LITTLE ROCK — Students from across the state have been named Governor’s Distinguished Scholars and Governor’s Scholars, the Arkansas Department of Higher Education has announced.
The Governor’s Scholars Program is divided into two categories: Governor’s Distinguished Scholars and Governor’s Scholars, said Jim Purcell, director of the Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
Applicants with at least a 3.5 grade-point average and a minimum of 32 ACT composite score or 1410 combined score on the critical reasoning and math sections of the SAT are designated Governor’s Distinguished Scholars.
Students who are named National Merit Finalists or National Achievement Finalists also qualify as Distinguished Scholars.
The scholarship pays up to $10,000 per year for full tuition, mandatory fees and room and board for up to the statutory maximum of 300 new awards each year.
Students who earn the highest scores in each of the state’s 75 counties are designated Governor’s Scholars.
Applicants’ scores are based on ACT or SAT score, high school grade-point average in academic courses, class rank and leadership.
The students earned at least a 3.5 grade-point average or a 27 ACT composite score or 1220 combined score on the critical reasoning and math sections of the SAT.
The scholarship pays up to $4,000 per year for full tuition, mandatory fees and room and board.
Here is a list of Governor’s Distinguished Scholars and Governor’s Scholars. The students are listed by their home counties and their schools. (The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts is in Hot Springs but its students come from all over the state. They are listed by their home counties, too.) GOVERNOR’S
DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS Arkansas County: Jordan Sellers, Benton High School;
Thomas Deatherage, Clinton High School; Hayden Leibrock, DeWitt High School; Brent Bell, Mena High School; and Ashley Glover, Stuttgart High School.
Ashley County: Steven Martin, Hamburg High School.
Baxter County: Courtney Bass, Mountain Home High School and Evan White, Mountain Home High Career Academics.
Benton County: Alexandra Arend, Ryan Graham, Kristian Guzman, Sasha Keck, Katie Lee, Jeffrey Leyenberger, Breana Patterson, Jonathan Phillips, Saranya Prathibha, Kelsey Riddle, Brittany Tavernaro and Maggie Thompson, Bentonville High School; Emily Bays, Mercersburg Academy;
Andrew Evans, Shiloh Christian Academy; Jonathan Marks, Arkansas Baptist High School;
Ashleigh Alecusan and James March, Rogers Heritage High School; Marni Bayles, Penelope Davis, Shanyce Day, Jeffrey Eisma, Zachary Lane, Tracer Moore, Anna Salomaa, Alex Schroeder, Christopher Sonntag, Daniel Sultemeier, Megan Wary and Matthew Williams, Rogers High School; and Emily Anderson, Victoria Fancher, Zachary Houston and Brittani Thomas, Siloam Springs High School.
Boone County: Jeffrey Cone, Alpena High School; Stuart Estes and Lacey Laborde, Harrison High School; and Kristen Coppola and Trey Lynch, Valley Springs High School.
Bradley County: Andrew Best, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts; and Hannah Norton, Warren High School.
Carroll County: Samantha Wages, Eureka Springs High School.
Chicot County: Elizabeth Pratt, Hamburg High School.
Clark County: Rebecca Trubitt, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts; Ellen Eubanks, Lindsey Fowler, Annelise Henley, Tamzen Tumlison and Cheston Wright, Arkadelphia High School; and Timothy Horton, home-schooled.
Conway County: Cora Autrey, Bailey Knapp, Tyler Priest and Meghan Sommers, Morrilton High School.
Craighead County: Paul Lewis, William VanScoy and Christina Wilson, Jonesboro High School;
Aaron Decker, Lauren Grantham and Tyler Strickel, Nettleton High School; and Georgia Kenyon and Rui Miao, Valley View High School.
Crawford County: Kelby Ferguson and Gentry Wahlmeier, Alma High School; and Donna Freeman, Robert Mayo and Aaron Owen, Van Buren High School.
Crittenden County: Zachary Carlson, Marion High School.
