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Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week? (9/9/2024)

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2 years ago

September 9, 2024

Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week? (9/9/2024)

Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Arkansas high school athlete of the week for Sept. 2-8. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email nate@scorebooklive.com.

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes who receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

Kiandrea Barker, Newport football

The senior rushed for 212 yards and 18 carries with 4 touchdowns in a 66-24 victory over Batesville.

Gabbie Bishop, Providence Classical Christian Academy girls cross country

The junior won the Take Flight Night 5K in Rogers in 18:07.14. She won the Class 1A-4A Division of the Shiloh Saints Invitational in Springdale in 18:18.83.

Trenton Cooley, Van Buren football

The senior caught 14 passes for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns in a 49-28 loss to Springdale.

Cody Cormican, Mountain Home boys golf

Cormican won medalist honors with a 70 at a match at Coopers Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne.

Titus Cramer, Springdale Har-Ber football

The junior rushed for 184 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 65-50 victory over Farmington.

Nick Cummings, Baptist Prep football

The junior threw for 435 yards and 6 touchdowns in a 42-28 victory over Two Rivers.

Gabriela DuPree, Fort Smith Southside volleyball

The senior had 19 kills and 13 digs in a 3-1 victory over Bentonville. She had 16 kills, 10 digs and 2 aces in a 3-0 victory over Rogers Heritage.

Emma Fowlkes, Vilonia girls cross country

Fowlkes won the Little Rock Cross Country Classic at War Memorial Golf Course in 19:18.74.

Jackson Free, Mountain Home boys cross country

Free finished third and was the top finishing Arkansan at the Richard Clark Invitational in Bolivar, Mo., in 15:41.88

Asher Found, Little Rock Catholic boys cross country

The junior won the Bob Gravett Invitational in Arkadelphia in 15:36.48.

Harper Huckabee, Jonesboro boys cross country

The sophomore won the CBC Warrior Invitational in Jonesboro in 15:53.20.

Carter Little, Charleston football

The junior threw for 440 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 38-35 loss to Pottsville.

Abigail McCarty, Van Buren girls cross country

The senior won the Chaffee Strong Invitational in Fort Smith in 19:27.15.

Myson McFall, Cabot boys cross country

McFall won the Little Rock Cross Country Classic at War Memorial Golf Course in 16:11.35.

Virginia Milwee, Mount St. Mary girls cross country

The sophomore won the Bob Gravett Invitational in Arkadelphia in 18:36.48.

Aubrey Minton, Valley View girls cross country

The sophomore won the CBC Warrior Invitational in Jonesboro in 17:40.56.

Mileah Neal, Fort Smith Southside volleyball

The senior had 41 assists, 3 aces and 9 digs in a 3-0 victory over Bentonville. She had 31 assists and 3 aces in a 3-0 victory over Rogers Heritage.

Braden Palmer, Fort Smith Southside boys cross country

The junior finished 15th and was the highest finishing Arkansan at the McKinney Boyd Bronco Stampede in 16:29.

Asa Perry, Bauxite volleyball

The freshman had 54 assists, 14 kills, 13 aces, 16 digs and 3 blocks in 3-1 loss to Benton Harmony Grove and a 3-0 victory over Magnolia.

Annie Rush, Melbourne girls golf

Rush earned medalist honors with an 82 at a match at Coopers Hawk Golf Course in Melbourne.

Abigaile Simmons, Marion volleyball

The junior had 15 digs, 5 aces and 6 assists in a 3-0 victory over Nettleton. She had 13 digs, 3 assists and 1 ace in a 3-0 victory over Batesville.

Samantha Schmitt, Little Rock Christian Academy volleyball

The junior had 31 digs, 2 aces and 3 assists in a 3-2 loss to Bryant.

Emma Vertz, Prairie Grove volleyball

The senior had 40 assists and 8 assists in a 3-1 victory over Berryville. She had 9 aces, 7 kills, 22 digs and 82 assists in 5 matches at Little Rock Spikefest.

JaQuae Walden, Elkins football

The senior rushed for 222 yards and 4 touchdowns on 5 carries in a 51-0 victory over Dardanelle.

Grayson Wilson, Conway football

The senior threw for 326 yards on 19-of-26 passing for 4 touchdowns in a 55-21 victory over Bentonville.

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

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8 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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Arkansas Governor joins national A.I. workforce initiative

LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has joined a new national artificial intelligence initiative that launched Thursday, June 25.

RAISE US, started by former Governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Gina Raimondo, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce is a nonpartisan national organization that will partner with governors, employers, workers and training organizations to help the workforce transition to an AI economy.

“As artificial intelligence transforms America’s economy, we have one clear message: technology should empower people, not replace them. By leveraging our Arkansas LAUNCH initiative, and with the resources and expertise provided by RAISE US, Arkansas will turn that mission into reality. We want the Natural State to be a leader on education, workforce training, and up-skilling, and this new partnership gives us the tools we need to build a model for the entire nation.”

The organization will design and pilot incentives to retrain workers, new approaches to support job transitions, and training models tied to employer demand.

RAISE US launches with more than two dozen American companies and philanthropies and initial state partnerships in Connecticut, Maryland and Utah.

“America has a technology strategy for leading the global AI competition. It does not yet have a people strategy — and we cannot lead without one,” Raimondo, who will serve as CEO of RAISE US, said.

“If we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won’t have won anything; we’ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it’s already underway. We shouldn’t fearmonger, but we can’t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. It’s time for innovative and practical solutions. This moment demands ambition, urgency, and creativity. We’ve assembled the country’s top companies, best economists, and bipartisan governors at a scale rarely seen — all to advance new ideas and incentives, pilot them with governors and business, and scale what works.”

Governor Sanders is partnering with RAISE US to support Arkansas LAUNCH, an AI-powered career navigation platform that connects students and jobseekers to personalized learning and employer-linked career pathways.

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