TOP SCHOLARS 2014-2015 Annual Report of Stamps Carolina, Carolina, McNair, Hamilton and Horseshoe Scholars University of South Carolina Cover: McNair Scholar Viki Knapp enjoyed bathing an elephant in Jaipur, India. It was just one of many stops she made during her Semester at Sea voyage. Along with several hundred other students from around the country, Viki circumnavigated the globe and visited 14 countries, all while taking a full semester of classes.

Each August, exceptional Carolina, Stamps Carolina, McNair, Hamilton and Horseshoe scholars converge upon the University of South Carolina’s historic campus to begin the academic year anew. They come from the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, from America’s heartland and right next door. They have earned these highly compet - itive scholarships based on outstanding academic talent, exemplary character and remarkable leadership skills.

It’s not unusual for our first-year scholars to experience some anxiety as they move from comfort to self-exploration. This is as it should be. Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote, “It is in our anxiety that we come to understand feelingly that we are free, that the possibilities are endless.” In this edition of Top Scholars it’s clear, as the years move forward, these students experience an exhilarating freedom as they seek out and explore each new possibility.

Mentored by members of Carolina’s experienced faculty and sta‚, supported by community and business leaders, alumni and donors, inspired by their peers and touched by the needs of communities both here and abroad, our top scholars become global citizens. Their exploration has found them among the people of Chile, Turkey, Spain and Italy. They’ve experienced the sunrise in Argentina, England, Australia and Africa. And they’ve practiced their language skills in Ecuador, Japan and Germany.

These scholars are steeped in such diverse studies as anthropology, chemical engineering, music performance, accounting, international studies, pharmacy, political science and public health. And they graduate knowing that, as Gamecocks, the future holds no limits.

Aristotle believed that “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” We salute our generous donors for providing this adventurous beginning that has led our schol - ars toward greater wisdom and a role in shaping a new world.

Harris Pastides, President, University of South Carolina Helen Doerpinghaus, Interim Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 1 The University of South Carolina developed the Carolina Scholars Program in THE SELECTION PROCESS THE CAROLINA AND 1969 to celebrate the virtues of a world-class education. Through generous The OŸce of Undergraduate Admissions coordinates the selection process for Carolina and McNair Scholars. To be considered, private support, we have expanded the program from 10 students in its first year students are required to submit an application for admission as well as the Honors/Top Scholars application supplement. The MCNAIR SCHOLARS to more than 83 scholars on campus during fall 2014. Since its inception, 767 application generally asks students to include school and community activities and accomplishments, independent research and scholars have participated in the program, which has been an integral factor readings, goals for the future, an essay and teacher recommendations. Each applicant is carefully reviewed by faculty and sta‚ in keeping many of the state’s most academically talented students in South members and evaluated in areas such as academic preparation, intellectual curiosity, leadership potential, recommendations, interest Carolina. in the university and outstanding talents and accomplishments.

Established in spring 1998 as part of the university’s Bicentennial Campaign, Each year, 50 Carolina Scholar candidates and 41 McNair Scholar candidates are selected to attend an interview weekend held in the McNair Scholars Program is an exciting scholarship fund for out-of-state late February or early March. During this visit, candidates tour campus, view residence halls, meet with many prominent University of students supported by generous gifts of $30 million from university alumnus South Carolina faculty and sta‚ members and senior administrators and attend sample classes. The campus visit is an opportunity for Robert C. McNair and his wife, Janice. The McNair Scholars Program is the coun- students to learn about the services and programs Carolina a‚ords elite scholars and for students to experience the campus culture terpart to Carolina’s prestigious Carolina Scholars Program for gifted in-state and community. students. The university welcomed the 17th class of McNair Scholars this year, Each year, approximately 20 Carolina Scholars, five Stamps Carolina Scholars and 20 McNair Scholars are named from the group a group of the nation’s brightest students, representing 18 states. of 91 finalists. In addition to the monetary award, scholars enjoy many benefits, including preferred freshman housing and parking Distinguished by their extraordinary academic talent, exemplary character and privileges and a laptop computer. remarkable leadership skills, the Carolina and McNair Scholars are outstanding Our current and incoming Carolina and McNair Scholars were representatives of the best our nation has to o‚er and are an integral students whose ideas and abilities will shape the world of tomorrow. These part of what makes the university a “faithful index to the ambitions and fortunes of the state.” young scholars personify not only the ideals Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke of when he said, “Character is higher than intellect,” but also the university’s own motto: “Learning humanizes character and does not permit it to be cruel.” As this THE AWARDS report chronicles, these scholars have significantly enhanced the reputation of The Carolina Scholar and McNair Scholar Awards are the most prestigious undergraduate scholarships at the University of South the university. Carolina. Students who accept the scholarships receive automatic entrance into the South Carolina Honors College. Each Carolina and McNair Scholar Award provides an annual stipend, which helps cover costs such as tuition, fees, books, and room and board. The A continuing goal of both programs is to create a community of scholars with a stipends are renewable annually to support the scholars through four years of undergraduate study at the university. united and visible identity. First-year scholars participate in a leadership retreat, creating bonds and developing skills that will last a lifetime. Through the gen - In addition to the cash stipend, Carolina and McNair Scholars participate in activities during the school year that complement their erosity of the university’s donors, these prestigious scholarship programs will academic experience. First-year scholars build community starting with their retreat, and they are also paired with university faculty continue to improve and grow. This top scholars report is o‚ered as a testament members who serve as mentors during the year. Sophomores receive one-on-one advisement to assist with academic and cocurricular to the successes of the programs that you have made possible. planning. All scholars have a full schedule of programs each semester, which includes socials, formal dinners, lectures and invitations to special campus events. A partnership was formed in 2013 to transform the Carolina Scholars program — five new Carolina Scholars were recruited with the help of a gift from the Stamps Charitable Foundation. The university will add up to five new Stamps Carolina Scholars each year.

