Wyoming Seminary graduate Renata O’Donnell of Wilkes-Barre, daughter of Attys. Neil and Catherine O’Donnell, received the Harry W. and Emma R. Ruggles Award for the Outstanding Graduate during the school's 168th Commencement, in recognition of her scholarship, character and contributions to school life. She also received the Francis J. Mehm III Memorial Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to school spirit. Prior to Commencement she received the President’s Educational Excellence Award, the Charlotte R. Levy Memorial Mock Trial Prize, the Wyoming Seminary Government Leadership Prize, the Irving Robin Memorial Prize and the Brooks Christian Citizenship Prize. A Levi Sprague Fellow, she has been inducted into the Cum Laude Society, the national academic honor society for college preparatory schools. She was one of four student speakers at Commencement and was among 103 students who completed their Sem educations on May 27.
