University of Otago student David Bellamy has been awarded the 2010 Prime Minister's Award for Academic Excellence as the highest-achieving secondary school pupil in New Zealand. The 17-year old Health Science student graduated from Christ's College last year, gaining NCEA Level 3 with excellence and achieving six outstanding scholarships in English, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics with Calculus, Statistics and Modelling, and Physics. At the time of the exams Bellamy was only 16 years of age.
Last Tuesday Bellamy attended the Top Scholar award ceremony at Government House where John Key presented him with the award. He also received the Top Scholar Award for Scholarship in Chemistry and a Premier Scholar award. Bellamy hopes to study Medicine.
Top Scholar Award for Otago student