2 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 3 STAMPS LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS The university has partnered with the Stamps Charitable Foundation to recruit and educate fi ve new Carolina Scholars annually. Called Stamps Carolina Scholars, these students are supported through the Top Scholar Program locally but receive support and networking opportunities regionally and nationally. With all the perks of a Carolina Scholar Award, these students receive an additional $8,000 for high-impact activities and enrichment, enabling these talented South Carolinians to pursue additional opportunities in research, study and travel abroad, community service, career development and more. Elizabeth Anne Matthews of Columbia, S.C., says, “the network of Stamps Scholars is truly incredible, and it is so exciting to be part of such a talented and inspiring community.” These scholars meet for monthly co‚ ees with various members of the Carolina community, including the vice president for student affairs and the dean of the Honors College, to discuss furthering their goals. This year, the scholars traveled to the biannual Stamps Scholars National Convention in Atlanta, where they met with professionals in their fi eld of interest and made connections with other Stamps Scholars from around the nation.

Top row, left to right: Philip Richardson, Sydney Poskevich, Daniel Clements, Ellen Gardiner and Clayton Buckaloo. Bottom row, left to right: Habiba Fayyaz, Alix Tuel, E.A. Matthews, Sarah Greene and Judith Lin.

4 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 5 E. ROE STAMPS IV STAMPS SCHOLAR BENEFACTOR AND FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY E. Roe Stamps IV of Coconut Grove, Fla., private investor and co-founder of the Boston-based private investment company Summit Partners, is a former lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, an industrial engineering grad- ROBERT C. MCNAIR uate of Georgia Tech and an M.B.A. graduate from Harvard Business School. MR. AND MRS. ROBERT MCNAIR Since his relocation to South Florida in 1993, Roe and his wife, Penny, have DONORS MCNAIR SCHOLARSHIP devoted signifi cant time and resources to philanthropic causes in the com- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA munity. Their interest in South Florida is deeply rooted as they have been longtime supporters of the University of Miami, the Grayvik Animal Care Robert C. and Janice McNair have been champions of philan- ship in the audit and Los Angeles expansion committees. Having Center, Fairchild Tropical Garden, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern thropy, giving generously to deserving causes while making revived Houston’s collegiate bowl game in 2006, he presently Florida, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, Community Partnership for the education and medical research the cornerstone of serves as founder and chairman emeritus of the AdvoCare V100 Homeless, Ransom Everglades School, Breakthrough Miami and a number of their philanthropic giving. Robert chairs the Robert and Texas Bowl and was honored by the bowl as a Gridiron Legend in other charities throughout the region. Janice McNair Foundation, the Robert and Janice McNair 2011 for his impact on football at all levels in Houston. Through the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, formed by Penny and Roe Educational Foundation in Forest City, N.C., and the Houston Janice McNair, a graduate of Columbia College, shares her 20 years ago, they have shown their deep commitment Texans Foundation. husband’s vision and passion for helping others. She has been to education, supporting scholarships at 41 universities The founder, chairman and chief executive oŸ cer of the Houston honored by numerous nonprofit organizations, including the nationwide. And with its Stamps Scholars initiative, the Texans, Robert McNair is best known in the business community Salvation Army in 2014, Child Advocates in 2009 and the Girl family foundation has created innovative scholarship as the founder of Cogen Technologies (sold in 1999), the largest Scouts of San Jacinto Council in 2005. Together, they have programs currently supporting approximately 700 privately held cogeneration company in the world, with an aggre- established the McNair Scholars Programs at the University of students. Roe and Penny gather the Stamps Scholars gate capacity of 1,400 megawatts. He serves as chairman of The South Carolina, Columbia College and Rice University. In 2007, together every other year for a national convention. In McNair Group, headquartered in Houston, where he oversees an they gave the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, a 2015, the Stamps Foundation was awarded the James L. investment portfolio that includes interests in two cogeneration transformational gift to recruit world-class physicians and scien- Fisher Award for Distinguished Service to Education by plants in the eastern United States. Also among The McNair tifi c scholars at the Texas Medical Center in the fi elds of juvenile the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Group’s holdings are Palmetto Partners Ltd. and RCM Financial diabetes, breast and pancreatic cancer and the neurosciences. Roe is a trustee emeritus of the Georgia Tech Foundation Services L.P., both private investment entities that manage the In 2015, Robert and Janice McNair turned their focus toward and a trustee at the University of Miami, the John S. and McNair’s private and public equity investments. entrepreneurism and began establishing McNair Centers for James L. Knight Foundation and several other distin- McNair is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Entrepreneurism at six colleges and universities in Houston, guished organizations. At Georgia Tech, Roe served on where he served as student body president. He was named Texas, Columbia, S.C., and Midland, Mich. the foundation for more than 16 years. He has received Entrepreneur of the Decade by the Houston Technology Center the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the School of Industrial and Systems The McNairs have given major gifts to the Janice and Robert and a Man of Distinction by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Engineering and the Joseph Mayo Pettit Alumni Distinguished Service Award, McNair Hall at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of and was awarded the James A. Baker III Prize for Excellence the highest award conferred by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. He was Business, the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat at in Leadership by the Baker Institute at Rice University. He was inducted into Georgia Tech’s Engineering Hall of Fame in 2001 and received the Houston Zoo, the McNair Hall and McNair Plaza at Houston inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame, the Texas an honorary Doctor of Philosophy from Georgia Tech in 2014. Baptist University, Houston’s A.D. Players, McNair Baseball Field Business Hall of Fame and the Houston Hall of Fame and was in Forest City, N.C., and the McNair Campus at the Baylor College In 2010, Roe was honored by the American Red Cross South Florida Region as presented with an honorary doctorate of humanities from Baylor of Medicine in Houston, Texas. the Humanitarian of the Year. In 2012, he was honored by Harvard Business College of Medicine and the University of South Carolina. School, receiving its most prestigious award, the Alumni Achievement Award. The McNairs’ passion for helping others has impacted individ- Committed to bringing a National Football League team to uals from Houston to South Carolina and beyond. In 2014, they Roe now dedicates his time to his personal interests, which include fl y-fi sh- Houston, Texas, Robert McNair formed Houston NFL Holdings received the Crystal Eagle Award from the Houston Community ing, boating, cycling, jazz piano and spending time with his family: son Will, in 1998. On Oct. 6, 1999, the NFL announced that the group College Foundation, the inaugural Margaret Alkek Williams daughter Annie, and grandson Hunter. In addition, he also takes time to enjoy had been awarded the 32nd franchise, returning NFL football Humanitarian Award from UNICEF and the President’s Award his black Labrador retriever, Ella, and their family’s cats. to Houston in 2002. McNair’s e‚ orts then brought Super Bowl from Houston Baptist University, and they were honored by XXXVIII to Houston in 2004, which will again host Super Bowl LI the Houston Zoo. They are presently chairing the Hope Lodge in 2017. The Houston Texans won consecutive AFC South titles Houston Capital Campaign for the American Cancer Society. in 2011 and 2012 and gave the city its fi rst NFL playo‚ game in nearly 18 years. He is actively involved in NFL a‚ airs, serving as Robert and Janice McNair are the proud parents of four grown chairman of the fi nance committee as well as holding member- children and 15 grandchildren, and they reside in Houston, Texas.

