Jackson County, Missouri, residents were among approximately 2,200 individuals who met graduate and undergraduate degree requirements and were eligible to participate in the University of Central Missouri’s (UCM) 2025 Spring Commencement exercises in May at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center.

Students who completed their degree requirements by the end of the fall semester were eligible to participate in ceremonies that marked more than 154 years of “Education for Service” at UCM. Below is a list of area students who met degree requirements at UCM.

To be eligible for graduation with honors, an undergraduate student must have earned a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.50 and completed a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit at UCM with a GPA of 3.50. Those with a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.74 graduate Cum Laude; 3.75 to 3.84, Magna Cum Laude; and 3.85 and above Summa Cum Laude, based on whichever GPA is lower, their cumulative GPA or their GPA at UCM.

Undergraduate
Blue Springs
Bridget Beach, BS; Connor Brazil, BSE; Kaitlyn Bredeman, BS; Ezekiel Cordell, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Samuel Doctor, BSBA; Angelina Dutton, BS; Krystal Flathers, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; William Harden, BS; Arianna Harrison, BS; Tristen Harrison, BS; Makenna Hayes, BSE, Cum Laude; Kellen Hays, BSBA, Cum Laude; Breanna Holland, BS; Mikayla Howard, BSE, Magna Cum Laude; Lynsey Huenefeld, BS; Madyson Keating, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Ashlyn Kordula, BS; Eva McAnally, BS, Cum Laude; Kaylee McClintock, BSE; Victoria Meledge-Ade, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; Elizabeth Nelson, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; Grace Pittman, BS; Elizabeth Rivera, BS; Tristan Spooner, BS; Amanda Steinbach, BSE; Cameron Stewart, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Eric Thomas, BS; Angelina Torres, BS; and Sophia Tuccillo, BA.

Grain Valley
Isabelle Bailey, BS; Jacob Brenner, BS; Cullen Cearnal, BM, Cum Laude; Isabelle Chambers, BS; Cory Gray, BA, Cum Laude; Marie Hall, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Jamarion Kolb, BS; Arthur Lewis, BSBA; Lilly Ogle, BSBA, Summa Cum Laude; Adison Richardson, BSE; Rebecca Rubak, BS, Cum Laude; and Ian Worley, BS, Cum Laude.

Grandview
Curt Bruno, BS; Kristofer Lester, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Melanie Root, BS; Jack Strangeway, BS; and Lindsay Trompeter, BS.

Greenwood
Sydney Beck, BSBA, Summa Cum Laude; Alayna Gaskin, BME, Summa Cum Laude; Emma Henry, BS; Sasha Kind, BS; Evan Methner, BSBA; Autumn Sullivan, BS, Cum Laude; and Justus Williams, BS, Summa Cum Laude.

Independence
Alex Atagi, BS; Warren Beal, BS; Morgan Bland, BSW, Summa Cum Laude; Carter Brown, BS; Sean Brown, BS; Brooklyn Burkey, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; Charity Carnahan, BFA, Magna Cum Laude; Jacob Freers, BSBA; Leola Hutsell, BSW; Noah Hynds, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Heather James, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Miles Lang, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Maia Moriarty, BA, Summa Cum Laude; Casey Raiford, BSBA; Ymani Rippy, BSE, Cum Laude; Aiden Sese, BS; Josephine Shaw, BSE; Michcala Snider, BS; Mayra Suarez-Mondragon, BSE, Magna Cum Laude; Ramya Thomas, BS; Brittany Whetstone, BFA, Cum Laude; Jayden Woods, BS, Cum Laude; Dallas Woodward, BA; and Colton Yuille, BS, Summa Cum Laude.

Kansas City
Kayla Addison, BFA; Reem Ahmed, BFA; Alyssa Collier, BS; Lia Concannon, BSE, Magna Cum Laude; Thomas Dreiling, BS; Amir Ellakani, BS, Cum Laude; Tiyah Gipson, BS; Margaret Joy, BSE; Sofia Khan, BS; Jacob Lee, BS; Matthew Long, BA, BS; Ainslea MacDonald, BFA, Summa Cum Laude; Brittney Marshall, BS; Kaden Marshall, BS; Adonis McDonald, BS; Shannon Morgan, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Courtney Pauley, BS; Muhliyah Pickens, BS; Ava Renzulli, BS; Addyson Russell-Edmonds, BS; Laila Tatum, BS; and Madelyn Taylor, BM, Summa Cum Laude.

