Arkansas Governor’s School has announced the names of 370 students who completed the 45th edition of the program during summer 2024 at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville.
Arkansas Governor’s School serves selected students from around the state during the summer before their senior year in high school. The Arkansas Department of Education Gifted and Talented Programs administrator supervises Arkansas Governor’s School with assistance from an advisory council appointed by the governor.
This marked the sixth consecutive year that Arkansas Tech has hosted Arkansas Governor’s School. Dr. Peter Dykema and Dr. Jacob Grosskopf, ATU faculty members, serve as AGS co-directors.
Arkansas residents in the high school graduating class of 2026 interested in applying for admission to the 46th Arkansas Governor’s School during summer 2025 may learn more at www.atu.edu/ags.
Below, organized alphabetically by the high school they attend, are the names of the members of the AGS Class of 2024:
ALMA HIGH SCHOOL — Cadence Champion, Xavier Herzig, Ben Matheny, Ben Mitchell, Riley Needham, Jasper Stockton;
ARKADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL — Caleb Keeling;
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL — Jaidhy Esparza, Emma Gastineau, Lexa Jobe, Tabitha Lantz;
ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOL (TEXARKANA) — Landon Brown, Emma Dunkeson, Aspyn Greene, Emma Keahey, Kabrean King, CJ Webb;
ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND THE ARTS — Ella Ambos, Kira Burnett, Kavan Patel, Saylor Ross, Zeke Summers, Alex Ulmer;
ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL — Hope Arnold, Taylei Bailey-Newborn;
BAY HIGH SCHOOL — Paetin Jennings;
BEEBE HIGH SCHOOL — Celeste Harmon;
BENTON HIGH SCHOOL — Keily Davis, Madison Mitchell;
BENTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Elise Bowerman, Pearlyn Britto, Ariana Gomez, Varsh Rangarathna, Dylan Reash, Lauren Sayadian;
BENTONVILLE WEST HIGH SCHOOL — Naman Tiwari, Keynes Wright;
BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL — Brooklyn Scroggins;
BLEVINS HIGH SCHOOL — Faith Cruz, Audrey Lovette;
BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL — Caitlyn Boling, Savannah Ellis, Maricka Farr, Ben Garcia, Matthew Hanks, Nakayla Harris, AJ Johnson, Madi Loggins, Guadalupe Martinez Ibarra, Adrian Matthews, Faiza Ola, Jordyn Purtle, Madison Romero, Jasmyn Schlesier, Jess Shelton, Ava Tillery, Ashton Tinnon, Savanna Tucker, Dylan Vinson;
CABOT HIGH SCHOOL — Noah Brown, Zane Caldwell, Kyle Chamness, Ethan David, Brooklyn Franke, Cooper Gary, Mariska Haddock, Mairead Haslip, Liam Lemaire, Addie Reddick, Madison Rivera, Jake Turner, Bethany Waller, Bailey Yarberry, Mary Rose Youngblood;
CAMDEN FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL — Aamori Johnson;
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS — Aidan Bordador, Andrew Cetina-Crouch, Gresham Messersmith, Nicholas Varela;
CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS — Halle Browning;
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL (LITTLE ROCK) — Campbell Blick, Jalen Brooks, Lucy Carter, Ben Casciano, Kendall Cloar, Ross Davis, Aspen Enkhmandakh, Jade Golatt, Prince Houston, Lexington Hynes, Amogh Kamishetty, Lucia Koenigsfest, Alison Lynch, Leah McCann, Annabelle Miller, Jeffrey Robinson, Adyson Shelton, Avaleigh Stalcup;
CLARKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Bella Nelson, Joce Zapata;
CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL — Kristen Berry, Brooklynn Collins, Nathan Hutto;
CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL — Rachel Caplan, Barrett Carter, Ava Clagett, Mia Farfan, Isaac Huckaba, Conner Jones, Ian Mendez, Octavio Menon, Conner Moyer, Max Polk, Krish Singh, AJ Windsor;
