Every spring, the Eckerd College Marine Science faculty select 1-2 graduating seniors that have demonstrated academic excellence or service to the major.  Below are the winners for each award:

MARINE SCIENCE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD
2011 Lillian R. McCormick and Rachel C. Harbeitner
2010 Ben L. Cournoyer and Heather Relyea
2009 Emma Hiolski
2008 Kimberly Schmidt
2007 Rebecca R. Helm
2006 Lauren Yeager
2005 Jeremy Bracone and Lance Mosher

CONTRIBUTION TO THE MAJOR AWARD
2011 Nathan W. Van Bibber and Hope L. Ronco
2009 Caroline Storer
2008 Heather Hunsperger
2006 Stephanie Sunderman
2006 Jessica Rake

ECKERD COLLEGE STUDENTS TOP THE LIST OF NOAA HOLLINGS SCHOLARS

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that 6 Eckerd College students were selected as 2011 Hollings Scholars. Eckerd's 2011 recipients are among 105 Hollings Scholars selected from 68 colleges and universities across the country. With six recipients, Eckerd students won more Hollings scholarships than any other school in the nation, edging its total number of winners over a seven-year period to 39, which is also tops in the nation. The top schools for the 7 year period are: Eckerd College 39, Penn State 25, University of Oklahoma 25, University of Miami 24, Cornell University 21, and University of Alabama 21.

Eckerd College's 2011 Hollings Scholars are all sophomores majoring in Marine Science:
Ben Belgrad '13 of Boardman, Ohio
Amy Esser '13 of The Woodlands, Texas
Kevin Mack '13 of Spring Lake, New Jersey
John Morrissey '13 of Bourne, Massachusetts
Anjali Pati '13 of Orlando, Florida
Amanda Sosnowski '13 of Foxboro, Massachusetts

The Hollings Scholarship provides each student with an $8,000 scholarship for the junior year, an $8,000 scholarship for the senior year, a fully paid 10-week internship at a NOAA agency during the summer between the junior and senior year, round-trip travel to the internship site, and travel expenses to the Hollings conference in Silver Spring, Maryland. For application materials, and more information on the program and eligibility requirements, contact the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings scholarship program.

Tom Battey - Timonium, MD

Rachel Harbeitner - Eldersburg, MD

Rob Skoumal - West Des Moines, IA