6 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 7 above left: Carolina Scholar donor Frank Ellerbe chats with Austin Williams and Matt Coleman at the spring dinner.

above right: Donors Drs. Anita and Charles Hood are happy to meet their first Carolina Scholar, Joanne Wu.

left: Carolina Scholars Supriya Juneja and Julia Strout welcome the Statons – Wayne above: The Pastides enjoy the spring dinner honoring these and Gina – to the spring dinner. Carolina Scholars (left to right): Delaney Horel, Thomas Spurgeon, Anna Cat Caldwell and Katy Hallman.

left: Stamps Carolina Scholars Sarah Greene, Daniel Clements and Sydney Poskevich pose with the university flag at the Stamps Scholar Convention held in Atlanta, Ga., this spring. More than 500 scholars from the all over the country gathered for a weekend in April, hosted by the Stamps Charitable Foundation. CAROLINA SCHOLAR AWARD DONORS Carolina Scholar Awards are made possible by the contributions of individuals, corporations and foundations. The University Development OŸce cultivates and maintains relationships with donors of Carolina Scholar Awards. Private support of this and other programs enables the University of South Carolina to attract academically talented students and to provide the margin of excellence in all academic programs.

Bank of America Carolina Class of 1938 Carolina Development G.G. Dowling* William M. Gregg II and Kappy M. and William Sodexo Robert E. Penland* Penelope W. and E. Roe ANNUALLY FUNDED Friends of Joseph Cardinal Carolina Class of 1939 Foundation William B. Dukes Family/S.C. Tees Inc. C. Hubbard Arnold R. Merchant* Pepsi Cola Soft Drink Stamps IV AWARD DONORS Bernardin* Carolina Class of 1942 Carolina Educational and Blue Marlin Caroline and Susan R. J. Randolph Johnson* Charles Edwin Moore* Company Calhoun Thomas* Carolina Scholars Alumni Friends and Family of Carolina Class of 1953 Foundation Duke Energy Guignard* Mary Burnet M. Pearce Dr. Nicholas K. Moore* Clyde C. Rice* Mr. and Mrs. John L.M. Tobias* Lori Clos Fisher Solomon Blatt Carolina Class of 1964 Carolina Interfraternity/ William H. Duncan Martha M. and Hubbard Johnston Michael J. Mungo* David W. Robinson* Patrick L. Tomlin R.C. McEntire and Michael Bond Carolina Class of 1965 Panhellenic Council Frances King Fawcett H. Harris* Olin D. Johnston* Ralph David Neuman* South Carolina State Fair University Associates Company Inc. J. Willis Cantey* Carolina Class of 1966 Caroline McKissick First Citizens Bank Friends of James B. The Knox Family/Terminix Norma C. and John M. Palms Association Chris Vlahoplus and Friends Jennifer M. and Mack I. Carolina Alumni Association Carolina Class of 1967 Belser Dial* Edward R. Ginn III Holderman and Carolyn Service Inc. James T. Pearce Jr. The Spadoni Foundation Wells Fargo Whittle Carolina Class of 1936 Carolina Department A.T. Chalk* Jack S. Graybill Meadors Holderman* L. Joseph Land Kit* and James T. Pearce Sr. Dr.* and Mrs. Charles R. Jeannette and Marshall Winn Carolina Class of 1937 of Athletics William B. Douglas* Anne Johnston Gregg Drs. Anita and Charles Hood John T. Langston III Mr. and Mrs. R. Roy Pearce* Standridge *deceased

8 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 9 left: Sarah Greene meets her faculty mentor, Norma Frizzell of the School of Medicine.

below: The purple team of First Year Scholars are all smiles despite the heat at the FYS Retreat.

