Fall 2019 Dean’s List Announced

Austin College officials have announced the Dean’s List for Fall Term 2019. The Dean’s List recognizes the top 20 percent of students taking a minimum of three graded, full-credit courses. For Fall Term 2019, 253 individuals are recognized.

“We congratulate the students on the Dean’s List and commend them on this accomplishment, especially given the rigor of the Austin College curriculum and the quality of their colleagues,” said Dr. Elizabeth Gill, vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the faculty. “To be named to the Dean’s List evidences students’ commitment to academic excellence and is an honor for the students and their families.”

Students named to the Dean’s List for Austin College’s Fall Term 2019 are listed below along with their hometown.

Zachary Aamold of Dallas, Texas;

Safe Abdel-Rahman of League City, Texas;

Paula Akhigbe of Frisco, Texas;

Esmeralda Alejo of Dallas, Texas;

Emily Aller of Mansfield, Texas;

Abigail Anderson of Allen, Texas;

Austin “Kyle” Andrle of Allen, Texas;

Phoebe Angaye of Denton, Texas;

Brooke Ashby of Dallas, Texas;

Humza Ashraf of McKinney, Texas;

Serina Ashraf of Frisco, Texas;

Kate Askew of Flower Mound, Texas;

Elena Aventa of Austin, Texas;

Atencio Avery of Centennial, Colorado;

Shelby Bagby of Forney, Texas;

Anhthu Bahn of Sachse, Texas;

Marian Bailey of Plano, Texas;

Alexandra Baker-Livingston of Richardson, Texas;

Phung Banh of Ho Chi Minh, VIETNAM;

Shaina Banh of Garland, Texas:

Hannah Barry of Dallas, Texas;

Ifrah Basheer of Plano, Texas;

Beau Beshires of Garland, Texas;

Julia Bialecka of Piaseczno, POLAND;

MacKenzie Bolen of McKinney, Texas;

Joshua Boring of Denton, Texas;

Kyle Breed of Crosby, Texas;

Lois Bronaugh of Buda, Texas;

Kyle Brown of Lake Jackson, Texas;

Kynleigh Browne of Azle, Texas;

Logan Brummer of Dallas, Texas;

Yasmine Bukhari of Dallas, Texas;

Nic Cappellini of San Antonio, Texas;

Jordan Carney of Melissa, Texas;

Noel Carrasco of Arlington, Texas;

Sandra Carrasco-Bueno of Sherman, Texas, Austin Teacher Program graduate student;

Diana Carvajalino of Valencia, Carabobo, VENEZUELA;

Bruno Celis of Allen, Texas;

Anika Chand of Southlake, Texas;

Liberty Chanin of Irving, Texas;

Chen “Sunny” Chen of Houston, Texas;

Fanke Chen of Austin, Texas;

Kiera Chevalier of Houston, Texas;

Supid Chowdhury of Allen, Texas;

Samuel John Collins of Paris, Texas;

Katherine Cox of Flower Mound, Texas;

Caraline Croft of Buda, Texas;

Brittany Dang of Frisco, Texas;

Michael Dang of Richardson, Texas;

Emily Davis of Ponder, Texas

Andrew Dawson of Murphy, Texas;

Hector Diaz of Mesquite, Texas;

Spencer Dirk of San Antonio, Texas;

Victoria Dodd of Pottsboro, Texas;

Cecilia Dominguez of Valley View, Texas;

Taylor Dornseifer of Wylie, Texas;

Peter Dubois of Austin, Texas;

Karina Duran of Houston, Texas;

Leslie Erwin of Fort Worth, Texas;

Kiersten Esposito of Lucas, Texas;

Emily Estes of Sherman, Texas;

Shannon Fagen of Carson City, Nevada;

Samantha Fawcett of Plano, Texas;

Shannon Fischer of Keller, Texas;

Enson Flores of The Colony, Texas;

Jacob Flores of Kansas City, Kansas;

Savannah Flores of Dallas, Texas;

Sierra Force of Casper, Wyoming;

Caroline Fowler of Austin, Texas;

Taiton Fox of Bend, Oregon;

Abbey Franke of Nacogdoches, Texas;

Nicholaus Frederick of Pantego, Texas;

Jacob Fredrick of Pantego, Texas;

Caroline Fullerton of Austin, Texas;

Abigail Fuscone of Hoffman Estates, Illinois;

Jillian Garber of Plano, Texas;