Cross County: Zane Sturm, Wynne High School.
Dallas County: Victoria Hilliard, Fordyce High School.
Faulkner County: Anna Bagwell, Tammy Barnes, Andrew Evans, Nathan Falls, Adam Ford, Sara Hales, Nicholas Kordsmeier, Jacob Leffert, Courtney Luck, Anthony Nail, Adam Osmon, Valerie Seefeld, Joshua Smith and Kevin Spatz, Conway High West; Joseph Black, Greenbrier High School; Jason Stevenson, Guy-Perkins High School;
Annalisa Crosmer, homeschooled; Mitchell Brady, Mount Vernon/Enola High School;
Jonathan Hinson, St. Joseph’s High School; Andrew Hudson, Conway Christian School; Alexis Hall, South Side High School; and Alex Riley and Zachary Simpson, Vilonia High School.
Franklin County: Eric Johnsey, Charleston High School and Jackson Wimberly, Ozark High School.
Fulton County: Meredith Tyree, Salem High School.
Garland County: Karina Sanders, Lake Hamilton High School; and Daniel Durbin, Johnathan Hughes and Philip Murry, Lakeside High School-Hot Springs.
Grant County: Robert Alderman, Sawyer Dunigan, Eric Eggburn, Benjamin Graves and Blake Mertens, Sheridan High School.
Greene County: Amy Fletcher, Greene County Tech High School. Hempstead County: William Montgomery, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.
Hot Spring County: Jon Golden and Nicole Thornton, Malvern High School.
Howard County: Kiley Jones, Nashville High School.
Independence County: Natanya Clark, Angela Davidson, Meredith McKinney and Jacob Pitts, Batesville High School.
Jackson County: Crystal-Anne Thomas, Newport High School.
Jefferson County: Cayla Tichy, Watson Chapel High School;
and John Hale, Kyle Sullivan and Ryland Walt, White Hall High School.
Johnson County: Hannah Anderson, Ashley Kimbriel, Lindsay Patterson and Brianna Risinger, Clarksville High School.
Lafayette County: Xavier Redmon, Bradley High School.
Little River County: Edwin Bird, Ashdown High School.
Logan County: William Warren, Booneville High School; Thomas Riddle, J.D. Leftwich High School;
and Sarah Reeves, Maur Hill-Mount Academy.
Lonoke County: Michael Godsey, Kelsey Loraditch, Karsten Powers, Katie Van Druff, Cabot High School; and James Williams, Harding Academy.
Madison County: Derek Witt, Huntsville High School and Daniel Ward, Kingston High School.
Miller County: Jana Edwards, Arkansas High School.
Mississippi County: Paul Nguyen, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts and Benjamin Schleiff, International Academy of Beijing.
Ouachita County: Amelia Lindsey, Camden Fairview High School and Barrett Burger, Camden Christian Academy.
Pike County: Kyler Kelton, Delight High School.
Poinsett County: Kristen Rhoads, Trumann High School.
Polk County: Brittany Willard, Mena High School and Randall Lyle, Wickes High School.
Pope County: Amy Brunson, Clayton Frazier, Grace Kellner, Jason McCollum, Emily Murray, Haley Prewett, Jacob Sparks, Addison Walker and Ryan Williams, Russellville High School.
Prairie County: James Proctor, Catholic High School.
