Ryan Martino Wins $125,000 Scholarship After Beating Stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3

Long Island senior Ryan Martino graduated with a 4.0 GPA and a $125,000 Chick Evans Scholarship after entering high school days after chemotherapy for stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Chemotherapy during part of his freshman year left him too sick to get out of bed on some days, but he kept up academically while moving from baseball to golf during treatment.
Golf became his outlet and led him to caddying, which helped qualify him for the Chick Evans Scholarship awarded to high-achieving golf caddies.
Now cancer-free, Martino plans to attend the University of Delaware and says his experience shows teenagers facing hardship that "there's light at the end of the tunnel."