At the three North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) graduation ceremonies on Friday, May 2, nearly 760 graduates were recognized as earning nearly 1060 Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates during the 2024-2025 academic year. Several honors and awards were also presented. NIACC’S Class of 2025 represents 11 countries, 13 states, and 104 Iowa communities.

(*Midyear Graduate)

Alden

*Katie Cearley

Alexander

Liliana McNutt

Algona

Cayden Anderson

Erika Bierstedt

Drew Lappe

Cora Ricke

Jacob Ward

Allison

Toby Arkulari

Carter Miller

Drake Nielsen

Christopher Witte

Ames

Kiera Miller

*Katelyn Riesselman

Ankeny

*Brayden Drea

Xander Kenworthy

Aplington

William McCord

Ashton

Jonathan Krogman

Bancroft

*Crystal Ditsworth

Thomas Thilges

Belmond

Courtney Anderson

*Merari Arenas

Victor Bobadilla

Ashlee Diaz

*Kristin Dodge

*Maddison Dougherty

*Corina Gale

Andrew Lamfers-Hill

Jacob McDaniel

Luis Morales-Calles

BrandieLyne Van Maanen

Bristow

McKenzie Bohach

Britt

*Jenna Anderson

Ian Connor

*Kamryn Eckels

*Shelby Goepel

Peyton Hansen

*Andrew Hunt

Logan Kudej

Jacob Larson

Aubrey Madson

Zackary Monson

Charles Prime

*Jaiden Reinking

McKenna Schuknecht

Kaden Wellik

Payton Whipple

Buffalo Center

*Eden Greensky

Gavin Grunhovd

Jamison Kramersmeier

*Leah Kramersmeier

*Aaliyah Wicke

Carpenter

Misty Merlin

Cedar Rapids

*Deanna Berchenbriter

Gift Gonpue

Austin Groff

Carly Klein

Central City

Robin Olinger

Charles City

Nicholas Aikey

Chelsea Apel

*Abby Assink

Justin Babcock

Sheila Beaty

Ryder Biwer

Keegan Bollman

Kylie Crowe

*Alexis Eaves

Alex Fernandez

Patrick Field

Eliza Fields

Carter Haberkorn

Hayden Heyer

Taia Hillhouse

Roush Jaeger

Logan Knapp

Mariah Lines

Drew Martin

*Brooklyn Molitor

Olivia Myers

*Katlyn Parson

Taylor Quade

*Lynn Reams

Jarrett Ritter

Wyatt Schradle

Nathan Stayton

Christopher Stock

RJ Taylor

Isaac Thompson

Emily Usher

Cloey Usher

Brooke Vance

*Alexandra Wright

Clarion

Nicole Kapka

Calvin Schluttenhofer

Clarksville

*Addy Johnson

Cory Kennedy

*Peter Kielman

*Claire Lodge

Clear Lake

*Janelle Alexander

*Dante Armstrong

Ruby Cibrian-Martinez

Weston Conway

Meghan DeLong

*Aubrey Eckhoff

Brylee Eden

Amanda Eden

Blake Enke

Paisley Finstad

Megan Fisher

Andrew Fisher

Chloe Hagenow

Meya Hartman

Patricia Hartwell

Lauren Hein-Watson

Garrett Heller

Faith Henaman

Liberty Henaman

*Avery Herker

Mason Heuton

Tess James

Melissa Jones

Ava Leedom

*Michael Lollar

*Payton McGrath

*Madeline McKenna

*Piper Ollenburg

*Alexa Peters

*Sarah Petersen

*Tammara Peterson

Cal Phouthavongsay

*Taryn Ristau

Annie Schmidt

Titan Schmitt

Jackson Schmitz

Cheyanne Schroeder

*Brooke Slattery

*Bailey Smith

Daniel Starbeck

Ella Warnke

Wesley Wharton

Clinton

Lucas Gruhn

*Paige Zaehringer

Coulter

Cole Rodemeyer

Council Bluffs

Payton Fort

*Anna Kraft

Cresco

Kayla Burke

Amanda Ferch

Callie Holten

Preston Hurd

Crystal Lake

