Loxahatchee resident and 2018 Seminole Ridge High School graduate Riley Bresnahan is graduating from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
Bresnahan was a four-year varsity soccer starter, played travel soccer for the Wellington Wave and Palm Beach Premier soccer clubs, earned her black belt in taekwondo from Acreage Martial Arts, was a four-year cross-country runner, and was Seminole Ridge’s National Honor Society president and prom queen her senior year.
As a midshipman, Bresnahan played on the ladies rugby team her plebe (freshman) year, was on the dance team for the past three years and was also a member of the Navy taekwondo team.
A meteorology major, Bresnahan participated in a study-abroad program in Ghana this past fall, where she performed experiments on ocean currents and tidal shifts.
Bresnahan will begin her U.S. Navy career as an ensign specializing in surface warfare after her graduation on Friday, May 27. Celebrating with her will be her mother Helena, father Glenn, brother Robert, sister Reagan, and many family members and friends from around the country.
