Bentonville High School held their graduation ceremony at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville Saturday May 23, 2009. Bentonville has the second largest graduating class in Northwest Arkansas with 648 students. The schools’ graduates garnered $8,546,984 in scholarships, $3.5 million more than last year. Of those, $151,800 were community scholarships. Ryan Adams, Rob Ferrell, Austin McCollum, Brandon Sleeth and Colton Steen were awarded full scholarships to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Each scholarship is valued at $403,000. Bentonville students also acheived on the athletic field, winning state championships in football, girls cross country, volleyball, wrestling, boys swim/dive, girls swim/dive, girls indoor track, girls soccer, and girls outdoor track.