Elizabeth Long

Denver

*Toni Jacque

Des Moines

Jack De Meyer

Carter Stricker

Dougherty

Austin Altick

Dumont

Leilani White

Durant

*Karissa Hoon

Elma

Ryder Fair

Fertile

Gabrielle Sifuentes

Floyd

Jared Cook

Cole Jones

*Kassey Kakac

Forest City

Michelle Atinen

Zander Bartling

*Kenadie Betz

Charles Brown

Sydney Burkholder

*Jessica Callow

Dakota Carlson

Jane Carpio

*Janine Carpio

Parker Cox

Kaiden Dirksen

Nicholas Dontje

*Morgan Fosselman

Yurii Havrylenko

Jaden Jerome

Iryna Johnson

*Samuel Kahler

*Markisha King

Josef Kudej

Cesar Lechuga

Noah Lewis

Thomas Miller

Levi Olson

Karrissa Osborn

Melissa Osborn

Gabriel Ramirez

*Alex Schumaker

Riley Smith

*Bailey Sobek

Autumn Sunkle

Trayce Swanson

Shelby Umbaugh

Slayd Willimon

Garner

*Tiffany Allen

Nevaeh Andersen

*Taylor Bahensky

Amy Baxter

Colter Carlson

Ashton Chapin

*Christopher Chute

Aly Derr

Benjamin Eenhuis

*Grace Fenton

Benjamin Fox-Rasmus

Andrew Hook

Dacotah Kehoe

Jordan Klooster

Avery Lackore

Colton Lamfers

Aidan Manemann

Jenna Pringnitz

Nolan Rauk

Roger Rietjens

*Reid Rietjens

Zachary Roberts

Carson Smith

Ryan Thompson

Mark Vieyra

Geneva

Aubreigh Abbas

Goldfield

*Aubrie Fishburn

Goodell

*Shelie Dryer

Grafton

Shannon Grouette

Addison Tabbert

Greene

Clay Anderson

Zane Ascher

Carter Backer

Wendy Burkholder

Emmeliene Dubiel

Lucas Goodrich

Kyler Grummitt

Deejay Leer

Sean Nielsen

Carter O’Dowd

Meredith Shultz

Cassidy Staudt

Emma Wedeking

Grimes

Trevor Hamil

Guttenberg

Rebecca Hillers

Hampton

Angalina Arguello

Colin Bird

Thomas Birdsell

Ellyse Boeckmann

Cael Burmester

Jovanny Camarillo-Calles

Cecilia Castaneda

Jasmine Chipahua

Ashley Chipahua-Lopez

Taylor Crow

Judah Dean

America Dominguez-Rincon

*Zandrea Erdman

*Emma Flores

Zeila Gonzalez

Faith Grover

Roy Halter

Carter Heilskov

Alexa Hinders

Alana Johnson

*Amiya Johnson

Kaleb Kelch

Kinsey Lambertsen

Taylor Mahler

*Charlee Morton

Roman Penaloza

*Aiden Polk

*Remington Powers

*Ellianna Ragsdale

Alyssa Ramirez

Fabian Ramirez

Courtney Ringleb

Olivia Steele

Paige Stickelmeyer

Hector Velica

Brianna Viet

Hanlontown

Adrianna Evans

Hubbard

Elli Seward

Independence

*Brady Clark

Indianola

Elaina Anderson

Joshua Barretta

Isabella Sloan

Iowa City

*Maggie Harrison

Iowa Falls

Paige Danger

Jesup

Parker McHone

Joice

*Joa Gilbertson

*Hannah Sterrenberg

*Kacie Suby

Kanawha

Madeline Ford

*Brayden Langfitt

Luis Sandoval

Gavin Wunder

Kensett

Dalton Logeman

Benjamin Yezek

Klemme

Max Dietrich

Nathaniel Marshall

*Audrey Overgaard

Caleb Renner

La Porte City

Mary Jenkins

Lake Mills

Susan Abele

Bennett Berger

*Isaac Bergo

Kit Byars

*Mia Forster

Ellie Hanna

Wyatt Hanna

Brady Hanson

Annabella Jensen

Dylan Joynt

Aaron Kelly

*Caden Mattern

*Sophia Nelson

*Kesley Roedel

*Brynn Rognes

Isabelle Schoonover

*Tasha Street-Swanson

Joseph Young

Lakota

*Michaela Dehrkoop

Isaac Hillesland

Latimer

Esmeralda Castro-Manzo

Jenna Koons