Two gatherings are organized yearly: a fall reception, where most scholars meet their mentors for the first time, above left: First-year McNair freshmen and a breakfast in January, enjoy their first spring dinner. Left to where the pairs reconnect right: Kimberly Sears, Hanna Marks, in the new year. Erica Maissey and Julia Minton.

above right: Tulsi Patel is hard at work in the kitchen with USC’s first lady.

right: Georgia Doran, a professional protocol consultant, facilitates this year’s Etiquette Dinner.

FIRSTYEAR SCHOLAR MENTORS

Dr. Jason Bakos Dr. Nicole Berge Dr. Ken Erickson Dr. Ed Gatzke Dr. Sali Li Dr. Gerald McDermott Dr. Wally Peters Professor Frank Rydzewski Dr. JeŠ Twiss Dr. Doug Wedell Associate Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Clinical Professor Assocate Professor Professor Professor Professor Clinical Professor Professor Professor Computer Science and Civil and Environmental International Business Chemical Engineering International Business International Business Mechanical Engineering International Business Biological Sciences Psychology Engineering Engineering Dr. Pearl Fernandes Dr. Mythreye Karthikeyan Dr. Steve Lynn Dr. Melissa Moss Dr. Robert Ployhart Dr. Tarek Shazly Dr. Mark Uline Dr. Marlene Wilson Dr. Mark Beck Dr. Scott Decker Associate Dean Assistant Professor Dean Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Professor Associate Professor, Assistant Professor South Carolina Honors Chemistry and South Carolina Honors Biomedical Engineering Management Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Pharmacology, Physiology Undergraduate Director Psychology College Biochemistry College and Neurosciene Languages, Literatures and Dr. David Mott Dr. Kirk Randazzo Dr. Johannes Stratmann Dr. Marc van Essen Cultures Professor Louis Dessau Dr. Kirk Fiedler Dr. Tatiana Kostova Dr. Tom Makris Associate Professor Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor Regional Director for Latin Associate Professor Professor Assistant Professor Pharmacology, Physiology Political Science Biological Sciences International Business Dr. Jenay Beer America, Denmark, Finland Management Science International Business Chemistry and Biochemistry and Neurosciene Assistant Professor and Sweden Dr. David Reisman Dr. Joshua Tarbutton Dr. Paula Vasquez Computer Science and International Business Dr. Norma Frizzell Dr. Holly LaVoie Dr. Mike Matthews Professor Susan Palmer Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Engineering, Social Work Assistant Professor Professor Associate Dean Associate Dean for Student Biological Sciences Mechanical Engineering Mathematics Dr. Bert Ely Pharmacology, Physiology Cell Biology and Anatomy Research and Graduate A‚airs Professor and Neurosciene Education, Engineering and School of Law Dr. Tammi Richardson Dr. Doug Thompson Biological Sciences Computing Associate Professor Assistant Professor Marine Science Political Science

10 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 11 Andrew Kovtun

Angie Korabik Viki Knapp

Elizabeth Moore

NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP WINNERS Top Scholars have led the way at Carolina as national fellowship recipients, including awards such as Marshall, Udall, Truman, Fulbright and Goldwater Scholars. This year was no exception as 10 were recognized nationally.

The University of South Carolina was once again named a top producer of Hollings Scholars in the country. McNair Scholar Angie Korabik is one of nine winners from Carolina this year. The award will provide her with a stipend, a summer internship at a NOAA facility and networking opportunities unique to Hollings Scholars.

Our scholars continue to excel in the STEM fields. McNair Scholar Riley Brady was awarded the 2015 Goldwater Scholarship for research in marine science while Elizabeth Moore, a Carolina Scholar, was named honorable mention. Moore was also USC’s Truman Finalist this year. Connor Bain, who won a National Science Riley Brady Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship this year, will use his scholarship to pursue further studies in computer science. In addition, Andrew Patterson was named an NSF honorable mention.

International travel to both learn and teach continues to appeal to scholars. McNair Scholar Andrew Kovtun was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching SENIOR SCHOLARS Assistantship to Belarus. Georgia Froman, a Carolina Scholar, was accepted into To introduce you to our senior scholars is to introduce you to the world — they find themselves the Teaching Assistant Program in France. Katee Driscoll will conduct physics in places their predecessors only dreamed of, traveling the globe to get immersed in other and mathematics research in Germany as a DAAD Rise Scholar. Viki Knapp won cultures or conduct groundbreaking field research. On these pages you will see photographs of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals to spend a our senior Carolina and McNair Scholars in their own element, a location of their choosing. For year of study and internship in Germany, which she has declined in order to study some of them, the choice was easy and obvious, but for others, more thought was employed. at the University of Miami. The photos, accompanied by the students’ reflective and insightful words, provide glimpses into their time as Carolinians. A McNair Scholar from Nebraska, Andrea Eggleston, has been given an extraor- dinary opportunity to pursue her Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina by being awarded a United States Air Force Health Professions Scholarship. This award will provide her with full tuition and living expenses and allow her to serve as a dentist in the Air Force around the world. Connor Bain and Andrew Patterson

