Southern State Community College posts Fall 2025 President's and Dean's Lists

Southern State Community College posted Fall Semester 2025 President’s and Dean’s Lists in its press-release archive under January 2026, and the announcement was later republished by People’s Defender on Feb. 27, 2026. The college’s LinkedIn account, which shows 5,792 followers, carried the same congratulatory message with a graphic credited to Lynn Hanson and the line, "Congratulations, students!"

Southern State’s eligibility language is explicit: "To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must maintain a 4.0 grade point average while carrying a specific number of academic credit hours." The release also states, "Those who achieve the Dean’s List have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0." People’s Defender’s item reiterates that "Listed below are full-time students who achieved these honors."

The Times Gazette, datelined HILLSBORO, Ohio, published a local excerpt naming honorees in Clinton County. Clinton County President’s List honorees include Serenity Rowlands of Lynchburg; Casey Beatty of Martinsville; Tessa Potts of Midland; Colin Carter and Christin Hodge of New Vienna; Marianne Price of Sabina; Danielle Adams of South Salem; and Wilmington students Jonathan Custis, Jorden Dehaas, Emily Goodwin, Zackery Louderback, Preston Mountjoy, and Zakery Phelps. Clinton County Dean’s List honorees in the excerpt include New Vienna’s Serena Williams; Sabina’s Shona Baisden, Kendall DeBold, Elyon Hackmann, Kami Kile, and Jackson Seabaugh; and Wilmington’s Brynn Conley, Alexander Lazic, Carson Meyers, and Paisley Scott.

The Times Gazette excerpt lists Fayette County honorees as well. Fayette County President’s List names shown in the excerpt include New Holland’s Kiara Blair-Adkins and Washington Court House students Hayden Brown, Broden Keller, Abigail Kovalchik, Gabrielle Oiler, Cooper Robertson, and Katelin Wilcox; the excerpt includes an ellipsis after the Washington Court House list indicating additional Fayette County names in the full roster. Fayette County Dean’s List names in the excerpt are Leesburg’s Kennedy Worley; New Holland’s Caitlin Cottrill; and Washington Court House students Kieara Hites, Breanna Keller, Morgan Reeves, and Drake Sharp.

Highland County honorees named in the Times Gazette excerpt are extensive. Highland County President’s List honorees include Bainbridge’s Hunter Simmons; Greenfield’s Johanna Kelley and Logan Savage; Hillsboro students Jaxon Alexander, Sidney Bayless, Cameron Burkard, Kathryn Cox, Cecil Crabtree, Riley Gallimore, Aliyah Gobel, Camden Lively, Kennedy Sexton, Olivia Swackhamer, Sophia Wilmoth, and Sydney Wilmoth; Leesburg’s Nolan Campbell, Lydia Hamilton, and Kolby Young; Lynchburg’s Madeline Brault, Shane Ellerbeck, Kyler Fite, Sophia Michael, and Mason Saylor; Mount Orab’s Jessica Bricking and Josiah Hall; and Sardinia’s Raven Couch and Kelsey Smallwood. Highland County Dean’s List in the excerpt includes Bainbridge’s Mackenzie Woleab.

The SSCC archive page that carries the honors announcement also lists nearby campus news items from January 2026, including a "Jump Start Scholarship" for graduating high school students that covers one class, tuition, fees and books, and a separate release announcing Amy Perkins-McClellan to lead a new Division of Enrollment and Workforce Innovation. The archive page provides a Communications Office contact for verification: communications@sscc.edu.

The publicly available excerpts leave several verification gaps: the exact number of credit hours required for President’s List eligibility is not specified in the posted language, the Times Gazette excerpt includes an ellipsis indicating the Fayette County roster is incomplete, and People’s Defender reproduced county headings such as Adams County, Brown County, Highland County, and Pike County without the full name lists in the provided snippet. For complete, verified rosters and exact eligibility thresholds, the SSCC Communications Office at communications@sscc.edu is the designated contact.