Trevor Mollenbeck

Leland

Andrew Leitz

Lime Springs

*Kiya Fitch

Kelly Miller

Little Cedar

Madison Swenson

Manly

*Jada Beach

Tyler Beasley

Kolby Engel

Noah Griswold

Ellyan Ryan

Jazmyn Sellers

*Jeremy Sells

Marble Rock

Emma Lindeland

*Anya Ruzicka

Mason City

Ryley Alvarez

Shae Benson

Ava Benson

Kadhafi Bertho

Alex Bird

*Taylor Black

Tyler Bleile

Graceleigh Bolinger

Ashley Brand

Olivia Brandt

*Charles Breeding

*Eleora Brown

*Leah Brown

Lindsay Budach

*Alexa Carrera-Morales

Chance Carter

Emmett Casey

Rylee Cheney

Isabelle Clark

Ava Clausen

Alexander Coleman

*Kobe Coleman

Zariah Cooper

Georgia Cosio

Shane Curry

Addison Dannen

Edgina David

Haley Dobson

Juliana Droll

Madeleine Droll

Logan Eide

Abigail Eilers

*Ella Einertson

Riley Eldridge

Danielys Enriquez Rosario

*Emma Fancher

Harley Faught

Avery Fiser

*Emma Fishburn

Angelina Frank

Addison Fredricks

Jade Funk

Chloe Gangestad

Daelyn Genzler

Makayla Gerlach

Lauren Gilmore

Justin Gilmore

*Michael Goepel

Nayelli Gonzalez

Bailey Graves

Malachi Grillo

Jaden Guillory

Adan Gutierrez

Ciera Haley

*Timothy Hamm

Laura Hardy

Scott Heinselman

Reese Hemann

Jaxon Herker

Brittani Hickey

Trev Hickey

*LaSylvia Higgins

Autumn Hill

Brody Hirsch

*Hannah Hitchcock

Dakota Hjelle

Chase Holloway

Weilun Hsu

Kyra Iles

Alicia Jamaica

Linda Johanns

Logan Johanns

Daltyn Jones

Joseline Juarez-Juarez

*Angelyna Jurado

Abigail Kacer

*Ramatu Karim

Macy Kellar

Ryan Kelly

Brooklyn Kinney

*Arizona Knutson

*Hannah Koenigs

Landon Kohler

*Tessa Kozitza

Nicole Kuntz

*Erin Lacy

Peyton Lamers

James Langley

Sara LaRue

David Legge

Gabriel Lewerke

*Brooke-Lynn Locke

Derek Loeschen

*Madelyn Love

*Lauren Luecht

*Erick Marquez-Torres

Jose Martinez-Santiago

*Madison May

Cassandra McBride

*Bryce McClurg

Mya McWilliams

Emma Mehmen

Jacob Mericle

James Miles

Brayden Miller

Noah Millsap

Donald Moore

Zoey Mulert

Ashlyn Myers

Bryce Nagel

Jenna Nelson

Clayton Nelson

Jada Nganyange

Vo Anh Dao Nguyen

Melissa Nichols

Nicholas Niver

*Justin Nkazi

Elizabeth Nonnweiler

*Akia Northrup

Ariya O’Connell

Emily Opstvedt

*Nancy Ostrander

Leighton Penn

Madeline Petersen

*Kylie Poppy

*Casey Porche

Mason Rabourn

*Zoey Reeves

*Brooklyn Reich

*Mikayla Renchin

Joseph Ringo

Ethen Roberts

Desiree Rodriguez

Jordan Romaine

Addyson Runde

*Katie Saathoff

*Arya Sajadian

Martin Santos-Montanez

*Addison Schmudde

Haley Shinn

Rachel Shipman

Mitchil Smith

Rylee Smith

Schuyler Spiess

*Samuel Svihl

Douglas Taylor

*Jordyn Taylor

Ryan Tepner

Brandi Tilkes

Harlee Trujillo

Noah Vande Weerd

Caleb VanLaere

Alejandro David Vargas Cadena

Broderick Vollbrecht

*Veronica Vonderohe

*Ava Watson

Shay Wellik

Brett Wetter

Charlie Whitehurst

Drew Whitenack

Stewart Williams

*Kierra Williams

Stefinie Wilmarth

*Jordan Wilson

Kate Winters-Davis

*Jenna Witte

Tyler Wolf

Mackenzie Wood

*Macy Wyborny

Gaige Younke

McIntire

Ethan Adams

Meservey

Breckyn Dickman

Lola VonBrown

