LYNN –– Get ready for Agganis Week. The schedule of games honoring Harry Agganis, who was picked by a turn-of-the-century poll as the greatest athlete in Lynn history, will commence Sunday, June 26.
The four-day tour de force of athletic events begins with an opening ceremony at Manning Field and four of the nine all-star games scheduled for the week.
The opening ceremony, which will be held at 9 a.m., will include the presentation of the 2022 Agganis Foundation Scholarships, five major awards, and the introduction of this year’s Agganis All-Stars in the following sports: girls and boys lacrosse, softball, baseball, girls and boys basketball, girls and boys soccer, and football.
The lacrosse doubleheader will also be held June 26 at Manning Field, with softball and baseball played at the adjacent Fraser Field.
Action continues the following day with the girls and boys basketball doubleheader at Lynn Classical High School. The girls and boys soccer games will be June 28 at Manning Field. And the 60th annual Agganis All-Star Football game will close the week Wednesday, June 29, at Manning Field.
The games are played in memory of legendary Lynn athlete Harry Agganis, an All-American quarterback at Lynn Classical and Boston University. He was expected to be the first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns, but he opted for a professional baseball career and was the starting first baseman for the Boston Red Sox when he died of a pulmonary embolism in 1955 at the age of 26.
The Agganis Foundation was created by longtime Agganis friend Attorney Charles Demakis, with assistance from Harold O. Zimman, a coach and mentor, and the Boston Red Sox shortly thereafter, with a mission of awarding college scholarships in Agganis’ name. Since 1955, the Foundation has awarded more than $2.3 million in scholarships to 1,040 student-athletes.
The scholarship winners are as follows:
Matthew Bushway, Lynn Classical, Holy Cross; Abigail Constine, St. Mary’s, UMass Amherst; Isabella Faessler, Classical (James Baldini Scholarship), UConn; Sydney Finnigan, Classical, UMass Lowell; Anna Flaherty, Classical, University of New England; Rberssi Reynoso German, Charlestown (Yawkey/Agganis Scholarship), Bucknell; Allison Golden, Boston Latin (Yawkey/Agganis Scholarship), Georgetown; Annika Haley, Marblehead, Trinity; Cody Huynh, St. Mary’s, Merrimack; Ella Kramer, Marblehead, Boston College; Courtney Lambright, O’Bryant (Yawkey/Agganis Scholarship), Georgia State; Jesse Maggs, Lynn English (President’s Scholarship), Endicott; Shane McQueen, Lynnfield (President’s Scholarship), Mass Maritime; Grace Miller, Marblehead, UCLA; Aalina Tejada Lara, St. Mary’s, Gordon; Lily Newhall, St. Mary’s (President’s Scholarship), St. Anselm; Anna Radulski, Lynnfield (Greg Agganis Scholarship); Purdue; Samantha Simmons, Peabody, WPI; Madison Spencer, St. Mary’s (Edward H. Cahill Scholarship) UMass Amherst; Steven Woods, Bishop Fenwick, Bryant; y-Luxi Yu, Boston Latin (Yawkey/Agganis Scholarship), Brown.
