Congratulations to students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences graduating in May 2026 with distinction and honors.
High academic achievement is recognized upon graduation in three ways: graduation with distinction, based upon grades only; graduation with honors in the major, based upon both grades and the completion of an honors project approved by the college and the major department; and graduation with university honors, based on grades and completion of a formal curriculum of honors coursework and experiences.
The college awards degrees “with highest distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.95 or above; “with high distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.85–3.94; and “with distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.75–3.84. The ranking is based on students’ grade point averages for University of Iowa coursework and all college-level studies undertaken before final registration.
To be eligible for graduation with distinction, students must complete a minimum of 60 semester hours in residence in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, of which at least 45 semester hours must have been completed before the student’s final registration.
Students graduating with:
With Highest Distinction
The college awards degrees “with highest distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.95 or above.
- Sophia Acklin
- Lyla Adelstein
- Abel Amensisa
- Claire Ammeraal
- Katherine Andersen
- Ellie Anderson
- Isabella Anderson
- Megan Anderson
- Andrea Arce
- Alayna Armentrout
- Jason Babcock
- Berkley Barnett
- Sara Bayer
- Katherine Beeman
- Avery Behnke
- Jenna Berendes
- Yadiel Berhanu
- Matilda Berry
- Anna Besler
- Molly Biklen
- Paul Blaso
- Teagan Boeckmann
- Vanessa Borelli
- Madeline Broghammer
- Calla Brunkan
- Jordan Bull-Welch
- Samuel Buman
- Allison Caraway
- Koro Castillo
- Payton Chapman
- Kyle Chi
- Ava Chopskie
- Amelia Cleary
- Sophie Cohn
- Audrey Coleman
- Sarah Craighead
- Jenna Crowley
- Sonja Cutts
- Taylor Daniels
- Michael Danos
- Brianna Davenport
- Connor DeGroote
- Emma DeGroote
- Vanessa DeMarco
- Leah Desserich
- Kendall Deutmeyer
- Christian DeWolf
- Bridget Dieden
- Alyssa Dillenburg
- Jake Dolphin
- Mason Dormire
- Evan Downie
- Allison Drdak
- Charles Duffy
- Mia Dukle
- Alexis Dvorak
- Johnnie Each
- Grace Early
- Katharine Easter
- Lila Eggerling-Boeck
- Iris Engelhardt
- Margaret Ernst
- Blake Etringer
- Kaleb Feia
- Owen Fiedorowicz
- Allison Fischer
- Benjamin Fisher
- Isabelle Foland
- Alexa Frankel
- Briana Frankl
- Madison Frette
- Emma Fuchtman
- Lauren Gadkari
- Gwendolyn Gavin
- Payton Geake
- McKenna Gersema
- Riley Gesell
- Ryan Gianfrancesco
- Lillian Giddings
- Joseph Goltl
- Daniel Gonzalez
- Camryn Griffin
- Sarah Guilfoyle
- Caitlyn Guth
- Grace Gutzman
- Arden Hallett
- Simeon Hasselbrook
- Sabrina Hazuka
- Megan Heil
- Jillian Heiling
- Augustin Heitman
- Francesca Hendricks
- Avery Hillier
- Isabella Hohenadel
- Yara Homedan
- Kyle Hopewell
- Benjamin Hourcade
- Jessica Housour
- Isabelle Hudnut
- Gina Huinker
- Emma Hunter
- Emma Hussin
- Jenny Huynh
- Deven Ignacio-Castillo
- Lynne Inouye
- Jace Jahraus
- Aubrianna Jarding
- Whitney Jensen
- Halle Jewett
