CHARLESTON, SC (09/17/2025)– Gold stars were awarded to cadets and students at The Citadel who achieved a 3.7 grade point average or higher in the spring 2025 semester. Cadets and students who achieve gold star recognition are also placed on The Citadel’s dean’s list.
The following local students were awarded gold stars for spring 2025 at The Citadel:
Bryson Barrett of Rock Hill, SC
Tyler Chudzik of Clover, SC
Jack Cooper of Tega Cay, SC
Joseph Curtis of Fort Mill, SC
Faith Dalton of York, South Carolina
Jonah Dalton of York, SC
Thomas Flanagan of Fort Mill, SC
Connor Hill of Fort Mill, SC
Camden Johnson of Fort Mill, SC
Sara Melton of Chester, South Carolina
Palmer Morrison of Fort Mill, SC
Robert Powell of Indian Land, SC
Kameron Read of Rock Hill, SC
Meredith Reed of Rock Hill, SC
Trenton Riffe of York, SC
Holden Shellnutt of Rock Hill, SC
William Smoak of York, SC
Abigail Thiessen of Clover, SC
Aleah Turney of York, SC
Danielle Williams of Fort Mill, SC
Zachary Zimba of Rock Hill, SC
About The Citadel
The Citadel, with its iconic campus located in Charleston, South Carolina, offers a classic military college education for young men and women focused on leadership excellence and academic distinction. The approximately 2,300 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets are not required to serve in the military, but about one-third of each class earn commissions to become officers in every branch of U.S. military service. Citadel alumni have served the nation, their states and their communities as principled leaders since 1842. The Citadel Graduate College offers dozens of graduate degree, graduate certificate and evening undergraduate programs in the evening or online. The Citadel has been consecutively named Best Public College in the South by U.S. News & World Report for 14 years and No. 1 Best Public College for Veterans in the South for seven years. Learn more about The Citadel here.
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