Pulaski County: Morgan Rush, Arkansas Baptist High School;
Lauren DeClue, Emily Dobson and Sreesh Reddy, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts; Alan Baltz, Andrew DeClerk, Charles Lavender, Andrew Naeyaert, Thomas McVey and Travis Weigle, Catholic High School; Lauren Holland and Jesse Smith, Central ArkansasChristian Schools; Grayson Barber, James Barker, Matthew Christie, Brenna Gilstrap, John Gresham, Holly Hilliard, Christopher Johnson, Helio Liu, Joshua Lyon, Ryan MacLeod, Rachel Newell, Mackie O’Hara, Christa Page, Patrick Phelan, William Ragsdale, Addison Scott, Quan Shi, Neelam Vyas, Charles Watts and Taylor White, Central High School; Timothy Dinehart, Episcopal Collegiate School;
Michael Connell, home-schooled;
Nicholas Stevens, Jacksonville High School; Tess Coker, Kirby Von Edwins and Phillip Platt, Little Rock Christian Academy; Andrew Taylor, Lutheran High School;
Regie Longoria-Billings, Matthew Gammill and William Graves, Wilbur D. Mills High School;
Aaron Aldridge, Daniel Holmes, Vinson Jones, Katie Midkiff, Benjamin Perry, Savanna Scott and Blake Tierney, North Little Rock High School West; Eric Carter and Christopher Redmon, Parkview Magnet High School;
Stephanie Cone and Andrew Simms, Pulaski Academy; and Natalie Kerr, Sylvan Hills High School.
Saline County: Tyler Webb, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts; Sara Armstrong, Bauxite High School; Bryce Carlton, Mary Gillett, Michael Layton, Christopher Martindale, Madeline McGrath and Kayla Parsons, Benton High School; Nicholas Bell, William Chandler, Matthew Hill, Nicholas Kitchens, Jennifer Moulton and Willie Rice, Bryant High School; Matthew Faubion, Catholic High School; and Kristin Johnson, Little Rock Christian Academy.
Searcy County: Ashley Morris, Marshall High School.
Sebastian County: Devon Dundee and Nicholas Gill, Greenwood High School; Ryan Banning, Lavaca High School;
Emily Coats, Northside High School; and Dylan Beschoner, Dylan Botteicher, James Brown, Katie Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Blake Mansell, Cameron Parson, Rachel Riser, April Stec, Ariel Teague, Jacob Teeter, Margaret Warren and John Winstead, Southside High School-Fort Smith.
Sevier County: Jessica Perez, Horatio High School.
Union County: Daniel Polk, El Dorado High School; McKinley Hudson and Kelsey Wells, Parkers Chapel High School; and Sarah Carter, Columbia Christian Academy.
Van Buren County: Christopher Grant, Clinton High School.
Washington County: Mikaila Wilson, Bentonville High School;
Grace Heymsfield and Heath Robinson, Elkins High School;
Justine Dilberian, Farmington High School; Peyton Baker, Mathias Bellaiche, Taylor Brumbelow, Savannah Clay, Charles Denny, Kelsey Ferguson, Mary Guthrie, Fuad Haydar, Alexander Hayes, Logan Miller, Jordan Molesso, Caitlin Murphy, Brij Panda, William Richardson, Adam Servies, Yulong Su, Julian Thomas, Ryan Trovillion, Elizabeth Warren and Rachel Yeager, Fayetteville High School East; Gabriel Trumbo, Fayetteville High School West; Christopher Bayles, Sarah Carlock, Forster McAlexander, Robert Reed, Russell Reynerson, Chelsea Woods, Har-Ber High School;
Wilson Huett and Joshua Matlock, Shiloh Christian School;
and Stacia Baughman, West Fork High School.
White County: Emily Jones, Joshua Talley and Michael Weeks, Beebe High School;
Barrett Adair, Mallory Bennett, Benjamin Buterbaugh, Luke Hoffmann, Tyson Richardson, Baillie Valier, and Meredith Woodell, Searcy High School.
Woodruff County: Brandon McNew, McCrory High School.
GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS Arkansas County: Rachael Galloway, Stuttgart High School.
Ashley County: William Meeks, Hamburg High School.
Baxter County: Harley White, Mountain Home High School.
Benton County: Casey Caton, Rogers High School.
Boone County: Hayley Scott, Valley Springs High School.
Bradley County: Abbie Little, Warren High School.
Calhoun County: Katie Trammel, Fordyce High School.
Carroll County: Savannah Motzko, Berryville High School.
Chicot County: Laura Morphis, McGehee High School.