Mitchell

Ava Voaklander

Muscatine

Josefina Garcia

Nashua

Michael Roeder

Nevada

*Ashten Arnaud

*Tanner Jones

New Hampton

Kennedy Huffman

Kirsten Reicherts

Leander Reicks

Benjamin Tenge

Marshall Zeien

Nora Springs

Jordan Abbas

Brittlyn Arthur

*Nathan Carlson

*Ava Hoard

Heidi Howe

*Leslie Jellum

*Madisyn Kelley

Morgan Kelley

Britain Miller

Carly O’Donnell

*Carly Shafer

Austin Shimek

*Trevor Torkelson

Kyle Wyborny

Daniel Young

Northwood

*Addyson Bachtle

Chaz Cummins

Elizabeth Ehrhardt

Teagan Hackenmiller

Nicholas Hanson

Emma Hengesteg

*Teagan Johnson

Brody Paulson

Jasmine Renteria

Kylie Robinson

*Peyton Shoger

Lamonte Sims

Dante Sims

*Nicole Talamantes

MacKensy Tomlinson

*Chloe Wright

Ogden

*Alana Burton

Orchard

Keygan Block

Kaegen Buttolph

Jon Thompson

Osage

Andrew Aponte Miranda

*Brianna Bates

Sadie Belz

*William Bielefeld

*Eric Bobinet

*Ashlynn Brock

Elyse Brown

Skylar Cole

Lisa Cordes

Matthew Crowe

Gracelin Donahue

Alexander Donahue

Cully Driscoll

Abygail Evens

*Jadie Frein

Justin Goodale

*Mylie Havig

Parker Huffman

Cole Kuehne

Austin Kukhan

Caleb Levan

Joy Levendusky

Mikaylee Martin

Chad McIntyre

Connor Mehmen

Aaron Meineke

Christian Michels

Gracie Murphy

Abrianna Nicolazzi

Mackenzie Ogden

Brayden Onken

*Ethan Peterson

*Jacob Potter

Brittany Poulin

Kendall Power

*Gabrielle Reinardy

Kailee Rodrigues

Dezerae Rowedder

Ella Schafer

Jenna Scharper

Talia Stangel

*Micah Sullivan

Garrett Tusler

Kailey Tusler

Madden Uhlenhopp

William VanQuathem

Heath Voigt

Emma Wagner

Koby Wagner

Makayla Wagner

Ailey Walsh

Tate Williamson

Parkersburg

Ashlee Bausman

Matthew Truax

Plainfield

*Amberley Gerholdt

*Kristen Lee

Keegan Marlette

Plymouth

*Danika Heiny

Leonardo Velasco

*Justyce Hicok

Rake

Emma Duve

*Sindy Paz Soto

Sabrina Reitz

Riceville

Sarah Anderson

Shane Holmen

Jordan Runde

*Kaelyn Sigler

Kooper Tweite

Rock Falls

Kylie Kahler

*Preston Prazak

Rockford

Chet Brunner

Keaton Crowe

Catherine Dow

*Hannah Mahlstedt

*Bria Ott

Caleb Paulus

Rockwell

Carter Behr

*Emersyn Brown

Jordan Demaray

*Grace Ditsworth

Kael Hanig

*Jasper Jones

*Wyatt Schaefer

Levi Ward

Breea Weaver

Madelynn Welbes

Rowan

Fabian Rivera

Rudd

Wyatt De Buhr

Lucas Dow

Camden Kuhlemeier

Jacob Prymer

Jenna Prymer

Christian Reinke

Scarville

*Kendra Folven

Sheffield

Rafe Arbegast

*Noah Atkinson

Parker Eisentrager

Madisyn Harper

*Michelle Miller

*Ethan Shields

Jacob Swenson

Cannen Vold

Trenton Wise

Shell Rock

Beth Moran

St. Ansgar

Kinsey Anderson

Lucas Benttine

Kirsten Boerjan

Jacob Eberling

*Abby Hemann

Mallory Juhl

Connor King

Kathryn Mayer

Haley Muhs

Drew Powers

Regan Witt

Swea City

Libby Stevens

Thompson

Thomas Flo

Hailie Rombough

Thornton

Stefanie Black

Preslee Dickman

Kacie Fessler

Titonka

Ayden Boekelman

Van Meter

Hallie Levi

Ventura

Jace Hendrikson

*Samuel Robbins

Waukon

Kaedan Snitker

Wellsburg

Jaedrek Bowles

Wesley

*Eva Tjarks