Lake Lotawana
Blake Fitzsimmons, BS, Magna Cum Laude; and Jack Jobe, BS

Lake Winnebago
Jaden Graves, BS; Dylan Hertzler, BA; and Brooke Salerno, BS, Magna Cum Laude

Lee’s Summit
Quinn Allen, BFA, Summa Cum Laude; Bryce Bair, BSBA; Domenick Bisacca, BS; Sarah Breedlove, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Jonathan Brink, BSE; Jaimie Brinkmeyer, BS; Caleb Clark, BS; Gabriel Clifford, BS; Malana Ellis, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Erick Ford, BS; Eileen Given, BS, Cum Laude; Emily Graber, BSE; Max Gregg, BFA; Sarah Gregg, BS; Jacob Grider, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Nikolette Haas, BFA, Cum Laude; Isaiah Hamilton, BS; Javier Hernandez Vantuyl, BS, Cum Laude; Brett Howes, BS; Katrina Johnston, BSE, Cum Laude; Aidan Jones, BSE; Christopher Langston, BS; Sophia LaSala, BS; Caleb Lavery, BS, Cum Laude; Delaney Lawrence, BS; Eric Macewen, BS; Jacob Martinez, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Laura McCully, BS; Aidan Neal, BS; Jamie Norris, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Meghan Olson, BSBA; Marie Ossa, BSE, Cum Laude; Ashley Park, BSW; Sarah Peters, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Jason Phung, BFA; Gabriel Riggs, BSBA; Aubrey Rogers, BSBA; Jayden Russell, BS; Greyson Schaefer, BS; Madison Schaeffer, BS; Cameron Selbe, BM; Olivia Shelton, BSE, Magna Cum Laude; Ryan Shirley, BS; Emily Singer, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Piper Stevens, BSBA, Cum Laude; Amberly Stevenson, BS, Magna Cum Laude; Krystena Stoddard, BA; Evan Thielen, BS; Christian Valentine, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Darby Vaughan, BSE, Cum Laude; Rachel Voss, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; Elijah Walters, BS; Sydni Wantland, BA, Magna Cum Laude; Taylor Wheatley, BS; Everett Wimberly, BM, Summa Cum Laude; Abigail Wiseman, BS; Jenna Wright, BS, Summa Cum Laude; and Brady Zeiler, BFA.

Lone Jack
Michelle Covington, BA, Summa Cum Laude; Michele Dawson, BS, Cum Laude; Allie Hoelscher-Reeves, BFA, Magna Cum Laude; Garret Lahue, BSE; Ian Pope, BS, Summa Cum Laude; and Kealyn Wilkinson, BSBA, Summa Cum Laude.

Oak Grove
Cole Chaney, BS; Dalton Chaney, BS, Cum Laude; Meagan Cloninger, BS; Macie Dunham, BS, Cum Laude; Meredith Forthofer, BFA, Magna Cum Laude; Paige Forthofer, BSE, Cum Laude; Macie Graham, BS; Tomi Lightle, BS; Nathan Morris, BS, Cum Laude; Ronald Munson, BS; Tretin Raney, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Johnathan Reiss, BS; Joni Roberts, BS, Summa Cum Laude; Skyler Thomas, BSE, Summa Cum Laude; and Alannah Trigg, BFA, Cum Laude.

Raytown
Joshua McCarroll, BS; Brandon Riley, BS; Cecily Wells, BSE; and Paige Wilkinson, BSBA.

Graduate
Blue Springs
Kristie Bartholomew, MA; Sydney Borgmann, MSE; Juliet Burton, MSE; Kathy Eagan, SPE; Ericka Heggie, SPE; Jana Hilgedick, SPE; Tifini Kellerman, SPE; Jake Liddle, MS; Sierra Mann, MSE; Emily McCoy, MSE; Robert Roadcap, MS; Simone Rogers, MS; Samantha Shawver, SPE; Jeffrey Sloan, MAT; Amber Stacy, MAT; Zoe Todd, MSE; Kaitlyn Williams, MSE; Ryan Wiss, MSE; Terre Yaghoubian, MS; and Brittany Young, MS

Grain Valley
Marisa Abundis Hines, MS; Jessica Dornes, MAT; and Hannah Yardley, MSE

Greenwood
Tiffany Oden, MLS

Independence
Brenda Beck, SPE; Brett Gilio, MS; Emily Griffin, SPE; Madison Griffin, MSE; La Ryta Hargis, MS; Cara Harker, SPE; Lisanne Hoover, MSE; Brittany LeJune, MSE; Leslie Mills, SPE; Eileen Neeley, MSE; Jacob Peabody, MS; Jonatan Punti Sontay, MS; Kallie Reed, MBA; Eleanor Ringwood, MSE; Trevaughn Sisco, MS; Tania Valenzuela Sida, MSE; Chelsea Whittle, MSE; and Ruth Wilson, MSE.

