The Sippican Lands Trust has chosen recent Old Rochester Regional High School graduate Emil Assing as the recipient of its Sippican Lands Trust Helen A. Arthur Scholarship. Assing will receive $1,000.

Assing, a Marion resident, has been admitted to the University of Vermont where he plans to pursue his education in environmental science.

The Lands Trust chose Assing for his excellence in academics, athletics, civic leadership, community service as well as his commitment to the environment and his desire to address environmental issues in the future.

Funds for this award are made available through the Sippican Lands Trust Scholarship Fund, which was created and named after Helen A. Arthur, a Marion resident and long-time volunteer for the SLT.