Ivy Tech issues 1,700 degrees, certificates to nearly 1,400 graduates
Family, friends, faculty, and staff of Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo gathered Friday, May 8, to celebrate the nearly 1,400 individuals who earned more than 1,700 certificates and degrees as members of the Class of 2026.
In four commencement ceremonies in Hingst Hall on the Kokomo Campus, Ivy Tech celebrated the work of students from throughout the College’s Kokomo Service Area, which includes Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Pulaski, and Tipton counties, as well as students from as far away as Arizona and Florida. The more than 1,360 students in the class are expected to have completed work on 1,765 degrees and certificates by the end of the Fall 2025 and Spring and Summer 2026 terms.
Included in the numbers are 490 high school students who earned 554 college credentials while completing their high school diplomas. The students earned their credentials through dual enrollment classes at Ivy Tech and dual-credit courses at Caston, Eastern, Kokomo, Lewis Cass, Logansport, Maconaquah, North Miami, Peru, Pioneer, Rochester, Tipton, Tri-Central, West Central, Western, and Winamac high schools in the service area, as well as Noblesville and Westfield, courtesy of the Automotive Technician Education Pathway program with Chariot Automotive Group.
Dr. Ethan Heicher, chancellor of the Ivy Tech Kokomo Service Area, extended his congratulations to the graduates for their many achievements and acknowledged those who supported them.
During the ceremonies, Ivy Tech Kokomo awarded the honorary degree Associate of Science in College and Community Service for 2026 to Tanya Foutch of Kokomo. Foutch has served the Kokomo Campus as both a Campus Board of Trustees member and as its representative to Ivy Tech’s State Board of Trustees. Her leadership has spanned the Kokomo Campus’s $43 million renovation as well as the recent EV Battery Plant standup, both projects that have transformed Ivy Tech in the Kokomo Service Area. An engineering leader at Stellantis for 30 years, Tanya has worked to nurture the next generation of engineers, scientists and mathematicians through STEM campus and projects that have impacted hundreds of students.
Four members of the Class of 2026 were selected as student speakers, one for each ceremony. These included Brady Mock of Peru, Coy Cunningham of Kokomo, Braylen Nipper of Peru, and William (Zach) Sturch of Peru.
Also recognized during the ceremonies were Kyle Wiley, assistant professor of Visual Communications, winner of the President’s Award for Excellence in Instruction as a full-time faculty member; Hans Lapp, adjunct faculty in Cyber Security & Information Assurance, winner of the Adjunct Award for Excellence in Instruction; and Daniel Wyant, Business and Marketing teacher at Peru High School, winner of the Dual Credit Faculty of the Year.
Jenna Jackson of Kokomo, who has earned an Associate of Science degree in Business Administration, was honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence as the outstanding scholar in the graduating class.
Members of Ivy Tech Kokomo Service Area’s graduating class of 2026, listed alphabetically by county and hometown within the Kokomo Lantern’s coverage area, include:
Cass County
Galveston
Mattison Buis
Bethany Cade
Halley Douglas
Cameo Espinoza
Curtis Henry
Ava Hubner
Kaiden Hughes
Kaycee Jackson
Abigail Keeney
Jackson Kistler
Emily Manczunski
Kaelynn Mercier
Ashton Morgan
Joanna Pace
Mandy Scott
Nathaniel Seals
Alexis Smith
Adam Truax
Annabelle Wilson
Cadence Wrightsman
Young America
Jaelynn Brown
Maverick Hughes
Howard County
Galveston
Serenity Phillips
Greentown
Brysen Begley
Shelly Brown
Midnight Bunker
Jayd Bunker
Natalie Corder
Caitlyn Delagrange
Helena Epp
Jillian Gibson
Ryan Graf
Matthew Hendricks
Timothy Hendricks
Jennifer Hughes
Reid Keisling
