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Basin students make WSU President's List

STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 9 months AGO
by STAFF REPORT
| February 3, 2025 2:00 AM

PULLMAN — Washington State University has released its President’s List for fall quarter 2024, which includes 117 students from the Columbia Basin, according to the announcement. A student qualifies for the President’s list if they maintain a grade point average of 3.75 or higher while enrolled in at least nine graded credits, or a GPA of 3.5 for at least 15 cumulative credits if the semester GPA is a 3.0 or better, according to the university. 


These Basin students were named to the President’s List: 


Almira: Kiley Piper Elliott-Hamper 


Beverly: Rosalva Pastor 


Coulee City: Jaxon K. Baergen, Hayden Lee Buchanan, Jaxon Michael Elliott, Reece Bradley Isaak, Abigail Marie Roberts 


Ephrata: Fridda Arreola Morales, Maisie C. Becker, Carson Jonathan Davis, John Thomas Downey, Karlye Mae Ebberson, Deleah Jenea Garcia, Luis Garcia Rangel, Anthony John Graaff, Kathryn Lynda Lay, Joseph Michael Qualls, Ellinor Elaine Sonnichsen, Daisy Tellez, Joseph Jacob Wohleb


Hartline: Kayleigh Joy Elder 


Mattawa: Abel Castaneda, America Garcia, Deysi Adilene Guerrero, Humberto Alexander Hernandez, Jazmin Licona, Jocelyn Michelle Perez Abundez, Daisy Perez Padilla, Jasmine Rodriguez-Lara, Javier Rosales, Beatriz Tapia-Suarez, Giselle Tellez, Angel D. Torres 


Moses Lake: Elizabeth Charlene Abramson, Ethan Kenrick Bowers, Angela Lee Carley, Sarah Marie Carley, Adalynn Grace Carlile, Avery Rose Clark, Dylan Coomes, Kenzie Elaine Cox, Dominique Ariel Flores-Bird, Tyson J. Garza, Hadassah Daniellah Hinkle, Alex Jeffrey Johnson, Ryan Steven Johnson, Naomi Joy Kinzle, Greysen Lane, Hayley Lapratt, Jose Alfonso Lopez, Ashlyn Malaya Magnuson, Jacob T. Martinez, Mikiah Martinez, Kevin Eric Mayo-Gutierrez, Aerika Mae Moore, Emily Roseanne Mowry, Derek A. O’Brien, Anna Nell Olson, Issabelle Grace Parrish, Avery R. Sandhop, Ethan J. Sands, Gabriela Servin, Jeremy James Sinchuk, Erin Janet Stenhouse, Ashlynn Nicole Tate, Alexia Amanda-Joy Taylor, Griffin J. Terry, Avery C. Toya, Malika L. Warnick, Aimee R. Willis, Nolan Willis, Allen Yang 


Othello: Jessica Belmonte-Gonzalez, Grace Christine Booth, Anahi Camacho Ambrocio, Marlene Cortez, Vanessa Duran Alvarado, Lacey A. Garza, Maria Garza, Aldemar Saavedra Guerrero, Valdemar Saavedra Guerrero, Edsi Macias, Ivan Maldonado-Ramirez, Alexia Mendez, Ajay Robert Parrish, Elaina Gail Parrish, Daniela Policarpio, Jose Luis Policarpio, Jennifer Porter, Kevin Rodriguez-Delgado, Mikayla Marina Ross, Collin John Simmons, Kenzie Shea Simpson, Milena Fernanda Urroz Sandoval, James Zuniga 


Quincy: Pricilla Benicio-Fuentes, Susan Chavez-Balbuena, Valeria Gomez-Parra, Leisly Anay Hernandez Alvarado, Nathan Harrison Ovenell, Pedro Pacheco, Andres Sanchez, Margarita Santos, Lindsey Morgan Stetner, Reid Thomsen, Natalie Jisel Trujillo 


Ritzville: Spencer Jonathan Gering, David Immanuel Hinkle 


Royal City: Leslie Nunez 


Soap Lake: Tara Falconer 


Warden: Vida Annahvaeh Borrego, Cooper Cox, Vicente Alejandro Hernandez, April Mendoza Magana, Omar Pruneda, Guadalupe Sofia Ramirez Duran


Washtucna: Nathaniel Hawke Hille 


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