Published:
Jun 1, 2026
Latin Honors
Honors Criteria
Black Hawk College awards honors to graduates earning an associate degree who meet the following requirements:
- Summa Cum Laude graduates – Must complete 60 hours of graded work at Black Hawk College with a cumulative 3.95 GPA
- Magna Cum Laude graduates – Must complete 45 hours of graded work at Black Hawk College with a cumulative 3.85 GPA
- Cum Laude graduates – Must complete 30 hours of graded work at Black Hawk College with a cumulative 3.75 GPA
Congratulations to the following BHC students who graduated with honors in May 2026!
All hometowns are in Illinois unless otherwise noted.
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
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
Commencement Programs
- QC Campus Commencement Program 2026 (PDF)
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QC Campus Commencement
East Campus Commencement
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