4th Quarter
Honor Roll/Principal’s List
Kindergarten Honor Roll:
Carson Efurd, Oakley Efurd, Rhiatt Escalanta, Aaron Fry, Saylor Hamilton, Evan McBride, Ava McCutcheon, Laney Moore, Sonny Oxford, Abbigail Prater, Veda Purifoy, Harper Shrum, Addison Sisco, Minka Sterling, Jaspar Webster
Kindergarten Principal’s List:
Noah Baker, Hudson Bond, Erin Clark, Nova Connor, Kaelyna Cook, Raelyn Dooley, Waylon Elmore, Jude Garrison, River Hamilton, Hope Harris, Delilah Harrison, Drayden Hartman, Monica Herrera-Vidana, Logan Howell, Adrianne McCool, Athena McDonald, Rhett Moore, Mattie Mullins, Cecilia Newman, Josie Nichols, Annagrace Overton, Lynnden Reano, PJ Reed, Jaylie Richmond, Waylon Robison, Haven Shores, Talon Shrum, Jason Silva, Conor Smith, Ocie Walden, Case Walls
First Grade Honor Roll:
Alaina Blevins, Ava Bowman, Jessica Boyd, Kylie Brown, Tucker Brumbelow, Jimmy Case, Weston Hattabaugh, Avery Hensley, Arabella Horn, Aurora King-Drew, Emerson Krigbaum, Leena Little, Savannah Morton, Tinslee Moses, Griffin Safranek, Marleigh Thomas
First Grade Principal’s List:
Edward Biazo, Jani Cowan, Penelope Dang, Lawson Gitthens, Maci Grissom, Lainey Hattabaugh, Hadley Heydenreich, Deklan Highsmith, Emily Langford, Logan Leland, Addison Mize, Finn Moss, Zoey Nguyen, Lucas Pennington, Redwater Stick, Jessie Swearingen, McKenzie Tole
Second Grade Honor Roll:
Damien Brown, Eli Clay, Dakota Coplin, Addison Deeds, Mason Dickinson, Lenya Fortner, Marleigh Fuerst, Sawyer Godwin, Emily Griffin, Piper Hall, Chase Hansel, Liam Helms, Cambrie Mason, Mylah McNeill, Cayson Milligan, Gabriella Moore, Della Newman, Ellie Polk, Emmalee Pollard, Jayce Reed, Skyee Riordan, Addyson Turner
Second Grade Principal’s List:
Aurora Alvarez, Trynadee Bryen, Wade Roper, Aurora Sylva, Aiden Whittaker, Deacon Wilson
Third Grade Honor Roll:
Presley Adams, Rayleigh Bascue, Wynter Belue, Karleigh Boswell, Anaya Brown, Paizlee Coe, Kylor Cox, Skylar Deer, Jerra Dewitt, Journey Elmore, Makayla Eubanks, Maddie Francis, Tobias Fuerst, Lane Gitthens, Coda Griffin, Hadley Guillory, Divina Hunt, Edmund Krause, Gus Krigbaum, Amerie Marcotte, Toby Meyers, Asher Moore, Sarah Morton, Emery Newman, Ethan Nguyen, Skye Pruitt, Elaina Robinson, Beau Shaver, Ava Silvey, Olivia Smith, Hugh Strozier, Colten Williams, Temperance Wingate, Easton Winters, Natalie Young
Third Grade Principal’s List:
Charlotte Booker, Lincoln Bozant, Ainsley Hawkins, Roslyn Himes, Elijah McCutcheon, Adalynn Pennington, Jayden Soares
Fourth Grade Honor Roll:
Ryleigh Andrews, Paige Bryan, Mylee Escalanta, Nora Godwin, Aiyanna Gordon, Jedidiah Guinn, Braylee Hamilton, Bricen Harp, Madalyn Hope, Kenzlea Jenkins,
Kamrynn Jackson, Brooklynn Johnson, Harper Jolley, Tyler Lawrence, Haley Plowman, Hailie Prater, Delani Purifoy, Parker Roberts, Rebel Sanders, Jayden Schaefer, Faith Smith, Hayden Smith, Luke Wingate, Erik Wright
Fourth Grade Principal’s List:
Alexis Bates, Ella Brown, Emma Carlton, Racyn Clopton, Coraline Cook, Carson Copeland, Jaxon Dickinson, Hunter Elmore, Peyton Grissom, Montana Hattabaugh, Layton Heydenreich, Alexandria Howell, Matthew Hudcovic, Riley Kelley, Woodrow
Krigbaum, Anniegayle Minden, Gabriella Morgan, Kinsley Norton, Jessica Risner, Kyren Ross, Brody Schefe, Ethan Trinh, Ashlynn Uselton, Skyla Webb, Bobbie Wright
