FLORENCE COUNTY: Lizzie Singletary, of Pamplico.
GEORGETOWN COUNTY: Lakeeva Wilson, of Georgetown; and Lindsay Wilson, of Georgetown.
GREENVILLE COUNTY: Erika Andrews, of Greenville; Charles Bennett, of Greenville; Margaret Black, of Greer; Michael Cleveland, of Simpsonville; Katlyn Coker, of Pelzer; Breanna Ely, of Piedmont; Tiffany Gray, of Simpsonville; Melodie Greer, of Greenville; Nicole Guevara, of Greer; James Hawthorne, of Pelzer; TyJuria Hicks, of Greenville; Jacob Inabinet, of Greer; Rikki Johnson, of Fountain Inn; Morgan Lankford, of Greenville; Tia Mahaffey, of Mauldin; Jerykah Maynor, of Simpsonville; Rebecca McKain, of Greenville; Shelby Murphy, of Simpsonville; Tyvon Odumodu, of Greenville; Carl Peterson, of Greenville; Kathryn Porter, of Simpsonville; Jasmine Primus, of Mauldin; Anthony Raber, of Landrum; Joseph Rossi, of Landrum; Mikenzie Rumfelt, of Piedmont; Amanda Shackleton, of Greenville; Lauren Shuba, of Simpsonville; Lindsay Soto, of Greenville; Sydney Southerlin, of Taylors; Alisa Taylor, of Simpsonville; Mariella Tobar, of Greenville; Garrett Vaughn, of Greer; Hannah Wallace, of Taylors; Chariot Wharton, of Greenville; and D'Asia Wideman, of Greenville.
GREENWOOD COUNTY: Andrew Akins, of Greenwood; Victoria Alexander, of Greenwood; Maria Alvarez, of Greenwood; Sergio Alvarez, of Greenwood; Stephanie Arrington, of Greenwood; Abby Baldwin, of Ware Shoals; Spencer Bautista, of Greenwood; Tara Bell, of Ninety Six; Joseph Bender, of Greenwood; Stefanie Bernabe, of Greenwood; Samuel Bickers, of Greenwood; Kaitlyn Blakley, of Ware Shoals; Michelle Bordash, of Ninety Six; Malloree Brandt, of Greenwood; Jayde Brooks, of Ninety Six; Breanna Butler, of Bradley; Cady Collins, of Greenwood; Chloe Compton, of Greenwood; John Cooper, of Greenwood; Warren Coppage, of Greenwood; Lauren Creswell, of Greenwood; Hannah Daniel, of Greenwood; Ashley Davis, of Greenwood; Davis Dickey, of Ninety Six; George Dowell, of Greenwood; Jarrod Eidson, of Ninety Six; Michael Estep, of Greenwood; Caleb Fenner, of Greenwood; Charles Giles, of Greenwood; Jaquelyn Gingrich, of Greenwood; Jeremiah Grooms, of Greenwood; Oscar Gutierrez, of Ninety Six; Joshua Hackett, of Greenwood; Maegan Hamm, of Ninety Six; Jasmine Hardman, of Ninety Six; Tonya Hensarling, of Greenwood; Hannah Horne, of Ware Shoals; Joseph Hubbard, of Greenwood; Felicia Humphrey, of Greenwood; Mary Hunton, of Greenwood; Amanda Johnson, of Ninety Six; William Johnson, of Greenwood; Cody Jordan, of Greenwood; Theodore Kerhoulas, of Greenwood; Erika Koizumi, of Greenwood; Tammy Kullnat, of Greenwood; Christian Lee, of Greenwood; Savannah Medford, of Ninety Six; Jonathan Meredith, of Greenwood; Gatlin Minick, of Hodges; Martavious Moates, of Greenwood; Samuel Moore, of Greenwood; Sarah Moore, of Greenwood; Santos Pagan, of Greenwood; John Price, of Greenwood; Julia Rickenbaker, of Greenwood; Payton Rogers, of Greenwood; Richard Shearer, of Greenwood; Trevor Stewart, of Greenwood; Grant Vickery, of Greenwood; John Ward, of Greenwood; Nicole Whitt, of Greenwood; Richard Wideman, of Greenwood; Greyson Williams, of Greenwood; Timothy Wines, of Troy; Kasey Wood, of Ware Shoals; Zachery Woods, of Greenwood; Michael Yang, of Greenwood; and Josee Young, of Greenwood.
HAMPTON COUNTY: Ashia Doctor, of Varnville.
HORRY COUNTY: Skyler Aldrich, of Conway.
