McNeese Recognizes Fall 2025 Honor Graduates

McNeese State University honor students were recognized at fall commencement ceremonies held Dec. 19, in the McNeese Townsley Law Arena. 

Honor students recognized were: 

SUMMA CUM LAUDE (3.90-4.00): Trina Nicole Carlin, Sulphur; Kaylee Cochran, DeRidder; Alejandro Medina Flores, Fullerton, California (4.00); Nathan A. Guidry, Lake Charles (4.00); Carly X. Hand, Lake Charles; Caleb M. Nash, Kinder; Azeezat Yetunde Onafuwa, Lagos, Nigeria (4.00); Raegann Noelle Smith, Sugartown; Victoria Oseiwe Sunday, Abuja, Nigeria; Izaak Channing Thibodeaux, Lake Charles; and Braden C. Veuleman, Iowa (4.00).

MAGNA CUM LAUDE (3.70-3.89): Kennedy Bihm, Lake Arthur; Ashley Marie Bourg, Lake Charles; Blaire E. Bowers, Sulphur; Brylee A. Cooley, Merryville; Macey Coronado, Grand Lake; Katelyn Vera Culler, Port Vincent; Brody Michael Dawson, Eunice; Anna G. Dennis, Moss Bluff; Emily Jolyn Fontenot, Lake Charles; Rory Foreman, Crowley; Katelynn Nicole Freeman Lake Charles; Lauren Fuller, Corpus Christi, Texas; Adin G. Gardner, Clinton; Kaya Alexa Garriet, Lake Charles; Calli Nicole Granger, Vinton; Rachel Claire Hawsey, Billings, Montana; Elisa C. Hevia, Maracaibo, Venezuela; Brett Kyle Jinks, Grant; Alexis Paige Speyrer Kelly, Leonville; Cody Lacour, Plaucheville; Prabesh Lamichhane, Prabesh, Nepal; Karley J. Lavoie, Lake Charles; Lawrence McClure, Mandeville; Kayci J. Pabum, Rayne; Arbin C. Shrestha, Kathmandu, Nepal; Onish Shrestha, Sindhupalchok. Nepal; Grace E. Smith, Iowa; Hannah Elise Smith, Sulphur; Zoe C. Sonnier, Lake Arthur; Misty Tynes, Ethel; and Adisyn K. Walker, Iowa.

CUM LAUDE (3.50-3.69): Spencer J. Abshire, Abbeville; Janet Acevedo, Baton Rouge; Mari Baldwin, Lake Charles; Morgan Alyse Bollich, Jennings;Claire Marie Bryant, Lake Charles; Brycelyn Paige Bujard, Vinton; Emmy Marie Burnham, Lake Charles; Michael W. Chenier, Lake Charles; Natalie Clemmons, Lacassine; Brooke S. Daboval, Lake Arthur; Tyler D. Disnuke, Lake Charles; Elyse A. Duhon, Jennings; Caroline Nicole East, Sulphur; Lia Mae Esler, Slidell; Madelyn K. Foster, Sulphur; Michelle Shaniece Greene, Abbeville; Devin B. Guillory, Iowa; Joshua J. Henry, Jennings; Marcus Heusohn, Waterloo, Illinois; Fayth E. Hickingbottom, Lake Charles; Nicholas R. Hilliard, Lake Charles; Amy-Joy J. Jimney, Lake Charles; Kaleb Joseph, Lake Charles; Bailey M. Juneau, Lake Charles; Hemraj Khatri, Pyuthan, Nepal; Isabel LaBuff, Kinder; Kaylee B. Lanier, Lake Charles; Samantha J. Lejeune, Iota; Klaire Ainsley-Mae Lestage, DeRidder; Kinsey A. Marcantel, Lake Arthur; Mallory Elizabeth Meaux, Kaplan; Aiden Gray Nesmith, Kinder; Niraj Ojha, Jhapa, Nepal; Kiona Oliver, Baldwin; Ngozika Lilian Peter, Chimoio, Mozambique; Liane Pham, Lake Charles; Danon Pruitt, Grand Lake; Audreanna Denise Richard, Grand Chenier; Mika Elizabeth Richard, Grand Lake; Anasiberuje Oluwaseyi Sanni, Lake Charles; Savannah Simpson, Lake Charles; Nathan Allen Smith, Iowa; Kristen Sonnier, Vinton; Emma Nicole Stelly, Kaplan; Chloe A. Williams, Pitkin; and Kailey Young, Westlake.