Larry L. Merritt
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
(email: larry@mabcbengals.org)
Mr. Merritt founded Merritting Attention in May of 1996. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Merritt began his athletic career at Cathedral High School and played both football and basketball where he received All-Scholastic, Player of the Year, and Dream Team honors.
Merritt received a full-four year basketball scholarship and a B.S. in Business Administration from Merrimack College (1996). While at Merrimack College, Merritt was selected Captain by his teammates for the 1995-1996 season. In his junior year, he was named the Lawrence Boys Club MVP by its club members and the Merrimack College Men's Basketball Team MVP and selected to the NCAA Division II New England All-Star Team in his senior year. In 1995, Merritt founded Brothers & Sisters United, the first multicultural student/staff organization on campus, whose mission was to educate and build diversity on campus, and to recruit and retain students and staff of color at Merrimack College.
Merritt has received community service awards such as: the Nelson Mandela Youth Award, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award, Malcolm X Community Service Award, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Senate Citation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Citation, City of Boston City Councilor's Citation and the Governor of Massachusetts for his tireless commitment to the young people in the City of Boston.
Merritt is currently serves as the Director of Athletics at Cathedral High School (Boston, MA)..
Merritt is married to his high school sweetheart Stephanie and together, they have three beautiful daughters Janee' (10), Jayday (5) and Arianna (3).
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