A MEMBER of Finland’s American Football team has won £250 from the University of Worcester’s scholarship panel.

Okko Outinen, from Helsinki, is a second-year environmental science student at the university.

The 23-year-old sportsman has been playing the American Football professionally for three years and has received a number of awards for his talent on the field. He said: “It feels great to be awarded a scholarship for something that you are good at doing in your spare time.

“I am very grateful that the university is supporting me with this scholarship, which I will use to buy anew helmet for better protection.”