SCAA Presents Environmental Excellence Scholarship to MIA Grad

Shishiri Nganyone, a student at the Maritime Industries Academy (MIA) in Baltimore, Maryland was recently awarded the Spill Control Association of America (SCAA) Environmental Excellence Scholarship.   SCAA Executive Director John Allen presented the award certificate to Nganyone at graduation ceremonies held at the MIA.  Shishii is on his way to Towson University in the fall.  

Over the past five years, SCAA has presented an Environmental Excellence Award – an inscribed Weems & Plath Gimbal Box Clock – to a selected recipient graduate at each of the seven maritime academies.  The award recognizes the outstanding senior or First Classman at each maritime academy who has demonstrated outstanding interest, creativity, initiative and commitment to environmental excellence in the performance of their course of study. The SCAA 2013 Environmental Excellence Award recipients and SCAA representatives presenting the awards are:

RECIPIENT	MARITTIME COLLEGE	SCAA REPRESENTATIVE
Nicole Moss	California Maritime Academy	Kyle Watson, Global Diving & Salvage,
William Gedney	Great Lakes Maritime Academy	Dan Goeddeke, Marine Pollution Control
Jeremy M. Bullard	Maine Maritime Academy	CAPT Joe McCarthy, NRC
Peter J. Raffo	Massachusetts  Maritime Academy	Scott Metzger, Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Travis Meyer	SUNY Maritime (Bronx, NY)	Mike Gallagher, CI Agents
Rebecca Johnson	Texas A&M University at Galveston	Mike Rhoads, Garner Environmental Services
Ian M. Holtzworth	United States Merchant Marine Academy	Steve Candito, NRC

Congratulations to all recipients and thanks to our participating SCAA members.