2nd Semester
Honor Roll/Principal’s List
Kindergarten Honor Roll:
Carter Duarte-Trejo, Oakley Efurd, Rhiatt Escalanta, Saylor Hamilton, Case Mason, Evan McBride, Ava McCutcheon, Laney Moore, Lynnlee O’Bar, Sonny Oxford, Abbigail Prater, Veda Purifoy, PJ Reed, Waylon Robinson, Harper Shrum, Addison Sisco, Minka Sterling, Jaspar Webster
Kindergarten Principal’s List:
Noah Baker, Hudson Bond, Erin Clark, Nova Connor, Kaelyna Cook, Raelyn Dooley, Carson Efurd, Waylon Elmore, Aaron Fry, Jude Garrison, River Hamilton, Hope Harris, Delilah Harrison, Drayden Hartman, Monica Herrera-Vidana, Logan Howell, Adrianne McCool, Athena McDonald, Rhett Moore, Mattie Mullins, Cecilia Newman, Josie Nichols, Annagrace Overton, Lynnden Reano, Jaylie Richmond, Haven Shores, Talon Shrum, Jaxson Silva, Conor Smith, Ocie Walden, Case Walls
First Grade Honor Roll:
Alaina Blevins, Edward Biazo, Ava Bowman, Kylie Brown, Jimmy Case, Matthew Francis, Weston Hattabaugh, Avery Hensley, Maci Grissom, Arabella Horn, Kimber Kuettle, Zayne Morrison, Savannah Morton, Tinslee Moses, Marleigh Thomas
First Grade Principal’s List:
Jani Cowan, Penelope Dang, Lawson Gitthens, Lainey Hattabaugh, Hadley Heydenreich, Deklan Highsmith, Emerson Krigbaum, Emily Langford, Logan Leland, Leena Little, Addison Mize, Finn Moss, Zoey Nguyen, Lucas Pennington, Redwater Stick, Jessie Swearingen, McKenzie Tole
Second Grade Honor Roll:
Stella Adams, Damien Brown, Trynadee Bryen, Eli Clay, Dakota Coplin, Addison Deeds, Mason Dickinson, Marleigh Fuerst, Sawyer Godwin, Emily Griffin, Piper Hall, Chase Hansel, Roque Hattabaugh, Liam Helms, Wyatt Howard, Lillian Magsby, Cambrie Mason, Mylah McNeill, Cayson Milligan, Gabriella Moore, Della Newman, Eltie Polk, Emmalee Pollard, Wade Roper, Aurora Sylva, Addyson Turner
Second Grade Principal’s List:
Aurora Alvarez, Jayce Reed, Deacon Wilson, Aiden Whittaker
Third Grade Honor Roll:
Presley Adams, Rayleigh Bascue, Wynter Belue, Karleigh Boswell, Ezekiel Buckley, Paizlee Coe, Kylor Cox, Skylar Deer, Jerra Dewitt, Journey Elmore, Makayla Eubanks, Maddie Francis, Tobias Fuerst, Lane Gitthens, Coda Griffin, Hadley Guillory, Roslyn Himes, Divina Hunt, Edmund Krause, Gus Krigbaum, Amerie Marcotte, Elijah McCutcheon, Toby Meyers, Asher Moore, Sarah Morton, Emery Newman, Ethan Nguyen, Skye Pruitt, Elaina Robinson, Beau Shaver, Ava Silvey, Olivia Smith, Jayden Soares, Hugh Strozier, Colten Williams, Temperance Wingate, Easton Winters, Natalie Young
Third Grade Principal’s List:
Charlotte Booker, Lincoln Bozant, Ainsley Hawkins, Adalynn Pennington
Fourth Grade Honor Roll:
Zoey Barnett, Paige Bryan, Lilinette Cormier, Parker Davis, Jaxon Dickinson, Mylee Escalanta, Aiyanna Gordon, Jedidiah Guinn, Braylee Hamilton, Madalyn Hope, Kamrynn Jackson, Kenzlea Jenkins, Harper Jolley, Oliver Jones, Woodrow Krigbaum, Delani Purifoy, Jessica Risner, Parker Roberts, Rebel Sanders, Jayden Schaefer, Wyatt Shelton, Faith Smith, Hayden Smith, Luke Wingate, Bobbie Wright, Erik Wright
Fourth Grade Principal’ List:
Ryleigh Andrews, Alexis Bates, Ella Brown, Emma Carlton, Racyn Clopton, Carson Copeland, Coraline Cook, Hunter Elmore, Nora Godwin, Peyton Grissom, Montana Hattabaugh, Layton Heydenreich, Alexandria Howell, Matthew Hudcovic, Brooklynn Johnson, Riley Kelley, Tyler Lawrence, Anniegayle Minden, Gabriella Morgan, Kinsley Norton, Haley Plowman, Hailie Prater, Kyren Ross, Ethan Trinh, Ashlynn Uselton, Skyla Webb
