Fifteen students from 10 different majors and concentrations have been named Senior Scholars for 2021-22, and each department in U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences has named its outstanding students for the year.

Seven students are First-Ranked Senior Scholars, signifying a 4.0 grade point average with all coursework completed at the U of A, and eight are Senior Scholars, signifying students with the highest GPA (also all 4.0s) with at least half of their coursework completed at the U of A.

First-Ranked Senior Scholars

• Aryn Grace Blumenberg, food science, Conway
• Blair Katherine Buchanan, environmental, soil and water science, Plano, Texas
• Ian Gilbert, animal science, biology and Spanish
• Victoria Liung Reid, animal science, Little Rock
• Cailey Schmutz, animal science
• Emily Faith Spatz, poultry science and Spanish, Farmington
• Nicholas D. Valentini, animal science, Mount Albert, Ontario, Canada

Senior Scholars

• Earin Oakley Davis, agricultural economics and agribusiness
• Kylanna Elaine Hardaway, food, nutrition and health, Poteau, Oklahoma
• Amber Knoernschild, human nutrition and dietetics
• Dana White Lampkin, birth through kindergarten
• Emma G. Marrington, human development and family sciences
• Yesica Araseli Perez, apparel merchandising and product development, Rogers
• Laura Cristal Reyes, human development and family sciences
• Evan L. Sears, environmental, soil and water science

Departmental winners of outstanding senior, outstanding master's degree and outstanding Ph.D. student awards include:

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

• Austin Tanner King, senior
• Benjamin Jacobs, M.S.

Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

• Evan Johnson, senior
• Jessica Lynn Wesson, M.S.

Animal Science

• Laykyn Rainbolt, senior
• Hunter Usdrowski, M.S.
• Samantha Howe, Ph.D.

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

• Tanner King, senior
• Tristen Avent, M.S.
• Maria Leticia Zaccaro-Gruener, Ph.D.

Entomology and Plant Pathology

• Paige Cummins, M.S.
• Juanita Gil Bedoya, Ph.D.

Food Science

• Aryn Grace Blumenberg, senior
• Amanda Fleming, M.S.
• Thadeus L. Beekman, Ph.D.

Horticulture

• Sarah Wiebe Paschal, senior
• Carmen Johns, M.S.
• Mason Chizk, Ph.D.

Poultry Science

• Emily Spatz, senior
• Savannah Wells Crafton, M.S.
• Thaina Landim de Barros, Ph.D.

School of Human Environmental Sciences

• Laura Reyes, senior
• Lauren Bouvier, M.S.

They were recognized at a reception on April 21.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture. For more information about Bumpers College, visit our website, and follow us on Twitter at @BumpersCollege and Instagram at BumpersCollege.

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