Here’s a list of honors earned by Osceola County scholars at out-of-the-area universities or institutions, as reported by Merit Pages News:
Logan Nicoll of Reunion earned a Bachelor of Science-Biomedical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2026.
Gabriel De Luca Vinocur of Kissimmee graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree from Tufts University (Medford, Mass.), and was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2026 semester.
Taylor Lewis of Kissimmee earned a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration from Vermont State University.
Jaxon Junnila of St. Cloud was part of the spring 2026 commencement ceremonies at Middle Tennessee State University.
Daniel Marcos Rodriguez of St. Cloud has earned the Master of Music in Performance in Music Performance from Valdosta State (Ga.) University.
Adriana Nicole Torres of Kissimmee graduated from West Texas A&M University with a Master’s degree in in Instructional Design and Technology in Spring 2026.
Maibelene Price of St. Cloud graduated with a Master of Social Work from Missouri State University in Spring 2026.
The Spring 2026 commencement at the University of Tampa included Kissimmee’s Ambar Cesari Taylor ( Bachelor of Arts in Dance) and Michael LaMonica (Bachelor of Science in Computer Science), Celebration’s Ella Graham (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology) and Davenport’s Lily Trapp (Bachelor of Arts in Political Science). Trapp and Graham, along with Andrew Naletilic St. Cloud and Tamia Glover and Emilia Selim of Kissimmee and Harley Owens of Celebration were named to the UT Dean’s List.
Meghan Behrens of Kissimmee was one of 49 Hofstra University students recently inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, one of America’s most prestigious honor societies. She achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring 2026 semester according to the school, earning a spot on the Provost’s List at Hofstra University.
Sarah Lang at Northern Illinois University earned her way onto the Dean’s List en route to receiving her Bachelor of Music in Music – Education.
Kymbra Cortes Rivera of St. Cloud earned a spot on the Dean’s List for the 2026 Spring Term at Shenandoah University (Winchester, Va.), as did Kaelin Wilhoit at Geneva College (Beaver Falls, Pa.), Jordan Jones at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, Gabriel Leslie at Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.), Noble Yiga at Central Methodist University (Fayette, Mo.), Bryce Williams at Middle Tennessee State, Angelie Anita Canales-Vaschy at Clarkson University (Potsdam, N.Y.), Teancum Paxman at Utah Tech University, Enrique Soto at Rockhurst University (Kansas City, Mo.), Joel Collado at the University of Rhode Island, and Mia Heath of St. Cloud and Michael Colon of Kissimmee at Georgia State University.
Sierra Elliott and Ethan McLess of Harmony has been named to the Dean’s list for the spring 2026 semester at South Dakota State University and SUNY-New Paltz respectively, Trista Miller of Davenport and Adrian Gonzalez of St. Cloud earned that honor at Valdosta State (Ga.) University, James Novak of Kissimmee and Santiago Suarez of St. Cloud at Samford University (Birmingham, Al.), Peyton Isabella Fischetti of Kissimmee at Wofford College’s (Spartanburg, S.C.), Mariana Arevalo of Kissimmee at York (Neb.) University, Jerilyn Frias of Kissimmee at SUNY-Delhi, Momo Sutton of Kissimmee at Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) and Coy Crowder of Reunion and Kelsey Pelc of St. Cloud at the University of Alabama and Sabrina Mohammed of Kissimmee at Minnesota State-Mankato.
Sophia Fiore of Celebration was named to the University of Mississippi’s Spring 2026 Honor Roll list, as were Gabriel Gonzalez, Landry Sutphen, Sarah Wolff of Kissimmee and Quinn Williams of St. Cloud at Georgia Southern University,
William Scott of Kissimmee and Luthe College (Decorah, Iowa) and Emma Davies of Kissimmee at Georgia Tech.
Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions student Milka De La Cruz of Kissimmee has been named to the school’s Spring 2026 President’s List.
The University of Maryland Global Campus continues its global tradition with online and hybrid courses with a Spring 2026 Dean’s List that includes: Kissimmee— Stevefany Acosta, Homesh Budhram, Juan Diaz Figueroa, Anthony Diez of Kissimmee, Alijah Harken Ortiz, Rhianna Mais, Louis Whitmore, Donald Wholey, Jeremy Woody, Jonathan Rodriguez Pastrana.
Tokyo Rivers of Poinciana, Malgorzata Villanueva of Harmony and Rachel Sabater and Joseph Hocking of St. Cloud.
