Local LU students graduate with honors

Lamar University graduated 119 students with honors during fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 11-12 in the Montagne Center.

Forty students graduated summa cum laude (with highest honors), with grade-point averages ranging from 3.8 to 4.0.

Local graduates include:

Bridge City: David Ferris and Alexis Prestwood.

Orange: Haley Beall, Madison Laurence, Julian Morgan, Jessica Shoemaker and Forrest Zoch.

Vidor: Carroll Blackmon, Amy Myers and Olivia Winn.

Thirty-one students graduated magna cum laude (with high honors), with GPAs of 3.65 to 3.79:

Orange: Heather Howlett.

Vidor: Jennifer Mann.

Forty-eight students graduated cum laude (with honors), with GPAs of 3.5 to 3.64:

Deweyville: Jacob Gorton.

Orange: Mallory Burnaman, Cole Durkin and Taylor Williams.

Vidor: Nicola Adkins and Christine Stanley.