Bucknell University student Jesse Klug of Kirkland was honored with the Eastern College Athletic Conference Merit Award.

Klug is in Bucknell’s Class of 2016. The Eastern College Athletic Conference Merit Award recognizes excellence in scholarship and athletics.

Located in Lewisburg, Pa., Bucknell University is a highly selective private liberal arts university that offers majors in the arts, engineering, humanities, management, and social and natural sciences, along with broad opportunities outside of class, to its 3,600 undergraduates.