Twenty-six students from 13 different majors and concentrations were named Senior Scholars for 2024-25, 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.

Eight students are First-Ranked Senior Scholars, signifying a 4.0 grade point average with all coursework completed at the U of A, and 18 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

• Myah Balnoschan, animal science
• Sally Hamm, human development and family sciences
• Allison Martin, human development and family sciences
• Claire Meara, environmental, soil and water science
• Anna Muccio, human development and family sciences
• Molly Parker, agricultural business
• Lucianna Rico, food science
• Abigail Scherer, human development and family sciences

Senior Scholars

• Abbey Blasé, apparel merchandising and product development
• McKinley Brown, apparel merchandising and product development
• Tru Curtis, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Hannah Dozier, animal science
• Emma Fernandes, human nutrition and dietetics
• Valeria Fernandez, human nutrition and dietetics
• Emilly Gillette, birth through kindergarten
• Taya Henry, agricultural education, communication and technology
• Ashton King, hospitality management
• Avery Miles, apparel merchandising and product development
• Ryan Miller, apparel merchandising and product development
• Abbi Rosenow, human development and family sciences
• Ava Saitta, animal science
• Lucy Scholma, food, nutrition and health
• Taylor Schubauer, poultry science
• Madison Shaw, apparel merchandising and product development
• Morgan Trotta, human nutrition and dietetics
• Laura Vickery, human nutrition and dietetics

Departmental Outstanding Students

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness

Kyla Cloutheir, senior

Walker Davis, M.S.

Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology

Schyler Angell, senior

Haylee Henry, M.S.

Enoch Ametepey, Ph.D.

Animal Science

Eva Berryhill, senior

Paul Dahunsi, M.S.

Rachel Scott, Ph.D.

Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

Daniel Lam, senior

Maria Souza, M.S.

Tristen Avent, Ph.D.

Entomology and Plant Pathology

Deepak Dilip, M.S.

Alejandro Vasquez Marcana, Ph.D.

Food Science

Anne Hood, senior

Eniola Ola, M.S.

Arda Tuhanioglu, Ph.D.

Horticulture

Hayden Hawthorne, senior

Samuel Kreinberg, M.S.

Sharandeep Chahal, Ph.D.

Poultry Science

Morgan Gaither, senior

Seth Adesope, M.S.

Savannah Wells, Ph.D.

School of Human Environmental Sciences

Sally Hamm, senior

Emma Clark, M.S.

They were recognized at a reception on April 17 at the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences.

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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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