INA, Ill. (May 17, 2023) — Nearly 1,000 degrees and certificates were conferred at the 56th Annual Rend Lake College Commencement held Saturday in Waugh Gymnasium.
Two ceremonies were held where just under 300 graduates walked across the stage. Overall, 483 students graduated on Saturday with 475 occupational certificates and 479 associate degrees. Board of Trustees Chair Larry Manning and Vice Chair Brian Dorris had the honor of presenting the students their degrees and certificates. They were flanked by fellow board members Jeff Jones, Ron Daniels and Joe Coy; Student Representative Maggie Stacey; and President Terry Wilkerson. Academic Council Chair Mike Meinert, along with Vice President of Instruction & Student Affairs Lori Ragland, announced the graduates.
ALBION - James Ryan St. Ledger
ALMO - Kade R. Gibson
ALTO PASS - Matthew T. Ellis
ANNA - Kaden David Mayberry
ASHLEY - Gavyn Novak, Race Chapman Rynski
AVA - Lathan Dierks, Andrew R. Froemling
BARTLETT - Nathan Michael Gargano
BELLE RIVE - Noah S. Hamson, Emily Jo Jukes, Ashtyn Morgan, Eugene Lee Rapp, LaRissa Anne Rapp, Skyler Gabrielle Vasquez
BELLEVILLE - Mikayla Rose Bunch, Cullen Michael Covlin, Jacob Grommet, Jeremy Schnierle
BENTON - Zackary Andrews, Tyler Blades, Matthew Boudreau, Jade Bozovich, Kiley Elizabeth Cox, Sierra DeAngelo, Olivia Morgan Drew, Makayla Nicole Easley, Leslie Ellis, Jacey Grace Eubanks, Grady P. Furlow, Audrey Gulley, Chelsea A. Hall, Tristen Haskins, Madison Elizabeth Heil, Halle Maryn Irvin, Reece Benjamin Johnson, Gavin Kerley, Brett Lee King, Jessica Kirkpatrick, Logan Kirkpatrick, Stephen Lake, Bryne E. Lassy, Samantha Jo Lingle, Cynthia Lynn Maxey, Devon J. McKinney, Addisyn Miller, Collin Blain Miller, Halle Minier, Heather Myers, Brandon Overton, Matalin Rose Owens, Matthew Anderson Ryder, Andrea Sanders, Natalina Hailey Marie Sears, Parker Sieveking, Peyton Sieveking, Cheyenne Sneed, Jayme Soldan, Auria Danielle Tessone, Makinley Tonn, Dakota Logan Tucker, Melissa Wade, Lexi Wallace, Heather Weber, James Whaley
BLOOMINGTON - Chaz Jarren Welch
BLUFORD - Gracie Georia Ann Balakhani, Anna Lynne Frey, Austin Gowler, Ireland Hart, Britton Taylor Johnson, Gavin Johnson, Cedric Long, Madalyn Grace Lusby, Felica Oliger, Heather Riley, Seth D. Schultz, Makenna Jewel Toth
BONNIE - Katie Elizabeth Bach, Sarah Louise Parr, Grace Seidel, Haley Sharp
BRIGHTON - Natalie Lynn Messinger
BROUGHTON - Sara A. Griswold
BUCKNER - Imogen Charlotte Prudent-Perry, Damian Roberson
CAPE GIRARDEAU - Haylee Quatmann
CARBONDALE - Amiel K. Gould, Jesse D. Hernandez, Morgan K. Hinkle, Carlie J. Jones, Octavia Merrill Marshall, Charles Schroeder
CARLYLE - Andrew Diesen, Rhett Timmermann
CARMI - Madyson Barton
CARRIER MILLS - Philip Steinmetz
CARROLLTON - Bishop Alexander Woods
CARTERVILLE - Sheena G. Johnson, Wyatt Ethan Archer Vale, Maddox Yates
CENTRALIA - Sam Beggs, Lillian LaBelle, Damion Mattmiller, Jeannette Marie Thomas, Brandi Leigh Waddell, Taylor C. Wand
CHESTER - Edward Dean Kerkhover
CHICAGO - William Bauer Henson
CHRISTOPHER - Ronnie Curry, Stephanie Merrill, Mareesa Gale Ratajczyk, Jonathon Reese, William Reese, Faith Ann Sanders, Ashley Shaffer, Grantham Shaffer, Zane Vincent Shukites, Amber Whitt
COULTERVILLE - Ashlee Hirsch
DAHLGREN - Austyn S. Downen, Alyssa Karcher, Kaleb Middendorf, Clayton Murphy, Abby Reyling, Shelly Smith, Leah D. Williamson
DESOTO - Shelby Duke
DIX - Brooklyn Rae Gidley, Alyssa Miller, Kush Patel, Melody Randall, Ethan Charles Squires
DONGOLA - Steven J. Urban
