Scott McKim '02 graduated from Lyndon with a degree in meteorology and minors in physics and mathematics. As a student, he followed his childhood passion of weather to Lyndon knowing he was attending one of the premier colleges in the country for meteorology studies, while also looking to prolong his high school athletic pursuits and his love of the outdoors surrounded by the beauty of northeastern Vermont.
McKim graduated cum laude with a 3.89 grade-point-average while also earning the Gil Ford Award as the top graduating meteorology major, the Lyndon Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, and the Student Senate Community Achievement Award.
He was a four-year starter on the soccer team and served as captain for two years. He was recognized for his outstanding soccer acumen and skills earning numerous accolades during his collegiate soccer career to include All-Conference honors, multiple Mayflower Conference Scholar-Athlete designations, and a NAIA All-American Scholar Athlete Award. Lyndon awarded Scott with the Male Athlete-of-the-Year Award in 2000.
After graduation, McKim attended graduate school at Colorado State University where he graduated in 2005 with a degree in Watershed Science and a concentration in snow science, furthering his interest in meteorology and hydrology. His first job following graduate school took him back to Alaska working for the National Weather Service (NWS), a place he had fallen in love with while completing two summer internships in Alaska while a student at Lyndon.
McKim left the NWS in 2007 to pursue a teaching career and has been a mathematics, science and technology educator in a middle school in Anchorage, Alaska ever since. As a teacher, he has applied been awarded over $127,000 in grant monies to benefit his classroom and school. Furthermore, McKim was honored with the 2012 Alaska Outstanding Educator Award, the California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence, and was named the runner-up for the Alaska Teacher-of-the-Year in 2012.
He continues to stay active in his community McKim is an Executive Board member of the Anchorage Waterways Council. He plays on an adult-league soccer team, competes in marathons and triathlons, and enjoys the beautiful Alaskan wilderness via many skiing, paddling and backpacking trips.
McKim currently lives in Anchorage with his wife, Julie.