- Erica Johnson
- Isaac Johnson
- Tara Joiner
- Rylee Jones
- Bageshree Joshi
- Isabel Jurgens
- Anna Kalmar
- Abigail Kloha
- Alyssa Konz
- Katerina Kovarik
- Grace Koziol
- Ashley Kushner
- Katie Lee
- Moriah Lee
- Joanna Leston
- Sydney Libert
- Jaden Limondin
- Samuel Lindgren
- William Lynott Hawbecker
- Eleanor MacKellar
- Belle Martin
- Olivia Masterson
- Autumn Mayer
- Nicolette Mayer
- Nadia Maymi Nieblas
- Matthew McGowan
- Camryn McIlravy
- Kate McKinley
- Margaret McKinney
- Cora McLaren
- Aidan Meek
- Ainsley Menning
- Alison Meredith
- Tiana Miller
- Madalyn Mische
- Mary Moeder
- Isabella Motley
- Sade Kabedi Mutamba
- Anya Nanjappa
- Athena Neville
- Andrew Nguyen
- Thi Nguyen
- Alexander Niermann
- Caden Noeller
- Ava Nollen
- Josephine Norris
- Katherine O'Connell
- Claire O'Donnell
- Meredith Onions
- Jasmine Ortega
- Raegan Pallas
- Esha Patel
- Kathit Patel
- Kamryn Paulsen
- Isobel Perez
- William Plumlee
- Sophia Porter
- Mitchell Pothitakis
- Amira Qidwai
- Katelyn Rahe
- Lance Regehr
- Catherine Rios
- Madeline Riske
- Katelyn Rocha
- Carlin Rogers
- Riley Rosenmeyer
- Jayden Salmon
- Emily Sansone
- Greta Schlafer
- Aliese Schmaltz
- Heidi Schoenberg
- Chloe Schultz
- Brenna Schwamberger
- Angelica Severin
- Advika Shah
- Caden Shetler
- Mary Katherine Shultz
- Aleyah Sidhu
- Hannah Smith
- Lauren Smith
- Emma So
- Rachel Sorensen
- Vox Spreg
- Kara Stoecker
- Joshua Studer
- Sage Swann-Mailliard
- Kade Tanke
- Mostafa Telfah
- Jobin Terranova
- Mia Terry
- Charlie Thomas
- Noah Thomas
- Charles Thrasher
- Alician Todd
- Megan Van Ostrand
- Kaia Vanney
- Evjen Walters
- Kellen Warren
- Owen Weber
- Xander Weber
- Abigail Weiss
- Nathan Westhoff
- Grant Wiebke
- James Wiese
- Daniel Willis
- Samantha Wirth
- Aidan Wirtz
- Elizabeth Witcombe
- Joseph Woitach
- Katrina Wolfe
- Campbell Wood
- Jenna Woods
- Abigail Zimmerman
- Grace Ziomek
- Evan Zukin
- Claire Zywicki
With High Distinction
The college awards degrees “with high distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.85–3.94.
- Gretta Acheson
- Benjamin Ahlrichs
- Lea Alboyd
- Aasiya Ali
- Ava Anderson
- Nadia Arsenijevic
- Nicholas Beaton
- Ava Bergquist
- Elliott Berling
- Madison Berlinguette
- Ty Betts
- Kaden Bex
- Emma Bork
- Brianna Bowers
- Megan Bretwisch
- Elaina Brucato
- Haley Bryan
- Veronica Buehring
- Zoee Butcher
- Ella Carnahan
- Gianna Ceriotti
- Moesha Chhatlani
- Ryan Cloherty
- Emma Coffin
- Kathryn Colebrook-Robjent
- Alexis Collins
- Dominique Cruz Cruz
- Annika Dearden
- Serenity Delgado
- Emma Dickinson
- Callan Dockry
- Maclayne Dolan
- Holly Duax
- Andrew Eichmeier
- Rhett Ellerbroek
- Byron Ellington
- Sydney Elliott
- Mackenzie Fenwick
- Dominic Field
- Kellen Fife
- Ellie Fischer
- Beck Fitzpatrick
- Christina Fjeld
- Olivia Frankl
- Jack Friessen
- Bailey Fry
- Jeanna Fuller
- Adrianna Gallen
- Maria Gauna
- Ruby Gentzler
- Colin Gillund
- John Glab
- Sydney Grell
- Elizabeth Gross
- Matthew Grubbs
- Kelly Gurdak
- Loujane Haj
- Aphraditie Hancock
- Marin Hartless
- Lauren Headington
- Grace Hecox
- Olivia Helle
- Mikala Hess
- Courtney Hoefler
- Brylee Hoeg
- Audrey Hoey-Kummerow
- Eric Hou
- Grace Hromidko
- Cathy Huynh
- Lorne Isler
- Lauren Jackson
- Zachary Jakubiak
