Derek Martinez of Maple Valley and a senior Biology major at Saint Martin’s University has been named to the school’s Dean’s list.

To earn academic honors at Saint Martin’s undergraduate students must receive a 3.5 grade point average or higher (based on a 4.0 scale) carry at least a 12-semester-hour course load and complete all coursework undertaken for the semester.

Saint Martin’s University is an independent four-year co-educational university in Lacey. Established in 1895 by the Catholic Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 14 Benedictine colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering. Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and religious backgrounds to its main campus and 650 more to its extension campuses located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Everett College, Centralia College and Tacoma Community College.