ASMSA graduates include 7 from Clark County

HOT SPRINGS — The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts held its 32nd annual Commencement celebrating the graduation of the Class of 2026 at the Oaklawn Event Center.

The ceremony honored 107 graduates from 40 counties. The graduates earned almost $32.5 million in scholarship offers, pushing the overall total to $386.2 million over the school’s history. Megan Reed, Ph.D., MBA, who is a member of ASMSA Class of 2010 and serves as a senior licensing associate at BioVentures, the technology transfer office at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, served as the commencement’s keynote speaker. Grace Ann Conn of Van Buren and Luis Vidal Jr. of Fort Smith, both members of the Class of 2026, were student speakers.

The following is a list of graduates listed by county:

Arkansas: Isaac Cotton of Stuttgart

Ashley: Mackenzie Curl of Crossett, Rozy Newhouser of Crossett

Benton: Aarush Goyal of Bentonville, Priya James of Mountainburg (formerly of Decatur), Lydia Robertson of Pea Ridge

Boone: Nathan Allred of Harrison

Carroll: Nakoa Beattie of Monticello (formerly of Eureka Springs)

Chicot: Elijah Stanton of Eudora

Clark: Benjamin Dong of Arkadelphia, Sephorah Faiq of Arkadelphia, Brylee Hughes of Gurdon, Grey Ivy of Paragould (formerly of Arkadelphia), Caleb Keeling of Arkadelphia, Emma Sedgwick of Arkadelphia, Kate Sedgwick of Arkadelphia

Clay: Jade Espinoza of Corning

Cleburne: Elijah Antonacci of Greers Ferry

Cleveland: Lilly Gray of Conway (formerly of Rison)

Craighead: Sophie Milton of Jonesboro, Reagan Nelson of Jonesboro, Raegan Smith of Jonesboro

Crawford: Grace Ann Conn of Van Buren, Priya James of Mountainburg, Nora Medlock of Dyer

Crittenden: Jhada Armstrong of Hot Springs (formerly of West Memphis), Ridgely Bond of Marion,

Drew: Nakoa Beattie of Monticello, Eli Gregory of Monticello

Faulkner: Bailey Bray of Greenbrier, KC Cavin of Mount Vernon, Micaela Collver of Greenbrier, Joe Cotabish of Conway, Lilly Gray of Conway, Claira Hartig of Greenbrier, Tristan Henson of Maumelle (formerly of Conway), Miranda Lee of Conway, Tanvi Marupally of Conway, Montgomery Wines of Vilonia

Fulton: Bryce Jackson of Salem

Garland: Jhada Armstrong of Hot Springs, Kace Capshaw of Hot Springs, Matthew Carter of Hot Springs, Giea de los Reyes of Hot Springs, Nathan Harbut of Hot Springs, Max Monroe of Hot Springs, Bianca Navarro of Hot Springs, Cassie Rudnicki of Hot Springs Village, Sarah Tanner of Hot Springs, Faith Wesley of Hot Springs

Grant: Paola Sustaita of Sheridan

Greene: Grey Ivy of Paragould, Abdissa Omer of Paragould

Hempstead: Colton Melson of Springdale (formerly of Nashville), Winston Wang of Hope

Jefferson: Halie Cook of Pine Bluff, Nathan McQueen of White Hall, Payton Stinnett of Redfield, Kaitleen Toh of Little Rock (formerly of White Hall)

Johnson: Dray Makepeace of Hagarville

Little River County: Jordan Gauldin of Foreman

Lonoke: Catherine Van Dorple of Cabot

Mississippi: Bridger Foyt of Blytheville, Nathan Grady of Blytheville

Newton: Mason Sims of Compton

Ouachita: Andrew Archer of Camden

Perry: Stevie Watkins of Perryville

Phillips: Maddie Helton of West Helena

Pike: Addie Nance of Delight

Pope: Beckett Beam of Russellville, Alexander Cox of Russellville, Sophia Lee of Russellville, Derek Ramey of Dardanelle, Gavin Rion of Pottsville, Subi Shakya of Russellville, Kian Shojaei of Russellville, Mason Vaden of Dardanelle

Pulaski: Graydon Anderson of Little Rock, Jeremiah Chen of North Little Rock, Violet Dailey of Sherwood, Phoenix Dunkley of Little Rock, Jack Ghotra of Little Rock, Aarush Goyal of Bentonville (formerly of Little Rock), Tristan Henson of Maumelle, Donovan Hurtarte of Little Rock, Rasikh Imam of Little Rock, Zee Kidd of Little Rock, Natalie Laryea of Maumelle, Madeline Lee of Maumelle, Michelle Li of Sherwood, Emily Lin of Little Rock, Errol Nagy of Little Rock, Jun Park of Maumelle, Rose Patella of Little Rock, Tatum Polzin of Little Rock, D’Kirrah Ragland of North Little Rock, Lisandro Ramos of Little Rock, Kaitleen Toh of Little Rock, Celeste White of North Little Rock

Saline: Beau Goldthorpe of Benton, Bella Guzman of Benton, Afton Krebs of Alexander, Makenna Kutzschebauch of Benton, Kira Marshall of Benton, Reese Wells of Benton, Kaiyan Yu of Benton

Sebastian: Anna Le of Fort Smith, Luis Vidal Jr. of Fort Smith

Sharp: Coley Rogers of Cherokee Village, Emma Sedgwick of Arkadelphia (formerly of Sharp County), Kate Sedgwick of Arkadelphia (formerly of Sharp County)

Stone: Mason Vaden of Dardanelle (formerly of Mountain View)

Union: Paul Boerwinkle of El Dorado

Van Buren: Jacob Lewis of Clinton

Washington: Colton Melson of Springdale, Malee Vang of Lincoln

Yell: Dahlia Cortez-Woodard of Plainview, Riley Richardson of Belleville