Arkansas State Employee Association Awards $60,000 in Scholarships

August 5, 2025 (Little Rock) – The Arkansas State Employees Association awarded a record number of scholarships for 2025. Sixty recipients received awards of $1,000 each through ASEA’s flagship program, which supports the educational advancement of ASEA members and their dependents. 

According to John Bridges, ASEA Executive Director, “These scholarships help
our members and their families keep moving forward, by assisting them in their pursuit of a higher education degree. We’re also proud that 99 percent of the
funds stay in-state.”

Since the implementation of the program in 2020, the association has awarded $192,000 in scholarships. Recipients include active ASEA members and the eligible dependents of both active and retired members.

The 2025 recipients of an ASEA scholarship are: Grace Allen, Wooster, AR; Derrick Billingsley, Jr., Little Rock, AR; Natasha Vault Booth, Little Rock, AR; Jackson Brazile, Harrisburg, AR; Kylah Breland, Camden, AR; Emily Brock, Russellville, AR; Zoe Burton, Conway, AR; Jack Byrum, Maumelle, AR; Ava Clagett, Conway, AR; Betty Cockran, McGehee, AR; Carson Conway, Conway, AR; Julian Cooney, Little Rock, AR; Ashlyn Crawford, Warren, AR; Luis Fuentes, Jonesboro, AR; Harry Galusha, Little Rock, AR; Laci Garner, Batesville, AR; Sophia Garringer, Searcy, AR; Isaac Henry, Jonesboro, AR, Zane Hibbard, Pocahontas, AR. Kallie Hudnall, Conway, AR; Caleb Hunt, Conway, AR; Belle Irby, Conway, AR; Dwayne Johnson, Jr., Sherwood, AR; Elizabeth Johnson, Mountainburg, AR; Houston Johnson, Jonesboro, AR; Aniston Jones, Little Rock, AR; Lauren Juhl, Maumelle, AR; Taelyn King, Batesville, AR; Jack Kirtley, Roland, AR; Evin Lawson, Jacksonville, AR; Alden Lee, Sherwood, AR; Madison Leopard, Star City, AR; Morgan Leopard, Star City, AR; Marietta Mentgen, Little Rock, AR; Zachary Miller, Little Rock, AR; Kenleigh Mitchell, Bradford, AR.  Monique Parker, Warren, AR; Lauren Powell, Lowell, AR; Jasmin Preston, Pine Bluff, AR. Dalton Reid, Rockport, AR; Emerson Rice, Conway, AR; Terence Roberson, Jr., Warren, AR; Tealy Sanders, Jonesboro, AR; Toniesha Sargent, Pine Bluff, AR; Darby Sawyer, Doddridge, AR; Ashley Scogins, Monticello, AR; Afton Shoemaker, Greenbrier, AR; Nia Sims, Bryant, AR; Damani Smith, Fayetteville, AR; Justin Smithson, Heber Springs, AR; Colby Stephenson, Pottsville, AR; Jude Stewart, Paragould, AR; Baily Stokes, Newport, AR; Annalyn Toombs, Paragould, AR; Alyse Watson, Malvern, AR; John Christian Wells, Paris, AR; Maggie Wimberley, Little Rock; Mastin Young, Rogers, AR.

ASEA will begin accepting applications for 2026 scholarships in January. For more information about the ASEA or the scholarship program, visit www.aseaar.org.