Heidi Tjarks

West Des Moines

Camryn Dilla

Woden

Twila Leonard

Jake Wood

Woodward

Makenzie Dresback

Bentonville, Arkansas

Blake Kreamer

Phoenix, Arizona

Mia Whalen

Bradenton, Florida

Jessey Colas

Fort Myers, Florida

Destinee Thomas

Homestead, Florida

Maria Sanfiel

Immokalee, Florida

Jenesis Sanders

Kissimmee, Florida

Kamond Manning

Miami, Florida

Emmanuel Celestine

*Marco Guzman

Alyssa Nazario

Naples, Florida

McKenley Charelus

Chicago, Illinois

Keon Alexander

East Moline, Illinois

Kordai Luten

Elmhurst, Illinois

Joseph Pagni

Macomb, Illinois

Bethany Swanson

Mundelein, Illinois

Zachary Johnson

McCordsville, Indiana

Adam Hackett

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Terrence Thomas

Albert Lea, Minnesota

Owen Bakken

Jordan Juveland

*Giselle Turrubiartes

Brownsville, Minnesota

Cory Scanlan

Burnsville, Minnesota

Jack McDonough

Caledonia, Minnesota

Alexis Schroeder

Cannon Falls, Minnesota

*Olivia Villarreal

Clear Lake, Minnesota

*Megan Lipinski

Easton, Minnesota

Alicia Machacek

Fairmont, Minnesota

Lincoln Becker

Jacob Crissinger

Goodhue, Minnesota

Tori Miller

Kiester, Minnesota

*Jonathan Seedorf

Lake Park, Minnesota

Thea Mattson

Lyle, Minnesota

Maxim Meyer

Mapleton, Minnesota

Ayla Smith-Holcomb

Mendota Heights, Minnesota

Asa Rapp

Minneapolis, Minneapolis

Monty Steen

Montrose, Minnesota

Macray Klohs

Norwood Young America, Minnesota

Kaley Schmidt

Plymouth, Minnesota

John Skoro

Twin Lakes, Minnesota

Kenna Vanek

*Taylor Vanek

Two Harbors, Minnesota

Karly Holm

Waterville, Minnesota

Corbin Connors

Wells, Minnesota

Riley Prange

White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Sonya Potthoff

McKenna Tyren

St. Louis, Missouri

*Da’Yona Johnson

Fargo, North Dakota

Zachary LaMont

Saluda, South Carolina

Gabriel Wright

Dallas, Texas

*Amoin Koffi

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

Madisyn Bauer

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Jewel Jackson

Omro, Wisconsin

Kegan Schlichting

Potosi, Wisconsin

Preston Steiner

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Owen Pockat

São Paulo, Brazil

*Vitor Siaudzionis Barreto

Bruno Binotti Nucci

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victor Hugo Januario

Cruz Bay, British Virgin Islands

Tyreese James

Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Tenisha Herbert

Red Deer County, Canada

Kaitlin Blair

Waterloo, Canada

Mitchell Britton

Essex, England

Laura Fairey

Romsey, England

Sienna Pack

Telford, England

Carris Powell

Bremerhaven, Germany

Lily Rhomberg

Struckum, Germany

Vanessa Boege

Cividate Camuno, Italy

*Elia Salvatore Antonini

Rome, Italy

*Edoardo Alessandrini

Nicoló Cimini

Blantyre, Malawi

Simone Loga

Cancun, Mexico

*Pablo Salas Pico

Mexico City, Mexico

Angel Cruz Solano

Uneme Osu, Nigeria

Prosper Iyogun

Lima, Peru

Randolph Quiroz Naupari

Caracas, Venezuela

José Galanton Gonzalez

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