The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts held its 2024 Honors Convocation on Monday, May 13. The annual Honors Convocation is an opportunity to recognize the students’ academic achievements for the school year as well as special awards and fellowships.
Students who were recognized included:
Humanities Department
Outstanding Graphic Arts Junior: Kelvin Orduna of Huntsville
Outstanding Graphic Arts Senior: Lyla Hill of Hot Springs
Outstanding Visual Arts Junior: Olivia Busby of Heber Springs
Outstanding Visual Arts Senior: Gwen Oliver of Oxford, Miss., formerly of Jonesboro
Outstanding Wind Ensemble Junior: Ezekiel Summers of Paragould
Outstanding Wind Ensemble Senior: Shea Stabila of Pangburn
Outstanding Choir Award: Taraji Kiyumbi of Palestine and Lauren Dengel of Cabot
Outstanding Jazz Award: Christine Dunning of Clarksville
Outstanding String Ensemble Award: Annette Ha of Benton
Outstanding Music Junior: Jena Brown of Hope
Outstanding Music Senior: Quinn Corp of Charleston
Outstanding Creative Writing Junior: Saylor Ross of Crossett
Outstanding Creative Writing Senior: Kuhno Lee of Little Rock
Outstanding History Achievement – National History Day: Makenna Kutzschebauch of Benton
Outstanding U.S. History: Jonathan Tucker of Batesville
Outstanding World History: Avery Binuya of Lamar
Outstanding Social Science: Micaela Collver of Greenbrier
Outstanding Humanities Junior: Olivia Busby of Heber Springs
Outstanding Humanities Senior: Stella Bentley of Eureka Springs
Outstanding Beginning French: Raegan Smith of Jonesboro
Outstanding Intermediate French: Jaime Hernandez of Decatur
Outstanding Advanced French: Pragya Chauhan of Bentonville
Outstanding Beginning Spanish: Saylor Ross of Crossett and Winston Wang of Hope
Outstanding intermediate Mid-Level Spanish: Leah Stallcup
Outstanding Intermediate High-Level Spanish: Emily Lin of Little Rock
Outstanding Advanced Spanish: Kaira Harper of Jonesboro
Outstanding Beginning Japanese: Reagan Smith of Marion
Outstanding Intermediate Japanese: Sarah Pham of Hot Springs
Outstanding Advanced Japanese: Michelle Lin of Little Rock
Outstanding Photographer: Grayson Jackson of Benton
Mathematics/Computer Science Department
Outstanding Math Sophomore: Anna Le of Fort Smith
Outstanding Math Junior: Sarah Pham of Hot Springs
Outstanding Computer Science Sophomore: Vasily Nedosekin of Little Rock
Outstanding Computer Science Junior: Ella Ambos of Greenbrier
Outstanding Computer Science Senior: Jayden Patel of Blytheville
Science Department
Outstanding Junior Biology Student: Maya Allen of Harrison and Carmella Lewis of Alma
Outstanding Senior Biology Student: Aarohi Sonputri of Little Rock and Michaela Stevens of Hot Springs
Outstanding Sophomore Chemistry Student: Kaiyan Yu of Benton and Micaela Collver of Greenbrier
Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student: Saylor Ross of Crossett and Jackson Whittaker of Benton
Outstanding Senior Chemistry Student: Savannah Peters of North Little Rock and Christian Lu of Jonesboro
Outstanding Junior Physics Student: Sarah Pham of Hot Springs
Outstanding Senior Physics Student: Jezi Lowry of Conway
Outstanding Junior Earth and Space Science Student: Kira Burnett of Mountainburg
Outstanding Senior Earth and Space Science Student: Shea Stabila of Pangburn and Marko Hales of Greenbrier
Outstanding Junior Engineering Student: Titan Dinwiddie of Sherwood and Karilynn Arrelano of Mineral Springs
Outstanding Senior Engineering Student: Ivy Hong of North Little Rock and Sasha Thomas of Hot Springs
Outstanding Junior Environmental Science Student: Kolten Shook of North Little Rock and Christine Dunning of Clarksville
Outstanding Senior Environmental Science Student: Anna Grace Wright of Pottsville and Samantha Pruitt of North Little Rock
Student Fellowships and Special Awards
George H. Connor Award for outstanding senior male mathematics student: Tim Palmer of Mena
Melanie Nichols Award for outstanding senior female mathematics student: Nasya Choy of Conway
Daniel A. Benton Award: Charlotte Lammers of Blytheville
John Harrison Humanities Student Award: Michaela Stevens of Hot Springs
Alderdice Family Award for Excellence in the Arts: Gwen Oliver of Oxford, Miss., formerly of Jonesboro
Alderdice Family Award for Excellence in Music: Grace Adams of Lamar
Don Munro Award for Humanities: Ella Campbell of Bismarck
Alderdice Family Summer Arts Fellowship: AB Manness of Benton
Computer Science Summer Research Fellowship: Ryan Chang of Sherwood
Fredinburg Technology and Innovation Fellowship: Kelvin Orduna of Huntsville
Murphy USA Summer Research Fellowship: Damian Biggs of Henryetta, Okla., and Christine Dunning of Clarksville
Trustees’ Service Fellowship: Jaime Hernandez of Decatur
ASMSA Class of 2000 Student Leadership Impact Award: Daniel Nkunga of Sherwood
Charlie Cole Chaffin Student Service Award: Xander Napier of Lamar
ASMSA Student Support Award: Claira Hartig of Greenbrier
Computer Science Student Award: Jayden Patel of Blytheville
Dr. Jon Ruehle Life Sciences Award: Marko Hales of Greensboro
ASMSA Student Scientist Award: Aarohi Sonputri of Little Rock
The PavelPax Project Fellowship Award: Avery Binuya of Lamar
Transportation Grant-UAMS Summer Research: Carmella Lewis of Alma, Kayleigh Murphy of Alexander, Meera Patel of Hot Springs and Sindia Michael of Paragould
Summer Program at Savannah College of Art and Design: Preston Lowe of Mayflower