Maryville College announces Knox County students who graduated from Maryville College on May 3, 2025, and those who made the dean’s list for the spring semester.

Maryville College Commencement sees Knox County Scots receiving diplomas

43 students from Knox County were awarded degrees, including several with academic distinctions: cum laude (grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 to 3.74); magna cum laude (GPA of 3.75 to 3.94); and summa cum laude (GPA of 3.95 to 4.0).

Knoxville

Mascot

  • Elise Acuff, bachelor of arts, Psychology

Powell

  • Sarah Bauknight, bachelor of arts, Writing/Communication, magna cum laude
  • Caelin Cole, bachelor of science, Exercise Sciencemagna cum laude
  • Emily Large, bachelor of arts, Psychology (Counseling track)
  • Ambrose Shelton, bachelor of arts, English
  • Emileigh Tippens, bachelor of arts, Theatre Studiescum laude

Strawberry Plains

  • Sharon Melton, bachelor of arts, Psychology (Counseling track), magna cum laude
  • Kylee Warwick, bachelor of arts, Marketing, cum laude

78 from Knox County graduate on Spring semester Dean’s List

The students making the list are: Kayli Altom, Grace Biggs, Adam Blaylock, Kathryn Bornhoeft, Lilli Bryan, Grace Bumpus, Zoe Carithers, Whitney Carr, Daniel Casey, Chloe Chase, Sarah Christy, Aja Cofer, Collin Combs, Nick Curry, Haley Daugherty, Pierina Delgado, Abby Diggs, Hannah Eddleman, Qwin Fleckenstein, Anthony Fraser, Amelia Fraser, Alice Gawne, Olivia Gibson, Marlee Giles, Morgan Gilmer, Reid Goad, Allison Gonzalez-Mateo, Brady Hammer, Cody Harper, Warren Hurst, Eleni Johnson, Anna Kauffman, Emma Knight, Zoe Komarova, Leslie Lambdin, Andrea Lanza Pagoada, Bonnie Lauderback, Hannah Lee, Josh Lock, Keira McConville, Anna McCormick, Maddux Morse, Ella Morse, Gabe Neubert, Lisa Nkala, Jesus Olguin De Los Santos, Katie Orillion, Shae Parham, Maddie Parris, Emma Grace Patterson, Lillie Peterson, Marques Powers, Nic Prins, Damjana Radoman, Bridget Requejo, Ella-Marie Reyes, Sami Sasinouski, Bella Sawabini, Grace Seal, Avery Shellist, Madison Taylor, Ella Tharpe, Brady Thompson, Hayden Treadwell, Chris Vazquez, Emma Walker, Courtlyn Walsh, Chase Wells and Jared Willis-Schoeman of Knoxville; Elise Acuff of Mascot; Sarah Bauknight, Kenzie Chittum, Caelin Cole, Megan Cooper, Emily Large, Kate Stinnett and Emileigh Tippens of Powell; and Sharon Melton of Strawberry Plains.

Maryville College provided information for this report.

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