2009 Agganis Scholarship winners named

LYNN – The Agganis Foundation has selected its 2009 scholarship recipients. With this year’s class, the Foundation has awarded $1,314,525 in scholarships to 813 student-athletes since its inception in 1955.This year’s winners are headed to colleges such as Boston College, Brown, Harvard, Holy Cross and Notre Dame.Agganis scholarship recipients receive $1,000 for each of the four years they are in college. There are four student-athletes chosen as Yawkey/Agganis scholarship winners, with the scholarships funded by a donation from the Yawkey Foundation.Two recipients from Lynn receive Michael J. Agganis scholarships, funded by a cousin of Harry Agganis who owns a professional baseball team in Ohio. One recipient who is a resident of either Swampscott or Marblehead receives the Angelopulos/Oppenheim scholarship, donated by Chuck Angelopulos in memory of his friend, Peter Oppenheim.The scholarship recipients will receive their awards at the Agganis awards ceremony on July 12 at 10 a.m. at Manning Field in Lynn.The scholarship recipients are:Allison Beaulieu, Swampscott (Bates, Angelopulos/Oppenheim Scholarship); Anthony Caruso, East Boston (Boston University, Yawkey/Agganis Scholarships); Ticarmel Cherisme, John D. O’Bryant (Salem State, Yawkey/Agganis Scholarships); Gregory Doonan, Peabody (Notre Dame); Michelle Golden, St. Mary’s (Boston College); Ryan English, Peabody (Boston College); Nicole Hanlon, St. Mary’s (Holy Cross); Ryan Heffrin, Marblehead (Harvard); Brian Kolodziej, Lynn Classical (UMass-Dartmouth); Ruth Le, Latin Academy (USC, Yawkey/Agganis Scholarships); Michael Maghsoudi, St. Mary’s (Babson); Sochitta Men, Lynn Classical (Brown, Michael Agganis Scholarships); Tara Nimkar, Swampscott (Michigan); Kara Shaughnessy, Boston Latin (Boston University, Yawkey/Agganis Scholarships); Justin Young, Lynn English (Bentley, Michael Agganis Scholarships); and Jeremy Dorson, Lynn Classical (Salem State, Agganis Foundation Chairman’s Scholarship).