Mansfield Elementary School 4th Quarter Honor Roll/Principal’s List
Mansfield Middle School Principal List/Honor Roll for Spring 2025
Principal’s List
5th Grade
Raelyn Bozant, Jordan Cesaire, Dahlia Collier, Faith Harris, Audi Hiatt, Meaghan Leland, Clayton Moore, Raylyn Moore, Caroline Mort, Piper Sudbeck, Robert Swearingen, Kalea Trautwein
6th Grade
Lydia Buchanan, Ava Davis, Angel Duong, Avery Edwards, Ava Elmore, Cailynn Garrison, Ryleigh McEntire, Cung Sang, Journey Silva, Kinlee Winters
7th Grade
Colt Allbritton, Annabelle Buchanan, Enya Trinh
8th Grade
Abbigail Adams, Kinsey Boatright, Thomas Boyd, Tucker Brown, Judy Bui, Jalee Edwards, Caiden Elmore, Bentley Hoover, Brennen Neel, Mak Robinson, Vantha Uk
Honor Roll
5th Grade
Nathaniel Adams, Asher Barnett, Remington Boyd, Ariya Chronister, Kiera Connor, Kaiden Copeland, Easton Crossland, Melanie Cumbie, Bradlee Estep, Korben Eyerman, Myla Francis, Jordan Gordon, Avery Griffin, Riley Hall, Karly Hudson, Bentley Kinsey, Alexis McBride, Cannon Meyers, Zoey Schossow, Liam Soares, Ryder Staton, Hadleigh Whittaker, Kassidy Wilson, Emma Young
6th Grade
Keelyn Berger, Kensley Berger, Blake Campbell, Elijah Carlton, Kenton Castro, Stella Cochron, Robyn Davis, Liam Dorr, Landon Gann, Luke Gates, Salem Gillilan, Bentley Harp, Lucas Hensley, Aiden Hutchens, Paislee Jackson, Lillian Johnson, Hanna Kunkel, Jaxson Lang, Evangeline Lemmond, August Martin, Keaton Morgan, Brantley Oldham, Bawichin Par, Crystal Rassasombath, Parker Sanders, Emmy Smith, Katlin Strozier, Izabelle Urban, Jade Xiong
7th Grade
Ashtyn Adams, Joshua Bascue, Emet Bates, Cung Bawi, Jaiden Black, Kamryn Bolin, Paris Cervantes, Izabella Childs, Samuel Cooper, Jason Davidson, Paityn Eubanks, Hope Fury, Kyson Gregory, Tucker Hattabaugh, Gabriel Haysmer, Lillian Hiatt, Elly Ling, Catrina Litchford, Abbi Neal, Anna Neal, Evan Pettus, Mykenzi Pollard, Zeke Porter, Parker Russell, Aria Schefe, Jonny Souder, Maddox Sterling, Ezra Sylva, Bryanna Urban, Ember Uselton
8th Grade
Samuel Bates, Eva Buchanan, Isaac Carson, Ben Chitalad, Andy Dickson, Abby Downs, Hannah Elmore, Natalie Fields, Kyle Frasher, Michael Gilmer, Kyla Heck, Ellah Heydenreich, Cole Jackson, Gracious Jeffers, Braylee Meyers, Zacharias Miller, Colton Moore, Rylie Moore, Landon Morgan, Bethany Mounts, Tara Pettygrew, Mayce Phillips, Kaylynn Piyapho, Layton Pyles, Hadley Shores, Everleigh Smith, Lily Souder, Autumn Staton, Paris Stovall, Vivi Sylva, Landon Townsend, Londynn Turnipseed
ATU-Ozark Campus releases spring 2025 Chancellor’s List, Honor Roll
OZARK, Ark. (May 27, 2025)–Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has announced its Chancellor’s List and Honor Roll for the spring 2025 semester.
The ATU-Ozark Campus Chancellor’s List recognizes students who complete a semester with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA), while the ATU-Ozark Campus Honor Roll honors students who complete a semester with a GPA between 3.5-3.9.
A total of 447 ATU-Ozark Campus students earned special commendation for their academic achievement during spring 2025, including 245 students who recorded a 4.0 GPA.
