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The Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award is an annual award given by Bausch & Lomb and the University of Rochester. This award was established in 1933 and has been given out annually since and is awarded at the international level. In order to be considered for this award, a student must be a high school junior, display academic excellence in science, take a rigor of courses in science, earn excellent scores in either the PSAT Math, SAT Math and or ACT Math/Science, and be nominated by a teacher. Abby Gretschmann, a junior at the Avon School District, was recently awarded the Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award. Some of the accolades that Abby has achieved that were used in the decision process for the award included her sophomore year receiving third place at the University of South Dakota in the geometry division, a Certificate of Outstanding Achievement from South Dakota State University and her science fair projects/successes from both her eighth grade and freshman years. As part of winning this honor, Abby received a framed bronze medal, a certificate, and a $20,000 fouryear scholarship to the University of Rochester in New York. Abby was very surprised when she was informed that she had won this award as she had no knowledge of even being nominated for the competition. Abby felt very honored that she was not only nominated by Mr. Paul Kuhlman, but that she was actually picked as one of the winners. Since junior high, Abby has had some interesting science project topics that have included, “Do babies look like their parents?," “What age group has the best short-term memory?,” and “What age group has the best long-term memory?” Although Abby was awarded a $20,000 scholarship to be used over the course of four years at the University of Rochester, she has no intentions of leaving South Dakota. When she goes to college, her current plan is to major in Chemistry and minor in Math with the long-term career goal of becoming a high school chemistry teacher. Congratulations, Abby!