- Kai Johnson
- August Jones
- Isabella Kanellis
- Margo Keller
- Aiza Khan
- Emma Koprek
- Gloria Kosir
- Pia Michele Kranholdt
- Kori Kroft
- Jacob Langewisch
- Ana Laura Leyser
- Crystal Luna
- Mrithuul Prasath Madan Prasad
- Leigh Malake
- Riley Markham
- Isabella Martino
- Derek McNeill
- Gillian McRae
- Allyson Meinders
- Gabriella Michalski
- Ellerson Miller
- Madison Miller
- Joseph Miyazaki
- Ella Morgan
- An-Chi Nguyen
- Asher Novakovsky
- Jonathan O'Keefe
- Joshua Osborne
- Lynnette Ott
- Anthony Papadatos
- Alisa Partridge
- Krushi Patel
- Hannah Paustian
- Anabel Perez-Brennan
- Caleb Platt
- Ilaria Quezada
- Arely Ramirez
- Karly Ricketts
- Drew Roemen
- Sydney Rosel-Ryberg
- Henry Rouw
- Leah Ruttkay
- Erika Safrin
- Cayde Schmedding
- Brendan Schnoebelen
- Madison Schuler
- Jacob Schumacher
- Gracie Schurke
- Sierra Sheber
- Harrid Siraj
- Meredith Sloat
- Emma Steele
- Isabel Stonskas
- Leah Stringer
- Olivia Taeger
- Abigail Talken
- Alyssa Taylor
- Molly Theilen
- Kailyn Thompson
- Ahriana Torres
- Reese Townsend
- Sydnie Trager
- Carlo Tran
- Olivia Vald
- Harold Van Beek
- Solenn Vincent
- Taylor Voyna
- Archie Wagner
- Emma Walz
- Lydia Watkins
- Isabella Weber
- Evelyn Wertzberger
- Grace Westergaard
- Anderson Westlake
- Amanda Williams
- Brett Wineinger
- Taylor Wiskus
- Elizabeth Wojcikowski
- Tobias Wood
- Logan Wyckoff
- Youngchan Yu
- Vanessa Zheng
- Maycen Zimmerman
With Distinction
The college awards “with distinction” to students with a grade point average of 3.75–3.84.
- Zeid Aboushaar
- Darya Acas
- Katelyn Adam
- Adam Allen
- Luke Allin
- Malina Amjadi
- Claire Anderson McElligott
- Nathalie Angel
- Olivia Arrowsmith
- Alison Baldwin
- Emma Baraks
- Ava Bayless
- Vivian Bonde
- Ida-Marie Bonkafo-Efofa
- Allyson Brent
- Alisia Brock
- Morgan Brunner
- Peter Burer
- Madison Burkhart
- Claire Carver
- Seren Castellano
- Gary Chen
- Elijah Chow
- Emma Connors
- Julia Culbertson
- Abigail Cupp
- Nicola De Jager
- Elaina Deardorff
- Joseph deBlois
- Luke DeVito
- Sydney Dial
- Avery Domino
- Tyler Draayer
- Lawrence D'Souza
- Emily Esch
- Alexandra Evenko
- Mia Fares
- Ellie Felderman
- Macy Fiala
- Alexander Figuera
- Jackson Fischer
- Macin Freed
- Natasha Freiburger
- Blake Galle
- Madelynn Garay
- Sophia Gardner
- Corabella Garrey
- Victor Garza
- Jace Goemann
- Corey Goist
- Gabriel Graff
- Arieanna Grage
- Nolan Graham
- Larisa Greway
- Nicholas Grober
- Sawyer Groszek
- Stephanie Guerrero
- Sean Hagan
- Conner Hammons
- Charlotte Hanfland
- Noah Hanov
- Whitley Harber
- Sean Harken
- Morgan Havens
- Sophia Heller
- Cielo Herrera
- Sydney Hotchkiss
- Lyvia Hulsbrink
- Gabriel Hyvonen
- Abigail Idasek
- Sara Johnson
- Alexa Joss
- Eli Kaufer
- Emily Kelly
- Ethan Kilcoin
- Kelsey Klassen
- Brooke Krueger
- Ella Kuesel
- Dana Larsen
- Selena Ledezma
- Bianca Lennon
- Justin Lin
- Weiling Lin
- Emma Lindahl
- Anna Lockhart
- Pedro Lopes de Sa Loureiro
- Ariana Luna
- Arsh Manazir
- Kushal Sai Maridu
- Ashlyn Martin
- Taylor Mathews
- Savannah Mazas
- Lana Mckinney
- Chloe Menneke
- Alexandra Mielke
- Elias Miller
- Grace Miller
- Maeve Miller
- Megan Miskovic
- Sophia Moerschell
- Benjamin Mullen
- Adam Mustafa
- Abigail Myroth
- Abigail Myroth