The members of the spring 2025 ATU-Ozark Campus Chancellor’s List and Honor Roll are:
ALMA — Tiara Abernathy, Madison Anthony, Miguel Araujo-Zavala, Brooke Bowlin, Kaden Cates (4.0), Cory Cook, Sonya Daniel, Elana DeBolt, Audrey Goodson, Peyton Gregory, Hillary Hurst (4.0), Joseph Hyde (4.0), Alissa James, Ashley Maxey (4.0), Kylie Poole (4.0), Ashley Robinson, StarLin Shelly (4.0), Zoey Shook (4.0), Kacey Solida, Morgan Tuttle (4.0), Courtney Word (4.0);
ALTUS — Amanda Fisher (4.0), Shanna Glover, Madison Jackson (4.0), Brittany Negrete (4.0), Allen Puckett (4.0), Sierra Qualls (4.0);
ATKINS — Brittany Boyer, Emylie Hull (4.0), Josie Taylor, Noah Wyatt;
BARLING — Josephine Anderson, Jillian Coats, Stevie Oaks (4.0), Amanda Slate;
BEE BRANCH — Erin Holland (4.0);
BOONEVILLE — Cassandra Ashley (4.0), Eddy Bagley, Katerinia Burcham (4.0), Hannah Burnett (4.0), Cassandra Canada, TeCeanna Guaderrama, Vonda Hall, Dusten Hammer, Leah Herman, Kelcee Herrera, Austin Hill (4.0), Miranda Howard (4.0), Brooklyn Keeter, Ashlie Lang, Sara Mattson (4.0), Thomas Mendoza, Kelcie Mezzaline (4.0), Chasity Pennebaker, Joshua Reddy (4.0), Jessica Robertson (4.0), Sharon Self (4.0), Jonathan Stewart, Emylea Williamson (4.0);
BRANCH — Roxanne McMillan (4.0), Jude Woodrome;
CECIL — Keith Williams (4.0);
CEDARVILLE — Amanda Ames, Cassandra Carney, Joel Moore, Elizabeth Templeton (4.0);
CENTERTON — Destiny Shatswell, Emily Wingard;
CHARLESTON — Paul Akers, Taylor Allen, Kayla Falconer (4.0), Anakah Gadzinski (4.0), Cole Grantham (4.0), Nicoleas Grantham, Michael Hunter (4.0), Elizabeth Johnson, Trevor Jones, Rian Kearney, Christian Martin, Shawna Mcdonald (4.0), Kaden Murry, Amber Newton (4.0), Amethyst Reed, Stephenie Reed, Adrianna Robison, Jessica Ross, Chloe Shelton (4.0), Logan Smart, Kendra Toney (4.0), Cadence Wibbing (4.0);
CHESTER — Alexis Byron, Blake Foley (4.0), Brendan Parker;
CLARKSVILLE — Wynter Archuleta (4.0), Maya Baker (4.0), Kelly Barber (4.0), Haedyn Berry (4.0), Amandalyn Boen (4.0), Jennifer Boyd, Sandra Cain (4.0), Keirstyn Carr, Angel Cortes, Calvin Cowell, Alexis Diamond (4.0), Kaden Dougan (4.0), Sandy Hall (4.0) , Hsa Htoo, Mu Ka Pru Htoo, Say Ku Htoo, Yee Htway (4.0), Tappasarn Jantaleuk, Ashley Kirkpatrick, TaEh Kue (4.0), Karmen Lantz (4.0), Cederick Lee (4.0), Yovani Linares, Megan Lindsey (4.0), Judybeth Madrigal, Mattison McCormick, Makenzie McKittrick (4.0), Hsa Paw Ler Moo (4.0), Roselyn Murguia Delgado (4.0), Aimara Navarro, Zitlaly Onofre, Jenifer Osornio-Castillo, Lweh Paw (4.0), Naw Mu Paw, Ana Rivota Pereyra, Autumn Rogers (4.0), Denise Roman (4.0), Morgan Sanders, Ross Scott, Nathaniel Sebo, Linda Self (4.0), Charlie Smith, Jonia Smith (4.0), Paw Soe (4.0), Jessica Sparks Hampton (4.0), Jordan Taylor (4.0), Paige Vaughn (4.0);
COAL HILL — Jody Dalton (4.0), Piper Evans-Tull (4.0), Ashley Malone (4.0);
CONWAY — Sonia Pena, Madison Sims Rucker;
DANVILLE — Tessie Bookout, Hannah Murray (4.0), Shelby Nehus (4.0);
DARDANELLE — Emily Allen, Matthew O’Bryan, Noelia Santos-Gonzalez (4.0);
DELAWARE — Calee LeBlanc (4.0);
DOVER — Lily Walters, Jeremy Whitcomb (4.0);
DRASCO — Hannah Stone (4.0);
FAYETTEVILLE — Kayla Harp (4.0);
FORT SMITH — Kayla Alspach (4.0), Jessica Araujo (4.0), Marisol Araujo, Valerie Barkman (4.0), Delicia Blocker (4.0), Carlee Blount, Amber Brown, Keanna Brunk (4.0), Joseph Cecil, Izamar Chacon (4.0), Nellisha Franklin (4.0), Lisa Gattis, William Goodman (4.0), Belize Guerra (4.0), William Guerra (4.0), Chloe Harp (4.0), Sabra Harris, Megan-Ashley Jines (4.0), Austin Lawhorn (4.0), Caitlyn Loftis (4.0), Cindy Lopez (4.0), Carla Martinez (4.0), Izbeth Martinez-Almanza (4.0), Brad McGarry (4.0), Duece Mounger, Kimberly O’Hagan, Johny Pacheco (4.0), Makayla Pearcy, Judy Rios (4.0), Ha Saygnaphay (4.0), Symone Smith (4.0), Sadie Smithson (4.0), Anna Spicer (4.0), James Stephens (4.0), Karina Villanueva, Padee Vue, Austin Walker, John Warren (4.0), Janessa Xayavongsa (4.0), Luke Young, Emma Youngblood;