12 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 13 Indulging in some nonscientific enjoyment, MCNAIR SCHOLAR Avnika was thrilled to see “Titus Andronicus” at the rebuilt Globe Theatre in London. EMILY ANDREOLI CAROLINA SCHOLAR HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. FINANCE AND SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT

AVNIKA AMIN Music has been a part of my life since I was six WILLIAM B. DOUGLAS SCHOLARSHIP years old, when on somewhat of a whim I started HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. CAROLINA SCHOLAR One of the highlights of BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES taking piano lessons. In the 15 years since, it has Connor’s USC experience grown from a chore to a hobby to a true passion. was working with his dad (a USC music professor) to Fumbling with a laser pointer, I stood at the front of a Writing music is my channel: my channel to make CONNOR BAIN write a vibraphone piece vast lecture hall, lights burning my eyes. I couldn’t see sense of the world and express my emotions in SOLOMON BLATT SCHOLARSHIP that used Google Glass as an any students past the first few rows. It was a lot harder song, and my channel to connect with others IRMO HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. electroacoustic control device. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS to talk to people I couldn’t see than I thought, never through those songs. Music has provided some great experiences in college. I was able to rep - mind explaining a problem. What came so intuitively I came to USC as a student who was afraid to be “out of the box.” I wasn’t sure resent Delta Sigma Pi in the 2014 Homecoming for me, seeing how all the pieces fit together, was dev- what I wanted to study, and I was afraid that I would be forced along a single Showcase, become USC Idol 2013 and play many ilishly trickier to articulate than any of my professors track. After all, how do you combine interests in teaching, computing, music, events around campus with the wonderful people ever made it seem. Explanation completed, I sat back math and sustainability? I couldn’t have been proven any more wrong. USC at Carolina Productions. But most of all, it has pro- in my seat, convinced my burning face was bright red. allowed me to do what I wanted to do: to study with incredible professors, take vided me with an identity and a purpose. College After that class, if you told me I’d voluntarily become a math class with my brother, take a music theory class from my dad, help our has been full of fulfilling experiences, and I have a teaching assistant, I’d have felt nauseated at the campus become more sustainable, play in a collegiate percussion ensemble, absolutely loved my involvement with my business thought. Now I regularly stand before hundreds of peo - accompany an opera and so much more. These experiences have allowed me fraternity, senior thesis project, internships and ple and talk, even joke. I feel more at ease teaching a to discover myself in a way I never thought possible. Through Carolina Science study abroad experiences. However, there is just class instead of sitting in one, and I’ve shifted my goals Outreach, I saw that teaching has always been what has driven me. I want to nothing like playing a song you wrote in front of a from a research-oriented career to one that involves show others the beauty of science — to show others the importance of protect- crowd (whether it is a crowd of two or of hundreds) teaching as well. I have my time at USC to thank for ing our environment. Learning and teaching have always and will always be me. and feeling that your words, energy and message my transformation because of the unique TA positions I will leave USC with a heavy heart, but with an open mind, one that is ready to connected with them on some level. I had. Don’t get me wrong. I still feel a little nervous think di‚erently and encourage others to do the same. Thank you to all of the every time I walk to the board, my marker in hand, but I Gamecocks who have helped me get here, and know that no matter where I am, walk out of the class knowing that I owned the material. Emily will move to Nashville to complete her final no matter what I am doing, I will be proud to call myself a Gamecock. I walked into USC with a huge amount of trepidation, internship for sport and entertainment manage - Connor plans to pursue Ph.D.s in learning sciences and computer science but I’ll walk across the stage, degrees in hand, knowing ment before becoming a full-time musician and at Northwestern University and eventually become a professor focused that I’m confidently walking out into the world. pursuing a career as a singer-songwriter. on teaching.

Avnika will attend Emory University’s Rollins School of Representing Delta Sigma Pi in the 2014 Homecoming Showcase and being Public Health to study vaccine-preventable diseases able to perform in front of the USC and infectious disease epidemiology. Her long-term community was a highlight of Emily’s goal is to obtain her Ph.D. for a research and teaching college experience. career in disease transmission dynamics.

14 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 15 CAROLINA SCHOLAR ANNA CATHERINE CALDWELL J. RION MCKISSICK SCHOLARSHIP EASLEY HIGH SCHOOL, EASLEY, S.C. EXERCISE SCIENCE

People have been asking me, “If you could start all over, would you choose USC again?” The answer to this question is absolutely YES. And this is coming from a girl who, four years ago, couldn’t wait to get out of this state to go to college. My years here have been more than just school; they’ve been “bucket list years.” This university has provided me with the opportunity to cross more o‚ of my bucket list than I ever thought imaginable. I’ve walked through the walls of Machu Picchu; I’ve studied with a favorite SCHC professor at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, where Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun; I’ve seen Gamecock sports history be made; I’ve swum with piranhas in the Amazon; I’ve at - tended a Seth Meyers stand-up show in person, thanks to Carolina Productions; and I’ve high-fived President Pastides on my way to class. Coming in as a pre-med student studying exercise science and Spanish, I was told that boring old studying would take up most of my time, but that’s not what college is about. I found ways to explore my opportunities and have awesome experi - ences, and proved those people wrong.

Anna will take a year off to apply for physician assistant school.

186There were 186 top scholars for 2014-2015 school year.

During her four years at USC, Anna Cat SCHOLARS was able to cross No. 1 o her bucket BY THE NUMBERS list during her summer abroad by visit- ing Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru.