Zoe Garrett of McKinney, Texas;

Abigail George of Carrollton, Texas;

Nathan Gill of Sherman, Texas;

Madison Gilmore of Lubbock, Texas;

Diana Gomez of Houston, Texas;

Jonathan Gonzalez of Irving, Texas;

Abigail Goodman of Austin, Texas;

Megan Goyal of Irving, Texas;

Cayden Griffith of Oak Brook, Illinois;

Zachary Griffith of Oak Brook, Illinois;

Sherah Grissom of The Colony, Texas;

Jared Grothues of Seguin, Texas;

Morgan Hall of Round Rock, Texas;

Tyler Hanes of Arlington, Texas;

Amna Haque of Plano, Texas;

Saif Haque of Plano, Texas;

Stephanie Hardin of Tulsa, Oklahoma;

Sydney Hardin of Highland Village, Texas;

Clara Harper of Louisville, Kentucky;

Sarah Harper of Sulphur Springs, Texas;

Tramondranique Hawkins of Dallas, Texas;

Eesha Hayee of Lucas, Texas;

John T Haynes of Fairview, Texas;

Weiheng “Holly” He of Richardson, Texas;

Andres Hernandez of Hurst, Texas;

Tory Heruska of McKinney, Texas;

Isabella Hess of Garland, Texas;

Mia Hibner of Allen, Texas;

Wyatt Hill of University Park, Texas;

Joshua Himelfarb of Katy, Texas;

Jack Hittson-Smith of Rockwall, Texas;

Jessica Hoffman of Argyle, Texas;

Julia Holloway of Coppell, Texas;

Lydia House of Gunter, Texas;

Seth Howard of Lantana, Texas;

Samuel Ivie of Forney, Texas;

Milan Jaiswal of Frisco, Texas;

Tyler James of Forney, Texas;

Sarah Joseph of Sunnyvale, Texas;

Judith Juarez of Dallas;

Riddhi Kakadia of Plano, Texas;

Prithvi “Vee” Kalkunte of Frisco, Texas;

Holly Kapp of Dodd City, Texas;

Jade Kemp of Katy, Texas;

Andrew Kim of Denton, Texas;

Haeun “Noel” Kim of Seoul, SOUTH KOREA;

Katie King of Woodway, Texas;

Marko Knezevic of Texas;

Jacob Kobos of Grapevine, Texas;

William Koelzer of Richmond, Texas;

Siddharth Kortikere of Longview, Texas;

Conner Kramer of Allen, Texas;

Emilie Lamarsaude of Dallas, Texas;

Michael Le of Tyler, Texas;

Alex Lee of Plano, Texas;

Victoria Leroy of Frisco, Texas;

Matt Li of Frisco, Texas;

Todd Liang of Plano, Texas;

Jedidiah Lim of McKinney, Texas;

Joshua Lin of Frisco, Texas;

Jackson Lockhart of Longview, Texas;

Anna Long of Arlington, Texas;

Ally Longaker of El Granada, California;

Vaughan Lora of Spring, Texas;

Isabella MacMiller of Dallas, Texas;

Zachary Magers of Sherman, Texas;

Brandon Mai of Garland, Texas;

Allen Mankin of Grapevine, Texas;

Samuel Marsh of Houston, Texas;

Brian Martinez of Converse, Texas;

Paola Matus of Sherman, Texas;

Katherine McBroom of The Colony, Texas;

Camarah McLean of Falls Church, Virginia;

Angel Montelongo of Dallas, Texas;

Andrea Montiel of Houston, Texas;

Georgia Moore of Dallas, Texas;

Chandler Morris of Granbury, Texas;

Chandler Morris of Arlington, Texas;

Anthony Mowles of Highland Village, Texas;

Ndanzia “Paul” Mpunga of Euless, Texas;

Jackson Mullis of McKinney, Texas;

Elizabeth Munns of Plano, Texas;

Kirsten Munson of Allen, Texas;

Adam Myers of Houston, Texas;

Trinity Naile of Dallas, Texas;

Aguiele Ndoungla Fobasso Awah of Douala, CAMEROON;

Nicholas Neighbors of San Angelo, Texas;

Tate Nelson of The Colony, Texas;

William Newsom of McKinney, Texas;

Khanh Trang Ming Nguyen of Arlington, Texas;

Caroline Ogden of Denton, Texas;

Caroline Ogden of Highland Village, Texas;

