Over 100 Local Students Named to College of Charleston Fall 2025 President’s and Dean’s Lists

CHARLESTON, SC – The College of Charleston has announced its top scholars for the Fall 2025 semester, and the list includes a significant number of students from York and Lancaster counties.

To qualify for the President’s List (Highly Distinguished), students must earn a GPA of 3.800 or higher and complete a minimum of 14 semester hours. To qualify for the Dean’s List (Distinguished), students must earn a GPA of 3.600 or higher (or 3.500 depending on student classification) and complete a minimum of 14 semester hours.

Below are the local students honored for their academic achievements:

President’s List (Fall 2025)

Fort Mill

• Jonah Armbrecht (Computer Science)
• Abigail Lee (Art History and Religious Studies)
• Sarah Garvey (English and Secondary Education Cognate)
• Emma Botzenhardt (Political Science and Global Leadership)
• Emma Nottoli (Arts Management and Theatre)
• Madeline Hunter (Secondary Education Cognate and History)
• John Collins (Political Science)
• Russell Beilstein (Economics and Finance)
• Lucas Ruddy (International Business)
• Dorian Aranda (Computer Science and Computing in the Arts)
• Mary Lessard (History and Anthropology)
• Emersyn Martin (Exercise Science)
• Emily Jensen (Philosophy and Political Science)
• Jo-Lynn Odeka (Communication)
• Olivia Bennett (Biology)
• Dominic Voci (Electrical Engineering)
• Jacob Castino (History and International Studies)
• Belen Dwyer (Public Health)
• America Harrington (English and Secondary Education Cognate)
• Alexa Diederich (Computer Science)
• Maggie Smith (Psychology)
• Nainika Boppana (Psychology)
• Georgia Kern (Psychology)
• Kyle Nitsche (German Studies and Urban Studies)
• Caitlin Tolbert (Communication)
• Kaley Byers (Biology)
• Adam Barham (Communication)
• Bridget McMillan (Art History)
• Brianna Gutierrez (Biology)
• Madelyn Prickett (Biology and Communication)
• Talia Gluff (Business Administration)
• Jasalyn Cash (Communication and Political Science)
• Jordyn Pieper (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
• Lucille Bolduc (Early Childhood Education)
• Grace Ratledge (Theatre)
• Mallory Mason (Communication and Women’s and Gender Studies)
• Kamaren Beats (Geology)
• Taylor Johnson (Computer Information Systems)
• Avery Causey (Business Administration)
• Madison LoPresti (Exercise Science)
• Emily Bojanowski (Undecided)
• Jackson Wright (Accounting and Finance)
• Amelia Barnes (International Studies)
• Dulce Melendez (Public Health)
• Katherine Bui (Biology)
• Emma Bennett (Theatre)
• Jacob Spittle (Computer Science)
• Julia Belk (Arts Management and Studio Art)
• Gianna Cespedes (International Studies and Public Health)
• Nathan Argo (Exercise Science)
• Sophia Mucci (French & Francophone Studies and Environmental Geosciences)
• Lila Hornak (Psychology)
• Morgan Nelson (Biology)
• Allison Knauff (Early Childhood Education)

Rock Hill

• Trinity Moore (Accounting)
• David Byrd (Finance)
• Noah Whisonant (Theatre)
• Laura Robinson (Theatre)
• Anna Carter (Environmental Sustainability Studies and Environmental Geosciences)
• Greenly Thompson (Elementary Education)
• Leah Watson (Biology)
• Robert Bevilacqua (Theatre and Early Childhood Education)
• Asia Peay (Sociology)
• Madeline Gilles (Geology and Marine Biology)
• Carlee Young (Accounting)
• Emma Hudspeth (Middle Grades Education)
• William Dalton (Chemistry and Biology)

Indian Land

• Collin Voltz (Computing in the Arts)
• Kaitlyn DeWalt (Psychology)
• Savannah Dreisbach (Commercial Real Estate Finance)
• Sanne Kil (Environmental Sustainability Studies)
• Maranda Buchanan (Biology)
• Joseph Caridi (Exercise Science)
• Julianna Lynn Weiss (Arts Management and Political Science)