16 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 17 CAROLINA SCHOLAR WILL CULP CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY SCHOLARSHIP CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, GREENVILLE, S.C. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING

“American, yes?” an elderly man asked me as I closely watched him. He was gracefully writing out intricate Chinese symbols while strolling through the Summer Palace without After studying there missing a beat. I looked at him and nodded, and he turned and for a year, Hong Kong smiled, and after another step and another couple symbols he will always be Matt’s looked back at me and said, “That says ‘mei guo.’ It means a second home. beautiful country. That is United States in my language.” He welcomed me to China, and he went back to doing his cal - CAROLINA SCHOLAR ligraphy. Looking back on that moment, I had never felt more the connectedness of the world in which we live in today. I remember thinking that here is someone that had lived through MATT COLEMAN Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and who had been brought WELLS FARGO SCHOLARSHIP up learning that Americans were foreign imperialists and war- WESTMINSTER/CATAWBA HIGH SCHOOL, ROCK HILL, S.C. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE mongers, but all he saw that day was a fellow traveler in life. Even though I was more than 7,000 miles from the University It was July 1, 2012, the anniversary of Hong Kong’s of South Carolina, I still felt at home in a strange land. I think handover from Britain to China. My fellow South it is being a Carolina Scholar that has allowed me to be not Carolinians and I had been in the city for a month just a Columbia local but also a citizen of the world. When I and went to find some dinner. On our way to Pizza heard I was going to be a Carolina Scholar, I knew I had been Hut (really embracing the local culture, I know) we handed an incredible gift and opportunity, but along with that saw a line of police monitoring a procession of dem- gift came many expectations. We were ambassadors and advo - onstrators, but it wasn’t a particularly large group cates for the University of South Carolina not only on campus of people … at least that is what we thought at the but throughout the country and the rest of the world. I took it time. After dinner, the protestors were still passing upon myself to use this gift to see as much of the world as I by. It was clearly a bigger protest than it first ap - could, and along the way I met incredible people both from my peared. I decided to follow along with the protes - alma mater and from all corners of the globe. I think the most tors for what turned into many hours. Observing the valuable lesson I have learned from travel is that we all are not demonstrations was thrilling, but it was also not my nearly as di‚erent as we might think. Whether you find yourself fight. When a protestor invited me to clobber an ef- in a madrassa in India, a canal in Venice or a rice paddy field figy of the city’s pro-China chief executive, I politely in China, there will always be someone there to lend you a declined. After nightfall, the protesters amassed helping hand and a friendly smile. Being a Carolina Scholar around the central government oŸces. Immediately has opened up so many avenues for me in life and has allowed Will sits at the Summer Palace near ahead were fireworks celebrating the handover. me to see the world in a much di‚erent light than I once did. I Beijing, China, where he felt at home, far The crowed booed at every explosion, but reserved will always be grateful for these adventures and am overjoyed away from home. their loudest boos and rudest gestures for the red to be an ambassador for the University of South Carolina and fireworks. Every day on the news we see popular future scholars wherever I might be in the world. uprisings, but it takes seeing one in person to truly Will is a risk assurance associate with PwC in Charlotte, understand the demonstrations’ power and energy. N.C., specializing in international business consulting This summer, Matt and his fiancée, Louise, will and accounting. move to a very cozy shoebox in New York City. Matt will work for Barclays Investment Bank in credit risk and experience what terrifies him most: a Northern winter.

18 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 19 MCNAIR SCHOLAR EMMA DE NEEF MALLARD CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

When I came to college, I had no idea what I wanted to study or pursue a career in. What I did know, however, was that I wanted to study abroad. Having now studied in South Africa, Ecuador and Mexico, I’d say USC did a fair job at helping me achieve my goals. Not only did I get to travel to my heart’s content, but I also discovered my passion for conservation and research through experiences hiking in the Amazon rainforest, snorkeling with penguins and sea lions in the Galápagos Islands, cage diving with great white sharks and conducting research on endangered sea turtles. Looking back, I never would have expected that I could do all that in four years at college and get a degree while I was at it, but Carolina gave me all the opportunities I could ask for and more. I have so many great mem- ories of my time at USC, and I’ll always be grateful to Carolina for preparing me for the next step of the adventure.

Emma will spend her summer in Antigua working with a hawksbill nesting project and will see how her future develops afterward.

During her travels, Emma paused to capture the beauty of Laguna Quilotoa, a lake formed in the crater of a volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.

scholars8 won national fellowships or scholarships this year.

