NCTA Dean’s List and Honor Roll Celebrate Academic Success

by Interim Executive Director Kelly Bruns, Ph.D.

May 20, 2026

Graduates in caps and gowns seated in rows during a ceremony.
The graduates of 2026 during the commencement ceremony on May 7, 2026.
S. Blomstedt

Recognizing academic excellence is one of the highlights of each semester at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. Earning Dean’s List or Honor Roll distinction reflects the dedication students bring to their education. This semester, 56 students achieved distinction, including 23 students named to the Dean’s List with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and 33 Honor Roll students with a GPA range of 3.50-3.99 

The list includes 36 Nebraska students and 20 students from across the nation. Colorado and Kansas were strongly represented, along with students from Iowa, California, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Many honorees also came from communities near Curtis, including McCook, North Platte, Paxton, Wallace, Grant, Overton, and more, as well as neighboring communities in Colorado and Kansas. Their hometowns reflect NCTA’s continued role in supporting the land-grant mission by expanding access to hands-on agricultural and veterinary education for students from rural communities across Nebraska and beyond.

We congratulate these students for their hard work, determination, and commitment to academic success.

Dean’s List (4.00 GPA)

Amherst, NE – Noah Trampe
Ariba, CO – KaCee Jo Saffer
Arlington, NE – Emma Huntley
Bassett, NE – Sydney Sybrant
Ekalaka, MT – Savannah Hall
Flagler, CO – Hailey Loutzenhiser
Grand Island, NE – Mileny Maldonado
Grant, NE – Emma Klahn
Jewell, KS – Jada Eilert
Manning, ND – Shay Burian
McCook, NE – Micaiah Barber
Middlesex, VT – Hannah Brett
Newport, NE – Courtney McCarthy
North Platte, NE – McKenzie Heil
Oakdale, NE – Samantha Durre
Ogallala, NE – Paige Davis
Ohiowa, NE – Wyatt Ozenbaugh
Paxton, NE – August Schow
Plattsmouth, NE – Sarah VanBilliard
Sargent, NE – Grant Ottun
Shubert, NE – Danyelle Kuker
Silver Creek, NE – Lydia Ziemba
Torrington, WY – Grace Wernsman

Honor Roll (3.50-3.99 GPA)

Atlanta, NE – Carly Stewart
Aurora, NE – Morgan Ekhoff
Burlington, CO – Tyrell Homm
Cawker City, KS – Carter Walsh
Central City, NE – Grace Strong
Chadron, NE – Jace Lien
Downs, KS – Aubrey Schreiner
Franklin, NE – J Gladden, II
Hallsville, MO – Dominic Troutman
Hemingford, NE – Kyra Jespersen
Holyoke, CO – Sawyer Sigler
Holyoke, CO – Layna Wear
Kearney, NE – Wednesday Fielder
Kearney, NE – Kayla Unick
Kensington, KS – Jenna Barnes
Leigh, NE – Jacob Martensen
Lincoln, NE – Karah Barnes
Linden, IA – Weston Ploeger
Mankato, KS – Aaron Underwood
Malvern, IA – Ailey Marburger
McCook, NE – Paige Meyers
North Platte, NE – Stephanie Kincaid
Omaha, NE – Vivien Appleby
Overton, NE – Sabyn Petit
Papillion, NE – Kosuke Kobayashi
Rockville, NE – McKinnon Graczyk
Rocky Ford, CO – Dalton Casper
Shattuck, OK – Madison Wilson
Sidney, NE – Dominik Lucero
Sutton, NE – Montana Dietz
Temecula, CA – KayLee Cramer
Ulysses, NE – Ann Prigge
Wallace, NE – McKenna Lundvall

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