Officials will announce plans Friday, Oct. 29, for a scholarship program to be named after a University of Central Arkansas student and basketball player who died in an apartment fire in April.
The scholarship is being named after Aaron B. Mackey, a 22 year-old 91³Ô¹ÏÍø student from Maumelle. He was a member of the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø basketball team. On April 29, he died in an apartment fire outside of Conway in Faulkner County.
The Aaron B. Mackey Endowment will be formally introduced during a reception in the Little Rock Adult Center 6401 W. 12th Street about one-quarter mile west of University Avenue in Little Rock.
The endowment eventually will provide two student scholarships at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø, said Eleen Mackey, who is Aaron B. Mackey’s mother.
More information about the endowment is available from Willie Hardin, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø’s associate vice president for academic development, at (501) 450-5804 in Conway or Aaron Mackey’s parents the Rev. James E. Mackey and Eleen Mackey of Maumelle, at (501) 803-9101.