GREENWOOD — Misshel Alvarado Calderon, Kelsey Bednar (4.0), Brayden Cullen (4.0), Teria Davis (4.0), Tatum Fein, Hunter Money (4.0), Jacob Morton (4.0), Kaylee Pennington, Jordan Ross, Jordan Scott, Jennifer Sifford, Chantal Ziebol (4.0);
HACKETT — Ashley Johnson (4.0), Seabastyn Yarbrough;
HAGARVILLE — Holly Wood (4.0);
HARRISON — Jason Sublett (4.0);
HARTFORD — Natosha McCool;
HARTMAN — Rachelle Criss, Alicia Fowler (4.0), Jacob Hooper (4.0), Kaitlyn Nichols (4.0), Paden Stricklin, Ptrer Wah (4.0);
HAVANA — Hannah Nichols;
HECTOR — Jessica Miller, Cade Nielsen (4.0);
HOT SPRINGS — Bayley Brown, Ian Gervacio;
HUNTINGTON — Abigail Rodriguez (4.0), Timothy Schmelzer;
JACKSONVILLE — Jonathan Caldwell (4.0);
KNOXVILLE — Irbin Solis;
LAMAR — Tyler Benoit (4.0), Harley Blevins (4.0), Libby Caldwell, Rebecca Connor (4.0), Ashton Curtis (4.0), Keith Day (4.0), Karely Garcia (4.0), Mycalia Goines, Jennifer Holt (4.0), Nery Octaviano (4.0), Aaron Page (4.0), Keshia Papasan (4.0), Loretta Pitts (4.0), Brittney Pruitt (4.0), Kodie Reynolds, Cory Vire (4.0), Elizabeth Yang (4.0);
LAVACA — Joanie Best (4.0), Caleb Corbell, Jackson Davis (4.0), Lillian Fults, Jeremy Golden, Tana Trent;
LINCOLN — Jocelyn Akin;
LITTLE ROCK — Mitchell Corbett-Strain (4.0);
LONDON — Bryce Beagle, Emma Hickey;
MAGAZINE — Avilah Bellen (4.0), Jessica Cauthon (4.0), Joshua Crawford (4.0), William Mikles (4.0), Jessica Pruitt (4.0), Megan Stokes (4.0);
MENA — David Hatfield;
MOUNTAINBURG — Sarah Farmer, Kohl Magness (4.0), Kamden Meinardus (4.0), Jaxon Moore (4.0), Mallory Provence (4.0);
MULBERRY — Dustin Aldridge (4.0), Amy Bond (4.0), Kaleb Burdick, Annabelle Gordon (4.0), Therrell Johnson (4.0), Cierra Justice, Zachary Millsap, Emily Skolarski, Verlin Winters (4.0);
NATURAL DAM — Paden Knight;
OARK — Ashley Wilson (4.0);
OPPELO — Cody Roberts (4.0);
OZARK — Macey Allred, Alicia Black, Sonya Boone, Tiffany Bynum (4.0), Alyssa Clemons (4.0), Tyler Crabtree, Brettaney Davenport (4.0), Dominic DiMaggio (4.0), Brayden English, Emily Farmer (4.0), Timothy Faulkner, Tangela Felkins (4.0), Erick Flynn, Josephine Franks, Terri Frazier (4.0), Serj Gaither (4.0), Noah Garza, Bridget Gunter (4.0), Kayla Haberer, Tyler Harty, Kailee Hays, Rylie Hays, Carrie Heidelberg, Harold Holt (4.0), Joshua Howe (4.0), Teegan Hutchison, Lawsyn Jackson (4.0), Jessica Jones (4.0), Autumn Joy, Andres Lopez (4.0), Alexandra Luna, Stephen McCormick (4.0), Nicholas Milholland (4.0), Hannah Morris (4.0), Rebekah Morris (4.0), Kenedy Myers (4.0), Emilie Newsom, Harleigh Nichols (4.0), Matthew Nichols, Ivan Parker-Diaz (4.0), Sandra Patterson (4.0), Shelby Payne (4.0), Samantha Pomeroy, Dominick Powers (4.0), Veronica Richardson (4.0), Anastasia Roque, Weston Stenback, Weston Stepp (4.0), Terry Taylor (4.0), Gregory Tillery (4.0), Jonathan Trotter (4.0), Coby Wade (4.0), Ansley Wilkins, Marissa Wilson, Liby Wood, Chayce Woolf, Bryar Yates (4.0), Logan Young (4.0);
OZONE — Kaitlin Johnson;
PARIS — Jessica Atkinson, Camryn Bauer, Genevive Bradley (4.0), Arnaldo Caraballo, Alison Clayton (4.0), Brittany Culver, Ashtean Goff (4.0), Chase Gray (4.0), Mia Harrison (4.0), Alex Lovelace, Brooklyn Palmer, Kierra Phillips (4.0), Patricia Roberts, Ethan Rogers (4.0), Melinna Shepherd (4.0), Kathryn Sims (4.0), Stacey Stewart, Kristian Sullivan (4.0), Aleacha Taylor (4.0), Kaitlyn Wilson (4.0);
