Bermudian Eleanor Gardner has been selected as the 2013 Bermuda Rhodes Scholar.The daughter of John and Judith Gardner of Smith’s parish, Ms Gardner intends to pursue a Master of Science Degree in Comparative Social Policy at Hertford College, Oxford University.A 2009 graduate of Bermuda High School Ms Gardner attained “an impressive array of GCSEs and her International Baccalaureate Diploma.She was also the recipient of the Outstanding Student Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Doris Trott Butterfield Scholarship.And she participated in the Bermuda Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to earn silver and bronze awards.She graduated in May from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Political Science and Philosophy.At Johns Hopkins, Ms Gardner served as associate and then executive director of the Foreign Affairs Symposium.She is also well known in Bermuda’s sailing and swimming circles having represented Bermuda in local and international sailing regatta and as a national swim team member.In August 2008, she was nominated by the Bermuda Sailing Association and the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association, and then selected by the Bermuda Olympic Association, to be Bermuda’s Female Ambassador for the Olympic Youth Camp Cultural Exchange Programme in Beijing, China.In 2012, she organised the Swim Across America College Fun Relay Event with one of the event officials and her team won the award for being the top college fundraising team.