KERSHAW COUNTY: Courtney Johnston, of Elgin; and Meshelle Wright, of Elgin.
LANCASTER COUNTY: Ananda Cloud, of Heath Springs; and Anslee McDow, of Lancaster.
LAURENS COUNTY: Stephanie Allen, of Fountain Inn; Savannah Avery, of Clinton; Julia Burdette, of Ware Shoals; Allison Butler, of Laurens; Shakura Cook, of Cross Hill; Megan Craine, of Laurens; Angelina Gargano, of Waterloo; Jori Garland, of Laurens; Halle Gary, of Laurens; Summer Gregory, of Laurens; James Hill, of Laurens; Hannah Hipp, of Clinton; Sonnie Holliday, of Laurens; Holly Hughes, of Laurens; Autumn Hurley, of Clinton; Carrie Lennox, of Honea Path; Kelsey Sharpe, of Laurens; Seth Stogner, of Waterloo; Christopher Williams, of Gray Court; Kelsey Wise, of Piedmont; Jessica Woody, of Clinton; and Blythe Wzorek, of Laurens.
LEE COUNTY: Madison Copeland, of Bishopville.
LEXINGTON COUNTY: Brandon Baghdady, of Chapin; Ashlee Bennett, of Lexington; Kaitlyn Blanchfield, of Irmo; Jordan Bowen, of West Columbia; John Broughton, of Lexington; Savannah Brown, of Lexington; Keelie Burns, of Pelion; Delaney Bussey, of Chapin; Asia Campbell, of West Columbia; Jaquin Derrick, of Batesburg; Jordan Elgin, of Chapin; Kiani Gates, of Batesburg; Cassandra Hook, of Cayce; Grace Hook, of West Columbia; Christiana Huthmaker, of Lexington; Adrian Johnson, of Batesburg; Zoe Johnson, of West Columbia; Erin Kidd, of Chapin; Brice Kirven, of Lexington; Lillian Martin, of Chapin; Brady Mason, of Lexington; Xavier McAllister, of West Columbia; Lauren Medlin, of West Columbia; Darby Morgan, of Lexington; Benjamin O'Dell, of Leesville; Lindsay Parker, of Columbia; Joshua Parks, of Lexington; Yessica Ramirez, of Lexington; Clayton Scheller, of Cayce; Taylor Simmons, of West Columbia; Taylor Sofaly, of West Columbia; Brooke Wenning, of West Columbia; Myles Wessinger, of Cayce; Alyssa Whittle, of Lexington; and Christopher Williams, of Lexington.
MARION COUNTY: Allan Rogers, of Mullins.
MARLBORO COUNTY: Scotia McLain, of McColl.
NEWBERRY COUNTY: Shelby Billingsley, of Prosperity; Sarah Collins, of Little Mountain; William Fulmer, of Pomaria; Sherri Gentry, of Prosperity; Tranisha Hardy, of Prosperity; Brianna Kinard, of Newberry; Bria Schumpert, of Newberry; Lea Toby, of Whitmire; and Grace White, of Newberry.
OCONEE COUNTY: David Carroll, of Seneca; Kirstyn Hedden, of Walhalla; Matalyn Jackson, of Westminster; Garrett Lozier, of Seneca; Sydney Lyle, of Westminster; Khyliah Mahdi, of Seneca; Heather Nalley, of Townville; and Taylor Rounds, of Seneca.
PICKENS COUNTY: Kristin Bridges, of Central; Taylor Gibson, of Easley; Noah Hayes, of Pickens; Mariah Hudson, of Pickens; Sierra Kelley, of Easley; Marilyn Knight, of Easley; Fiona Newell, of Clemson; and Liliana Segura Lara, of Easley.
RICHLAND COUNTY: Isaac Auzenne, of Blythewood; Timia Benson-Gibbs, of Irmo; LaDawn Cann, of Columbia; Luz Cervantes, of Columbia; Maria Coletti, of Chapin; Hannah Cowan, of Blythewood; Cameron Crawford, of Chapin; Sarah Drake, of Columbia; Alejandro Fonseca, of Columbia; Mariah Gause, of Irmo; Erik Holton, of Irmo; Rachel Hurlbert, of Columbia; Derrick Jackson, of Columbia; Emily Jermstad, of Irmo; Breshay Johnson, of Hopkins; Jenesia Johnson, of Columbia; Marcus Johnson, of Irmo; Khloe Labine, of Blythewood; Tatiana LeGrand, of Columbia; Leasette Leon, of Hopkins; Harrison Love, of Blythewood; Hannah Martin, of Irmo; Naila McConnell, of Columbia; Emily Merritt, of Irmo; Ryan Mitchell, of Columbia; Margaret Seufer, of Elgin; Lauryn Shell, of Columbia; Matthew Speedy, of Columbia; Mackenzie Turner, of Blythewood; Ti'Mani White, of Columbia; and Kiana Wilder, of Columbia.
