Martha Blakely, a sophomore on the women's tennis team, receives national scholarship award. The following release was provided by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi:

BATON ROUGE, LA— Martha Vivian Blakely of Wyomissing, PA was granted an Emerging Scholar Award worth $250 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. The daughter of Drs. Thomas D. and Pamela A. R. Blakely, she is majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

This honor counts Blakely among 60 students nationwide to receive the Phi Kappa Phi Emerging Scholar Award recognizing outstanding rising sophomores. “This award is part of Phi Kappa Phi’s continuing effort to respond to the needs of undergraduate students in American higher education,” said Society Executive Director Dr. Perry A. Snyder.

The selection process for the Phi Kappa Phi Emerging Scholar Award is based on the applicants’ 1) undergraduate academic performance; 2) leadership and service on the campus and in the community; and 3) personal statement of educational perspective, purpose and objectives.

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