68 graduate with honors Dec. 18
Sixty-eight Lamar University students graduated with honors during winter commencement ceremonies Dec. 18 in the Montagne Center.
Twenty-five graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors), with grade-point averages ranging from 3.8 to 4.0:
Baytown: Lorin Kirk.
Beaumont: Blake Baxter, Tina Capeles, Holly Hamm, Carla LeBlanc, Salma Monala-Khalil, Tabitha Trapasso, Reem Zabad.
Groves: Lauren Huebel, Hannah Lunceford.
Houston: Traci Miller.
League City: Brian Mulvahill.
Liberty: Eddiejo Franke.
Lumberton: Virginia Bowman, Jan Johnson.
Orange: Jude Sciarillo.
Port Arthur: Magan Caillier, Jennifer Do.
Port Neches: Nicholas Duplan, Lauren Graser.
Silsbee: Brooke Whitmire.
Spurger: Heather Hardy.
Vidor: Kristen Odom, Hillery Victoria.
Wichita Falls: Jeffery Mitchell.
Among the summa cum laude graduates are Plummer Award recipients Duplan, Mitchell, Trepasso and Victoria, who attained perfect 4.0 GPA’s to rank tops in their class.
Twenty-six students graduated magna cum laude (with high honors), with GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79:
Beaumont: Kaley Cobb, Alison Cowart, Holly Jackson, Ladonna Nobles.
Birmingham, Ala.: Melanie Stewart.
El Paso: Katelyn Cox.
Fannett: Christi Grudier.
Groves: Garret Bromley, Canaan Davis.
Katy: Lauren Priestley.
La Porte: Angel-Marie Goines.
Lumberton: Calvin McKinnon, William Scott.
Nederland: Channing Zant.
Orange: Emily Ford, Juan Gonzales, Ameena Mitha.
Port Neches: Robert Bolton, Thuy Tran.
Silsbee: Katie Chance, Kendra Davenport, Megan Whigham.
Sour Lake: Adam Morris.
Vidor: Jo Leal, Shannon Reed, Brittni Roye.
Seventeen students graduated cum laude (with honors), with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64:
Beaumont: Allen Rienstra.
Bridge City: Cayla Angelle, Kody Duplechin.
Hamshire: Lindsey Villemez.
Humble: Cody Dehart.
Longview: Kelly Plunkett.
Lumberton: Jennifer Brechtel.
Nederland: Munazza Khoja.
Orange: Holly Hammond, Brianna Meadows, Carolyn Morgan, R. Thomas.
Port Arthur: Carolina Ramirez.
Port Neches: Sonja Campbell, Caitlyn Holt, Peter Shepherd.
Silsbee: Katelyn Skinner.