University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Top Paper award recognizes the highest class grade for the semester at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law.

The Top Paper award recognizes the highest class grade for the summer 2019 semester at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

UA Little Rock announces William H. Bowen School of Law students who have earned the Dean's Certificate of Distinguished Public Serivce for the 2019-2020 school year. A student who completes 300 hours of public service during a 12-month period in which the student is in good standing at UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law will be awarded a Dean's Certificate of Service. The goal of the program is to make students more aware of community service opportunities and encourage students to make service a part of their professional lives.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law recently announced its Dean's Fellow of the Year for 2020.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock students competed in the John Cauble One Act Play Reading Series, performing a play called, "Prisoners," at Abilene Texas Convention Center on Feb. 24. The Kerry Kennedy Aspiring Playwright Foundation Fund paid for the students' travel to the festival.

Nine student journalists at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock won 14 awards in the 91st annual Arkansas College Media Association awards, announced April 4, for their work in The Forum, UA Little Rock's student newspaper.

Three graduate students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock were selected for a prestigious workshop designed to prepare graduate students for careers in the computer science industry.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock team won $10,000 and third place in the Walton Family Foundation Graduate Division of the Arkansas Governor's Cup for their business plan pitch for a technology that creates Avatar-based chatbots. The awards were announced during a virtual awards ceremony on April 9.

Three students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have won a $4,000 prize in the e-Fest Business Plan Competition for their pitch for CloudCare, a smart baby monitoring app designed by a UA Little Rock professor.

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock playwright was selected for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock junior forward Ruot Monyyong has been named a 2020 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American, announced March 31 by CollegeInsider.com.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock wrestler Conner Ward was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll on March 31. Ward is a freshman Applied Communications major with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.362.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock wrestler Jose Champagne was named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll on March 31. Champagne is a junior World Languages major with a cumulative grade-point-average of 3.667.

Joseph Kready, a senior computer science major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been selected for the 2020 Social Networks and Health Fellowship program at Duke University.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock sophomore Markquis Nowell was named to the All-Sun Belt National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team on March 23.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock junior Ruot Monyyong was named to the All-Sun Belt National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team on March 23.

A promise to her older sister prompted a return to college after 20 years in the workforce, but now Antwanette Smith is giving back to the community through an internship with Junior Achievement (JA) of Arkansas.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock sophomore guard Markquis Nowell has been named to the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District VII team, announced March 10 by the organization. District VII comprises Division I schools within the states of Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock sophomore point guard Markquis Nowell has been named a 2020 Lou Henson All-American, announced March 26 by CollegeInsider.com.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojan Teal Battle was named to the Sun Belt's All-Conference Team on March 9, receiving third team honors.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock junior catcher Kale Emshoff has been named to the 2020 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List. The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission released the official watch list March 10, presented by the Kamerion Wimberly Foundation.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojan Kyra Collier was named to the Sun Belt's All-Conference Team on March 9. Collier is the 32nd honoree in program history. Collier was named to the first team marking the seventh consecutive year a Little Rock player has received first team honors. Little Rock has had an all-conference honoree in each of the 17 years Joe Foley has guided the program.

After another dominating Sunday performance, University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Aaron Funk has repeated as the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week, announced March 10 by the league office.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock freshman Christian Matamoros was named to the Sun Belt league's all-conference team on March 5. A second team honoree, Matamoros finished second in the high jump after clearing a height of 6-11 (2.11m) to set a new UA Little Rock record. The El Paso, Texas, native spent most of the indoor season rewriting the high jump record book for the Little Rock Trojans.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock claimed a number of Sun Belt conference postseason honors, announced March 5 by the Sun Belt office. Kamani Johnson picks up his first All-Sun Belt career honor, earning third team honors as he has become one of the league's top interior players. Johnson ranks fifth in the Sun Belt in rebounds per game (6.7) and is second in offensive rebounds (3.0), averaging 12.5 points and 6.3 rebounds during Sun Belt action. A two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, the Brooklyn, New York, native scored in double figures 15 times in 2019-20, including 12 in league play with high games of 32, 30 and 24 points. In addition to his presence inside, Johnson has been a staple for Little Rock at the free throw line where he ranks 18th nationally in free throw attempts (198) and 25th in free throws made (144). Johnson is shooting 72.7% from the line, an improvement of nearly 22 percentage points from his freshman campaign when he shot 50.8%.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock claimed a number of Sun Belt conference postseason honors, announced March 5 by the Sun Belt office. Markquis Nowell has been Little Rock's floor general in 2019-20, at times carrying the team on his back. He ranks in the top-three in the Sun Belt in six statistical categories, leading the league in free throw percentage (87.9%) and three pointers per game (2.8) while sitting second in assists (4.9) and third in scoring (17.2), steals (2.2) and three point field goal percentage (39.1%). A three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week, the Harlem, New York native also ranks among the top-50 nationally in five statistical categories, including sitting 18th in steals per game (2.21), 21st in total steals (62) and 27th in free throw percentage. He has scored 20 or more points 12 times on the year, including games of 33 and 32 points in Sun Belt play, and is the Trojans' active career scoring leader at 749 points in two seasons.

More than 20 coders from central and southeast Arkansas took part in Google's 2020 Hash Code competition Feb. 20 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Nine members of the niversity of Arkansas at Little Rock swimming and diving team were named to the 2020 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team in recognition of their efforts both in the pool and in the classroom, as announced by the league on Feb. 27.

Coming off his 32-point, 16-rebound performance in the win over Arkansas State on Feb. 29, University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Kamani Johnson of Brooklyn, New York, has been named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week. It is Johnson's second conference accolade this season.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock junior catcher Kale Emshoff of Robstown, Texas, has been named the Sun Belt Conference Hitter of the Week, announced Feb.25 by the league office. It is the first conference weekly honor for Emshoff and the first for the Trojans in 2020. Emshoff had a strong week in helping lead Little Rock to a 4-1 record, going 9-for-17 for a .529 average with a pair of home runs and six RBI. The junior's week was highlighted by a 4-for-4 effort in in the win over Nicholls Friday night, belting a pair of home runs, including the game-winning two run blast in the top of the 10th. Emshoff's efforts over the past five games resulted in an .882 slugging percentage and a .636 on base percentage, drawing five walks.