- Ariana Neziroski
- Katherine Nickeas
- Gracelyn Nickelson
- Liberty Nyberg
- Nicole Olson
- Natalie Orr
- Ethan Osborn
- Katherine O'Tool
- Allisa Pandit
- Ema Paskevicius
- Josephine Patton
- Sophia Penisten
- Kylen Phillips
- Isaiah Pielak
- Nicholas Post
- Caroline Potts
- Adrianna Prado
- Emily Pyburn
- Abdul Quraishi
- Nicole Ramker
- Skylar Read
- Paige Riechers
- Madeline Rodriguez
- Ava Roemen
- Heaven Ross
- Jacob Roth
- Alexandra Runnells
- Lily Schaefer
- Kathryn Schultz
- Ella Schunk
- Chloe Schwab
- Charlotte Sears
- Julia Sillman
- Isabella Simonini
- Kayden Singh
- David Smith
- Kayla Smith
- Jacob Sneller
- Alaina Stader
- Jamison Stone
- Elizabeth Storr
- Sara Stumpff
- Aspen Suthers
- Lauren Tetzlaff
- Jenna Thierry
- Kristin To
- Tyler Toerne
- Brynn Van Buren
- Endy Veasley
- Carlo Velarde
- Danielle Velasquez
- Emily Wakefield
- Camryn Ward
- Justin Weber
- Ellie Wendel
- Peyton Wiley
- Mollie Wobeter
- Tyler York
- Lauren Young
- Brian Zhang
With Honors in the Major
- Benjamin Ahlrichs, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Olivia Anders, Art (Jewelry and Metal Arts)
- Elliott Berling, English and Creative Writing
- Ty Betts, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Brianna Bowers, English and Creative Writing
- Brianna Brands, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Madeline Broghammer, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Calla Brunkan, History
- Samuel Buman, Political Science
- Hollie Byrne, Psychology
- Dana Cabrera, Art (Drawing)
- Seren Castellano, Anthropology (Cultural Resource and Heritage Management)
- Koro Castillo, Spanish
- Gianna Ceriotti, English and Creative Writing
- Payton Chapman, Communication Studies
- Audrey Coleman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Isabella Cowling, Psychology
- Jenna Crowley, English (Publishing)
- Sonja Cutts, Ethics and Public Policy (Political Science)
- Michael Danos, History
- Tuesday Davis, Biology (Genetics and Biotechnology)
- Annika Dearden, Speech and Hearing Science
- Alyssa Dillenburg, Speech and Hearing Science
- Maclayne Dolan, Ethics and Public Policy (Political Science)
- Avery Domino, Ancient Civilization
- Lauren Downs, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Lawrence D'Souza, English
- Charles Duffy, Psychology
- Grace Early, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Kennedy Ebberts, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Byron Ellington, English and Creative Writing
- Iris Engelhardt, Asian Languages and Literature (Japanese)
- Margaret Ernst, Speech and Hearing Science
- Blake Etringer, Political Science
- Kaleb Feia, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Ellie Felderman, History
- Mackenzie Fenwick, Journalism and Mass Communication (Strategic Communication)
- Allison Fischer, Art (Ceramics)
- Beck Fitzpatrick, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Madison Frette, Cinema
- Emma Fuchtman, Art History (Iowa Idea)
- Corabella Garrey, Screenwriting Arts
- Victor Garza, English and Creative Writing
- Lillian Giddings, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Colin Gillund, History
- Kamila Gilowski, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Corey Goist, Psychology