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20 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 21 MCNAIR SCHOLAR CAROLINA SCHOLAR ANDREA EGGLESTON DREW DIXON MILLARD NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA, NEB. CALHOUN THOMAS SR. SCHOLARSHIP BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING HAMMOND SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. CHEMISTRY Three years ago I became the fi rst undergraduate volunteer at the Good Samaritan Dental Clinic. It primarily serves low socioeconomic status Spanish-speakers who are unable to receive I was destined to be a Gamecock. Having grown services elsewhere. By talking with patients and interpreting for the dentist, I witnessed the pur- up in Columbia and regularly attending USC sport- view of health disparities faced by those who are unable to fi nd services they can a‚ ord or a clinic ing events, I have been a die-hard Gamecock fan where they feel comfortable due to cultural and language barriers. These interactions solidifi ed since birth. When Marcus Lattimore told me, “Drew, my goals of becoming a dentist who works for underserved populations and inspired me to minor USC needs you!,” I knew I could not let him down. Christina’s love for the Spanish in Spanish and public health to better understand patients’ needs and build relationships with However, in my time at Carolina, I have learned it language inspired her to travel those I serve now and in the future. My role at the clinic evolved from my initial role of interpreting was not USC that needed me, but I that needed throughout Argentina during her to properly caring for the dental instruments, making patient appointments, ordering new dental USC. This university has provided me countless semester abroad. She embarked equipment, preparing and presenting oral health care workshops to patients in Spanish and den- opportunities to grow and strengthen myself per- upon many adventures, one of tal-assisting and being in charge of fi nding and orienting more than 30 new pre-dental and dentist sonally and professionally. I conquered fears by which was a mountain biking jour- volunteers to carry on the momentum. USC has provided me with the opportunity to accomplish a sky diving with the Flying Gamecocks, expanded ney through Patagonia, which led broad education in three di‚ erent colleges to perfectly package my interests to become a dentist my horizons through participating in a medical trip her to the beautiful view seen here. Spring in Columbia is Andrea’s favorite time of who can adeptly work in underserved areas in the states and beyond. to Guatemala and worked with amazing individuals the year since USC comes to life with gorgeous both in the president’s oŸ ce here and as a resident blossoms. They are a reminder to stay chipper, Andrea will attend the Medical University of South Carolina’s College of Dental Medicine to brighten everyone else’s day and bloom to our mentor at Bates House. None of these rewarding complete her Doctorate of Dental Surgery with a full-ride scholarship from the United States best potential in the soil in which we are sown. Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program. She will then serve around the world as a experiences could have happened without the help MCNAIR SCHOLAR of this university. And for that I say, “Here’s a health, dentist in the Air Force for at least four years. Carolina, forever to thee!” CHRISTINA DOOLEY CAROLINA SCHOLAR Drew will continue working as a medical assistant ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL, ROSWELL, GA. while he fi nishes up his Carolina experience, and INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT he expects to graduate in December. THOMAS FISHER JR. “Appreciate this moment.” This has been my mantra in college. I said it to my- CAROLYN HOLDERMAN AND JAMES HOLDERMAN SCHOLARSHIP BEN LIPPEN SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. self when I fi rst stepped foot on USC’s campus as a freshman, having no inkling HISTORY that the next four years would go beyond my highest expectations of what college would be like. From Atlanta to Columbia and then to Seattle, and from Growing up in Columbia, S.C., I spent most of my child- the United States to Argentina, I have been able to see, do, discover and enjoy hood dreaming about one day attending the University many incredible things. Some of these experiences still seem unbelievable, like of South Carolina. Looking back, my time at USC was visiting Iguazu Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, and trekking the best four years of my life. I am proud to say that I through the mountains to breathtaking viewpoints in Patagonia. As much as I attended every home football game and was covered can look back and note these high and exciting moments in my college career, in body paint for over half of them. I have made lifelong I just as much appreciate the simpler moments, like taking walks with friends friendships, grown academically and been able to along the beautiful Columbia riverfront and bringing dinner up to the roof of travel the world. The summer after my sophomore year, Horizon Garage to watch the sunset. Through all of these experiences, I have I had the opportunity to spend seven weeks in Niger, learned that the sweetest memories are those made alongside friends. Pictures West Africa, doing mission work. During those seven will help me hold on to all of my memories, but the friendships I have made in weeks, a friend from USC and I lived with a Nigerian the quieter and simpler moments these past four years exist beyond an image family and got to know their way of life. The trip was so documented on paper. Having appreciated college moment by moment, I am impac t ful that I later decided to write my senior thesis on my able to look back and see the beauty of the overall experience, the ups, downs, experiences there. More importantly, I am planning highs and lows colored by the people I experienced it with. on spending much of my life doing mission work in After graduation, Christina will move to Dubai to intern with Coca-Cola’s places similar to Niger. Attending the University of South Supply Chain Strategy Department. After two months in the Middle East, she Carolina gave me the freedom to travel to places such will return to her hometown and begin working as a consultant for Manhattan as Niger. I am and always will be proud to call myself a Thomas spent seven weeks during summer Gamecock. Forever to thee. Associates, a supply chain software company based in Atlanta. She hopes to 2013 living in a village in Niger, West Africa. Drew has been a lifelong Gamecock fan, and during his time at the gain international experience through the travels required as a consultant and Here he is pictured after receiving a great After graduating, Thomas will pursue a master’s degree university, he was able to watch as a student the most successful looks forward to continuing to pursue her passions for people, friends and the haircut from a Nigerian friend. period in Gamecock football (so far). in teaching here at the University of South Carolina. world around her.

22 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 23 CAROLINA SCHOLAR GEORGIA FROMAN EDWARD R. GINN III SCHOLARSHIP AND WINN CAROLINA SCHOLAR ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. ANTHROPOLOGY AND FRENCH

