ATLANTA—SECO International has awarded three optometry students its 2010 Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Awards, recognizing academic achievements by students from SECO-affiliated colleges.

This year's award recipients are Nicole Psaltis, from Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry; Justine Siegers, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry; and Michelle Brennan from Southern College of Optometry.

Each recipient was presented a $1,000 check and a plaque during her school's awards ceremony.

SECO International has recognized outstanding optometry students through its annual Southern Council of Optometrists Clinical Excellence Awards since 1993.