Source: University of Otago
Established in 2020 in memory of Sophia Crestani, the first Sophia Michelle McMillan Crestani Scholarship has been awarded to Emilia Haszard, a second-year Bachelor of Science student majoring in Oceanography, with a minor in Mathematics.
Sophia passed away in tragic circumstances at a student party in North Dunedin on 6 October 2019, and the scholarship has been established in her memory.
Emilia Haszard.
Emilia, who is from Dunedin, says it was âquite a shockâ when she heard she had received the scholarship.
âI feel really grateful and really honoured,â she says. âI felt really honoured to even be considered for it. She was an amazing girl.â