Clark County: Caitlin Secrest, Arkadelphia High School.
Clay County: Stephanie DeMent, Rector High School.
Cleburne County: Ryan Johnson, Quitman High School.
Cleveland County: William Jenkins, Rison High School.
Columbia County: Miki Lindsey, Magnolia High School.
Conway County: Bailey Williams, Morrilton High School.
Craighead County: Courtney Hill, Nettleton High School.
Crawford County: Cody Myers, Van Buren High School.
Crittenden County: Hannah Wells, Marion High School.
Cross County: Hilary Dowd, Wynne High School.
Dallas County: Trevor Richardson, Fordyce High School.
Desha County: Dilawer Singh, McGehee High School.
Drew County: Kelsy Bryant, Monticello High School.
Faulkner County: Austin Cole, Conway High West.
Franklin County: Jacqueline Jenkins, Ozark High School.
Fulton County: Jordan King, Salem High School.
Garland County: Hayden Dunn, Lake Hamilton High School.
Grant County: Caitlin Curry, Sheridan High School.
Greene County: Allie Massey, Greene County Tech High School. Hempstead County: Stephanie Winfield, Hope High School.
Hot Spring County: Ashley Cotnam, Ouachita High School.
Howard County: Brittany Brown, Nashville High School.
Independence County: Kristen Collins, Southside High School-Batesville.
Izard County: Kelsey Knowles, Calico Rock High School.
Jackson County: Allyson Freeman, Newport High School.
Jefferson County: Jacob Sturgeon, Pine Bluff High School.
Johnson County: Laney Mason, Clarksville High School.
Lafayette County: Joshua Hultberg, Columbia Christian School.
Lawrence County: Hannah Rowsey, Sloan-Hendrix High School.
Lee County: Lauren Kern, Lee Academy.
Lincoln County: Kelsey Postel, Star City High School.
Little River County: Kelsie Jones, Ashdown High School.
Logan County: Cole White, Scranton High School.
Lonoke County: Ashley Baldwin, Cabot High School.
Madison County: Slater Shrum, Huntsville High School.
Marion County: Cody Stoops, Yellville-Summit High School.
Miller County: Ryan Strebeck, Arkansas High School.
Mississippi County: Alayna Bell, Rivercrest High School.
Monroe County: Jessica Wilkison, Marvell Academy.
Montgomery County: Chandler Gaines, Oden High School.
Nevada County: LaTasha Moore, Prescott High School.
Newton County: Dustin Cowell, Deer High School.
Ouachita County: Erin Lisemby, Bearden High School.
Perry County: Samantha West, Perryville High School.
Phillips County: Lori Schubach, Barton High School.
Pike County: Shelbi Jenkins, Centerpoint High School, and Tyler McRae, Murfreesboro High School.
Poinsett County: Mallory Jordan, Weiner High School.
Polk County: Hilary Sherrer, Mena High School.
Pope County: Amy Campbell, Russellville High School.
Prairie County: Brody Goode, Hazen High School.
Pulaski County: Joshua Lintag, Central High School-Little Rock.
Randolph County: James Godwin, Pocahontas High School. Saline County: Matthew Melero, Benton High School.
Scott County: Taylor Ping, Waldron High School.
Searcy County: Hannah Willis, St. Joe High School.
Sebastian County: Shelby Nolte, Southside High School-Fort Smith.
Sevier County: Brianne Hillier, De Queen High School.
Sharp County: Stephanie Shaw, Highland High School.
St. Francis County: Lauren Martin, Forrest City High School.
Stone County: MiQuela Shipman, Mountain View High School.
Union County: Daniel Clayton, El Dorado High School.
Van Buren County: Lily Garbow, Clinton High School.
Washington County: Devin Reed, Har-Ber High School.
White County: Judd Burns, Beebe High School.
Woodruff County: Katie Baker, McCrory High School.
Yell County: Brett Bland, Western Yell County High School.
Arkansas, Pages 22 on 07/25/2010