Kansas City
Namrata Acharya, MS; Harsha Deep Adabala, MS; Srikanth Adhula, MS; Sai Deeraj Adi, MS; Gowtham Sai Kumar Akala, MS; Bhargav Sai Allam, MS; Priya Darshini Amudala, MS; Sai Riteesh Kumar Ankathi, MS; Lakshmi Bhavani Arla, MS; Sravani Attaluri, MS; Harika Bhavani Balagani, MS; Newveela Bandi, MS; Aravind Bandlamudi, MS; Naga Prasanth Reddy Battula, MS; Cherishma Sai Bellamkonda, MS; Soma Sekhar Bobbala, MS; Prudhvi Ganesh Boddu, MS; Shivani Bogadamidi, MS; Vaishnavi Bojja, MS; Hima Sagara Koteeswar Bommisetti, MS; Uttej Sai Bommu, MS; Sai Amulya Byrapuneni, MS; Kelly Cease, MA; Anvesh Chakali, MS; Shirisha Charlapalli, MS; Srinu Chitri, MS; Lalith Chandinath Chunduri, MS; Mitchell Cota, SPE; Shyria Darrington, MS; Lakshmi Deepak Dasariraju, MS; Loka Surya Tejeswara Reddy Donapati, MS; Andrew Akiba Eyo, MS; Nithin Reddy Gaddam, MS; Suryasvi Kranth Giri Gaddam, MS; Sai Nitish Gadde, MS; Navasai Kumar Reddy Gangireddy, MS; Yuva Phani Balaji Ganta, MS; Karthik Gantasala, MS; Sivarama Krishna Gobburi, MS; Ashwini Gollamad, MS; Lakshmi Pujitha Gorantla, MS; Lavanya Sushma Gorijala, MS; Lucinda Grim, MS; Sravya Gundala, MS; Meghana Guttameedi, MS; Siva Deekshith Inturi, MS; Kumaraswami Itharaju, MS; Venkata Sai Vinay Babu Jakka, MS; Manikanta Reddy Janga, MS; Yogesh Kadam, MS; Sai Teja Kailas, MS; Vaishnavi Kakani, MS; Sravani Kamma, MS; Venkata Pranaya Keerthana Kamma, MS; Prashanth Reddy Kandhada, MS; Prem Chand Kanna, MS; Lnu Kasarla Navya, MS; Venkata Anudeep Kata, MS; Dharmikananda Srinivas Katta, MS; Rajesh Kella, MS; Shirisha Kesagoni, MS; Chanakya Kokkiligadda, MS; Sainath Konda, MS; Prashanth Reddy Koppula, MS; Satya Prasad Koppula, MS; Kalpana Preethi Kotha, MS; Sai Pavan Kothuru, MS; Siva Kalyan Kotipalli, MS; Mary Kriegel, SPE; Likhitha Kuppa, MS; Maniteja Kurakula, MS; Jay Lyons, MSE; Sreeja Madhagoni, MS; Srilatha Magam, MS; Tejaswi Majety, MS; Sudhakar Reddy Mallavarapu, MS; Mani Mallem, MS; Satya Sai Jayanth Manepalli, MS; Keerthi Reddy Mangilipudi, MS; Sai Pavan Goud Maragoni, MS; Sai Siva Saketh Marella, MS; Harini Marri, MS; Nithyananda Reddy Marri, MS; Manideep Maryala, MS; Divya Meda, MS; Sai Krishna Medarametla, MS; Likhitha Medasani, MS; Sahitha Medasani, MS; Natasha Miller, MSE; Laasya Sree Mittapelly, MS; Reshma Mohammad, MS; Shabaaz Mohammad, MS; Kalyan Satya Manikanta Mulagala, MS; Nikhitha Muthukur, MS; Sainathreddy Myakala, MS; Prashanthi Nagavaram, MS; Yashwanth Nakerakanti, MS; Hemanthkumar Nalamothu, MS; Tejo Sai Narla, MS; Manesh Nekkalapu, MS; Naveen Nemalipuri, MS; Yagna Yaswanth Nimmagadda, MS; Venkatesh Nulu, MS; Leena Nuthalapati, MS; Saketh Gajapathi Pakalapati, MS; Harshita Palacharla, MS; Eswar Sai Kiran Reddy Pallapolu, MS; Jignesh Prasad Panguluri, MS; Divya Sree Paray, MS; John Payne, MBA; Hari Charan Reddy Peechari, MS; Sri Harshitha Peravarapu, MS; Lokesh Ponnekanti, MS; Megha Aswitha Ponnekanti, MS; Nikhila Potla, MS; Sriram Potla, MS; Pavankalyan Prasadam, MS; Neha Pulagam, MS; Dada Khalandar Puletipalli, MS; Sathwika Reddy Pullaiahgari, MS; Bhargavi Rangu, MS; Venkata Chakravarthi Ravuri, MS; Sai Archana Reddy Reddem, MS; Sridivya Samindla, MS; Anjana Priya Swathi Samudrala, MS; Venkata Sai Tharun Sankapalli, MS; Lauren Schuberth, SPE; Asma Sonu Shaik, MS; Emily Simpson Grandt, MS; Geethaakshitha Sugnanam, MS; Ashwith Reddy Surkanti, MS; Sai Sahas Rao Takkalapally, MS; Satya Jayanth Tamire, MS; Tracee Taylor, MS; Reethika Tekumatla, MS; Nikhil Preetham Goud Thorupunuri, MS; Vamsi Krishna Thummalapalli, MS; Nishanth Sri Harsha Tirukkovalluri, MS; Dion Tolson, MS; Sree Venu Vaka, MS; Surya Teja Veladi, MS; Narendra Velamuri, MS; Jayavardhan Reddy Vulpala, MS; Victoria Wood, MSE; Venkatesh Yadlapalli, MS; Vishnu Sai Yarraguntla, MS; and Venkata Krishna Yekula, MS