PERRYVILLE — Skylar Clark (4.0);
POTEAU — Jennifer Ocampo;
POTTSVILLE — Debbie Blalock (4.0), Laney Rainwater;
RATCLIFF — Lauren Hice (4.0), Martha Neumeier, Marla Reardon (4.0), Ladora Smith (4.0);
ROGERS — Sydnie Harlen (4.0), Calvin Peterson, Alejandro Santoyo;
RUDY — Sierra Clayborn (4.0), Ian Rhoads (4.0), Katherine Riordan (4.0);
RUSSELLVILLE — Jaquawn Bobo, Brook Burleson (4.0), Ashley Clark, Sherri Collins (4.0), Mae Dollar (4.0), Camryn Freeman, Giselle Gutierrez Torres, Shirley Hardin (4.0), Brooklyn Hylton, Jayden Jackson, Avoree Lawton, Camden McNeese, Stacy Morton, Sarah Palmer, Anna Reece (4.0), Shelby Robinson (4.0), Gracey Sanderson, Allison Segovia-Ramos, Sarah Shepperd (4.0), Sierra Visger-Napier (4.0), Haylee Wolfe (4.0), Abigail Zachary (4.0), Reagan Zeiner (4.0);
SCRANTON — Kenji Lor;
SHERWOOD — Yuliana Gomez (4.0);
SOLGOHACHIA — Dalton Hutchins;
SPRINGDALE — Joel Mahill;
SUBIACO — Alyssa Phillips (4.0);
SULPHUR ROCK — Dustin Carter;
VAN BUREN — Logan Berna (4.0), Anastacio Castanon, Sophia Crites (4.0), John Dejarnatt (4.0), Jill Dennis (4.0), Taylor Dunn, Destiny Friddle, Ian Glassco (4.0), Matthew Henley, Hanna Humphreys (4.0), LiLeeAnna Humphries (4.0), Jaime Jasna (4.0), Tavia Jordan, Alison Leister, Ashley McCarty (4.0), Analyn Moore (4.0), Amanda Osborne, Louis Pacheco, Breanna Powell, Avey Preston (4.0), Christian Ramos-Chavez, Randall Riley (4.0), Carlos Sanabria, Camila Sligar (4.0), Sarah Swaim (4.0), Briana Trejo, Isabelle Vatthanatham (4.0), Daisy Young, Hannah Young;
WALDRON — Trevor Hunt, Justin Phangdy (4.0), Patricia Slade (4.0);
WEST FORK — Emily Lynch, Evan Mallard;
WYNNE — Brittany Hester;
KEY WEST, FLA. — William Hansen (4.0);
MULDROW, OKLA. — Josey Cline (4.0), Cornelia Irwin (4.0), Makynlee Morton (4.0), Emily Pettway (4.0), Cidney Rhodes (4.0);
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. — Hanna Ortega (4.0);
SALLISAW, OKLA. — Jennifer Currie;
SPIRO, OKLA. — Frankie Solomon;
LYNCHBURG, VA. — Gracie Peter (4.0).
Dog owners willing to pay more for food labeled for certain health attributes
By John Lovett
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
As owners humanize their pets and prove more willing to pay a premium for foods labeled to address pet health, a new study explores which pet health concerns bring the highest prices.
The study recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics examines numerous health attributes for dog food to determine which are associated with higher prices. The study may offer guidance for not just pet food companies, but for pet food buyers as well.
“Trends like premiumization and humanization have made pet owners more aware of the health and safety of their pets’ food in an attempt to keep their pets healthy and happy,” the study said. “Premiumization refers to customers demanding more premium and super-premium products, while humanization involves owners perceiving and treating pets as human family members.”
“Pets have gone from being in the doghouse to being a member of the family, so when it comes to the diet of the pet, that’s a big way in which that bond manifests,” said Andrew Anderson, co-author of the study and an assistant professor in the agricultural economics and agribusiness department for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas and for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Amid these trends, the pet food industry grew from $65.9 billion in 2012 to $123.6 billion in 2022, the study said, quoting figures from Statista. The United States’ pet food market is the largest global pet food market and contributor to the global sales total, generating $53.04 billion in revenue in 2022.