Abigail Keller
Mason Krebs
Bradley Miller
Derrick Pickett
Joshua Robison
Brysmon Russell
Ethan Schuldt
BreeAnna Taylor
Allyson Vandergriff
Owen Widup
Molly Wyman
Hemlock
Noeah Morley
Kokomo
Ian Abraham
Brian Abraham
MaKayla Adcock
Amber Aguilar
James Aldridge
Conner Alexander
Arianna Allen
Helen Allen
Curtis Altman
Tyler Anderson
Madison Armstrong
Preston Arreola
Gustavo Arriola
Char'Dae Avery
Brody Bagwell
Emma Baker
Courtney Baker
Jessica Baran
Jacob Barkley
Eliza Barkley
Jaden Barnes
Colin Barnett
Aaron Bass
Aubrey Bates
Tyler Bay
Eltocia Bazil
Marcus Beard
Johnathon Beatty
Abigail Becraft
Brooklyn Bennett
Shadiayah Bennett
Ja'Yana Bethel
Shelby Birden
Brianne Bitner
Kaden Blount
Andrew Blunt
Joel Bolen
Brianna Bolen
Braedyn Booker
Vinrai Boparai
Denise Bowser
Zachary Bowser
Bryce Brassard
Victoria Brew
Ashley Bridgewater
Wyatt Britton
Adam Brock
Sha-Rina Brown
Ian Bryant
Gabriel Bumgardner
Kaitlynn Bunch
Gregory Burns
Tone Burton
Steven Buscher
Elijah Butzin
Cameron Byrd
Claire Callane
Alanis Calvert
Delilah Canady
Callie Canady
Matthew Carpenter
Reagan Carpenter
Judith Carter
Marcos Castorena
Cristobal Castorena
Anthony Catt
Mackenzea Causey
Dylan Cessna
Cole Chambers
Karah Chase
Carlos Chavez
Carter Churchill
Ronald Clabaugh
Dustin Clanton
Jacey Cody
Lilyann Cohee
Adylee Cohee
Chrisa Collier
Bailey Collins
Braylon Collins
Garrett Coop
Jordan Cooper
Taliyah Copeland
Katia Council
Tabray Cox
Rachel Cox
Cecelia-Ahlyne Cox
Carter Craig
Nolan Crawford
Katrina Croddy
Jacqueline Cuatlacuatl
Hayden Cummins
Coy Cunningham II
Christien Damewood
Stacy Davis
Zachary Davis
Akeem Davis
Colten Davison
Abigail Deditch
Owen Demler
Kendall DePoy
Samantha Devlin
Dakota Diaz
Zachary Diedrichs
Nicholas Dillman
Brian Downs
Dashawn Dumas
Connor Duncan
Amelia Duncan
Amanda Dunn
Christina Durham
Aniya Edwards
Julia Fair
Miles Fairchild
Samuel Farmer
Jazmynn Feltis
Jaila Fields
Emily Figueroa
Shiah Fitts
Alli Fivecoate
Lauren Fleming
Piper Flook
McKayla Flores
Kristen Flowers
Gabrielle Flowers
Samantha Fluharty
Braxton Frederick
Angel Free
Michaelah Freels
Faith Freeman
Royce Fritch
Rebeca Fulkerson
Gabriella Furlow
Katrell Gaillard
Judy Galloway
LaDonna Gatewood
Nichole Gatewood
Andrew Gauthier
Spencer Gee
Kaylani George
Elaina Gibson
Kingston Gilbert
Parker Gillem
Jenna Glentzer
Alexis Godsey
Katelyn Green
Shadey Greer
Nanette Guay
Kadence Hamby
Kylie Hamilton
Hudson Hamilton
James Hansen
Malachi Harper
Melaina Harrell
Toby Harris
Jolen Harris
Sydney Harris
Corey Haus
Reagan Hawes
Isabella Head
Terra Hedges
Madison Hendrix
Benjamin Heredia
Danyela Hernandez
Kristina Hill
Marissa Hineman
Cameron Hobensack
Leah Hornbuckle
Ezra Horne
Charles Houlahan
Timothy Howard
Darci Hughes
Alexis Hughes
Elizabeth Hummel
Maliah Hurlburt
Karen Inman
Logan Isaacs
Andrew Isaacs
Antione Jackson
La’Drea Jackson
Abbigail Jackson
Kaylee Jackson
Jenna Jackson
Renee Jarrett
Benjamin Jarvis
Westley Johnson
Kendra Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Jeffery Johnston
Kraemer Keller
Wyatt Kelley
Brandon Kelly
Ethan Kelser
Sophia Kenworthy
Jared Kernel
Ken Kessler
Kyle Kewley
Ryan Kewley
Levi King
Chloe King
Madelynn King
Alanis Kitts
Jayten Kitts
Alayna Kline
Jadon Kosberg
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Emma Lambert-Boyer
Nakai Lane
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Gavin Lawson
Mike Leach
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Ariyana Lenard
Christopher Lewis
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Keagon Little
Novalei Loer
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Jayla Lunsford
Dondra Lyons
Dustin Lytle
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Robert Maldonado
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Julianna Mann
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Samuel Marion
Amaya Martin
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