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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.”