In response, the pet food industry is supplying foods that have claims that sound a lot like what we see in specialty foods for humans, he added.
Anderson teamed up with Lonnie Hobbs Jr., an assistant professor in the agricultural economics department at Kansas State University, to investigate the effects of health and wellness attributes on product pricing, and the amount that owners are willing to pay for those attributes. Hobbs and Anderson earned their doctorates at Kansas State in 2023, bouncing study ideas off each other between pickup basketball games. Anderson had data on dog food. Hobbs had delved into the market space. They saw a gap in existing literature on potential value of health and wellness attributes.
Starting with information on 1,268 dry dog food products listed at Chewy.com in January 2023, the researchers used a pricing model that allowed them to analyze prices by attributes only, so factors such as the pet food brand could be omitted to deter bias.
Anderson and Hobbs analyzed more than 60 brands of dry dog food, which they chose to study because dry food has the highest market share among all other pet food markets globally.
Allergies and digestion
From the data gathered, the three most common health-related features marketed on dry dog food included “digestive health,” “skin coat health” and “immune support.” The three least common were “allergy relief,” “itch redness remedy” and “appetite stimulation.”
Products labeled “allergy relief,” had the highest average price per pound — $3.89 — which Anderson said could be due to the addition of an antihistamine to support the health-attribute claim.
Foods labeled for “weight management,” were next at $3.52 per pound. Food labeled for “sensitive skin” and “sensitive digestion” were both $3.19 per pound.
The authors noted that except for “weight management,” the attributes with the highest average price per pound have a relatively low number of observations — 6 percent or less of the products — which may warrant cautious interpretation, Anderson said, since the sample size for those products is small.
Highs and lows
The group fetching the highest mean price per pound included the following attributes: “allergy relief,” “appetite stimulation,” “digestive health,” “heart care,” “sensitive digestion,” “sensitive skin” and “weight management.”
On the other hand, the lowest mean per pound price were for these products: “dental breath care” at $2.63 per pound, “muscle care” at $2.72 per pound and “immune support” at $2.74 per pound.
While the study doesn’t specifically show whether the premiums and discounts are related to supply or demand side factors, there are some threads the researchers can tease out from the data that provide clues.
“The sensitive digestion attribute, for example, is in 24 percent of the products but it also commands a 3.7 percent premium,” Anderson said. “When you think about demand, that’s kind of a proxy for that high quantity and price, so to me that sounds a lot like a demand-driven attribute, whereas allergy relief is only in 2 percent of the products, and it commands a very large 17 percent premium. So, it’s not definitive, but it is likely more of a supply side factor in that case.”
When you see a high quantity and high price, as opposed to a low quantity and high price, you start thinking “demand,” Anderson explained.
Pet health and buyer behavior
In the pet food market, health and wellness products are becoming increasingly important in shaping customer purchasing behaviors. Anderson and Hobbs pointed to recent studies in the United States and the United Kingdom showing dogs are overweight or have at least one health disorder including dental, skin or intestinal issues.
Citing the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention’s 2022 study, 59 percent of dogs in the United States were classified as overweight or obese. It was a 3 percent jump from 2018. The UK study took a random sample of more than 22,000 dogs from 784 veterinary clinics and found that nearly 66 percent of dogs had at least one health disorder.
Marketing info
For a marketer, Hobbs said the results could be used to see how frequently a health attribute is included, and what its price point is, to gauge the product’s demand. Manufacturers might also evaluate product development strategies that combine multiple premium-associated attributes, Hobbs said. For instance, the significant premiums associated with both “allergy relief” and “sensitive digestion” suggest potential opportunities in specialized formulations addressing multiple health concerns.
However, the price discounts associated with certain health claims like “dental care” suggest these features may be better positioned as complementary attributes rather than primary product attributes, Anderson added.
Customer benefits
The findings may benefit pet food buyers as well, Anderson said, by offering detailed information on pricing and health attributes. For example, while “allergy relief” products command higher prices, pet food buyers can evaluate whether these specialized formulations address their pet’s specific needs. Conversely, products with “dental care” features may offer high-value opportunities despite being only marketed as such.
Using filters available with online shopping platforms, Hobbs said pet food buyers can make faster comparisons between products by identifying which product attributes they want at the price point desired and read customer reviews.
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Arkansas hunters post nine-year high in turkey harvest
By Randy Zellars
Turkey hunters in The Natural State reported 11,332 turkeys harvested during Arkansas’s turkey hunting season. The harvest increased 22 percent from the 2024 season and stands as the best turkey season since 2016.
David Moscicki, AGFC Turkey Program coordinator, says the increase is likely the result of two factors: good weather and more birds on the landscape from previous years.
