Framingham Student Athletes Honored in Boston Friday

BOSTON, MA — Three of Framingham's top student-athletes will be among those honored Friday during ceremonies at Faneuil Hall for the annual Massachusetts Celebration of Girls and Women in Sport Day.

Katie Puumala, Isabella Ricchiazzi and Rachel Krueger will head to the 10 a.m. event in Boston for what the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association calls, "a formal but fun recognition day for high school female athletes and the adults who support and inspire them." This year's theme is "Expanding Opportunity." The event is co-sponsored by the MIAA and the New Agenda: Northeast.

Puumala and Ricchiazzi are Framingham High School athletes. Puumala plays ice hockey, while Ricchiazzi plays soccer and wrestles. Krueger is a Marian High School student from Framingham. She has three sports under her belt, playing golf, basketball and lacrosse.

During the event, all three young women will receive certificates for their contributions to Framingham and girls sports.

Gevvie Stone, a Boston-based rower who won a silver medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, will be the special guest speaker. Stone trains on the Charles River and combined Olympic training with medical school at Tufts.

In addition to Stone's keynote address, others will be honored.

The four 2017 recipients of the Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award are Pamela Alvares, teacher, coach and advisor at Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton; Bobbie Finn, Athletics Administrative Assistant at Notre Dame of Hingham; Eleanor E. Petrovick, a wellness teacher at Foxboro High School, and Linda Zacchilli, head girls volleyball coach and assistant boys volleyball coach at Milford High School.

The three Girls and Women in Sports Essay Award winners are first place Emily O'Neil of Cardinal Spellman in Brockton; second-place Katherine Arsenault of Oakmont Regional High School in Ashburnham; and third place Mia McDonald of Westfield High School.

Lexington High School's Maddie Lane will sing the national anthem, and Vicki Caburian, a teacher and coach at Lincoln-Sudbury High School, will read the gubernatorial proclamation announcing that Friday is recognized as Girls and Women in Sport Day in Massachusetts.

Photo by Brad.K, Flickr/Creative Commons

Patch reporter Mike Carraggi contributed to this report