- Sarah Guilfoyle, Political Science
- Kelly Gurdak, English
- Grace Gutzman, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Arden Hallett, Actuarial Science
- Kelsey Hart, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Simeon Hasselbrook, Classical Languages
- Anna Heitzman, Communication Studies
- Mikala Hess, Art (Jewelry and Metal Arts)
- Charles Hickman, English
- Jessica Housour, English
- Emma Hussin, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Lynne Inouye, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Zaden Issah, Political Science
- Whitney Jensen, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Tara Joiner, Art (Three-Dimensional Design)
- Bageshree Joshi, Human Physiology
- Eli Kaufer, English and Creative Writing
- Margo Keller, English and Creative Writing
- Aiza Khan, Biology (Cell and Developmental Biology)
- Ethan Kilcoin, English and Creative Writing
- Kelsey Klassen, Speech and Hearing Science
- Gloria Kosir, International Relations (Conflict and Foreign Policy)
- Corinne Lambrecht, Human Physiology
- Adysen Lander, Exercise Science
- Nathaniel Lane, Art (Jewelry and Metal Arts)
- Chelsey Larsen, Ancient Civilization
- Jaden Limondin, Screenwriting Arts
- Daniel Marren, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Olivia Masterson, English and Creative Writing
- Autumn Mayer, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Carolyn McCann, Psychology
- Camryn McIlravy, Speech and Hearing Science
- Lillian McVay, Psychology
- Laisha Medina, Art (Graphic Design)
- Chloe Menneke, Speech and Hearing Science
- Jeffrey Metz, English and Creative Writing
- Alexandra Mielke, Journalism and Mass Communication (Strategic Communication)
- Megan Miskovic, Neuroscience
- Kimberly Moore, Music (Performance--Percussion)
- Isabella Motley, Psychology
- Abigail Myroth, Neuroscience
- Anya Nanjappa, Psychology
- William Nehring, Art History (Iowa Idea)
- Thi Nguyen, International Relations (International Business and Economic Relations)
- Katherine Nickeas, Art (Three-Dimensional Design)
- Ava Nollen, History
- Josephine Norris, Psychology
- Liberty Nyberg, Microbiology (Pre-Medicine)
- Jonathan O'Keefe, Screenwriting Arts
- Ethan Osborn, Actuarial Science
- Joseph Pellerin, English and Creative Writing
- Isobel Perez, English and Creative Writing
- Isaiah Pielak, Political Science
- Amira Qidwai, International Relations (Conflict and Foreign Policy)
- Madeline Riske, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Naomi Rivera Morales, English and Creative Writing
- Madeline Rodriguez, Theatre Arts
- Ava Roemen, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Heaven Ross, Speech and Hearing Science
- Piper Sandage, History
- McKinley Sanders, Microbiology (Pre-Medicine)
- Cayde Schmedding, Psychology
- Grace Schroeder, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Kathryn Schultz, English and Creative Writing (Publishing)
- Brenna Schwamberger, Speech and Hearing Science
- Manthan Shah, Mathematics (Program C)
- Kiana Shevling-Major, International Relations (Conflict and Foreign Policy)
- Mary Katherine Shultz, English and Creative Writing
- Maxwell Shumaker, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Margaret Simms, English
