SUNY Oswego

Andrew C. Martin, a Parkland High School graduate, was awarded a Merit Scholarship and Destination Oswego Scholarship from SUNY Oswego, Oswego, N.Y.

The award recognizes past academic achievement and potential for success.

Martin reserved a place in the incoming class for fall 2016, majoring in zoology.

He was scheduled to begin classes Aug. 29 at Oswego.

SUNY Oswego honored more than 850 incoming freshmen with merit scholarships.

Outstanding first-year students are offered $18,800 presidential scholarships ($4,700 a year for up to four years), $6,000 deans’ scholarships ($1,500 a year for up to four years), $3,000 merit scholarships ($750 a year for up to four years) and, for outstanding students from outside New York state, Destination Oswego scholarships of $5,000 to $9,000 a year.

The awards are part of about $5 million in merit scholarship money offered at SUNY Oswego.

These funds are in addition to the more than $80 million in need-based grants, loans, work-study and scholarship awards that SUNY Oswego students receive annually.