Greater Nashua
Brookline black belt awarded $15k Hutchinson Scholarship
NASHUA — Kaylee Barchard, a second degree black belt at the Independent Martial Arts School, could hardly believe it when Shihan Jeffrey Maistrosky announced that she had been selected as this year’s recipient of the $15,000 Craig P. Hutchinson Memorial Scholarship. “All the color drained from my face,” said Barchard. “Not knowing if I would receive the scholarship had plagued my mind for weeks. The only emotion I felt in the moment was relief and overwhelming gratitude.” The scholarship was established in 1993 in memory of Craig Hutchinson, a student and instructor at the IMAS. Hutchinson died on Dec. 20, 1992 from complications of mononucleosis during his sophomore year at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. During the past 33 years, the Foundation has awarded more than $140,000 in scholarship funds. “For me, this scholarship is about more than just the ...
