Kevin M. Eidt

On January 23, 1997, Kevin M. Eidt, a Boston College student, passed away due to cardiac arrest during an intramural basketball game at Boston College. Later that year, Mark Ritchie, an EMT and Boston College student, founded Boston College EMS with the goal of providing quality, emergency medical care to the Boston College community in an effort to prevent any such tragedy from occurring again. That mission still endures today with the same passion and fervor that prompted its creation twenty five years ago. 

Kevin M. Eidt was an exceptional student, as a member of both the honors program and the dean’s list, but he was also a devoted volunteer and a model member of the Boston College community. To honor his memory, Boston College EMS annually issues the Kevin M. Eidt award to the student-EMT who shows the greatest commitment to upholding this legacy.

"For such a young organization, BCEMS has come far—from the initial heartbreak on the basketball court to the top of Heartbreak Hill. The organization remains just one call away."

– Kayla Fernando, The Heights