CORNING HIGH SCHOOL — Kylee Skidmore;
COTTER HIGH SCHOOL — Emma Franks;
DERMOTT HIGH SCHOOL — Christina Jimenez, Taylor Sweatt;
DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATION — Robin Alejandro-Linares, Ethan Bisbee, Niko Carender, Ramey Cassady, Christian Duenas-Aguilar, Dennis Figueroa Alvarado, Frank Gomez-Montalvo, Diego Hernandez-Salas, Nate Morrell, Logan Roberts, Jude Sabatini, Chase Selby;
DREW CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL — Kenyetta Dodds, Courtlyn Harrison;
EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL — Sarah Kellett, Dez White;
EPISCOPAL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL — Stephen Nichols, Finley Young;
ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL — Kennedi Acklin, Codie Cash, Zack Gridley, Skylar Higgins, Emmett Hutton, Zee Kidd, Kiley Reyes, Cheyenne Schoeb, Sam Sproles, Mitchel Thomas, Zamera Wilbon;
EUREKA SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL — Janelle Anderson, Rowan Beattie, Riley Chapman, Amber Kirk;
FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL — Miles Batson, Charleigh Schaaf;
FAYETTEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Lilian Downing, Juan Gomez, Olivia Lowry, Lupita Martin, Crawford Murphy, Karter Murphy, Isaiah Pulliam;
FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL — Finley Lowry, Leigh Mitchell;
FOUKE HIGH SCHOOL — Ciaran Hensley;
FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH — Kaiya Peters;
GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL — Sanjana Sehgal, Lia Thomason;
GREEN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL — Chris Lemus;
GREENBRIER HIGH SCHOOL — James Fisher;
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL — David Bronson, Tegan Stimac;
HAAS HALL ACADEMY AT THE JONES CENTER — Atticus Finch, Natalie Guerra, Zack Hansen;
HAAS HALL ACADEMY BENTONVILLE — Braden Surber;
HAAS HALL ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLE — Jalia Osborne, Leo Zhang;
HALL HIGH SCHOOL (LITTLE ROCK) — Nathan Boehme, Vera Kanu, Sam Watson;
HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOL (SPRINGDALE) — Winona Watson, Silas Wilson;
HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL CONVERSION CHARTER — John Bray;
HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL — Hugo Howard, Ricky Leal, Justin Smithson;
HOT SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL — Abbi Hedrick, Rickiyla Williams, Mason Wittnebert;
HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Braxton Born;
JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Marlena Beard, Hung Nguyen, Averille O’Neal, Nathan Wise, Kasside Wisniewski;
JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL (PULASKI COUNTY) — Arden Carroll, Brayden Gallegos, Wesley Littrell, Annabelle Moore, Allison Wagers, Simon Zawislak;
KIPP BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL — Sean Mays;
KIPP DELTA COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL — Ledarius Wilson;
LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL (HOT SPRINGS) — Jack Krauss, Ryan Slay, Ganvy Tony;
LISA ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL — Emma Foshee, Quinton King II, Landon Queen, Athena Ramsey, Anthony White II;
LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL — Tolo Garcia, Kya Madison, Hunter Prine, Zen Robinson, Rina Thompson;
LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL — Brea Green, Zion McDaniel;
LITTLE ROCK WEST HIGH SCHOOL OF INNOVATION — Caleb Beam, Bri Brown, Sabrina Jones, Olivia Tinkle;
LONOKE HIGH SCHOOL — Arianna Borjas, Camryn Rhodes, Elizabeth Whitaker, Claire Woods;
MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL — Dontavious Gray, Rian Hughes, Gunnar Parsley;
