Winners of the Academic All-Star Scholarships were announced mid-October in Hot Springs at the annual Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC) conference.  

Dr. Bentley Wallace, President of the ACC board of Directors and Chancellor of Arkansas State University - Mountain Home, presented the awards at a lunch honoring the 22 scholarship winners.   The students were awarded a transfer scholarship to any Arkansas public four-year university to complete their bachelor's degree.   Central Methodist University (Missouri) also offered a transfer scholarship to student awardees.   The combined total value of the scholarships is estimated to be more than $500,000.  

"Each year, these generous scholarships help our state's highest-achieving community college students to follow their dreams, " said Andrea Henderson, ACC Executive Director.   "These awardees work hard to maintain excellent grades pursuing careers in healthcare, education, engineering, and more.   And they do it while working, raising families, and giving back to their communities.   These scholarships are a fantastic way to help to reward them for their hard work and help them continue to achieve their career goals. "  

Each of the 22 public two-year college names one student as an "Academic All-Star. "   These students maintain a cumulative grade point average of no less than 3.25 out of a possible 4.0 and are outstanding campus and community leaders.  

The 22 ACC member institutions located throughout the state serve more than 60,000 Arkansans per year through educational programs, technical training, continuing education, and customized workforce training for business and industry.  

Here are the 2024 Academic All-Stars and their respective college:

 

College Name	Student Name
Arkansas Northeastern College	Jessikah Turner
Arkansas State University-Beebe	Carter Blackmon
Arkansas State University Mid-South	Raven Horton
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home	Madison Caple
Arkansas State University-Newport	Cheyenne Sheppard
Arkansas State University Three Rivers	Ava Speer
Black River Technical College	Sara Roland
East Arkansas Community College	Sydney Patton
National Park College	Michael Solloway
North Arkansas College	Whitney Sutterfield
NorthWest Arkansas Community College	Angelina Smith
Ozarka College	Alexis Cowan
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas	Winter Sorenson
South Arkansas College	Ariana Hardiman
Southeast Arkansas College	Nikina Ackles
Southern Arkansas University Tech	Jaxson Bradshaw
University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville	Sydney Blackman
University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton	Grace Pamudja
University of Arkansas Cossatot	Josue Bolanos
University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana	Anita Brissa Loera
University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College	Kaley Osborne
University of Arkansas Rich Mountain	Lucas Bruni de Campos Cardoso

From all of us at Ozarka, Congratulations Lexi!