- Lia Simon, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Caroline Simons, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Meredith Sloat, Neuroscience
- Hannah Smith, English and Creative Writing
- Emma So, Psychology
- Eli Stammler, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Allison Stolte, Microbiology (Scholar)
- Jamison Stone, History
- Leah Stringer, History
- Joshua Studer, Journalism and Mass Communication
- Sara Stumpff, Art (Photography)
- Kade Tanke, Psychology
- Isabella Thomas, History
- Reese Townsend, Human Physiology
- Aidan Trabold, Classical Languages
- Harold Van Beek, Art History
- Kathryn Vdovichenko, Russian
- Archie Wagner, English and Creative Writing
- Justin Weber, History
- Elizabeth Witcombe, International Relations (Transnational Issues)
- Elizabeth Wojcikowski, Neuroscience
- Campbell Wood, Journalism and Mass Communication (Strategic Communication)
- Tobias Wood, History
- Logan Wyckoff, Art
- Yintianhua Zhang, Art History (Iowa Idea)
- Abigail Zimmerman, Biology (Integrative Biology)
- Luke Ziolkowski, English and Creative Writing
- Claire Zywicki, English and Creative Writing
Phi Beta Kappa
- Benjamin Ahlrichs
- Ruby Aguiar Gentzler
- Ellie Anderson
- Megan Anderson
- Alayna Armentrout
- Nadia Arsenijevic
- Yadiel Berhanu
- Elliott Berling
- Katherine Beeman
- Emma Bork
- Brianna Bowers
- Megan Bretwisch
- Madeline Broghammer
- Calla Brunkan
- Veronica Buehring
- Jordan Bull-Welch
- Samuel Buman
- Koro Castillo
- Gianna Ceriotti
- Gary Chen
- Kyle Chi
- Amelia Cleary
- Emma Coffin
- Jenna Crowley
- Taylor Daniels
- Christian DeWolf
- Maclayne Dolan
- Alexis Dvorak
- Charles Duffy
- Andrew Eichmeier
- Lila Eggerling-Boeck
- Byron Ellington
- Blake Etringer
- Dominic Field
- Owen Fiedorowicz
- Allison Fischer
- Alexa Frankel
- Josefina Frisina
- Emma Fuchtman
- Lillian Giddings
- Colin Gillund
- Daniel Gonzalez
- Elizabeth Gross
- Kelly Gurdak
- Sarah Guilfoyle
- Loujane Haj
- Thomas Hart
- Simeon Hasselbrook
- Augustin Heitman
- Jillian Heiling
- Mikala Hess
- Avery Hillier
- Benjamin Hourcade
- Jessica Housour
- Emma Hussin
- Jenny Huynh
- Erica Johnson
- Kai Johnson
- Maren Jones
- Aiza Khan
- Margo Keller
- Katherine Kovarik
- Grace Koziol
- Jacob Langewisch
- Joanna Leston
- Sydney Libert
- Aidan McGrane
- Cora McLaren
- Margaret McKinney
- Kate McKinley
- Allyson Meinders
- Isabella Motley
- Anya Nanjappa
- Hayden Nienkerk
- Thi Nguyen
- Ava Nollen
- Asher Novakovsky
- Katherine O'Connell
- Claire O'Donnell
- Meredith Onions
- Grace Pignolo
- Margaret Player
- Amira Qidwai
- Veronica Ramirez
- Arely Ramirez
- Madeline Riske
- Catherine Rios
- Carlin Rogers
- Madeline Rodriguez
- Jayden Salmon
- Emily Sansone
- Caden Shetler
- Harrid Siraj
- Meredith Sloat
- Hannah Smith
- Emma So
- Rachel Sorensen
- Emma Steele
- Leah Stringer
- Sage Swann-Mailliard
- Kade Tanke
- Olivia Taeger
- Charlie Thomas
- Charles Thrasher
- Molly Theilen
- Ahriana Torres
- Carlo Tran
- Sydnie Trager
- Archie Wagner
- Lydia Watkins
- Abigail Weiss
- Xander Weber
- Grace Westergaard
- Daniel Willis
- Taylor Wiskus
- Jillian Witt
- Joseph Woitach
- Campbell Wood
- Tobias Wood
- Samantha Wirth
- Logan Wyckoff
- Grace Ziomek
- Maycen Zimmerman
- Vanessa Zheng