Two Murray Bridge students have got a helping hand from a local service club as they head off to university.

Murray Bridge High School’s Riley Lienert and Unity College’s Kalder Bormann have each received a $2000 scholarship from the local branch of Soroptimist International.

The club’s scholarship program usually recognises one community-minded year 12 graduate each year.

But this year, coordinator Robin Wilson said club members had been unable to split the pair – so they awarded two lots of funding.

Basketballer and footballer Kalder said he had originally dreamed of getting into sports management, trading players and picks for the Adelaide Crows.