Gold stars are awarded to cadets and students who have earned a grade point ratio of 3.7 or higher.
Those cadets and veteran students will be recognized at the awards parade on Sept. 20, where they will be presented their gold stars, which they may wear on their uniforms throughout the semester following their academic achievement.
The Citadel will also honor veteran and active duty students who received gold star recognition with a black blazer, gold star pin and challenge coin.
A gold star recognition certificate is awarded to non-cadet students who meet the requirements.
Academics at The Citadel are divided between five schools: the Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Swain Family School of Science and Mathematics and the Zucker Family School of Education. To learn more about the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, click here. For more information on The Citadel Graduate College, click here.
The following are cadets and students who received the honor for their work accomplished in the spring semester of 2024:
South Carolina Corps of Cadets
| First name | Last name |
|---|---|
| Melton | Adams |
| Elizabeth | Agostino |
| Ariel | Aguirre |
| Robert | Alexander |
| William | Allen |
| Isaiah | Allgeyer |
| Ryan | Almstadt |
| Paul | Anderson |
| Angela | Angela |
| Cooper | Ankney |
| Brianna | Arguello |
| Thomas | Armaly |
| Jehanne Marie | Arnal |
| Thomas | Aycock |
| Mason | Ayers |
| Jillian | Aylsworth |
| Everett | Babcock |
| Logan | Bach |
| Hayden | Back |
| Francis | Badala |
| Edward | Bagwell |
| James | Bagwell |
| Matthew | Bailey |
| Evans | Banks |
| John | Banner |
| Michael | Barnes |
| Phillip | Barnes |
| Samantha | Barnes |
| Colin | Bartley |
| Jake | Basile |
| Caroline | Bates |
| Eric | Becker |
| Morgan | Bellamy |
| Kameron | Bennett |
| William | Bilsback |
| Tristan | Bisbano |
| Harrison | Bishop |
| Tyler | Blackwell |
| Jacob | Blaser |
| Robert | Blok |
| Louise | Bonnimond |
| Meghan | Bostic |
| Kenyaz | Boston |
| Caden | Box |
| John | Boyd |
| Audrey | Brabham |
| Luca | Bracale |
| James | Brady |
| Hunter | Bramley |
| Christian | Brenner |
| Nicholas | Brescia |
| Johnathon | Brockelbank |
| Patrick | Brophy |
| Joseph | Brown |
| Kaleb | Brown |
| Marshall | Brown |
| Ryan | Brozek |
| James | Bruner |
| Bridget | Buckley |
| William | Buffum |
| William | Bush |
| Finian | Butcher |
| Keanan | Butler |
| Cyla | Byrd |
| Preston | Canady |
| Aaron | Candreva |
| John | Cappello |
| Charles | Carlberg |
| Cameron | Carter |
| Kirin | Chaplin |
| Robert | Chapman |
| Hsiao Wei | Chen |
| Hsin-Hua | Chiang |
| Theron | Childress |
| Michael | Christmas |
| Bryce | Christy |
| Peter | Chumbris |
| Eoin | Clarke |
| Andrew | Cline |
| Ethan | Clinton |
| Mitchell | Coe |
| William | Coffey |
| Joseph | Combs |
| Brendan | Conway |
| Grace | Cooper |
| Jack | Cooper |
| Carter | Copeland |
| John | Copeland |
| William | Coppel |
| Jalen | Cormier |
| Landon | Cornell |
| Kylie | Coulston |
| Gavin | Coulter |
| Paul | Cozart |
| Corey | Craft |
| Ryan | Craig |
| John | Cramer |
| Jacob | Cranshaw |
| Zoe | Crecos |
| Nicholas | Crews |
| Ella | Crider |
| Edmund | Crites |
| Micah | Crosby |
| Caitlin | Curmode |
| Howard | Cushman |
| Faith | Dalton |
| Jonah | Dalton |
| Phillips | Daniels |
| Caiden | Davis |
| Campbell | DeHoll |
| Jordan | DePaul |
| Jake | Debenport |
| Joseph | Debney |
| Peter | Delgaizo |
| Tatiana | Demcovich |
| William | Dennard |
| Carson | DesRosier |
