Alumni receiving the outstanding service award: Murray Drescher, chief financial officer at TransAm Trucking Inc. in Olathe, Kansas; Scott Luecke, partner at Ernst & Young LLP in Minneapolis; and Deborah Peters, state senator, certified public accountant and small business owner from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The students who received top performance awards:

  • Wondimagegn Abri, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Kassitti Balomenos, Sioux City, Iowa
  • Erin Bruce, Vermillion, South Dakota
  • Courtney Clark, Yankton, South Dakota
  • Tanner Comp, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Vonda Cotton, Vermillion, South Dakota
  • Angela Farrier, Owatonna, Minnesota
  • Kristi Johnson, Vermillion, South Dakota
  • Laura Kelderman, Canton, South Dakota
  • Amanda Kellen, Granville, Iowa
  • Madison Koehler, Rock Valley, Iowa
  • Daniel Kositzke, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Rhys Leonard, Rapid City, South Dakota
  • Sean Meyer, Mitchell, South Dakota
  • Nicholas Monahan, Wayne, Nebraska
  • Stacey Nielsen, Madison, South Dakota
  • Hollie Pommier, Florence, South Dakota
  • Amanda Rausch, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Daniel Rausch, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Jessica Sandbulte, Steen, Minnesota
  • Dustin Santjer, Aberdeen, South Dakota
  • Brittany Schermann, Moville, Iowa
  • Hunter Serfoss, Aberdeen, South Dakota
  • Elizabeth Smith, Huron, South Dakota
  • Abigail Trieb, Gary, South Dakota
  • Karlie Vande Hoef, Hinton, Iowa
  • Austin Wagner, Whitewood, South Dakota
  • Carrie Wintle, Iroquois, South Dakota
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