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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 MAY 27, 2021<br />

PHOTO | JULIA HOPKINS<br />

From left, Hanna Johnson, Sophie Izzo, Lily Bromberger, Olivia Barrete, Amber Kiricoples, Cade Buckley, Colby Browne, and Aidan Dwyer are the recipients of<br />

the 2021 Joseph O’ Boyle Memorial Scholarship Fund from Salem Country Club. Co-Chairman Steve Richards, center, presented the eight scholars with awards.<br />

See more photos on page 13.<br />

Teeing up honors for students<br />

By Anne MArie ToBin<br />

PEABODY — There may<br />

not have been golf, but there<br />

were smiles all around at Salem<br />

Country Club Monday as the<br />

club celebrated its 27th annual<br />

Peabody Golf Day.<br />

Eight high-school seniors<br />

were honored as 2021 Joseph<br />

O’ Boyle Memorial Scholarship<br />

Fund scholars.<br />

“We were impressed by the<br />

number of applications, and it’s<br />

a tough decision, as always,”<br />

said Memorial Scholarship<br />

Fund Co-chairman and member<br />

Steve Richards. “These students<br />

are so talented and they<br />

have worked so hard, so this is<br />

our opportunity to give back.”<br />

In normal times, the event,<br />

now in its 27th year, includes<br />

a double-shotgun golf tournament<br />

open to residents and employees<br />

of the City of Peabody,<br />

with proceeds used to fund the<br />

scholarships.<br />

But these are not normal<br />

times.<br />

“We were disappointed that<br />

golf had to be canceled again,<br />

but we still wanted to be able<br />

to support and honor the kids,”<br />

said Richards. “We wish all of<br />

them the best knowing they are<br />

very well-equipped to succeed.<br />

They will make their families,<br />

the city of Peabody, and Salem<br />

C.C. very proud.”<br />

The scholarships are for<br />

college-bound seniors who<br />

reside in Peabody, attend either<br />

Peabody High or Bishop<br />

Fenwick and have excelled in<br />

leadership, athletics, academics<br />

and community service. A<br />

total of $30,000 was awarded,<br />

bringing the total to more than<br />

$400,000 awarded in the fund’s<br />

history.<br />

This year’s scholars are<br />

Peabody High’s Olivia Barrete,<br />

Lily Bromberger, Sophie Izzo<br />

and Amber Kiricoples, and<br />

Fenwick’s Colby Browne, Cade<br />

Buckley, Aidan Dwyer and<br />

Hannah Johnson.<br />

Barrete is a top-five ranked<br />

student and vice president of the<br />

National Honor Society (NHS).<br />

A member of the Massachusetts<br />

DECA executive board, she<br />

competed in community service,<br />

entrepreneurship and innovation<br />

categories at the state<br />

level.<br />

She tutored math, played<br />

volleyball, ran indoor track<br />

and has supported the Big<br />

Buddies program. She will attend<br />

Northeastern University,<br />

majoring in mathematics and<br />

business administration.<br />

“I am incredibly honored<br />

to receive this scholarship,”<br />

Barrete said. “This will make<br />

a huge difference in paying for<br />

my college education.”<br />

Bromberger, also a top-five<br />

student, will attend Worcester<br />

Polytechnic Institute, where she<br />

plans to major in engineering.<br />

She was on the swim and field<br />

hockey teams, played in the<br />

school band and was part of the<br />

Youth Advisory Council. She<br />

was a member of the Air Force<br />

Junior ROTC and volunteered<br />

at Haven From Hunger.<br />

Johnson, another top student,<br />

has actively volunteered<br />

with the Jimmy Fund, helping<br />

to create the fund’s “Back to<br />

School” video. The video helps<br />

cancer patients adjust to going<br />

back to school and also helps<br />

support administrators on how<br />

to successfully acclimate patients<br />

back into the school<br />

environment.<br />

Johnson is also active with<br />

“Teen Chats,” a program that<br />

discusses multiple topics that<br />

teens may be dealing with as<br />

they go through treatment.<br />

Johnson, peer mentor, leader<br />

and member of the volleyball<br />

team, will study nursing at<br />

Emmanuel College.<br />

Browne will attend High<br />

Point University and major in<br />

business administration. He<br />

played football, basketball, ran<br />

track and was active in student<br />

government. He was involved<br />

with the Best Buddies program<br />

and was active in several school<br />

fund-raising events.<br />

Izzo played four years of varsity<br />

lacrosse and field hockey.<br />

She was a member of the Ski<br />

Club, National Honor Society<br />

and the International Club, and<br />

plans to major in health sciences<br />

at the University of Vermont.<br />

Kiricoples, co-president of<br />

the senior class, will attend<br />

Bentley University and play<br />

soccer. She is a member of the<br />

National Honor Society, threesport<br />

captain in soccer, basketball,<br />

and lacrosse, and was<br />

named the 2020 Essex Media<br />

Group Person of the Year for<br />

Peabody. For the latter, she was<br />

recognized for conducting numerous<br />

community events to<br />

raise awareness of the importance<br />

of mental health. She has<br />

also been an active participant<br />

on the Student Youth Advisory<br />

Council.<br />

Buckley will attend St.<br />

Joseph’s College in Maine<br />

where he plans to major in<br />

business administration/sports<br />

management and play on<br />

the golf team. The four-year<br />

member of the Crusaders’ golf<br />

team has also played basketball<br />

during his high school career.<br />

Buckley’s community service<br />

includes volunteering with the<br />

Stock Club and My Brother’s<br />

Table, a soup kitchen in Lynn.<br />

Dwyer will attend Xavier<br />

University where he plans to<br />

major in business administration.<br />

The three-sport captain (indoor<br />

and outdoor track, soccer),<br />

has earned Central Catholic<br />

Conference All-Star honors in<br />

soccer. This spring, he joined<br />

the football team as a placekicker.<br />

He volunteered with St.<br />

John the Baptist, Best Buddies,<br />

Fenwick’s Good Friday Walk,<br />

and the Dominican Republic<br />

Mission Trip to the Caribbean.<br />

For Browne, being named an<br />

O’Boyle scholar speaks volumes<br />

about the club’s commitment<br />

to the city.<br />

“I really appreciate the award,<br />

but it goes beyond the money,”<br />

Browne said. “I grew up in<br />

Peabody schools before going<br />

to Fenwick. We always talk<br />

about the meaning of Peabody<br />

pride. That’s what this is and I<br />

am grateful.”

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