Outstanding Students Saluted

Among the 2005 honorees for Humboldt State University undergraduates nominated for excellence by faculty, staff and fellow students in such areas as academics, athletics, community service, and activism was Brian Poxon, Fisheries major with an emphasis in Freshwater. He received the award for excellence in a given discipline and maintaining a 3.5 cumulative grade point average. Selected by the College of Natural Resources and Science, he is a Presidential Scholar with the second highest overall GPA of a graduating senior majoring in biology in the last 35 years. He is a fisheries field technician at HSU’s California Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit and was volunteer at the Humboldt Fish Action Council in Freshwater.