Local students have been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence after the spring 2019 semester at South Dakota State University.

To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

Area students on the dean’s list are: Angela Heinz, Tara Heinz (4.0 GPA), and Kristi Pond (4.0 GPA) of Ipswich; Cassandra Braun (4.0 GPA) and Autumn Pitz of Mina; Ethan Beyers and Alexandra Preszler of Roscoe....