Emily Garnich of Nelsonville has been awarded the Grizzly Scholarship for the Hocking College School of Natural Resources 2014-15 academic year.

Garnich is in the Wildlife Resources Management program, because of her passion for the outdoors.  She has always enjoyed being surrounded by nature, from aquatic to woody plants, fish to bird and tracking and identifying species. Garnich hopes to continue her goal of dual majoring in Wildlife Resources Management and Natural and Historical Interpretation, to one day become a research biologist and environmental educator.

Ned "Grizzly" Maxson was a faculty member at Hocking College's School of Natural Resources. He established the scholarship to help educate students in the field that he loved.

The scholarship is awarded annually to a second-year natural resources student. Recipients are chosen based on recommendation from natural resources faculty in regards to the student's character, potential for success and financial need.