Concordia student wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship worth $50 000

Concordia University's own Michael Noonan is headed off to Oxford University next year.

The Chateauguay resident and competitive wrestler has won the prestigious 2012 Rhodes Scholarship. It is valued at $50 000.

Noonan will be pursuing a PhD in zoology with a focus on fish conservation in the prestigious scholarship. He also will be working on how to make dams more ecologically friendly.

Noonan is one of only two Rhode Scholars from Quebec. The other is Philippe-Andre Rodriguez from l'Universite de Montreal.