| Grayson | Dewald |
| Daniel | Dockins III |
| William | Dow |
| Jonathan | Dreier |
| James | Drohan |
| Madison | Dryden |
| Daniel | DuBose |
| Steven | Duff |
| James | Dunn |
| Jean | Dure |
| Houston | Dykes |
| Samuel | Eich |
| Adaya | El-Sherif |
| Aiden | Elder |
| Travis | Elliott |
| Chase | Elsesser |
| Cooper | Emler |
| Carlton | Enes |
| Cole | England |
| Connor | Erwin |
| Anthony | Fairchild |
| Amber | Fairfax |
| Jack | Fallon |
| Bennet | Fenton |
| Wilfred | Fields |
| Sarah | Fink |
| Shelton | Fiore |
| Savannah | Fisher |
| Zachary | Fisher |
| Thomas | Fitzpatrick |
| George | Floyd |
| Keegan | Foley |
| Jasmine | Franklin |
| Luke | Frazier |
| Charles | Freidhof |
| Brody | Funk |
| Dylan | Gaffney |
| Joseph | Gaglione |
| James | Gainey |
| Connor | Gale |
| James | Gantt |
| Jesus | Garcia |
| Hampton | Gaskins |
| Bayleigh | Gentieu |
| Nathan | Givens |
| Sadie | Gomez |
| Elizabeth | Goodson |
| Ethan | Goswick |
| Katerina | Govorova |
| Chad | Graham |
| Chandler | Greene |
| Sienna | Greenfield |
| Zachary | Gremling |
| William | Griffin |
| Matthew | Guerriero |
| Brendan | Guinee |
| Christian | Gunter |
| Clayton | Gurley |
| Gabriel | Gusmao |
| Sutter | Guttery |
| Matthew | Haas |
| Christopher | Haddad |
| Jamille | Hagan |
| Liam | Haggerty |
| Graham | Haigood |
| Alexis | Haire |
| Fred | Hamilton |
| James | Hammond |
| Rhiannon | Hampton |
| Stafford | Hanna |
| Nicolas | Harpey |
| James | Harrison |
| Michael | Hart |
| Jack | Harvey |
| Dalton | Hazelwood |
| Charles | Heaton |
| Tavin | Heisig |
| Noah | Helton |
| Maya | Hemo |
| Caden | Henderson |
| Tucker | Hendrix |
| Jake | Hennelly |
| Madison | Henning |
| Thomas | Hester |
| Emily | Hickey |
| Elisabeth | Hindman |
| Christian | Hines |
| John | Hinton |
| Austin | Hitt |
| Khang | Hoang |
| David | Hobgood |
| Ethan | Hong |
| Spencer | Hooker |
| Brandon | Hooks |
| Johnrobert | Hoover |
| Kyle | Hopkins |
| James | Horne |
| Colton | Horton |
| David | Hoskins |
| Christian | Howell |
| Chengqi | Huang |
| Gavin | Hucks |
| Jack | Hughes |
| Jason | Hutto |
| John | Hyatt |
| Aekchanin | Iamborisut |
| Corey | Ibrahim |
| Miles | Israelow |
| James | Ives |
| Howard | Jennings |
| Eric | Joerger |
| Cooper | Johns |
| Camden | Johnson |
| Hayden | Johnson |
| Jenavee | Johnson |
| Joshua | Johnson |
| Katherine | Johnson |
| Maya | Johnson |
| Thomas | Johnson |
| Colin | Jones |
| Desmin | Jones |
| Graham | Jones |
| Maximilian | Jordan |
| Benjamin | Journey |
| Landon | Kahl |
| Abigail | Kanewske |
| Safia | Karimi |
| Joseph | Kellahan |
| Charles | Keller |
| Charles | Kellett |
| James | Kelley |
| Sean | Kelly |
| Tyler | Kelly |
| Patrick | Kenny |
| Joshua | Kent |
| Youngho | Kim |
| Kanjanika | Kincaid |
| Steven | Kirby |
| Thomas | Kleinhenz |
| Noah | Klepper |
| Sebastian | Knight |
| William | Knox |
| William | Knuth |
| Timothy | Kolb |
| Kailynn | Koozer |
| Jack | Kornfeind |
| Jace | Kraftchick |
| Diego | Ladino Alvarez |
| Jacob | Laffey |
| Richard | Lander |
| Parker | Langenberg |
| Grace | Laws |
| Caden | Leckelt |
| Brandon | Lee |
| Silas | Lee |
| Michael | Legens |
| Ryan | Legg |
| Aidan | Lenz |
| Benjamin | Lesesne |
| Weston | Lever |
| Ainslee | Leverett |
| James | Libby |
| McKorell | Liddle |
| Ryan | Liester |
| Jia-He | Lin |
| Bryson | Lindeman |
| Emily | Lindler |
| Jaylen | Link |
| Olivia | Liquori |
| Ethan | Lisenby |
| Connor | Little |
| Caleb | LoVerde |
| Porter | Lochner |
| Chase | Loggins |
