Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Among Top College Choices for LRSD Graduates at 2014 Academic Signing Day
Ninety-five students from the Little Rock School District's Class of 2014 were honored at the tenth annual Academic Signing Day on Monday, May 19.
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Abhilasha Gokulan |
Dartmouth College |
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Abrar Matin |
University of Southern California |
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Akiko Kyong-McClain |
Temple University |
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Alden Walters |
Yale |
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Alena Higgins |
University of California Santa Barbara |
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Alexander "Alex" Shannon |
Centenary College of Louisana |
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Alexander Parr |
Arkansas |
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Alexander Zhang |
Yale |
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Alexandra Honeycutt |
Arkansas |
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Allison Light |
Princeton |
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Ankita Das |
Duke |
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Anne Schexnayder |
Arkansas |
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Ashley Finney |
Arkansas |
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Astha Mittal |
Hendrix |
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Attrice Meeks |
Arkansas |
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Audrey Bauman |
UCA |
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Avinash Arulmurugu |
Boston University |
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Ayesha Patel |
Arkansas |
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Briana Jones |
UALR |
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Callah Mitchell |
UALR |
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Chloe' Robinson |
University of Memphis |
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Christian Coletti |
Oklahoma State University |
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Christyal Holloway |
Arkansas State University |
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DANYAL AMIN SMANI |
Rice University |
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Claudia Vargas |
Pulaski Tech College |
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Darielle Brown |
UCA |
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Darius Ford |
Washington University of St. Louis |
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Darryonna Armstrong |
UALR |
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Deborah Rookey |
Washington University of St. Louis |
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Destinee Boddie |
Rhodes College |
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Elizabeth Palmer |
University of Washington at Seattle |
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Emily Claire Mackey |
Wake Forest University |
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Emma Gaither |
Hendrix |
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Eric Gasby |
UALR |
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Errick Jackson |
Harvey Mudd College |
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Esther Park |
University of Penn |
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Evan Yi |
Davidson College |
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Evan Young |
Arkansas |
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Farhan Kawsar |
Rice University |
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Gabrielle Miller |
UCA |
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Garrett Bethel |
Arkansas |
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Georgia Gazette |
Arkansas |
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Hannah Bullard |
Barnard College |
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Hannah Tackett |
Hendrix |
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Irish Pelayo |
Pulaski Tech College |
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Jackson Weaver |
Arkansas |
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Jacob Oldham |
Arkansas |
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James Joseph Abraham |
Vanderbilt |
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James Burrow |
Arkansas |
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James Hill |
Rice University |
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Joseph Hwang |
Georgetown University |
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Jourdan Lee |
Tulane University |
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Justin Guyton |
Washington University of St. Louis |
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Kaitlyn Perreault |
Boston University |
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Katherine Knight |
Texas Christian University |
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Kennedy Green |
Arkansas |
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Kiran Chakka |
New York University |
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Kristen Eldridge |
Arkansas |
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Leila Kerr |
Baylor University |
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Lela-Tamara Fluker |
Lyon College |
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LINA AL-AZZAWI |
Pulaski Tech College |
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Lindsey Graefen |
Anderson University |
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Mackenzie Bodie |
Arkansas |
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Manuel Alvarez Romero |
Harvard |
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Melinda Lue |
Pomona College |
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Nasasha Worthy |
Arkansas Tech |
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Natalie Doris |
Undecided |
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Natasha Thompson |
University of Southern California |
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Nathan Harkey |
Harding University |
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Nathanael Ji |
Princeton |
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Rachel Haislip |
UCA Honors College |
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Rong Ding |
St. Lous College of Pharmacy |
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Ross Regan |
University of South Carolina |
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Ryan Wass |
U of A at Fayetteville |
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Sarah Alexander |
University of Georgia |
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Sarah Dodd |
Harding University |
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Sarah Greenbaum |
Rhodes College |
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Sarah Halford |
Arkansas |
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Siddharth Jambhekar |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Sonya Mehta |
Case Western Reserve University |
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Stephanie Menhart |
University of California San Diego |
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Sydney Alman |
Northwestern University |
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Taurean Brown |
Pomona College |
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Tiraneka Broadway |
UCA |
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Tylon Jackson |
Arkansas |
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Victoria Linn Spradley |
Hendrix |
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Walter Bass |
University of Virginia at Charlottesville |
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Will Richardson |
Arkansas |
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William Mitchell |
Rhodes College |
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William Nicholson |
Columbia College in Chicago |
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Wyatt Williams |
Arkansas |
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Xavier Wills |
Arkansas |
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Yulia Batalina |
Arkansas |
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Yuxiu (Katherine) Wang |
Hendrix College |
Academic Signing Day mirrors athletic signing days, where top athletes sign letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level. As with athletic signings, high-achieving students choosing to study here in Arkansas and out-of-state are equally celebrated!
Many members of the Class of 2014 have received significant academic awards and substantial scholarships. While several of this year's honorees have chosen to attend Arkansas colleges and universities, others plan to attend some of the most prestigious colleges and universities across the country, including Boston University, Duke, Georgetown University, Harvard University, Pomona College, University of Southern California and Yale. Among those being celebrated are a Gates Millennium Scholar, a student who scored a perfect 36 on the ACT, and academically gifted student athletes.
To qualify for Academic Signing Day, graduates were required to achieve at least one of the following: 1) cumulative 4.0 grade point average from ninth through 12th grade; 2) valedictorian, salutatorian, or the third or fourth highest rank in their class; 3) National Achievement Semifinalist; 4) National Hispanic Scholar; and/or 5) National Merit Semi-finalist.
Governor Mike Beebe addressed the students and Arkansas Public Service Commission Chairman Colette Honorable provided the keynote speech.