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2025 Scholarship Recipients

Jasper Stockton, University of Missouri

I hope the future brings me storm after storm so that whenever the storms get bigger and more frequent, I am well prepared. Upon graduation, I hope to attend college and earn my bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. After that, I plan to commission as an officer in the U.S. Navy. I hope to serve for 20 years before retiring in time to watch the family I will have created grow and succeed.

Landen Coursey, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

In the immediate future, I plan to major in communications, emphasizing public communication. After this, my goal is to move to Washington, D.C. to work in a Senate office. I have learned the value of public service, and I am excited to live and work in our nation’s capital to support something bigger than myself.

Camden Curd, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith

I hope that I can work hard enough to get my RN first from UAFS and then bridge it to a BSN. Then, I plan to go to anesthesia school to become a Nurse Anesthetist. I’ve always wanted to be able to help the community that has helped me so much.

Jack Snell, Hendrix College

I hope to continue my passion professionally in video game and software development. I believe that interactive media has the unique power to unite communities under shared experiences, and I want to provide such experiences. I would also like to contribute to the global development of environmentally sustainable solutions to manufacturing and energy through the creation and use of innovative software and research.

Madison Couch, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith

I pray to find an opening as a teacher at our local Primary School that fits my strengths and dreams. APS thrives off of kindness and initiative, which I believe all children should be surrounded with. I will continue to teach dance classes at our local dance studio, staying focused on our Preschool Program.

Joshua Smith, John Brown University

I want to become a Biomedical Engineer because I want to be involved in the healthcare system and help as many people as I can. By pursuing this path, I would be able to help people across the world by developing new groundbreaking medical and surgical equipment, including effective substitutes for the expensive equipment in hospitals now. I also wish to further my relationship with the Lord.

Mabrey Birchfield, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith

I wish to pursue a degree in nursing/pre-med. I believe I will find fulfillment in the medical field. I also want to be a wife and mother. Family is one of the most important things to me.

Taryn Greer, Ouachita Baptist University

I desire to continue using my gift of worship from the Lord, by leading songs at church. I want to be an inspiration to others, whether that is from my singing/dancing ability or my character traits. I hope to someday get a job as an accountant, with a stable salary amount.

Addison Johnson, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith

I aspire to have a career as a teacher. I adore being around children and expect to love having a classroom of my own where I get to teach and pour into young children. I would love to have a positive impact on my future children one day too.

Elijah Risley, Kansas State University

My dream job would be to use my future degree in civil engineering to work as a designer or manager of a national park, a sports equipment designer, or a structural engineer that renovates or builds bridges. My goal is to leave a legacy that inspires and uplifts those around me. I want to be an example, mentor, and role model.

2024 Scholarship Recipients

Branson Brogan, University of Arkansas Fort Smith

My plans and hopes for my future are to become a financial advisor. While my degree will help get me in the door, the rest will be on me to establish myself. In order for me to be successful in life, I need to graduate college debt free. It would allow me to get a head start on life and to start saving up for my future goal of starting a financial firm.

Denver Kelly, University of Arkansas

I can only hope that my future holds a life of fulfillment. To attain this I plan to emotionally touch as many people as I can with my work as an actor; and to constantly strive towards my best self. I also plan to work in the field of anthropology, hoping to shed light on the cultures of the world.

Olivia Roller, University of Arkansas

My mission is to embody a lifelong learner dedicated to contributing to my community and serving as a role model for my family. Post-college, I plan to go to law school. Through dedication and perseverance, I am certain I will make a positive impact in both my personal and professional endeavors, guided by the promise of continuous learning and success.

Caden Farris, University of Arkansas / Stony Brook University

My purpose is to give my family the most comfortable life they can have to pursue whatever they want to and for them to find their purpose. Through medicine or theater, it means to touch someone’s life in a way that isn’t experienced often enough. In medicine, higher education will teach me all the technical and personal skills I will need to help people and give them hope. In theater, higher education will make me a better actor who is more able to connect with the characters and therefore the audience.

Jackson Daily, University of Missouri

My mission in life is to protect my family and provide for them. My dream job is to be either a college football coach or work in the banking/investment industry. College will assist me with this due to the connections and knowledge I will be able to obtain.

2023 Scholarship Recipients

Noah Likens, Arkansas Tech University

My career goals are to become a strong willed and successful businessman in today’s and the future’s economy, as well as having a law practice. On the side, a life goal is to volunteer my time to coach baseball, because of the high level experience and coaching that I have been privileged to receive throughout my life. I also recently joined the District Seven Volunteer Fire Department, and hope to continue serving.