MARION HIGH SCHOOL — Brie Vaughn;
MAUMELLE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL — Olivia Jackson, Laiah Jones, Christian McGill, Marley Page, Izzy Reeves, Leah Richardson, Anna Klaire Roach;
MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOL — Austin Mosby;
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL — Clayton Fulbright, Troy Miesner;
MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL (PULASKI ACADEMY) — Ronan Kordsmeier, Xay McLennan;
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL — Cameron Armbrust, Mary Bates;
MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL — Hunter Thompson;
MOUNT ST. MARY ACADEMY — Jackson Cash, Ella Crowder, Elizabeth Gipson, Ann Marie Nguyen, Mady Reyes, Arianne Ricaurte;
MOUNTAIN HOME HIGH SCHOOL CAREER ACADEMIES — Jordan Ellison, Devyn Prins;
NORFORK HIGH SCHOOL — Harmony Buck;
NORTH LITTLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL — Danielle Arum, Lillie Ballany, Sawyer Bivens, Piper-Bliss Chudy, Ryan Cromer, Benjamin Curlin, Summer Davis, Mason Fitzgerald, Fiona Goicoechea, Eli Lancaster, Yolis Morales, Chester Roberson;
OZARK CATHOLIC ACADEMY — Ellie Montiel, Regina Mora;
OZARK HIGH SCHOOL — Xander Cline, Gavin Mattioda, Gwyn McCormick, Adrian Roberts;
PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL (LITTLE ROCK) — David Achukwu, Lucy Eells, Kaitlyn Evans, Brooklyn Holloway, Diego Ladino, Fiona McFarlane, Stephanie Olguin, Luis Solano de Almeida, Ashley Whitely;
PEA RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL — Miley Humphrey;
POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — Ella Anderson, Evelyn Sanchez;
POYEN HIGH SCHOOL — Makaighla Howard;
PULASKI ACADEMY — Eric Hensley, Nirvik Lohani, Ryan Uwaydat;
ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL — Miranda Carrillo, Hannah Cheney, Stella Decker, Dakota Douglas, Ashley Flesher, Valeria Hernandez Torres, Jessica Hightower, Dulce Lozano, Isaac Saclolo, Aubrey Scherer, Mason See;
ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL — Andrew Kemp, Morgan O’Neill, Jack Seabolt, Penelope Smith;
ROGERS NEW TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL — Sofia Aguilar, Griffin Burdess, Tevin Lor, Harlie Mettauer, Prathami Panabakam, Matthew Smith, Rosie Toney, Yair Trejo, Corin Wish;
RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL — River Clair, Katie George, Elli Gjerstad, Logan Greggs, Sophia Guthrie, Kevi Hoffman, Ali Lara, Nyasa Lovely, Gino Mascuilli, Lilli McGraw, Trey Mitchell, Doc Moss, Sarah Shoptaw, Caitlyn Smith, Karabeth Wade, Alan Williams;
SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL — Kristen Davis;
SHERIDAN HIGH SCHOOL — Preston Benning, Max Bergeron, Sydney Bergeron, Noah Long, Presley Milliken, Katie Beth Reynolds, Abby Watkins, Avery Williams;
SILOAM SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL — Saydee Contreras, Jake Mehlburger, Kaleb Mills, Braylon Nation;
STUTTGART HIGH SCHOOL — Elliott Boyd, Regan Buerkle, Daiana Bulbarela-Hernandez;
SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL — Journi Brown;
THADEN SCHOOL — Eva Becker, Siena Fusco, Addison Reibling, Hudson Wilson;
THE ACADEMIES AT JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL — Joey Campbell, William Hacker, Roman Hart, Nina Henkelmann, Bethany Hirsch, Jamin Jones, Aiydan Kattaviravong, Ganesh Nair, Savannah Stanton, Bayleigh White, Callum Wright;
VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL — Ella Dobson, Issac Henry, Emma Lyles, Kaydan Tran, Ahtziry Zuniga;
VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL — Wyatt Teague;
WESTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL — Emerson Kimberling, Kate Wright;
YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL — Mason Quinn, Lizzy Smith.
