Area students earn spots on Wayne State College honors list

WAYNE – Several area college students were listed when Wayne State College included almost 1,200 students on the dean’s list for exemplary academic achievement during the Spring 2026 semester.

Students listed on the dean’s list are full-time undergraduate students who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale. An asterisk (*) denotes a 4.0 GPA for the term.

Area students earning a spot on the honors list include: 

Belden

Jayden Campbell Gabriella Kock Carter Korth 

Dixon

Joe Grone

Fordyce

Ryell Haug Karley Schieffer* 

Hartington

Tyan Baller* Jaxson Bernecker* Lauren Bernecker* McKenzie Bruning Maggie Dendinger Emma Folkers Olivia Grutsch Josie Heine Anneliese Kleinschmit Annika Kuehn* Mckinlee Lammers Mani Lange Makenna Noecker* Jake Peitz* Samantha Pick Samuel Pinkelman Emily Woockman 

Laurel

Tali Erwin* Haley Hart* Walker Stone

 Newcastle

Julien Buckles Kennedy Gotch 

Randolph

Erin Engel* Elsie Gilliland* Justin Guenther Kage Peterson* Ella Scott 

Saint Helena 

Holden Merkel Colin Wieseler 

Wynot

Annika Heimes Joslyn Hochstein* Kristin O’Grady*