The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts held its annual Honors Convocation on Monday, May 12. The annual Honors Convocation is an opportunity to recognize the students’ academic achievements for the school year as well as special awards and fellowships.
Maddox Jessup, a senior from Stuttgart, was featured as a student speaker during the event. Students who were recognized included:
Humanities Department
Outstanding Graphic Arts Junior: GraceAnn Conn of Van Buren
Outstanding Graphic Arts Senior: Hailey Judkins of Benton
Outstanding Visual Arts Junior: Coley Rogers of Cherokee Village
Outstanding Visual Arts Senior: AB Maness of Benton
Outstanding Wind Ensemble Junior: Jacob Lewis of Clinton
Outstanding Wind Ensemble Senior: Titan Dinwiddie of Sherwood
Outstanding Choir Award: Kemdi Ekeanyanwu, a sophomore from Little Rock
Outstanding Jazz Award: Padraigh Easley, a senior from Conway
Outstanding String Ensemble Award: Anna Le, a junior from Fort Smith
Outstanding Creative Writing Junior: Micaela Collver of Greenbrier
Outstanding Creative Writing Senior: Jonathan Tucker of Batesville
Outstanding History Achievement: National History Day: Makenna Kutzchebauch, a junior from Benton; Naoka Beattie, a junior from Eureka Springs; Tristan Henson, a junior from Maumelle; and Emily Lin, a junior from Little Rock
Outstanding U.S. History: Rose Patella, a junior from Little Rock
Outstanding World History: Emily Lin, a junior from Little Rock
Outstanding Social Science: Karilynn Arrellano, a senior from Mineral Springs
Outstanding Humanities Junior: Phoenix Dunkley of Little Rock
Outstanding Humanities Senior: Rosie Garner of White Hall
Outstanding Beginning French: Alexander Cox, a junior from Russellville
Outstanding Intermediate French: Titan Dinwiddie, a senior from Sherwood
Outstanding Advanced French: Jaime Hernandez Perez, a senior from Decatur
Outstanding Beginning Spanish: Bridger Foyt, a junior from Blytheville
Outstanding Intermediate Mid-Level Spanish: Saylor Ross, a senior from Crossett
Outstanding Intermediate High-Level Spanish: Kris Torres, a senior from Fairfield Bay, and Sage Torres, a senior from Fairfield Bay
Outstanding Advanced Spanish: Faith Wesley, a junior from Hot Springs
Outstanding Beginning Japanese: D’Kirrah Ragland, a junior from North Little Rock
Outstanding Intermediate Japanese: Reagan Smith, a senior from Marion
Outstanding Advanced Japanese: Paul Murphy, a senior from Conway, and Sarah Pham, a senior from Hot Springs
Outstanding Photographer: Cory Breshears, a senior from Bonnerdale
Mathematics/Computer Science Department
Outstanding Math Sophomore: Jacob Clingan of Benton
Outstanding Math Junior: Nathan Harbut of Hot Springs
Outstanding Computer Science Sophomore: Addison Schulist of Russell and Kemdi Ekeanyanwu of Little Rock
Outstanding Computer Science Junior: Colton Melson of Nashville and Elijah Antonacci of Greers Ferry
Outstanding Computer Science Senior: Zeke Summers of Paragould and Ty Carmichael of Hot Springs Village
Science Department
Outstanding Junior Biology Student: Emily Lin of Little Rock and Aarush Goyal of Little Rock
Outstanding Senior Biology Student: Meera Patel of Hot Springs and Maya Allen of Harrison
Outstanding Sophomore Chemistry Student: Jacob Clingan of Benton and Rebekah Johnson of Sherwood
Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student: Kaiyan Yu of Benton and Rose Patella of Little Rock
Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student: Jackson Whittaker of Benton and Kalyn You of Everton
Outstanding Junior Physics Student: Kaiyan Yu of Benton
Outstanding Senior Physics Student: Evan Quirk of West Fork and Riley Hart of Mountain View
Outstanding Sophomore Earth and Space Science Student: Zoey Terry of Malvern
Outstanding Junior Earth and Space Science Student: Drayton Makepeace of Hagarville and Riley Richardson of Belleville
Outstanding Senior Earth and Space Science Student: Olivia Judkins of Benton and Titan Dinwiddie of Sherwood
Outstanding Junior Engineering Student: Michelle Li of Sherwood and Paul Boerwinkle of El Dorado
Outstanding Senior Engineering Student: Karilynn Arellano of Mineral Springs and Riley Hart of Mountain View
Outstanding Junior Environmental Science Student: Rasikh Imam of Little Rock and Graydon Anderson of Little Rock
Outstanding Senior Enivronmental Science Student: Zeke Summers of Paragould and Kolten Shook of North Little Rock
ASMSA Foundation Fund Awards and Fellowships
George H. Connor Award (Male Senior Mathematics): Jackson Whittaker, a senior from Benton
Melanie Nichols Award (Female Senior Mathematics: Sarah Pham, a senior from Hot Springs
Dan A. Benton Award: Paul Jonsek, a senior from Hot Springs Village
John Harrison Humanities Student Award: Jonathan Tucker, a senior from Batesville
Alderdice Family Award for Excellence in the Arts: Olivia Busby, a senior from Heber Springs
Alderdice Family Award for Excellence in Music: Annette Ha, a senior from Benton
Don Munro Award for Humanities: Alex Ulmer, a senior from Conway
Alderdice Family Summer Arts Fellowship: Sephorah Faiq, a junior from Arkadelphia
Computer Science Summer Research Fellowship: Nathan Harbut, a junior from Hot Springs
Fredinburg Technology and Innovation Fellowship: Benjamin Dong, a junior from Arkadelphia
Murphy USA Summer Research Fellowship: Tanvi Marupally, a junior from Conway, and Luis Vidal, a junior from Fort Smith
Trustees’ Service Fellowship: Raegan Smith, a junior from Jonesboro, and Li Smith, a junior from Hot Springs Village
ASMSA Class of 200 Student Leadership Impact Award: Nathan Alam, a senior from White Hall
Charlie Cole Chaffin Student Service Award: Daymond Franklin, a senior from Lexa
ASMSA Student Support Award: Reagan Smith, a senior from Marion
Computer Science Student Award: Ty Carmichael, a senior from Hot Springs Village
Dr. Jon Ruehle Life Sciences Award: Kira Burnett, a senior from Farmington
ASMSA Student Scientist Award: Carmella Lewis, a senior from Alma
The PavelPax Project Fellowship Award: Rosie Garner, a senior from White Hall, and Padraigh Easley, a senior from Conway
Transportation Grant-UAMS Summer Science Research: Kaiyan Yu, a junior from Benton; Jeremiah Chen, a junior from North Little Rock; Miranda Lee, a junior from Conway; Micaela Collver, a junior from Greenbrier; Kaitleen Toh, a junior from White Hall; Emily Lin, a junior from Little Rock; Nathan Grady, a junior from Blytheville; Graydon Anderson, a junior from Little Rock; and Rasikh Imam, a junior from Imam
Summer Music Fellowship: Faith Wesley, a junior from Hot Springs.
Summer Music Excellence Grant: Giea de los Reyes, a junior from Hot Springs.
Special Awards
University of Rochester — George Eastman Young Leaders Award: GraceAnn Conn, a junior from Van Buren
University of Rochester — Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award: Miranda Lee, a junior from Conway
University of Rochester — Xerox Award: Benjamin Dong, a junior from Arkadelphia
University of Rochester — Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthon Award: Phoenix Dunkley, a junior from Little Rock
Horatio Algers Scholar: Tristan Henson, a junior from Maumelle