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LU graduates 119 with honors

Lamar University graduated 119 students with honors during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 11-12 in the Montagne Center.

Forty students graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors), with grade-point averages ranging from 3.8 to 4.0:

        BAYTOWN: Eusevio Saldivar, Travis Svendsen.

        BEAUMONT: Morgan Casas, Courtney Laughlin, Bethany Lyons, Casey Myers, Lauren Schuldt, Bernard Yett.

        BRIDGE CITY: David Ferris, Alexis Prestwood.

        CORPUS CHRISTI: Amy White.

        EVADALE: Sarah Henderson.

        GROVES: Tayler Saumell.

        HALTOM CITY: Steve Irvin.

        HOUSTON: Lisa Arterberry-Gaines.

        KIRBYVILLE: Vikki Russell.

        LAKE CHARLES: Selisa Valyan.

        LUMBERTON: Julie Cascarelli, Amie Coble.

        NEDERLAND: Monica Mannino, Brandon Stacey.

        ORANGE: Haley Beall, Madison Laurence, Julian Morgan, Jessica Shoemaker, Forrest Zoch.

        PASADENA: John Finck.

        PORT ARTHUR: Ciara Guilhas, Zina Hale, Rashmi Marediya.

        PORT NECHES: Maisie Beniot.

        RICHMOND: Lilly Flenoy.

        ROBY: Amelia McBeth.

        SILSBEE: Xenia Dowling, Chelsea Neeley.

        TAYLOR: Bryan Haun.

        VIDOR: Carroll Blackmon, Amy Myers, Olivia Winn.

        WILLIS: Cathy Wayman.

Thirty-one students graduated magna cum laude (with high honors), with GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79:

        BEAUMONT: Diana Cardenas, Carlos Iberra, Emily LeBlanc.

        BRAZORIA: Amanda Keen.

        GROVES: Shandi Chapa, Jonathan Gay.

        HOUSTON: Nichel Jennings.

        HUMBLE: Michael Evers.

        KOUNTZE: Danielle Ellis, Kord Peterson.

        LONGVIEW: Adam Holland.

        LUMBERTON: Florencia Corne, Megan Harding.

        NEDERLAND: Krista Bergeron, Tiffany Heider, Mallory Raborn.

        ORANGE: Heather Howlett.

        PORT ARTHUR: Kim-Thuy Nguyen, Lucy Nguyen, Hayley Rodriguez, Juan Rodriguez.

        PORT NECHES: Allison Landry, Janna McClelland, Kyle Ryan, Colt Schmidtke,  Cheree Simon, Paige Tweekrem, Brittinay Zepeda.

        SAN ANTONIO: Sherrie King.

        SILSBEE: Kate Worsham.

        VIDOR: Jennifer Mann.

Forty-eight students graduated cum laude (with honors), with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64:

        AHMEDABAD, INDIA: Jasmin Dhuka.

        ALVIN: Maria Reseburg.        

        BEACH CITY: Brooke Gipson.

        BEAUMONT: Densil Chapman, Anna Cruz, Stacy Ebner, Kayla Faraci, Ashley Garza, Gabriel Grady, Erin Lanier, Janah Milich, Seth Mitchell, Jenny Nguyen, Shelby Renfrow, Francis Shannon, Prasun Mandal.

        BUNA: Jared Fielder.

        CHINA: Brandi Griffin.

        CONROE: Kelcey Miller.

        DEWEYVILLE: Jacob Gorton.

        GROVES: Laura Castille, Katherine Waterbury.

        HAMSHIRE: Michael Trahan.

        HOUSTON: Haoran Zhu.

        KINGWOOD: Joseph Smith.

        KUOPIO, FINLAND: Juuso Laitinen.

        LAKE WORTH, FLA.: Olivera Sagarese.

        LAKESIDE, CALIF.: Alexis Cable.

        LUMBERTON: Kristina Miller.

        MALAKOFF: Christy Hunley.

        MONT BELVIEU: Joseph Lovinggood.

        NEDERLAND: Abby Belaire, Shamon Burton, Rhett Fontenot, Hannah Franklin, Kiersten Lamb, Tyler Scates, Jamie Shields.

        ORANGE: Mallory Burnaman, Cole Durkin, Taylor Williams.

        PORT ARTHUR: Ednesha Cook, Leeanna Martinez, Jessica Romine.

        VIDOR: Nicola Adkins, Christine Stanley.

        VILLAGE MILLS: Heather Armstrong.

        WINNIE: Sean Stevens.