DU QUOIN - Richard A. Loyd II, Jessica Luthy, Elaine Nicole Bailey
EFFINGHAM - Alan Hazelton
ELDORADO - Audrey Elizabeth Brooks, Amy Kristine Reynolds
ENERGY - Miranda Mezo
ENFIELD - Kalin Black
EVANSVILLE - Hannah Hanger, Edward Zimmermann
EWING - Joycelynn Cox, Jo Lynn Gordon, Gage Levi Harmon, Brendan Clay Minor, Dylan Stubblefield, Sidney Wilson
FAIRFIELD- Katlyn Ivey
FORT COLLINS - William J. Togher
FREEBURG - Dennis R. Haas
GALATIA - Olivia Faith McGhee, Teegan Stanley, Andrea Grace Stricklin
GLEN CARBON - Rogelio Tyler Berumen
HARRISBURG - Leslie Nicole Cobb, Carlea Jay Fuerback, Melea Moss
HERRIN - Trey Cobin, Isaiah Benjamin Hall, Miranda Russell, Whitni Williams
HIGHLAND - Jenny J. Bray
HOYLETON - Ryan Restoff
HURST - Johannah Bramlett, John Anthony Simpkins
INA - Avianna Jennings, Donson Morain
IRVINGTON - Chelsea Fletcher
JOHNSONVILLE - Jakara Renee Greenwalt, Miranda Marie Garland, Levi Stevenson Riley, Jaeda M. Willis
KEENES - William Talley
KELL Rachel Neubauer
KIRKWOOD - Colin Michael Hawkins
LAWRENCEVILLE - Alyssa Mejia
LOGAN - Jaxon Keoni Maxey Williams
MACEDONIA - Zane Clark, Allie Dial, Madison Rose Miller, Taylor Jean Walden, Amanda Jeane Weber
MAKANDA - Bobbi Jo Bass
MARION - Drake Allison, Kylee Blades, Christopher L. Bundren, Connor Butler, Colton Foster, Alexis Gray, Eric Haught, Allen Henry, Bethany Kearns, Ian Matheny, Libby Grace Mayers, Garry L. Piercy Jr., Abbi Sircher, Coltan Steinmetz, Ryan Trokey, Dustin Zeller
MAYO - Brooklyn Gwen Shanise Fleming
MCLEANSBORO - Mary Heather Arndt, Sarah Brockett, Senia Beth-Ann Burt, Hunter Campbell, Emily Faith Cox, Kylie Brynne Currie, Heather M. Johnson, Caleb Slade Lasater, Daxton Lasater, Danielle N. Lynn, Jocelyn G. Moles, Cole Mosby, Braxton Ragan, Roger Scroggins, Owen Shelton, Remington Stevens, Kaylee Stewart, Miranda Veach, Silas Matthew Vineyard, Zackarie Webb, Jayson Noe, Jordan Seibers, Bradley Smith, Christina Ann Strumpher, Kinsey N. Woodrow
MIDLAND - Amber Nicole Kelly
MOUNT VERNON - Krystal Michelle Akes, Robert Ballard, Carter Louis Barczewski, Josephine Barton, Kelsey Beal, Alicia Benson, Shania Jutta Bernardino, Ethan E. Bevis, Katelyn Black, Elizabeth Bocock, Miriah Booker, Sarah Buckman, Alize Buckner, Madison May Burke, Kathryn Lynelle Clark, Shaffire Clark, Mackenzie Deloch, Christopher Dukes, Erica A. Edmison, Heather Chastain Edwards, Danielle Finney, Aimee' Garner, Anthony Kyle Garrison, Graeson Grothoff, Kenzie Brooke Hamlin, Jeremy Leeman Hammond, Dylan Harkins, Tramell Hawkins, Travis W. Hawkins, Anna Denise Henderson, Billie Hodges, Tylar Hubbard, Jayman J. Jackson, Joshua R. James, Taylor L. Koch, Jacob N. Kueker, Kaylee Nicole Lemons, Lauren Little, Jessica Lockeby, Kylie Marlowe, Shawn Marshall, Conner Matthew Lee Mays, Patrick McCarthy, Jennifer McDowell, Caleigh McGhee, Angela N. McGuire, Jaleese M. McWilliams, Victoria T. Millsap, Derek Kyle Morrison, Morgan Leigh Moschino, Shauna Nelson, Christian Kaleb Odle, Kaitlyn Mckenzie Palmer, Brendan Parks, Jade Parmelee, Ivorion Latrice Patton, Emmali Petersen, Kadi Petersen, Dominique Peterson, Kamden Pottorff, Carson Prost, Ashtyn Nicole Quarterman, Arianny Rivera, Katlin Rae Rivera, Braden Sadler, Olivia Schuster, Brandon W. Scrivner, John Hunter Shirley, Holden Simmons, Brittany Volk, Gavin Craig Weatherford, Jayla Wilford, Zada Wilkey, Kiley Wilson, NaKeisha Chivon Lash, Chelsea Nguyen, Justin Riley, Carletta Ewellene Roberts, Kelly J. Stephenson Peterman, Caleb Wilderman, Kendy Anderson
