The award includes a $5,000 reward and will be presented in Grapevine, Texas, late next month.

Marquette senior Christopher Kerzich, a student in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been selected as one of five recipients for the National Young American Award, which is given out by the Boy Scouts of America.

The award includes a $5,000 reward and will be presented in Grapevine, Texas, late next month.

Kerzich is founder of the Marquette University Conservative Union and is vice president of the Marquette Chapter of College Republicans. He is a native of Bedford, Ill.