CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (September 29, 2025) —Gold stars were awarded to cadets and students at The Citadel who achieved a 3.7 grade-point average or higher in the spring 2025 semester.
Cadets and students who achieve gold star recognition are also placed on The Citadel's Dean's List.
The following local students were awarded gold stars for spring 2025 at The Citadel:
Colton Pilgrim of Blue Grass, Iowa
Peyton Pilgrim of Blue Grass, Iowa
Byron Carter of Rock Island, Illinois
About The Citadel
The Citadel, with its iconic campus located in Charleston, South Carolina, offers a classic military-college education for young men and women focused on leadership excellence and academic distinction. The approximately 2,300 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets are not required to serve in the military, but about one-third of each class earn commissions to become officers in every branch of US military service. Citadel alumni have served the nation, their states, and their communities as principled leaders since 1842. The Citadel Graduate College offers dozens of graduate degree, graduate certificate, and evening undergraduate programs in the evening or online. The Citadel has been consecutively named Best Public College in the South by US News and World Report for fourteen years and N° 1 Best Public College for Veterans in the South for seven years. Learn more about The Citadel here.
