The University of Kentucky has released its Dean’s List for the spring 2017 semester.  A total of 6,412 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance. 
To make a Dean’s List in one of the UK colleges, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that semester, excluding credits earned in pass-fail classes.  Some UK colleges require a 3.5 GPA to make the Dean’s List.
Local residents named to the Dean’s List were: 
Jamie S Bradford, Sr, English; Gatlin McCoy Carrier, Jr, Philosophy; Spenser David Claiborne, Pharmacy 4yr, Pharmacy; Trenton K. Edgington, Sr, Management; Hunter T. Faulkner, So, Pre-Mechanical Engineering; Taylor Marie Faulkner, Sr, Human Health Sciences; Katharine Mae King, So, Pre-Human Nutrition; Gentry B. Lewis, Sr, Human Nutrition; Peyton B. Lewis, So, Pre-Nursing; Nikol Dawn Pluess, Sr, History; Haley Breann Reichenbach, Sr, Equine Science and Management; Maggie Elizabeth Taylor, Sr, Elementary Education; Emma Michelle Tobe, Jr, Communication Sciences and  Disorders; Gared Griffin Watkins, So, Secondary Education-Social Studies Education; Alyssa Brooke Weir, Jr, Interior Design; and Devin Lance Wren, Sr, Chemical Engineering.