CTC holds ceremony for 371 graduates

Central Texas College held its spring 2024 commencement ceremony at the Cadence Bank Center on Friday, May 10. Of the 1,142 graduates worldwide, 371 participated in the local procession. The degrees conferred included 151 Associate of Applied Science, 544 Associate of Arts, 81 Associate of Science and 366 Certificates of Completion.

Ten students were recognized as highest-honors graduates for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average while completing their degree plans. Highest-honor graduates were Muhammad Muzzamil Dar – Associate of Arts; Danielle N. Goehmann – Associate of Science; Kaitlin Mae Graziano – Associate of Arts; Luke S. Olson – Associate of Arts; Asia Kim Osborn – Associate of Science; Vyom B. Patel – Associate of Arts; Dominika Mae Sapien – Associate of Arts; Jonathan A. Smith – Associate of Arts; Alexis Hope Speakman – Associate of Arts; and Elias Jason Tremusini -- Associate of Arts.

While most graduates were from Central Texas, some distance learners and students from Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Missouri also attended the commencement. The average age of the CTC graduates was 23 years with the eldest graduate at 63 years of age and the youngest was 16.

Among the graduates were various active-duty military personnel and family members: 39 soldiers in the U.S. Army, two members of the U.S. Navy, one member of the U.S. Marine Corps and 156 military family members. The graduation also featured 130 Early College High School students and 47 STEM program students.

The spring 2024 semester local CTC graduates included:

Abilene
Associate of Arts: Anthony Cantu
 
Bartlett
Associate of Arts: Gracie Drouillard
 
Belton
Associate of Applied Science: Korey Koukides
Associate of Arts: Abigail Engle; Hannah Yi
Associate of Science: Connor Hamilton
 
Burnet
Associate of Arts: Melissa Miller
 
Copperas Cove
Certificate of Completion: Lueiretta  Bouie; Kyanna Casper; LaTissa Harvey; Ivette Palacios; Kimberly Robles
Associate of Applied Science: Stephanie Barnes; Savanna Best; Dana Cabrales; Jessica Dery; Lucia Gonzalez; Corey Hart; Sylvia Merced
Associate of Arts: Marcos Berrios; Peyton Brewster; Caleb Callahan; Bianca Camacho-Rodriguez; Leilani Darnell; Joshua Dery; Victor Dery; Victoria King; Ian MacDonald; Michelle Madrid-Dery; Olivea Nageeullah; Matthew Northrop; Luke Olson; Neil Punzalan; Diana Saturn; Sa'Mya Thomas; Niya Thompson; Riley Yunitis  
Associate of Science: Zachery Lerue; Hades Takii-Ramos; Jacob Vasquez  
 
Florence 
Associate of Applied Science: Regina Meyer
 
Flower Mound 
Associate of Applied Science: Lauren Modin
 
Fort Cavazos 
Certificate of Completion: Sara Davis; Cassandra Parsons;
Associate of Applied Science: Brittanie Reeder; Antoinette Rodgers; Jessica Stahl;
Associate of Arts: Jovany Hernandez; Obedia Johnson; Victoria Kim; Karina Machado-Almodovar; Asia O'Neal; Ameerah Pierce; Leila Polite; Steven Scaman; Ty Schleicher; Ansley Torres; Elias Tremusini  
Associate of Science: Jessica Vitale

Gatesville 
Associate of Applied Science: Megan Byrom

Harker Heights    
Certificate of Completion: Johnnie Gonzalez; Daniel Mendiola; Daijournae Strode  
Associate of Applied Science: Kevin McGee, Sr.; Laye Stanley; Nadia Woods  
Associate of Arts: Chimkezirim Akwitti; Ileana Alexander; Victoria Alvarez Benitez; Asanti Andino; Dani Avalos; Samantha Baker; Michael Blevins; Nevaeh Brown; Nathan Cassidy; Isaiah Contreras; Jaden Cook; Javier Cortes; Alahna Daniels; Jordyn Diaz; Kimala Edward; Vivian Esparza; Kimberly Field; Aristine Fletcher; Angel French; Maria Del Carmen Garcia; Isaac Hamby-Pineda; Haley Harper; Raphael Hayes; Zoey Heflin; Laura Henson, Anahi Hernandez, Tylor Hickman, Kaelyn Hodge-Cummings, Francheska Koblosh-Caffey, Brayden Lonis, Janiyah McIntyre, Jean-Marc Mendoh Mangoua, Rojerio Mendoza, Rachel Mitchell, Victoria Nguyen, Alhely Ortega Avo, Vyom Patel, Eleina Perez-Araiz, Dylan Rhee, Camila Rosas, Jonathan Smith, Thanh Truong, Gage Upton, Alexandria Wester  

Hewitt 
Associate of Applied Science: Tina Grindle

Jarrell 
Associate of Arts: Krystal Sanders

 Kempner 
Associate of Applied Science: Carolina Nieves, Keagan Richardson  
Associate of Arts: Christina Gaines, Kaitlin Graziano, Alexis Lake, Brianna Miles, Paulina Palafox, Marissa Pinson, Alexis-Skye Smith, Alejandro Vargas Castano  
Associate of Science: Mohammad Gill, Asia Osborn, Aiden Smith  

