Twenty-five students from 10 different majors and concentrations were named Senior Scholars for 2023-24 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.

Thirteen students are First-Ranked Senior Scholars, signifying a 4.0 grade point average with all coursework completed at the U of A, and 12 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

• Owen Bradford Bader, agricultural business
• Jonathan Brye, environmental, soil and water science
• Caylee Callaway, hospitality management
• John Edwards, agricultural business
• Reese Johnson, animal science
• Kadyn Renee King, hospitality management
• Christina Seijin Lim, animal science
• Heidi Merlo, human development and family sciences
• Alana Michelle Skogen, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Anna Switzer, hospitality management
• Keaton Taylor, apparel merchandising and product development
• Daphne Ann West, human development and family sciences
• Maggie Williams, human development and family sciences

Senior Scholars

• Hailey Anders, human development and family sciences
• Bryce Williams Anderson, agricultural business
• Jewelyn Rae Doheny, birth through kindergarten
• Grace Adele Hewat, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Natasha Alain Hightower, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Konley Kestner, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Anna Brooke Mathis, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Emma Mitchell, agricultural business
• Miguel Montero, poultry science
• Tabitha Jean Overman, human development and family sciences
• Brooke Rice, hospitality management
• Ava Delaney Smith, human development and family sciences

Departmental Outstanding Students

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Eileen Masterson, Senior

Jillian Hyink, M.S.

Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

Madison Estepp, Senior

Oluwatoyin Elizabeth Abati, M.S.

Isabel Whitehead-Adams, Ph.D.

Animal Science

Jimena Rodriguez, Senior

Michelle Johnson, M.S.

Samantha Howe, Ph.D.

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Abigail Norsworthy, Senior

Tanner King, M.S.

Carrie Ortel, Ph.D.

Entomology and Plant Pathology

Jessica Ayala, M.S.

Andrea Sierra Mejia, Ph.D.

Food Science

Grace Martin, Senior

Lydia Rockers, M.S.

Annegret Jannasch, Ph.D.

Horticulture

Katie Jansson, Senior

Sarah Paschal, M.S.

Alexander Silva, Ph.D.

Poultry Science

Taylor Leigh Schubauer, Senior

James Higuita, M.S.

Jossie Mair Santamaria, Ph.D.

School of Human Environmental Sciences

Noah Boggs Riley, Senior

Shannon Hart, M.S.

They were recognized at a reception on April 18 at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences.

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.

About the University of Arkansas: As Arkansas' flagship institution, the U of A provides an internationally competitive education in more than 200 academic programs. Founded in 1871, the U of A contributes more than $2.2 billion to Arkansas' economy through the teaching of new knowledge and skills, entrepreneurship and job development, discovery through research and creative activity while also providing training for professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the U of A among the few U.S. colleges and universities with the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the U of A among the top public universities in the nation. See how the U of A works to build a better world at Arkansas Research and Economic Development News.