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Foran Students Earn Britton John Broatch Memorialship Scholarship

The annual scholarship is awarded in memory of life-long Milford resident and Foran graduate Britton Broatch.

MILFORD, CT — The recipients of the 2018 Britton John Broatch Memorial Scholarship were honored on May 31 at Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford. Ava Corsi (left) is attending the University of Connecticut in the fall with a goal of becoming a physician’s assistant specializing in oncology.

Matthew Cruz (right) is attending the University of New Haven in the fall to study mechanical engineering with hopes of one day giving back to the people in his native home of the Philippines.

The annual scholarship is awarded in memory of life-long Milford resident and Foran graduate Britton Broatch, who died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm in 2003 at the age of 25. The scholarship was presented to Ms. Corsi and Mr. Cruz by Britton's brother Kierran Broatch.

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