MULKEYTOWN - Maggie Bates, Destiny Boswell, Zachary Hicks, Carter Maloney, Jill Renae Meadows, Ronda Sussen, Bayley Tasky, Amber Dawn Webb
MURPHYSBORO - Jaryn Dunbar, Eric M. Mickulas, Rewn Stearns
NASHVILLE - Clinton Bauza, Owen Holle, Aaron Michael Stanowski
NEW ATHENS - Jacob Denbow
NEW MINDEN - Brendan Baum
NORRIS CITY - Jordan Johnson
ODIN - Drake Smith
OMAHA - Elizabeth Ellen Davis
OPDYKE - Joshua Michael Avery, Tyler Davis, Canaan D. Guthrie, Rebekah Jaudes, Samuel G. Lisk, Elicia A. Marlow, Blair Davan Moser, Thomas K. Pearce II
ORIENT - Tanner A. Clark, Tristan Jeffery Willis
PADUCAH - Laura Adeline Edwards
PINCKNEYVILLE - Caitlyn Anderson, Grant Isaac Biby, Kayla Conner, Abbigail Grace Dascotte, Tessa Eickmann, Sadie Grace Fisher, Cailyn Fowlkes, Amber Hagene, Jordan Heatherly, Mason Joel Hopp, Reid Michael Keene, Jonathan J. Kennedy, Courtney Michelle Loucks, Jared Meyerhoff, Haley Marie Miller, Casha Lynn Miloshewski, Sawyer Nichols, Darrian Nix, Grace Marie Numi, AnnaMarie Rose Pestka, Jason Edward Winninger, Joshua Wright
RICHVIEW - Gracie J. Shopinski
ROSICLARE - MaKayla Lamar
ROYALTON - Macie Burnett, Jessica Danielle Webb, Noah William Wilson
SALEM - Ian Eisenhauer, Logan Alexander Jornd, Amanda Jourdan, Makayla Krutsinger, Takisha Spradlin
SCHELLER - Macey Bizaillion, Dustin Levi Brewer, Briley Czerwinski, Frank Guthrie, Madeline Ann Johnson, Anna Kistner, Sophie Ann Trader, Eli Hunter Witges
SESSER - Tommie LeeAnn Hall, Jase Allen Heiman, Ava Hollis, Patrice Laur, Dakota Miller, Jake Newbury, Casslyn MacKenzie Pedigo, Caleb Qualls, Chloe Ragland, Zoe Rechell Shurtz, Jessica Wyciskalla
SIMPSON - Ashley Johnson
SIMS - Keegan W. Smith
SPARTA - Abbey Lynn Burns
SPRINGERTON - Christian Turner, Katie Diane Wimer
SPRINGFIELD - Nathan A. Schmidt, Lezhauria Williams
STEELEVILLE - Shealyn Conway, Dustin Paul Loucks, Kelly R. Mulholland
TAMAROA - Olivia Grace Asbury, Natasha M. Baker, Lisa Marie (King) Brown, Grace Collins, Lillian Grace Feltmeyer, Carson Harris, Joshua Iffert, Matthew Lietz, Megan Elizabeth Restoff, Kayla Marie Valentine
TEUTOPOLIS - Averie Bushue
THOMPSONVILLE - Samantha Alverth, Kira Marie Buntin, Amanda Cooksey, Mackenzie Grace Crisel, Jennifer Duke, Dayana D. Jaen, Addison Malone, Austin Malone, Huner K. McDonough, Teresa Nolen, Joshua Sullivan, Mason Sweet, Lexi Wolf
TRENTON - Philip M. Berberich, Carson Lawrence Wessel
VALIER - Madeline Nicole Burgess, Tyler Michael Hacker, Shelby A. Lewis, John Prudent
VENEDY - Jordan Duane Green
WADSWORTH - Fred Warren Roberts
WATERLOO - Benjamin Phillip Hogan, Nathaniel Johnlee Konkel, Trevor Link, Gavin Wittenauer
WAYNE CITY - Alexander William Clark, Colt Henson, Chelsea R. Jones, Jarrett Lewis, Maddux Mays, Allie Elise McKinney, Kayti Pochek, Austin Schuster, Avery D. Seidel, Kelcee Seymour, Lily Taylor, Ethan Michael Thomason
WEST FRANKFORT - Hannah Adkins, Ryan Blake, Blake Engler, Matison Hampleman, Karen "Heather" Heath, Zack Nathaniel Leschke, Courtney Lingle, Anthony Mayo, Alexa Lynn McLaren, Stephan S. Padget, Sankat B. Patel, Aaron Jordan Price, Pamela Ruff, Hailey Ann Timmons, Sara Nicole Wilce
WHITTINGTON - Presley Allsopp, Aaron Jackson, Samantha Lynn VanHorn, Lucas Wielt
WINDSOR - Dylann Elizabeth Torres
WOODLAWN - Cheyenne Kriston Bailey, Alexander Beckham, Tyler J. Eckelberry, Hayden England, Hunter England, Harlee Danielle Kujawa, Olivia LeGrand, Tyler Lorenzini, Blake McKay, William Rector, Kaitlyn Irene Repasky, Tyler Smart, Arika Wheeler
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