Clover

• Moriah Dickey (Psychology)
• Lauren North (Special Education)
• Reagan Walters (Communication)
• Emily Jackson (Health Services Admin and Mgmt)
• Courtney Hill (Environmental Sustainability Studies and Political Science)
• Brooklyn Ross (Geology)
• Aiden Camilleri (Statistics)
• Arden De Nicholas (Urban Studies)
• Emma Brennan (Music and Psychology)
• Mackenzie Linn (International Studies and Computer Science)
• Garrison Rickmon (Astrophysics and Physics)
• Zoe Muiruri (Biology and Environmental Sustainability Studies)
• Kaden Grantham (Music)
• Addison Ferrell (Psychology)
• Owen Duckwall (Computing in the Arts)
• Jackson Williams (Computing in the Arts)
• Justin Suddee (Biology)
• Ava Gaston (Mathematics and Secondary Education Cognate)
• Elizabeth Rizzo (Business Administration)

York, Lake Wylie & Lancaster

• Ella Reeder (York – Public Health)
• John Hickey (Lake Wylie – Undecided)
• Zoe Ohar (Lake Wylie – Undecided)
• Tomayer Stover (Lancaster – Exercise Science)

Dean’s List (Fall 2025)

Fort Mill

• River Bernick (Undecided)
• Kees Vandergriff (International Studies)
• Tyler Goodman (Computer Science and Computing in the Arts)
• Madelyn Labarge (Theatre)
• Maxwell Conetta (Business Administration)
• Sean Rice (Undecided)
• Alayne Sack (Historic Preservation and Community Planning)
• Camryn Clark (Communication and Marketing)
• Gianna Cipriano (Elementary Education)
• Alexa Milwood (Psychology)
• Matthew Marx (Systems Engineering)
• Rosemary Blackman (Archaeology and Geology)
• Jack Caudill (Marine Biology)
• Keelyn Feneis (Biology)
• Ashbie Gacsy (Accounting)
• William Hasty (Business Administration)
• Joseph Ramey (Computer Information Systems)
• Jumana Martin (Undecided)
• Joseph Griffin (Supply Chain Management)
• Gabrielle Thomas (Public Health)
• Ava Pidhayny (Public Health)
• Hannah Walch (Psychology)
• Michael Lindsay (Undecided)
• Brayden Dean (Marine Biology)
• Alyssa Tanksley (Undecided)
• Caroline Drinnon (Theatre)
• Kyra Ruelle (Public Health)
• Abigail Castino (Biology)
• Katherine Vidonic (Arts Management and Theatre)
• Olivia Wade (Marketing)
• Logan Bamonte (Biology)
• Delaney Vickery (Business Administration)
• Matthew Jackson (Biology)
• Joseph Lozano (Studio Art)
• Ryan Rosebrock (Hospitality and Tourism Management)

Rock Hill

• Aidan Ruman (Classics and Computer Science)
• Raeghan Massey (Exercise Science)
• Aubrey Stevenson (Undecided)
• Kelsey Carper (Psychology)
• Cali Norton (Psychology)
• Jt Rollins (Computer Science)
• Amy Eisentrout (Public Health)
• Patrick Ruman (Classics and Computer Science)
• Virginia Gibson (Business Administration)
• Annelise Forrester (Exercise Science)
• Zoie Seay (History)

Indian Land

• Cole Dombkowski (Psychology)
• Emily Urban (Business Administration)
• Devin Lamontagne (Computer Information Systems)
• Sarah West (Biology)
• Alexis Jenkins (Undecided)
• Axle Rodriguez (Political Science)
• Sara Valle (Marketing)
• Diana Kiger (Psychology)

Clover

• Cooper Visser (Elementary Education)
• James Gray (Music)
• Sofia D’Arrigo (Biology)
• Virginia Wallace (Commercial Real Estate Finance)
• Cameron Zinn (Finance)
• Cailyn Haynes (Marine Biology)
• Andrew Coon (Music and Psychology)
• Falan Youngblood (Health Services Administration and Management)

York & Lancaster

• Liberty Daves (York – History)
• Jasmin Mendoza-Mateo (York – Environmental/Sustainability Studies)
• Areli Salazar Perez (York – Business Administration)
• Olivia Crockett (Lancaster – Psychology)
• Abigail Collins (Lancaster – Sociology)

Also Recognized

• Sienna Ligonde (Biology)
• Matthew Walker (Business Administration)