Lee’s Summit
Shreya Agrawal, MS; Lakshmisowjanya Aradhyula, MS; Ashley Arbeau, MS; Alexis Cosper, MSE; Ronny Dady, MS; Tejaswi Dodda, MS; Brittney Dyer, MSE; Rebecca Eidson, MBA; Latasha Ellis, MBA; Nicole Fisher, SPE; Taylor Foster, MSE; Jennifer Garcia, MSE; Mollie Hazen, SPE; Michaelyn Horsch, MSE; Emma Huckabee, MS; Bondala Jignas, MS; Manoj Kamineni, MS; Gowtham Sai Prabath Kodali, MS; James Lanoue, SPE; Jessica Listort, MS; Riann Mack, MSE; Satya Seetha Sankeerthana Mulukutla, MS; Laurie Nelson, MLS; Dishant Janakbhai Patel, MS; Aimee Pedersen, SPE; Raquel Peterson, MSE; Rajkumar Ragula, MS; Brooke Rothfuss, MSE; Veerareddy Sareddy, MS; Sagarkumar Savani, MS; Jordan Spurgeon, MSE; Hetulkumar Sutariya, MS; Riley Talbot, MSE; Gina Taylor, MSE; Pranjal Tiwari, MS; Jimitkumar Dineshbhai Vaghani, MS; Ajay Valeti, MS; Praneetha Velagapudi, MS; Amanda Watson, MSE; Katelyn Watson, MS; Anne Wroblewski, SPE; Hari Krishna Yakkanti, MS; Laurel Yows, MS; Jessica Zvacek, MSE; and Deepkumar Hasmukhbhai Patel, MS

Lone Jack
Taylor Skinner, MSE

Oak Grove
Mackenzie Grube, MAT

Raytown
Sonyai Carson, MS; Dachelle Hill, MSE; Melinda Prichard, MS; and Deallon Walton, MS.

Key to abbreviations
BA-Bachelor of Arts
BFA-Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM-Bachelor of Music
BME-Bachelor of Music Education
BS-Bachelor of Science
BSBA-Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
BSE-Bachelor of Science in Education
BSW-Bachelor of Social Work
MS-Master of Science
MBA-Master of Business Administration
MSE-Master of Science in Education
MA-Master of Arts
MAT-Master of Arts in Teaching
SPE-Education Specialist

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