THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 19, 2026 Page 7 Here’s the complete list of awards presented — the scholarships, the recipients and the amount received — on Senior Scholarship Night 2026: THE HONORABLE JEFFERY ABBER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Shaneel Zeba, $1,000 ROBERT K. ADAMS MEDIA AWARD: Gino Spadafora, $200 SAMMY J. ALIBERTE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Jacob Morrison, $1,000 JOSEPH G. AMELIO SCHOLARSHIP: Lynkolnn Silva, $1,000 DOMENIC A. ANTONUCCI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Gabriela Parini, $1,000 CARMEN AND PAUL ARNONE SCHOLARSHIP: Christopher Arruda, $500; Isaac Licona Cruz, $500 GORDIE BARBRICK/JAMES A. TRINGALI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: William “Billy” Gavin, $250 THE LAWRENCE BELZARINE FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP: Eliezer Perez, $1,500 DANNY DORAZIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP — Love of Football: Ismail Elbahlawan, $1,000 THE ROSE FLORENCE BELZARINE SCHOLARSHIP: Isaac Licona Cruz, $1,500; Christopher Arruda, $1,500 JOHN BENOTTI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: David Parada Araujo, $500 BARRY BLACK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Danielle Harrington, $1,000 BLACKTHORN BUILDS — A Resilience Award: Ace Showstead, $1,000 ARTHUR & MARGARET BOYLE SCHOLARSHIP Joseph Hatch, AWARDS | FROM PAGE 1 the beneficiaries of four individual scholarship presentations of $2,500 each. For many years before his passing, Bob Rotondi presented a scholarship in his family’s name on this night, but the new scholarship program was raised to its present level for this year. Recipients — all of whom participated in the Malden Babe Ruth Baseball League, championed by the Rotondis for some 60 years — were Billy Gavin, Thomas Lynch, Johnny Mei and Gino Spadafora. The Rotondi scholarships were one of the many highlights of the evening, which saw over 60 members of the Malden High Class of 2026 receive $500 THE CLARKE R. BROOKES SCHOLARSHIP: Narck-Haylee Mamouzette, $200 BRUNELLI FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: Gino Spadafora, $500 THE MICHAEL J. BYRNE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS: Destiny Leon, $1,000; Lynkolnn Silva, $1,000 CLASS OF 1982 — ARLENE GOLDSTEIN CEPPETELLI SCHOLARSHIP: Gariela Parini Cordova, $1,000 CLASS OF 1986 — LYNN MURPHY FINN SCHOLARSHIP: Haylee Seeley, $1,000 THE THOMAS F. COSGROVE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Namaicka Jeune, $1,000 THE FRANKIE DECANDIA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Andy Liu, $500; Ivan Wang $500 THE DONNA FROIO DE LENA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Christopher Arruda-Ciulla, $1,000; Phi Gold, $1,000 THE JOHN M. DEMARCO SCHOLARSHIP: Brenda Darisse, $500 THOMAS J. DEVINCENTIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Lincoln Boswell, $1,000; Avani Chhetri, $1,000; Ismail Elbahlawan, $1,000; Danielle Harrington, $1,000; Haylee Seeley, $1,000 DANNY DORAZIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP — Love of Football: Ismail Elbahlawan, $1,000 THE BRENDAN & ELAINE over $135,000 in awards. The $135,000-plus is another record amount distributed and presented for Malden High Seniors. Another major scholarship presentation was made in the name of Helen Somers by the Red Sox Foundation. The Second Annual Helen Somers Scholarship, made in the name of the late 1946 MHS graduate, was in the amount of $10,000 and the single recipient was the #1-ranked student in the senior class, Kelly Ye. Ye is the MHS Class Valedictorian and is headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall. The Scholarship award was presented by Red Sox Foundation Director of Programs Cara Blanchette. Ye will also be honored before the Red Sox- WashDUFFY COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIP: Sean Cochran, $1,000 JAMES RICHARD DURLIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Haylee Seeley, $500 FRANCES J. D’URSO, SR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Patrick Coffill, $1,500; Andres Diaz, $1,500 EAST CAMBRIDGE