CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy’s annual Academic Achievement Awards banquet recently was held to honor the scholarly accomplishments of students and the service of faculty.

The local students included Adam Clukey, of Norridgewock; Rylee Knox, of Turner; Brooke Wagstaff, of Wiscasset; and Garrett Nelson, of Sidney.

• Clukey, a senior, is a marine engineering operations major, he was named a Scheel Scholar.

Henry A. Scheel, of Rockport, was one of America’s most respected naval architects and yacht designers. During his long and distinguished career, Scheel produced more than 250 complete designs which have been utilized by builders of sailboats and other craft in the U.S. and Europe. To express his high regard for Maine Maritime Academy, Scheel left funds in 1994 to permanently endow scholarships for students in the three upper classes who best exemplify intellectual curiosity and achievement.

• Knox, a senior, was named an American Bureau of Shipping Scholar.

ABS, a leading international classification society, is devoted to promoting the security of life, property and the marine environment, primarily through the establishment and verification of technical and engineering standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of ships and marine-related facilities. The ABS Scholarship is awarded to deserving engineering and naval architecture students. Recipients of this prestigious academic award receive a scholarship in each of the final two years of their studies at MMA. They are also given an opportunity to complete an internship with the American Bureau of Shipping.

• Wagstaff, a freshman, is a marine biology/small vessel operations major, he was named a Mitchell Scholar.

The Mitchell Institute awards more than 130 scholarships each year, one to a graduating senior from every public high school in Maine. Selection is based on academic potential, community impact, and financial need. Since 1995, the Institute has awarded more than 2,500 scholarships totaling more than $13 million.

• Nelson, a senior, is a vessel operations and technology major, he received the Professor’s Award for Excellence in Casualty Analysis.

The International and Inland Navigation Rules of the Road, designed to prevent collisions at sea, form the basis of a mariner’s knowledge. This knowledge is so vital that the academy’s Marine Transportation students take two focused courses on the subject. Casualty Analysis, the second of the two courses, emphasizes the in-depth understanding, synthesis, critical thinking, and application of these Rules. This award is presented to the student who not only has achieved the highest class standing in the course, but who, in the opinion of the department, demonstrates the greatest aptitude in the subject.