Alexandra Ohnes of La Paz, BOLIVIA;

Madelyn Oliver of Spring, Texas;

Sophie Oliver of Houston, Texas;

Rachel Oney of Dallas, Texas;

Emma Page of Phoenix, Arizona;

Elizabeth Parker of Colleyville, Texas;

Tilghman Parr of Montague, Texas;

Hersh Patel of Richardson, Texas;

Tajal Patel of Richardson, Texas;

Addie Pederson of Georgetown, Texas:

Matthew Pedroza of Fort Worth, Texas;

Emilia Pennington of Garland, Texas;

Eva Perez Zepeda of Denton, Texas;

Brittany Person of Frisco, Texas;

Valery Piachonkina of Hayward, California;

Nancy Pineda Gama of Dallas, Texas;

Nicole Pinkerton of Arlington, Texas;

Theresa Pohl of Castroville, Texas;

Jordan Proctor of Marion, Texas;

Diana Racila of Dallas, Texas;

Shruti Raghavan of Allen, Texas;

Anna Rajagopal of Houston, Texas;

Medhini Ramesh of Plano, Texas;

Sanjana Rasamsetti of Fremont, California;

Syeda Raza of North Richland Hills, Texas;

Abigail “Abbi” Rees of Dallas, Texas;

Zoe Rice of Haslet, Texas;

Alyssa Rivera of Princeton, Texas;

Robert Jones of Sherman, Texas; Austin Teacher Program graduate student;

Tucker Robinson of Allen, Texas;

Jaclyn Rodriguez of Collinsville, Texas;

Abigail “Abbi” Ross of Frisco, Texas;

Alexis Ross of Frisco, Texas;

Christine Royalty of Corinth, Texas;

Zuni-Ire Rubio of San Antonio, Texas;

Isabel Ruch of Dallas, Texas;

Jaran Rudd of Austin, Texas;

Austin Rue of Sherman, Texas;

Ahmed Rushdi of Houston, Texas;

Antonio Saavedra of Plano, Texas;

Salina DuClos of Burleson, Texas; Austin Teacher Program graduate student;

Liam Sartor of Anna, Texas;

Colin Saum of McKinney, Texas;

Ann Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Austin Teacher Program graduate student;

Ruthann Schmiege of Tyler, Texas;

Chloe Schnaible of Allen, Texas;

Michael Selby of San Antonio, Texas;

Mason Sellers of Mansfield, Texas;

Anna Sergiovanni of Richardson, Texas;

Tawfeeq Shaik of Coppell, Texas;

Lara Shehadeh of Southlake, Texas;

Kerynn Sizemore of Bells, Texas;

Trevor Slansky of Allen, Texas;

Lucas Slingerland of Tucson, Arizona;

Marcus Slonaker of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania;

Marcus Slonaker of Pflugerville, Texas;

Emma Solis of Houston, Texas;

Preston Spivey of Weatherford, Texas;

Christian Spurlock of Frisco, Texas;

Thomas Strutton of Hooks, Texas;

Sydney Hardin of Highland Village, Texas;

Harsha Tamtam of Seguin, Texas;

Vero Tessier of Allen, Texas;

James Tessmer of Richardson, Texas;

Jessica Thoennes of Flower Mound, Texas;

Andrew Thomas of Austin, Texas;

Baylor Thornton of Dallas, Texas;

Anh Tran of Whitewright, Texas;

Kathy Tran of Garland, Texas;

James Truitt of Dallas, Texas;

Olivia Trusty of Fort Worth, Texas;

Eric van Hal of Houston, Texas;

Jimreeves Varghese of Mesquite, Texas;

Carolina Vazquez Saavedra of Austin, Texas;

Sydney Versen of Sugar Land, Texas;

Jonathan Voos of Universal City, Texas;

Zoya Waheed of Richardson, Texas;

Claire Welton of Grapevine, Texas;

Paisley Wendel of Ingram, Texas;

Alisa White of Arlington, Texas;

Regan Wilkins of Terrell, Texas;

Dylan Williams of Garland, Texas;

Hunter Williams of Garland, Texas;

Kristen Worley of Amarillo, Texas;

James Wyche of Grapevine, Texas;

Yasmine Yash of Allen, Texas;

Sumeya Yassin of Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA;

Cecelia Yip of Colleyville, Texas;

Rachel Young of Paris, Texas; and

Richard Zhu of Plano, Texas.

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