| Tanner | Long |
| Woodrow | Long |
| Alexander | Loser |
| Wei Shan | Lu |
| Sarah | Lucovsky |
| Brendan | Luginbuhl |
| Tyson | Lurie |
| Steven | Lynch |
| Blake | Lyon |
| Kevin | Mahoney |
| Alexandra | Maldonado |
| William | Mansfield |
| Jacob | Martin |
| Vincent | Massaro |
| John | Mauriello |
| Samuel | May |
| Trevor | Mayes |
| Lucy | McArthur |
| Jack | McCall |
| Kenzie | McCallum |
| Justin | McCarty |
| Jack | McCullen |
| Hunter | McDonald |
| John | McElveen |
| Liam | McGrady |
| Ian | McGrath |
| Ava | McLaughlin |
| George | McLaughlin |
| Whitley | McMurry |
| Jake | McPherson |
| Grady | Meeks |
| Carter | Mekanik |
| Roberto | Mendez-Garcia |
| Daniel | Mengedoht |
| Jacob | Miller |
| Noah | Miller |
| Bradey | Minnich |
| Ethan | Mitchell |
| Ryan | Mollison |
| Peter | Monaco |
| Gabriel | Morgan |
| Alathea | Morse |
| John | Morton |
| Vansh | Motiani-Rincon |
| Natalie | Mullen |
| John | Mullis |
| Luke | Murphy |
| Christian | Naddy |
| Jonathan | Nance |
| Daniel | Nasson |
| Noah | Neitlich |
| Darius | Nettles |
| John | New |
| Sullivan | Newsome |
| Quinn | Nielsen |
| Samuel | Nutting |
| Gavin | O’Brien |
| Sean | O’Brien |
| Blakeley | Odom |
| Andrew | Oliver |
| Doreen | Ontiveros |
| Tiziana | Ortega |
| Osbourne | Owens |
| Aleksander | Pach |
| Andrew | Palmer |
| Richard | Parker |
| Aryan-Brijesh | Patel |
| Devin | Patel |
| Luke | Patton |
| Fisher | Paulsen |
| Bentley | Payne |
| Kamryn | Peebles |
| Anthony | Pellegrini |
| Bryson | Peppers |
| Brennan | Perkins |
| Edgar | Perry |
| Davonyae | Pettis |
| Lewis | Phillips |
| Colton | Pilgrim |
| Carmen | Ponce |
| Isaiah | Poppe |
| Rhyder | Poppell |
| Soliana | Porter |
| Robert | Powell |
| Jackson | Preacher |
| Joshua | Prebor |
| James | Putnam |
| Marcos | Quinn |
| Joseph | Rae |
| David | Ramey |
| William | Ramos |
| Meth | Ranaweera |
| Daniel | Rathbun |
| Jason | Raub |
| Owen | Reber |
| Walt | Reber |
| Meredith | Reed |
| Sawyer | Reeves |
| Briggs | Rehome |
| Tyler | Reichel |
| Nicholas | Renner |
| Cooper | Rhue |
| Trenton | Riffe |
| Makayla | Riley |
| Manuel | Rios |
| Paolo Josef | Rivero |
| Cody | Robbins |
| Lucas | Robins |
| Derrick | Robinson |
| Ja’Marcus | Robinson |
| Elijah | Rodriguez |
| Gavin | Rokosz |
| Conor | Rom |
| Dillon | Roman |
| David | Ropp |
| John | Ropp |
| John | Ross |
| Lyle | Ruchi |
| Griffin | Ruff |
| Jing-Kai | Rutland |
| Myles | Rutland |
| Tai-Hui | Rutland |
| Charles | Sackett |
| Armaan | Saini |
| Isaac | Salcedo-Sotelo |
| Connor | Salch |
| Jayden | Salley |
| William | Sargent |
| Bryce | Scambler |
| Paul | Scarpa |
| Joseph | Schenk |
| Madeline | Schmuck |
| Stephanie | Schnite |
| Matthew | Schwab |
| Preston | Scott |
| Bradford | Segal |
| Luke | Segee |
| Daniel | Shapiro |
| Zachary | Shell |
| Griffin | Shelton |
| Grant | Sheridan |
| John | Shirley |
| Samuel | Simmons |
| Brian | Sims |
| Abigail | Sitarik |
| Aidan | Smith |
| Aniyah | Smith |
| Joseph | Smith |
| Kailyn | Smith |
| Weston | Smith |
| Bennett | Smoak |
| Corbin | Snavely |
| Chad | Souders |
| Elisabeth | Southern |
| Bayliss | Spivey |
| Jeremiah | Stanmore |
| Daniel | Steffee |
| Rylan | Stillmunkes |
| Jarrett | Stoll |
| Caleb | Stone |
| Luka | Stouffer |
| Kyle | Straubel |
| Luke | Stringfield |
| Richard | Stuckey |
| Thomas | Sumner |
| Sutthikiat | Sungkeetanon |
| David | Sykes, Jr. |
| Yi | Tang |
| Kameron | Taylor |
| William | Templeton |
| Lance | Thacker |
| Barrett | Thompson |
