Local LU students graduate with honors

Lamar University graduated 180 students with honors during spring commencement ceremonies May 23 in the Montagne Center. Sixty-five students graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors), with grade-point averages ranging from 3.8 to 4.0.

Local graduates are:

Bridge City: Jessica Franklin

Orange: Shelby Harmon, Devan Hughes, Jordan King, Daniel Rondomanski, Bria Thibodeaux and Marissa Wyatt.

Orangefield: Jenna Cook

Vidor: Kaitlyn Hinch, Morgan Jiminez, Jacob Rhodes and Courtney Williams.

Fifty-five students graduated magna cum laude (with high honors), with GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79. Those local students are:

Bridge City: Shelby Maxwell Clark, Kayla Perkins and Samuel Placette.

Orange: Derek Borel, Brittany Lytle, Kaley Pennington and Jacob Spurgeon.

Vidor: Jammie Bertrand and Zachery Peevey.

Sixty students graduated cum laude (with honors), with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64. Local graduates include:

Bridge City: Morgan Walston

Orange: Ashlee Broussard, Brittany Derouen, MD Hasan and Amanda Toups.

Vidor: Vincent Armstrong, Adrian Morgan, Candace Tant and Cody Worth.