(05/20/2022) BATON ROUGE, La. — The LSU College of Agriculture conferred 281 degrees during spring commencement. The college had 247 graduates receive bachelor’s degrees, 18 receive master’s degrees and 16 receive doctorates.

The spring class of 2022 represents 22 Louisiana parishes, 11 states and 12 countries.

The college recognized graduates for their outstanding academic performance and various honors and distinctions.

Six graduates earned the academic honor of University Medal by maintaining the highest GPA in their class while pursuing their degrees.

University Medalists are Angela Fang, animal sciences major from Mandeville; Alexia LaGrone, natural resource ecology and management major from Lafayette; Melia Lindner, animal sciences major from Shalimar, Florida; Madison Marquette, nutrition and food sciences major from Donaldsonville; Jordan Mouton, natural resource ecology and management major from Hayes; and Alexis Theriot, nutrition and food sciences major from Hammond.

Three graduates earned the designation of Distinguished Researcher by LSU Discover for demonstrating their outstanding ability as an advanced student researcher in their discipline.

Distinguished Undergraduate Researchers are Emily Halphen, animal sciences major from Alpharetta, Georgia; Katie Patterson, plant and soil systems major from Hammond; and Maia Williams, animal sciences major from Missouri City, Texas.

LSU Communication Across the Curriculum awards the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal to outstanding student communicators who have completed communication-intensive coursework and completed a portfolio.

Recipients are LaGrone; Taylor Perrodin, agricultural economics and agribusiness major from Crowley; Alexa Bates, environmental management systems major from Baton Rouge; Currie Dudley, nutrition and food sciences major from Prairieville; William Gaspard Jr., agricultural and extension education major from Moreauville; Brooklyn Hampton, plant and soil systems major from Natchitoches; and Cassie Miller, nutrition and food sciences major from Baton Rouge.

Each spring, LSU identifies 12 prominent seniors as the Tiger Twelve. These seniors contribute positively to campus life and the surrounding community.

The College of Agriculture had four graduates recognized in the Tiger Twelve Class of 2022: LaGrone, Perrodin, Williams and Josephine Engelman, environmental management systems major from New York.

College honors are bestowed on students who have written and defended an honors thesis and completed a program of coursework specified by their departments and the Ogden Honors College.

College honors graduates are LaGrone; Mouton; Halphen; Perrodin; Kira Cates, natural resource ecology and management major from Farmerville; and Sara Elizabeth Lackey, animal sciences major from Prairieville.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Arnold was commissioned into the United States Army the day before graduation. Arnold is an animal sciences major from Baton Rouge. He will report to Air Defense Artillery School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, after graduation.

Fifty-eight students were presented with University Latin Honors, having maintained a GPA of at least 3.7.

View the full list of LSU College of Agriculture graduates for spring 2022 at https://bit.ly/lsuag22grads.

The LSU College of Agriculture had six University Medalists graduate in the spring 2022 commencement: From left to right, Madison Marquette, nutrition and food sciences major from Donaldsonville; Melia Lindner, animal sciences major from Shalimar, Florida; Alexia LaGrone, natural resource ecology and management major from Lafayette; and Alexis Theriot, nutrition and food sciences major from Hammond. Not pictured: Jordan Mouton, natural resource ecology and management major from Hayes, and Angela Fang, animal sciences major from Mandeville. Photo by Annabelle Lang/LSU AgCenter

Maia Williams, animal sciences graduate from Missouri, Texas, earned numerous academic honors. Williams was named Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher and a member of the LSU Tiger Twelve Class of 2022. Photo by Annabelle Lang/LSU AgCenter