| Gage | Timberlake |
| Peter | Torinese |
| Robert | Torres |
| Annika | Trochesset |
| Aquilla | Turk |
| Travis | Turley |
| Matthew | Unden |
| Graeson | Underwood |
| Alexis | Van Brocklin |
| Noah | Van Dyke |
| Clayton | Vande Burgt |
| Sofia | Vargas |
| William | Varn |
| Frederick | Vogel |
| Benjamin | Waldron |
| Charles | Walker |
| Zachary | Walker |
| Campbell | Wall |
| Donald | Wallace |
| Quentin | Walsh |
| Caleb | Waters |
| Mary | Watkins |
| Caroline | Weeren |
| Thomas | Weese |
| Jack | Weil |
| Colin | Weldon |
| Charlotte | Welsh |
| Colin | White |
| Sarah | White |
| Michael | Whitesell |
| Luke | Wiggins |
| Danielle | Williams |
| George | Williams |
| Robert Isaac | Williams |
| Dillon | Wilson |
| Logan | Wilson |
| Sam | Wilson |
| Luke | Winterble |
| Aidan | Wiseman |
| Parker | Wloch |
| Amanda | Wolford |
| Carson | Wood |
| Jacob | Wood |
| John-Preston | Wood |
| Walter | Wooten |
| Kaley | Worley |
| Stephen | Woytek |
| Christopher | Wulfhorst |
| Jonathan | Wyble |
| Oakley | Wykstra |
| Limin | Xu |
| Aidan | Yampey |
| CHUNG-CHIH | Yen |
| Charles | Young |
| Jesse | Young |
| Steven | Young |
| Ryan | Zigo |
| William | Zion |
Non-cadet undergraduate and graduate students
| First name | Last name |
|---|---|
| Connor | Amon |
| Claudia | Anderson |
| James | Anderson |
| Logan | Bacsal |
| Mackenzie | Baker |
| Cameron | Barrett |
| Elijah | Bass |
| Evangel | Baxter |
| Meara | Becotte |
| Michael | Behrends |
| Aaron | Beste |
| Zachary | Blanchard |
| Jack | Bormet |
| Shane | Brennan |
| Langley | Brimm |
| Madison | Byrne |
| Jonathan | Carfora |
| Jordan | Cashwell |
| Andrew | Cassin |
| Leigha | Clayton-Cornell |
| Gabriel | Colon |
| Ezekiel | Curry |
| Evelyn | Diaz Garcia |
| Madeline | Dos Santos |
| Mitchell | Downs |
| Aurel | Edyvean |
| Samuel | Erickson |
| Max | Fogel |
| Jeremiah | Fouch |
| Brandon | Gammons |
| Nina | Gampe |
| Joseph | Garruto |
| Jacob | Golanec |
| Carla | Goncalves |
| Shamar | Goodridge |
| Francisco | Grajeda |
| David | Gray |
| Kevin | Greene |
| James | Hagan |
| Robert | Harris |
| Drake | Head |
| Jacob | Hendrix |
| Nathan | Henigan |
| Erika | Hernandez |
| Michael | Holliday |
| Ashlyn | Howard |
| Rosario | Huerta-Cardenas |
| Vance | Hurley |
| Samuel | Iverson |
| Seth | James |
| Rolando | Jimenez |
| Brandon | Kentolall |
| Matthew | Kinsman |
| Kaid | Kravat |
| Gary | Lain |
| Austin | Lash |
| Natalie | Lau |
| Daniel | Lewis |
| Daniel | Lewis |
| Jesse | McClure |
| Chloe | McKellar |
| Blake | Mcnally |
| James | Moore |
| Houston | Motz |
| Natalie | Mueller |
| Delayne | Nickles |
| Bernard | Patton |
| Lev | Peschykhin |
| Cole | Platt |
| Harrison | Presley |
| Ricardo | Quintero |
| William | Ridenour |
| William | Roberts |
| Catherine | Rodriguez |
| Thomas | Rollauer |
| Kevin | Rossini |
| Morgan | Roy |
| Grace | Saboe |
| Nicko | Salem |
| David | Schley |
| Joseph | Senecal |
| Daniel | Sin Zuniga |
| Nicholaus | Sitzer |
| Brandon | Smith |
| Haven | Sowell |
| James | Stachura |
| William | Stachura |
| Andrew | Streetman |
| Zlata | Tabachna |
| Omar | Tactuck |
| Derrick | Talley |
| David | Ulit |
| Jacob | Ulmer |
| Justin | Urick |
| Tristan | Vietzke |
| Vladyslav | Voloshyn |
| Benjamin | Warner |
| Chance | Weise |
| Randall | Welton |
| Annastasha | Wenzel |
| Joshua | Wetmore |
| Elisha | Wright |
| Robert | Wright |
| Denys | Yashchuk |
| David | Yoo |
| Andrew | Young |
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