Killeen 
Certificate of Completion: Chabris Anthony, Alicia Brown, Victor Cepeda, Jr., Jessica Chavez, Quincy Edwards, Randy Ely, Jr., Aniviah Freeman, Kamisha Halton, Alba Hart, Kieran Hatten, Joseph Laboy, Karla Marmolejo Hernandez, Alberto Nunez-Crouch, Leslie Ramos, Thomas Shotwell, Emily Solgat, DaJanee' Thomas, Evan Thomas, Jonathan Volante, Antoinette Walker  
Associate of Applied Science: Olayinka Adelusi, Jonathan Almaguer, Andrea Aramburu, Devin Bailey, Zila Bittle, Quitdrill Boyce, AnnMarie Carabajal, Kamaria Chery, Kalob Douglas, Alicia Franklin, Heidi Ganaban, Josie Hensley, Jimmy Hoang, Shakirat Ibrahim, Alayna Irving, Annabelle Jensen, Devin Laxey, Stephanie Okamura, Sandra Okyere, Karen Rosales, Keva Scott       
Associate of Arts: Drake Adams, Hannah Evette Aguon, Samantha Alcantara, Joy Amartey-Amarh, Jamie Armour, Elisia Avilez, Ariana Balarezo, Leahmya Bevel, Sterling Beverly-Ford, Nora Booze, Grace Brown, V'jae Brown, Yadier Bruno, Christian Butler, Jissela Cabrera, Brooklyn Carr, Sierra Carson, Jordan Carter, Giovanni Casillas, Nikrina Castro, Kelly Chiem, Muhammad Dar, Zakarriyah David, Janay Davis, Jayla Davis, Niraj Dhakal, Abraham Diaz, Amber Dickerson, Rylee Dickerson, Jack Doyle, Stephon Doyle, Travis Duncan, America Duplan Perez, Zachary Duskie, Malik East, Annalece Flewellen, Lexus Flores, Natalia Flores, Destiny Ford, Kaitlyn Fresch, Layla Frutiz, Evan Frutos, Ioranna Fuentes-Elvira, Mikyia Gadson, Parker Goldflam, Geomar Gomen, Desiree Gomez, Alana Gonzalez, Danica Guevara Morales, Anabella Gutierrez, Chiara Gutierrez, Thomas Gutierrez, Roman Hackstall, Widaad Hamid, Joshua Hampton, Jaslyn Heald, Karla Hernandez, Morgan Herold, Gary High, Scott Hughes, Jr., Zoe Hunt, Jim Isme, Gabriel Jeong, Jaidynn Johnson, Dezirae Jones, Abrecia Jordan, Abdul Kargbo, Rajeev Karki, Alicia King, Lucian Kleiner, Carla Koppisch-Da'Silva, Danae Lee, Jerome Lingad, Abrianna Little, Alejandra Lopez-Kelly, Isaiah Luciano, Jana Lumsford, Breeze Ma, Mariyah Madkins, Errol Malit, Frank Martinez, Alejandro Matias, Nichole May, Michaela McClellan, Claunesha McKinney, Nadia McKinney, Anaya McKnight, Deja McLean, Christine Mendoza, Aileen Menjivar, Elianna Montez, Arielle Moore, Rachel Moreno, Francis Moriba, Siddhika Nepal, Anthony Noyola, Jr., Destiny Oaxaca, Ronnie Odom, Kambrian Olds, Melinda Olivieri, Benjamin Ortiz III, Courtney Osbourne, Justin Osbourne, Layla Partain, Iyanna Paul, Timothy Pauley, Jr., Keshawn Pearson, Christian Peggins, Franchelska Pelanek, Juné Philipe, Larra Policarpio, Laura Polvado, Annalise Priest, Heeraa Ramakrishnan Komaladevi, Angel Rodriguez, Elias Rodriguez, Gabriel Rodriguez Trabal, Maddisyn Rohr, Angela Ruiz, William Russell, Kyra Santos, Dominika Sapien, Noah Scoggins, Trinity Scott, Tessa Serfass, Serenity Shelby, Tomas Sias, Joseph Smith, Laitoya Smith, Heema Solanki, Heidi Solis, Sean Sorensen, Grace Spears, Kyla Spruell, Jaleah Stutson, Alyssa Tobar, Frankie Torres, Chloe Van Bibber, Kara Victorian, Chanelle Vizcaya, Camryn Vondergroeben, Maryrose Washington, Nakeia White, BrittneySade Williams, Blanche Willis, Jerry Wilson III, Daniel Winston, Jr., Ray'Anne Wooten  
Associate of Science: Latasha Canton Amanda Hale-Tuten; Isis Maldonado Pagan; Jedadiah Rudder; Tuesday Simms; Jessica Thomas; Mariah Villasana; Ravilya Yakymenko       

Lampasas    
Certificate of Completion: Ashley Bender
Associate of Applied Science: Delaney Cellitti

Liberty Hill    
Associate of Applied Science: Danielle Smith      

Lubbock    
Associate of Science: Emmanuel Arroyal   

Marble Falls 
Associate of Arts: Emerald Kindrick, Rosalinda Campuzano  

Nolanville 
Associate of Arts: Alexis Speakman; Carolyn Rosado-Rios; Jacob Wallace; Zachary Barreras; Cesar Sanchez Garcia; Gabrial Shaw; Orlando Uribe-Saucedo; Kyra Mayer; Gisele Gutzler  
Associate of Science: Brandon Robles 

Pflugerville    
Associate of Arts: Iain Forde  

Priddy 
Associate of Science: Danielle Goehmann  

Richmond 
Associate of Arts: Amber James 

San Marcos 
Associate of Arts: Sariah Adams

Temple 
Associate of Applied Science: Sarah Peters; Bernaleo Henderson  
Associate of Arts: Alexandra Brittsan; Babett Bob Davis; Rosangelie Leon Pereira; Sam Padilla; Mercy Genia Eve San Juan  

Wichita Falls                                                                                             
Associate of Applied Science: Tamber Davis, Terrie Snyder

Wylie
Associate of Science: Glory Ojong Arrey