Ninety-four Lamar University students graduated with honors during fall commencement Dec. 15 at Lamar. A total of 682 students earned degrees from the university – one of the largest fall graduating classes in Lamar history.
Twenty-seven students graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors), achieving grade-point averages ranging from 3.8 to 4.0:
Beaumont: Kevin Bailey, Sara Herrington, Amye Schneider.
Berlin, Germany: Birgit Arend.
China: Ashley Benson.
Covington, Va.: Stephen Clapper.
Crowley, La.: Shayne Moravits.
Fannett: Rachel Klauss
Gatesville: Megan Griffith.
Groves: Andrew Blanton.
Hankamer: Teeya Thornton.
Jasper: Katherine Neel.
Hamshire: Melissa Olvera.
Lagos State, Nigeria: Cynthia Amachree.
Liberty: Dayla Hale.
Lumberton: Sarah Parker, Shannon Wright.
Mont Belvieu: James West.
Nederland: Meghan Shoefstall.
Orange: Amanda Jureidini, Holly McKinley.
Port Arthur: Luyen Pham.
Richmond: Lacey Helmke.
Sour Lake: Derek Willis.
Vidor: Andrea Croak, Laura Russell.
Winnie: Mandy Cormier.
Four of the summa cum laude graduates – Blanton, Klauss, Pham and West – are recipients of the Plummer Award as the top academic graduates in their class.
Thirty-nine students graduated magna cum laude (with high honors) and GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79:
Baytown: Jaime Carter.
Beaumont: Crystal Barbo, Lacey Goodman.
Bridge City: Tara Martin.
Dayton: Jock Wagner.
Evadale: Stephen Henderson.
Fannett: Jason Davis, Whitney Jordan.
Groves: Jennifer Patin.
Gulfport, Miss.: Deborah Feister.
Houston: Kendall Allen, Amber McDonald.
Kountze: Kody Sanderfer.
Livingston: Kari Lewis.
Lumberton: Catherine Purser, Anjanette VanMarion, Angela White.
Missouri City: Adeel Haque.
Nederland: Wilhelmina Allen, Dana Battenfield, Jayme Culbertson, Keili Peterman.
Orange: Valerie Austin, Munira Mitha.
Port Arthur: Angela Ballecer, Jeremy Habash.
Port Neches: Erin Keeney, Amber Quebedeaux.
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Zlatan Brkic.
Silsbee: Shelley Jones, Sarah Scoggins.
Splendora: Kaci Cinnamon.
Vidor: Shaun Duke, Joshua Jones, Brittney Ragsdale, April Rich, Kathryn Woods.
Warren: Alfred Bryan.
Woodville: Kaitlyn Bass.
Twenty-eight students graduated cum laude (with honors) and GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64:
Beaumont: Cody Bean, David Granitz III, Carl Husband, Jennifer Ishmael, Mitchell Ivy, Gwendolyn Kinne, Nina Rivers.
Bridge City: Christopher Lee.
Fannett: Laura Berry, Caylee Campbell, Chelsea Flitcraft.
Galveston: Cindy Valdivia.
Groves: Britnie Hanks, Dana Hufstetler.
Jasper: Erin Walker.
Livingston: Curtis Evans.
Lumberton: Danielle McCoy.
Mabank: Elaycia Jones.
Missouri City: Laquenta Cummings.
Nederland: Lindsay Snider.
Orange: Crystal Mobbs, Suong Nguyen.
Port Neches: Destiny Romero, Staci Savant.
Sabine Pass: Kristy Peltier.
Seguin: Misty Shultz.
Warren: Mary Henderson.
The Woodlands: Amelia Burleson.
