Four Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts students earned scholarships in the recent 2025/2026 Thea Foundation Scholarship Competition.
Seniors Beau Goldthorpe of Benton, KC Cavin of Mount Vernon, Priya James of Mountainburg and Makenna Kutzschebauch of Benton were among the 36 students statewide who earned scholarships in the competition. The foundation awarded $219,000 in scholarships in five categories: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Film and Fashion.
Thorpe placed fourth in the Performing Arts category, earning a $7,000 scholarship. Cavin placed third in the Visual Arts category, earning an $8,000 scholarship. James placed second in the Film category, earning a $9,000 scholarship. Kutzschebauch placed third in the Film category, earning an $8,000 scholarship.
The annual competition is for Arkansas graduation high school seniors. The organization’s first scholarship was awarded in 2002. The program is now endowed and has provided more than $3.7 million in scholarships. A full list of scholarship recipients may be found on the foundation’s website.