“This is the fifth year in a row of increasing turkey harvest, so it wasn’t done overnight,” Moscicki said. “The vast majority of the birds hunters harvested this year hatched at least two years ago. Annual turkey harvest variability is highly linked to weather, both during the hunting season and during the brood-rearing season two years prior.”
Moscicki said Arkansas has had a good string of turkey hatches for the last four years, which has fed the steady increase in harvest.
“Two years ago was a good hatch, and fortunately, last year’s hatch was excellent in many areas of the state, according to brood survey data,” Moscicki said. “We hope to see the trend continue as there should be a good amount of carryover from those Jakes to adult gobblers for next spring.”
Fantastic weather throughout this year’s hunting season also played a key role in the excellent harvest.
“There were very few days of rain or cold in the season, which led to good activity from birds and increased participation from hunters,” Moscicki said. “We’ll be compiling all of the SpringTurkey Hunter Survey data and remote gobbling recorder data at the end of the month, but it won’t surprise me to see a good increase in hunter activity from last year. The automated recording devices should help us get a more complete picture of gobbling activity throughout the spring. We have data from one year, but gobbling can be very different from one year to the next based on weather conditions, so this year’s data will really help us stay on top of any trends in activity.”
Jake harvest remained extremely low, as has been the trend since the institution of the “no jakes” rule established in 2011.
Moscicki explained that in 2003, during Arkansas’s record harvest year, 4,610 of the 19,934 turkeys harvested were jakes.
“We went from 4,610 juvenile birds that year to 440 this year,” Moscicki said. “That was a lot of birds being knocked off the landscape before they were mature and provided good breeding opportunities. If you compare mature gobbler harvest between this year and the best Arkansas has ever had, the gap is not that great and we’re gaining ground with these good hatch years.”
Moscicki says keeping tabs on the hatch is critical to monitoring the good trend Arkansas turkeys have taken. Every hunter and wildlife enthusiast can help by participating in the AGFC’s Wild Turkey and Northern Bobwhite Population Survey as eggs begin to hatch and hens begin taking their poults to bugging grounds.
“Right now is the critical time for nest success,” Moscicki said. “And again, weather will play a big role. Hens can protect eggs from rain and cold, and they can even renest with limited success if a nest floods or is taken by predators early, but once poults hatch, there is a period when they can’t thermoregulate and are very vulnerable to cold, wet weather and there’s not much that we can do. Peak nest initiation hits in Arkansas around April 18, and it takes 28 days for eggs to hatch. That puts us right in the middle of that critical time for most nests in the state right now.”
Moscicki says some of the Delta likely will see some decreased nest success from floods that are still receding, but the rest of the state has seen some good weather so far.
“That batture land in the Mississippi River floodplain is very productive when it’s dry, but there was still water on a lot of that landscape last week, so getting reports from there and the rest of south Arkansas is critical in our brood surveys.”
Hunters and outdoors enthusiasts can sign up and report turkeys they see throughout early summer through the AGFC’s Wild Turkey and Northern Bobwhite Population Survey. Scan the QR code to get started.
Kristain Thompson Announces Candidacy for Arkansas State Representative – District 52
Belleville, AR – May 14, 2025 — Kristain Thompson, a longtime resident of Yell County, proudly announces his candidacy for Arkansas State Representative in District 52. Thompson currently lives with his family on his wife Tori’s family farm in Belleville and is committed to serving the rural communities that have shaped his life and values.
“With roots in this district and a strong commitment to public service, I’m running to represent the values that make our communities strong: faith, family, freedom, and fiscal responsibility,” said Thompson. “I was raised on a farm and understand firsthand the challenges and values that define rural life. District 52 deserves a representative who will fight for better schools, stronger rural economies, and the preservation of our way of life. I’m excited to hit the road, meet folks from every corner of the district, and listen to what matters most to you.”
Thompson is a two-time graduate of Arkansas Tech University, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a Master’s degree in Student Affairs Administration. He brings years of experience in higher education and community service. His background has equipped him with the skills to navigate complex policy issues and the determination to deliver results for Arkansans.
His campaign will focus on:
- Supporting agriculture and rural infrastructure
- Expanding workforce development and educational opportunities
- Defending constitutional rights and public safety
- Promoting transparency and accountability in government
As a husband, father, and faith-led leader, Thompson is dedicated to shaping a future where families can thrive, businesses can grow, and the next generation can succeed without leaving home to find opportunity.
“I believe in our people, our potential, and our future. Together, we can make District 52 stronger than ever.”
About Kristain Thompson
Kristain Thompson lives in Belleville with his wife, Tori, and their two children, Taylor and Bradley. A graduate of Arkansas Tech University, he played football for the Wonder Boys and earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. He now serves as Director of NCAA Compliance at ATU, supporting student-athletes and upholding the integrity of college athletics. Thompson is currently completing his second term as President of the ATU Staff Senate where he works with the university administration to expand staff opportunities. He and his family are proud members of Jesus Name Church in Plainview.