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ASMSA recognizes student achievements at awards ceremony

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

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