SAVINGS BANK SCHOLARSHIP: Ana Moco Lourenco, $1,500; Gilles Elkawei Ndagha, $1,500 DONALD FAVORAT SCHOLARSHIP: Phi Gold, $500 COUNCILLOR EILEEN M. FAY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Julia Cardoso, $500; Phuong Anh Nguyen, $500; Laura Onyejiaka, $500 MALDEN FIREFIGHTERS — Local 902 SCHOLARSHIPS: Sophia Chan, $500; Kelly Ye, $500; Fiona Youmell, $500 FIRST CHURCH IN MALDEN CONGREGATIONAL: Menal Abdulalim, $2,500; Andres Diazn, $2,500; William Gavin, $2,500; Kwan Wo Li, $2,500 FORESTDALE SCHOOL P.T.O. SCHOLARSHIP: Christopher Arruda-Ciulla, $125; Gabriella Lemus, $125; Salah Bouam, $125; Thomas Lynch, Jr., $125; Sean Cochran, $125; Gabriela Parini Cordova, $125; Athena Fondulis, $125; Haset Tesfaw, $125; Sydney Gordon, $125; Keith Vien, $125; Fiona Youmell, $125 THE FREKER FAMILY FOUNDAington Nationals game at Fenway Park in Boston on June 30. The Somers Scholarship is the largest single scholarship award ever presented at MHS Senior Scholarship Night. Malden High School Principal Chris Mastrangelo praised the MHS Senior Class of 2026 overall and specifically the scholarship recipients. “We are certainly showing that this year’s school theme of ‘Start Here, Finish Anywhere’ is still strong, with our seniors headed to some of the finest colleges and universities in the world, once again.” Included among the destinations for this year’s seniors are Harvard University and Princeton University in the Ivy League, MIT, RPI, Boston College, NorthTION: Yasser Belatreche, $400; Johnny Mei, $400; William Gavin, $400; Haylee Seeley, $400; Ryan McMahon, $400; Gino Spadafora, $400; Matheus Martins, $400; Thomas Lynch, $400; Fiona Youmell, $400 LISA FRIESNER SPIRIT AWARD: Caroline Santos, $1,500 JAMES F. GAFFEY SCHOLARSHIP: Keith Vien, $500 THE CARL GORDON GARLAND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Gabriela Parini, $500; Eliezer Perez, $500 ALEXANDER GENTILE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Patricia Mukasa, $1,000 THE ANDREA GIANNATTASIO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Kelly Ye, $500; Fiona Youmell, $500 GARY GILLAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Haylee Seeley, $2,000 THE MAJOR JOHN PATRICK “PAT” GILLEN, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD: Patricia Mukasa, $500 GOLDEN TORNADO CLUB STUDENT ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Sania Chen, $1,000; Lincoln Boswell, $1,000 THE GRASSO FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: Nicholas Li, $500 THE WILLIAM A. HAMPTON FOOTBALL LINEMAN SCHOLARSHIP: Johnathan Ventura, $400 GEORGE A. HANNA, JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Cecil Wong, eastern, University of Miami and many others. Just about 70 percent of the Senior Class Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 $1,000 HONEY DEW DONUT SCHOLARSHIP: Ashlee Zeng, $500 DORIS AND JOSEPH KELLY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Salvatore Fumicello, $100 FOR THE KIDS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP: Abdulramane Sangare, $1,000; Caroline Santos, $1,000 THE KEVIN KILBRIDE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: William Gavin, $1,000; Patricia Mukasa, $1,000 THE THOMAS KING ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP: Helen Nie, $500; Kaua Fernandes Dias Valadares, $500 THE RALPH LINDSTROM MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Laura Onyejiaka, $1,000 LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP: Omar Chouiki, $500; Jaell Dumas, $500; Phi Gold, $500; Erica Littlejohn, $500 LIVELIKEBECCA SCHOLARSHIP: William Gavin, $1,000; Phi Gold, $1,000; Sydney Gordon, $1,000; Ace Showstead, $1,000 THE LORD FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP: Nour Jaayfer, $1,000 THE ROBERT K. LOVE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Erica Littlejohn, $1,000 MICHAEL LUU MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Nicholas Li, $200 MALDEN HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ACALIST | SEE PAGE 11 are headed to either two- or four-year colleges or universities in the fall.
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