NORWALK, Conn. — Senior Summer Bosch was recently named the 29th recipient of the $130,000 Kevin M. Eidt Norwalk High School Scholarship.
Bosch, who will attend Princeton University this fall, earned the scholarship after being “judged as the most outstanding senior in the Norwalk High School Class of 2025,” according to the Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The scholarship is awarded in memory of 1996 Norwalk High School co-valedictorian Kevin Eidt, who passed away from cardiac arrest in January 1997 while playing an intramural basketball game during his freshman year at Boston College.
“Summer was selected as the recipient for her breadth of involvement, achievements, and depth of commitment across the spectrum of academics, athletics, arts, and community service, all areas in which Kevin participated and excelled,” said Christian Eidt, director of the Kevin M. Eidt Scholarship Fund.
Bosch said winning the scholarship—which will be divvied up across her four years at Princeton—”hasn’t really sunk in fully yet,” adding, “It definitely feels really surreal but I am so, so grateful; I can’t even express with words how happy and how grateful I feel.”
Gregry Calnon—chair of the fund’s Scholarship Selection Committee, managing director at Goldman Sachs, a 1997 graduate of Norwalk High School and the first recipient of Kevin’s Norwalk High School scholarship—presented Bosch with the honor on April 5 at The Water’s Edge at Giovanni’s Restaurant in Darien at the fund’s Annual Scholarship Presentation and Benefit Dinner Dance.
While it wasn’t a surprise for Bosch—she was notified a few days in advance, giving her time to write a speech—the fact she won was publicly announced at the April 5 event in front of a gathering of more than 150 attendees, including seven past scholarship recipients.
Also present were Bosch’s parents, Eve and Darren, and her brother Grady, a junior at Syracuse University.
“They have been so supportive and really wonderful this whole year—not just with the scholarship but with college and just with school in general,” she said of her parents and brother. “They support me with everything, which is great.”
In terms of applying for the Eidt scholarship, Bosch described it as “a pretty rigorous application process.”
“First, you have to be in the National Honor Society … and then in the top 10 percent of your class. Those are the kids who are invited to apply, and then there are a few rounds; in the first round, you submit a preliminary application with all your activities,” said Bosch.
“In the second round, you have to submit a final application, a couple of recommendations … and you have to answer a couple of supplemental questions,” she continued. “Then they narrow it down to three or four kids usually who do the interview process, and then they select [the winner] from there.”
Along with Bosch, the 2025 scholarship finalists were Tyler Consolati, Konstantinos Panagiotidis and Amelia Schweizer.
“It was a really, really great group of candidates who were up for this scholarship—a lot of my really close friends that go back all the way to elementary school. They were all just as deserving, if not more, so I just want to acknowledge them,” said Bosch.
According to Christian Eidt, Bosch “stood out during the interview process, confirming for the committee she would be an excellent representative of, and spokesperson for, the fund with her maturity, communication skills, and the image she projected.”
Norwalk High School Assistant Principal Dan Sullivan described Bosch as “truly wonderful, authentic and a terrific ambassador for the Eidt Scholarship.”
Bosch said representing Kevin Eidt and all he stood for is an important part of being named the scholarship winner.
“The whole point of the scholarship is to honor students that were like him, but I think just remembering his legacy and carrying it on, as well as his hard work, perseverance, and dedication in this very building is something that is kind of inspiring to me,” she added.
The Eidt Fund’s Board of Directors has approved awarding 17 scholarships totaling $187,000 in 2025 to students in Norwalk and at Boston College. As of this week, just one other scholarship—a $2,000 Boston College Emerging Leader Program Scholarship to Boston College student Daniel Hannoush—had been announced. The remaining winners will be announced in May and June.
As she gears up to go to Princeton, Bosch said she looks forward to trying out for the orchestra at the Ivy League institution.
“Music is a huge, huge part of my high school experience,” she said. “I play viola, so I am auditioning for orchestra, and being involved in music in some capacity is something I am really looking forward to.”
Along with being a member of the Principal Orchestra and Chamber Singers, Bosch is vice president of the Kevin M. Eidt Chapter of the National Honor Society, president of the Tri-M Music Honors Society, and vice president of the French Honor Society.
She has also played volleyball, ran cross country, and is president of the ski and snowboard club.
With her days at Norwalk High winding down—graduation is scheduled for June 11—Bosch said she is looking forward to her time at Princeton, where she plans on majoring in psychology.
“I also have an interest in political science, and I am really liking statistics right now,” she said. “But, right now, psychology is my primary focus.”
Looking ahead, Bosch said she looks forward to “being in an environment of people that love that vigor of learning, they really want to be there … I am excited to work with these talented and intelligent people.”
After college, Bosch—who has maintained a 4.8 GPA during her senior year while taking a number of Advanced Placement courses—said she plans on going to grad school or law school.
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