Ten top scholars graduating this spring from Little Rock School District high schools have made their choice to attend UALR this fall. They were among 82 students honored this week at the district’s Academic Signing Day, a celebration at the Governor’s Mansion where the scholars announced where they would study next year.

UALR’s recruits include Little Rock Central’s valedictorian Helio Liu and Parkview Magnet High School’s identical twins salutatorians, Bukola and Dolapo Odeniyi, who will be Donaghey Scholars, UALR’s honors program that offers a distinctive learning environment and a financial package ranging from $45,000 to $70,000 – full tuition, housing, a generous stipend – and study abroad.

“You are our hope and our future leaders,” Joe Hilliard, board president of the Public Education Foundation that hosted the  “celebration of academic excellence in the Little Rock School District.”

In addition to Liu and the Odeniyi sisters, other students choosing UALR at Signing Day were:

• Erika Bowsher, Parkview
• Nadiya Kahn, Central
• Josh Lintag, Central
• Mackie O’Hara, Central
• Quan Shi, Central
• John Sykes III, Parkview
• Amanda Winters, Parkview