More than 100 Basin students make WSU honor roll
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More than 100 Columbia Basin students were named to the Honor Roll at Washington State University for fall quarter 2025.
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Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | February 28, 2026 12:10 AM
PULLMAN — One hundred twenty-one students from Grant and Adams counties were named to the President’s Honor Roll at Washington State University for fall quarter 2025, according to an announcement from the university. A student can be named to the Honor Roll either by achieving a grade point of 3.75 while enrolled in at least nine graded credits in a single semester provided that the cumulative GPA is 2.0 or better, or by achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 based on at least 15 cumulative credits of graded work at Washington State University, provided that the semester GPA is 3.0 or better.
These Basin students were named to the Honor Roll:
Almira: Kiley Piper Elliott-Hamper
Beverly: Juan Manuel Herrera-Rendon, Rosalva Pastor
Coulee City: Jaxon K. Baergen, Hayden Lee Buchanan, Reece Bradley Isaak, Abigail Marie Roberts
Ephrata: Ashleigh R. Alcala, Maisie C Becker, Carson Daniel Burns, Owen Zackary Coen, John Thomas Downey, Karlye Mae Ebberson, Deleah Jenea Garcia, Luis Garcia Rangel, Anthony John Graaff, Kathryn Lynda Lay, Kadie G. McMullen, Dallin Kurtis Plaisted, Adelyn Simmons, Ellinor Elaine Sonnichsen, Abby Lee Toro, Joseph Jacob Wohleb
Hartline: Kayleigh Joy Elder, Emma Lynn Whitaker
Mattawa: Abel Castaneda, Humberto Alexander Hernandez, Angela Hidalgo-Andrade, Jazmin Licona, Jordan Alexander Martinez, Brenda Nunez, Jocelyn Michelle Perez Abundez, Javier Rosales, Bryan Sandoval, Carolina Tirado, Angel D. Torres, Jose Alberto Valdovinos
Moses Lake: Elizabeth Charlene Abramson, Nazareth G. Alfaro Mendoza, Jorge Aly Aponte, Jadelyn Nicole Balderas, Maksim Borodulin, Ethan Kenrick Bowers, Julian Bravo, Sarah Marie Carley, Adalynn Grace Carlile, Avery Rose Clark, Caitlyn Renee Dietmeyer, Tyson J. Garza, Amy Gonzalez-Maciel, Jesse Grubbs, Crystal Jimenez, Alex Jeffrey Johnson, Logan Xavior Kemper, Gabrielle Rose Lane, Selah Blake Loomis, Jose Alfonso Lopez, Ashlyn Malaya Magnuson, Kevin Eric Mayo-Gutierrez, Calvin Molitor, Luke C. Molitor, Emily Roseanne Mowry, Derek A. O’Brien, Anna Nell Olson, Issabelle Grace Parrish, Emmet Rasmussen, Jacqueline Robles Martinez, Ethan J. Sands, Jeremy James Sinchuk, Ashlynn Nicole Tate, Griffin J. Terry, Malika L. Warnick, Aimee R. Willis, Nolan Willis, Allen Yang
Othello: Alan Alexander Amado-Victoriano, Jessica Belmonte-Gonzalez, Anahi Camacho Ambrocio, Joselyn Camacho-Ambrocio, Natalie Ann Cerrillo, Marlene Cortez, Vanessa Duran-Alvarado, Adilene Annie Garcia, Lacey A. Garza, Mariza Elayne Gonzalez, Valdemar Saavedra Guerrero, Aldemar Saavedra Guerrero, Rodrigo Vidal Guizar, Karli Sue Long, Edsi Macias, Jesus Mendoza, Adrian Obispo, Elaina Gail Parrish, Jose Luis Policarpio, Kevin Rodriguez-Delgado, Mariana Romero, Collin John Simmons, Kenzie Shea Simpson, Milena Fernanda Urroz Sandoval, America Janett Varela, Andrea Naomi Villicana, James Zuniga
Quincy: Valeria Gomez-Parra, Lydia Harris, Nathan Harrison Ovenell, Lindsey Morgan Stetner, Reid Thomsen, Amanda Rae Walker
Ritzville: David Immanuel Hinkle, Daniella Oliva
Royal City: Miguel A Dominguez Hernandez, Rocio Ortiz, Francisco Pineda Escalera
Soap Lake: Blessby D. Alvarez, Tara Falconer, Aryz Nadine Navarro, Daniela Navarro
Warden: Jose Guadalupe Arriaga, Miliany Michelle Pruneda, Guadalupe Sofia Ramirez Duran
Washtucna: Nathaniel Hawke Hille
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