Spring 2026 Honor List for Black Hawk College East and Quad Cities Campus Graduates
Black Hawk College is recognizing its May 2026 graduates who earned academic honors while completing associate degrees. The college awards three levels of distinction based on graded coursework completed at Black Hawk and cumulative GPA. Summa Cum Laude requires 60 graded hours and a 3.95 GPA. Magna Cum Laude requires 45 graded hours and a 3.85 GPA. Cum Laude requires 30 graded hours and a 3.75 GPA. College officials are congratulating the honored graduates for their dedication, persistence, and academic achievement.
East Campus
Summa Cum Laude
Ellisville – Breanna Lafary
Galva – Kyrsten Hill, Mia Merkel
Kewanee – Jace Clayes, Marcus Guzman
Lewistown – Halle Tindall
New Albany, MS – Emma Bradley
Sadorus – Olivia Shike
Viroqua, WI – Gabrielle Olson
Woodhull – Makenna Walker
Wyoming – Krishna Patel
Magna Cum Laude
Baldwin, IA – Jayde Martin
Bristol, IN – Emily Yeager
Cortland – Cheyanne Judd
Dixon – Brady Shank
Edwards – Jude Strahm
Geneseo – Kayla Simpson
Jeffersonville – Chloe Owens
Kewanee – Rayanne Busboom, Rachel DeRycke, Annalise Evans, Cora Hodge, Alessandra Rivera, Kendall Vincent
Montrose, PA – Alexis Sebring
New Windsor, MD – Kelsey Zepp
Park Hill, OK – Chloee Barnes
Pierson, MI – Allison Wall
Victoria – Emily West
Wyoming – Logan Goerks
Cum Laude
Bloomington – Talia Pierard
Bryant, IN – Courtney Benter
Camanche, IA – Ana Leu
Cambridge – Kruz Schnowske
Gilson – Dane Hennenfent
Kewanee – Faith Frykman, Addyson Hicks, Summit Ouart
Laotto, IN – Amy Geary
Mount Pleasant, PA – Hannah Moore
Mt. Horeb, WI – Areyes Scoles
Norwalk, OH – Mason Kinney
Princeville – Logan Carruthers
Rock Island – Mariyam Barikzay
Springfield – Teagan Morley
Trafalgar, IN – Norman Tuholski
West Liberty, IA – Addyson Lehman
Weston, OH – Jayci Halsema
Quad-Cities Campus
Summa Cum Laude
Alpha – Brynlee Wirt
Andalusia – Casey Sullivan
Annawan – Rhett Hulick
Cambridge – Adah Smutzer
Coal Valley – Aubree Ill, Ashley Schmoll
East Moline – Ryker O’Neil
Galva – Lillian Wigant
Geneseo – Grace Sottos, Mason Verscheure
Joy – Autumn Marston
Kitchener, ON – Landen Zehr
Moline – Claire Doran, Carina Johnson, Jacob Larson, Christina Olson
Muscatine, IA – Amanda Wagg
Port Byron – Trinity Herrick
Rock Island – Anthony Foley, Vaida Gunasheva
Silvis – Landon Slyter
Magna Cum Laude
Carbon Cliff – Kairi Frey
Delmar, IA – Tobey Griem
East Moline – Ablanvi Lodonou
Erie – Sydney Collis
Farmington – Isabelle Nordwahl
Fenton – Samantha Kilker
Geneseo – Lynn Cotty
Kingston – Kiearah Mitchell
Little York – Maranda Ray
Milan – Breanne Adamson
Milwaukee, WI – Eric Freuler
Moline – Christina Galindo, Jordyn Harris, Brynna Slankard, Maximus Talbot, Samantha Volk
Orion – Grace Passno
Rock Island – Kaige Goodman
Cum Laude
Cedar Rapids, IA – Jackson Mishler
Clinton, IA – Megan Gandrup
Coal Valley – Brooklynn Haars
Colona – Richard Ramsay, Jr.
Davenport, IA – Benjamin Johnston
East Moline – Fatima Zohra Drissi Jaouhari, Damon Thompson
Geneseo – Kelsey Dillie, Kay McAvoy
Glasford – Chris Drake
Hampton – Kaylee Nelson, Kyle Wenninger
Kewanee – Richard Feltner
Matherville – Sam Crownover
Milan – Henry Kerr, Ella Mayerhofer
Moline – Aicha Abdul-Jabbar, Ashly Gabriel, Bailey Jurski, Tiffany Licata, Joseph Massa, Caleb Stansbury, Diego Trevor, Lucia Veto
Mount Morris – Kaitlyn Drew
Prophetstown – Avery Olinger
Rock Island – Tevin Gay, Carly LeMaster, Kasey Lockett, Topacio Martinez, Skyler White
Silvis – Alex Long, Kloey Miner