Noah Downs, University of Central Arkansas

I’m from a small town, so community is very important from where I come. On the academics side of college, I will be prepared to step into the medical field, and do my passion, helping others. I want to return to school to obtain my master’s degree and work to play an executive role in a hospital.

Samantha Crook, University of Missouri Columbia

My mission in life is wanting to learn ways to grow and produce food for the continuously rising population. I want to use my degree to help find ways to decrease the cost of food and I want to become an agriculture advocate, where I will have the opportunity to make an impact on not only the communities around me but the world as a whole.

Emma Bullard, University of Central Arkansas

My mission in life is to open a veterinary clinic that specializes in small animals in Arkansas. After completing my undergraduate degree in biology, I look to attend veterinary school to complete my education. A minor in business will give me the tools needed to open my own veterinary clinic.

Savannah Thomas, University of Central Arkansas

My plan for my future includes going into pharmacy, and I believe that this career path will give me the opportunity to go into smaller, less populated areas and help out a new community have access to medicine they need closer to home. The other part of my mission in life is spreading God’s Word to whoever will listen.

Sarah Banks, Harding University

My mission in life is to help educate young students and contribute to the foundation of their early learning. I also want to spend my life spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ and fulfilling His word, so that I can help to bring others to Him.

Rachel James, University of Central Arkansas

My future occupation of nursing will be centered around helping people. I am aiming for the medical field in pediatrics because that is a place that is near and dear to my heart. We all have a purpose in life and it is our job to make that our mission that we pursue the rest of our lives.

Caleb Ferguson, University of Central Arkansas

My mission in life is to not only create films that entertain audiences but create films that educate individuals about the world around them. My vision will deliver important messages to the world through the big screen, and hopefully, this can bring about a change in our society for the better.

Grace Hamilton, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

I would consider my mission in life to learn as much about the universe and how to solve problems within it as I can and to put that knowledge to good use, ranging from making new discoveries in mathematics and physics to teaching everything I can learn to younger generations.

Daniel Dyer, Hendrix College

It is my mission in life to look back at all I’ve done in the end, and be happy and proud of what I’ve accomplished, or what I’ve done. If I can look back at the end, and know that my life mattered, then in my eyes that fulfills my mission in life to have lived it well.

2022 Scholarship Recipients

Shivam Raja, Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania

I began to think about my parents who immigrated to America to provide a better life for me and my sister and their struggle to live in a country that was half way around the world. I began to reflect on how so many people have contributed their time and energy for my life, and I decided that it is my obligation to share it with others.

Conner Stacy, University of Central Arkansas

I consider my mission in life to be helping others and being a guiding light through my leadership. I believe becoming an RNA (registered nurse anesthetist) will give me the chance to help others, heal strangers, and lead everyone I can in times of adversity.

Rebekah McIntosh, University of Kentucky

I have worked with special needs students starting when I was in the 6th grade. I decided I wanted to go into neuroscience to do research on disabilities and how to better the lives of the individuals.

Blaine Chambers, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

The main thing I want to contribute greatly to is bringing back the economy we used to have in the 60’s and 70’s to The Arkansas River Valley. I want to make the Alma area a better place.

Samantha Baker, Arkansas Tech University

My mission in life is to love people and carry out the Gospel to help others form a relationship with God. In my career area, my mission is to be a successful veterinarian. My clinic will focus on the health and care of animals rather than on money and riches.

Ryan Morris, Arkansas Tech University

I believe that for society to succeed everyone must cooperate with each other and use their skills to benefit their communities. I wish to help create a society in which we as a people can come together to express our humanity.

Benjamin Bugaj, University of Central Arkansas

I believe that if you have the ability or opportunity to impact someone else’s life in a positive way then you have an obligation to do so. For me, practicing physical therapy will allow me to make a difference in people’s lives by helping them physically achieve their goals or regain abilities they once had.

Lucas Hayes, University of Central Arkansas

I plan to not only continue to serve my community but also work to involve my family and teach them the importance and fulfilment of giving back. Having a supportive family and serving my community has shaped me into the man I am today and I want to pay it forward to my future family.

Jillian Mills, University of Arkansas

I strive to do everything to the best of my ability, whether it’s something I’m passionate about or have never tried before.

Madelyn Adair, University of Arkansas

I believe my calling is to pursue a degree in criminology/criminal justice in order to help make our country and our world a safer place for future generations.