To honor Sean’s life and legacy, the Love Like Sean Foundation, in partnership with Benet Academy, has established the Sean Patrick Richards Memorial Scholarship.
This Scholarship will be given annually to one incoming freshman at Benet Academy beginning with this fall’s class (Class of 2028). In addition, in this first year of the Scholarship, it will also be given to a rising sophomore (Class of 2027). Each student will receive a $5,000 scholarship per year for four years (three years for Class of 2027 member) while attending Benet Academy.
Students receiving this scholarship exhibit the qualities and traits lived by Sean during his brief, but incredibly impactful, time on earth. Those qualities and traits include a commitment to the Catholic faith, sincere kindness to everyone, a positive influence to all, love, laughter, joy, compassion, empathy, and wonder, just to name a few. Scholarship determinations are made without regard to academic performance, athletic achievement, financial need, race, gender or any other criteria not listed above.
The recipient of the Scholarship for the Class of 2027 is Katherine Starr, and the recipient of the Scholarship for the Class of 2028 is Vincenzo Lucafo. We are proud to have both Katie and Vince represent the Love Like Sean Foundation and receive the scholarship that bear’s Sean’s name. Sean would have been great friends with both of them.
We were overwhelmed with both the quality and the quantity (34 members of the Class of 2027 and 45 members of the Class of 2028) of the students who completed applications. Due to the number of truly outstanding candidates in these groups, the committee created a new category (Finalists) for the Scholarship. Each of these students will receive a $1,000 scholarship per year for four years (three years for Class of 2027 members) while attending Benet Academy. The Finalists for the Class of 2027 are Kasey Glynn, Daniel Phelan and Andrew Zitlow. The Finalists for the Class of 2028 are Lexie Clanin, Nicholas Huie and Noel Klody.
Congratulations to Katie, Vince and all of our Finalists. A special thank you to Benet Academy’s President, Bill Myers, and its VP of Development, Greg Girsch, for all of their work in making this Scholarship possible.