SALUDA COUNTY: Maliayah Edmond, of Batesburg; Madison Fallaw, of Leesville; Taylor Martin, of Saluda; Mercedez Mathis, of Saluda; Brandon Vasquez, of Saluda; and Autumn Wofford, of Leesville.
SPARTANBURG COUNTY: Caitlyn Brewer, of Boiling Springs; Dillon Bridwell, of Woodruff; Courtney Brink, of Spartanburg; Rachael Caddell, of Cowpens; Alexis Dula, of Moore; Mikayla Farrell, of Duncan; Corey Foster, of Lyman; Jordan Fowler, of Moore; Michael Gatliff, of Spartanburg; Malik Goodman, of Enoree; Grace Green, of Moore; Tyler Harvey, of Greer; Amber Hodge, of Spartanburg; Auston Owens, of Roebuck; Hannah Pack, of Duncan; Daniel Parris, of Inman; Colton Peacock, of Lyman; Kelly Robinson, of Moore; Melissa Seay, of Woodruff; Dillon Watts, of Moore; and Makensie Wilson, of Inman.
SUMTER COUNTY: Natalie Bishop, of Ware Shoals; Laiana Brimmer, of Sumter; Diamonte Commander, of Mayesville; Jessica Harris, of Sumter; Tara Muldrow, of Sumter; Andrew Reardon, of Sumter; and Cecilia Rolow, of Sumter.
UNION COUNTY: Bradley Scott, of Buffalo.
YORK COUNTY: Katelyn Burrell, of Rock Hill; Sarah Carlyon, of Fort Mill; Breana Davis, of Rock Hill; Morgan Foster, of Rock Hill; Haley Giles, of Sharon; Carly Graber, of York; Ashby Hiser, of Fort Mill; Nathaniel Howle, of Rock Hill; Kelli Mendenhall, of Rock Hill; Haley Moore, of York; Taylor Ries, of York; Kassidy Sanders, of York; Sydney Shepard, of York; Arielle Sims, of York; and Mallory Smith, of Rock Hill.
OUT-OF-STATE: Colin Andersen, of Boise, ID; Abbie Bailey, of Reading, PA; Tyahne Battle, of East Orange, NJ; Chandler Carey, of Hull, GA; Jonathan Cook, of Arden, NC; Marie Drewno, of Hickory, NC; Devin Duhme, of West Chester, OH; McKenzi Ferguson, of Erwin, TN; Michael Fitschen, of Margate, FL; Ryan Flores, of Erwom, NC; Taylor Houston, of Amarillo, TX; Madalyn Hudlow, of Alto, GA; Carson Jones, of Asheville, NC; Reilly Kuenstler, of Bellville, TX; Victoria Lange, of Bedford Hills, NY; Samuel Linn, of Fletcher, NC; McKenzy Long, of Matthews, NC; Alexandria Mercer, of Waxhaw, NC; Chelsea Mitchell, of Laurel, MD; Alexander Moore, of Sarasota, FL; Hannah Newton, of Peachtree City, GA; Jamie Pisel, of Mooresville, NC; Broderick Richey, of Westfield, IN; Carson Schlegel, of Clermont, FL; Hannah Sinner, of Lake Wales, FL; Macy Sinner, of Lake Wales, FL; Cody Smith, of Waxhaw, NC; Halie Sorrow, of Monroe, GA; Brianna Surrentol, of Long Beach, MS; Juliet Taft, of Tryon, NC; Megan Tucker, of Huntsburg, OH; Reyonia Whipple, of Brunswick, GA; Megan Wiley, of Lilburn, GA; Kathryn Wypasek, of Upper Montclair, NJ; Colton Yeager, of Jacksonville, FL; Jordan Skelton, of Durham, NC; and Daniel Shanahan, of Kenilworth, NJ.
INTERNATIONAL: Isabella Schulz, of Sundsvall Municipality, in Västernorrland County, Sweden; Jingyu Shang, of Zibo, in the Shandong Province, China; Shuo Yan, of Zaozhuang, in the Shandong Province, China; Zecheng Yin, of Qingdao, in the Shandong Province, China; Xin Yuan, of Qingdao, in the Shandong Province, China; Le Zhang, of Qingdao, in the Shandong Province, China; Leyin Zheng, of Jinan; and Gwangeon Kim, of Korea.