I think I was standing under the Arch of Constantine when I realized how much I had been limiting myself. This was last October. I was studying abroad in France. A friend and I planned a trip through Italy, Austria and Germany during our weeklong fall break. Rome was our first stop. With the Colosseum behind me and the ruins of the Roman Forum stretched in a glorious jumble at my feet, it occurred to me that I was in this incredible place because I had decided to be there — because I marshaled my resources and I went. I remembered a quote that I had read in my French lit class the week before — “Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.” Here at the end of my undergraduate career, I knew I wanted to make a di‚erence — maybe do research as a medical anthropologist or work for a nonprofit advocating for women’s rights Mascara-less and careless in Barcelona: a summer of discovery and — but I realized in that moment that I had been waiting for someone growth. Elizabeth went on an incredible backpacking trip in Europe, else to tell me what I could be. In that moment, I saw that I am the only followed by a journey to search for the heart and soul of Argentine tango music in Buenos Aires as part of her Magellan project. one who can decide to limit my ambitions, decide how I engage with the world, decide how hard I fight for the things I care about. I decided MCNAIR SCHOLAR to go abroad, and, in deciding, I made it happen. Now back at USC, I remember another great quote: “As a Gamecock, I have no limits.” With my passion and my education to back me up, is there anything I can’t ELIZABETH GERGEL decide to do? ASHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, ASHEVILLE, N.C. MUSIC PERFORMANCE Savannah sits in a field of da©odils in Cork, Ireland, one of her many travel destinations while studying for a semester in Belgium. “That one is ... tukka tukka stop stop!” “Exactly, nice After graduation, Georgia hopes to spend a year in France as an job,” I say. A typical activity in the Suzuki Strings at English teaching assistant in the French government’s Teaching MCNAIR SCHOLAR USC pre-twinkle cello group class is identifying named Assistant Program In France. After that, she plans to apply to graduate rhythms printed on a large die. Few things are more school in anthropology. Georgia wants to focus on women’s health or rewarding than seeing a three-year-old learn complex nutritional anthropology, or both, and she’d like to find a way to put SAVANNAH GRUNEWALD rhythmical patterns. Having grown up in the Suzuki MADISON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, MADISON, MISS. her language skills to use by working in the French-speaking world. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS world, I knew I wanted to give back to the rich culture members6 of Freshman Council This summer, she has an internship at the Upcountry History Museum, are scholars. I experienced as a young child. I have had the incred - where she’ll be doing research and helping to develop exhibits. South Carolina was not on the map of university choices for me until I Googled the top ible opportunity to work in the USC Suzuki Strings international business programs in the country. Not only was I accepted into the Honors program for the past three years, first as an assistant College, but I was also blessed with a McNair Scholarship. Through my time at USC I have teacher and now teaching my own group classes. The made lifelong friends, learned to play the harmonica and looked like a fool tripping on the central mantra of the Suzuki Method is “Every Child bricks of the Horseshoe, among other things. The most influential experiences for me have Can.” I truly believe that this philosophy can broadly been the opportunities to travel abroad. I have gone to both France and Germany for di‚erent translate to the fact that almost anything is possible spring breaks through classes; one to improve my French and another to study the business with the right recipe of motivation and perseverance. environment behind the German automotive industry. I was even able to return to France for a It is a beautiful thing to recognize that everyone has Current McNair Scholars represent 18 states. Georgia is pictured here at monthlong internship. My favorite time was studying a semester in Belgium. I lived with eight 18 potential, and I learned throughout my college career the Roman Forum in Rome, Belgian roommates and truly gained a feel for the culture and living in another country. I traveled to dream big, strive for success and never give up, espe- Italy, overlooking the House throughout Europe making friends and gaining a larger perspective of the world as well as a cially not on teaching three-year-olds to play the cello! of the Vestal Virgins. new view on my own life and what I want to do with it. My time at USC has been the best life - changing

experience. SCHOLARS Elizabeth will accept a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at BY THE NUMBERS

the University of Oregon to pursue a master’s degree in cello performance. Savannah will spend the summer traveling through Europe before searching for a marketing position. She hopes to adopt two cats and spend a couple of years working before returning to school to pursue a master’s degree in art history and an M.B.A.

24 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 25 CAROLINA SCHOLAR MCNAIR SCHOLAR KYLE HARPER JACK S. GRAYBILL SCHOLARSHIP KATE HAYWORTH RICHLAND NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. THE EARLY COLLEGE AT GUILFORD, SUMMERFIELD, N.C. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING ENGLISH AND HISTORY

It was the summer after my sophomore year. I On a cold night a week after I had arrived in walked through the humid bunkroom onto the London, my new friends and I emerged from back porch. The air felt di‚erent in Trinidad. It was the Underground station across the street from steamy, but welcoming. Uncomfortable, but invit - Big Ben. As we stood in the golden glow of the ing. I slumped back against the wall, listening to famous clock tower, it finally began to sink in that the chickens clucking below, holding my Bible in my longtime dream of studying in England had my hand, falling in love. I knew then I was made for become a reality. The next few months contained a more. Those two weeks in Trinidad showed me that whirlwind of thrilling experiences: touring palaces, there was more than financial stability and climbing getting lost in Venice, standing at the edge of Loch the corporate ladder. I saw my own excess and the Ness, sitting in on a House of Lords session and world’s need. I faced a harsh reality looking into many others. The day before it was time for me to the eyes of hungry children in the arms of hopeless return home, I took my last exam and then rejoined mothers. I realized my inadequacy to do anything the friends who had been my fellow adventurers about it on my own. It made me realize how desper- these past months. Once again, we passed Big ate the world is for hope. Many people spend four Ben before walking along the Thames. We paused years of college attempting to find a suitable object across the street from the Globe Theatre to wave at actors going on and o‚ the stage during a torch-lit Miller’s favorite aspect of the scholar community is for their hopes and aspirations. I found mine in the the incredible friendships fostered. One of his most man of Jesus Christ. The USC crest is inscribed performance. It was time to go back to campus and memorable adventures was spring break with a group with the Latin for “Learning humanizes character pack up for the next day, but as I slowly crossed of fellow scholars. and does not permit it to be cruel.” Truly it would the Millennium Bridge in the shadow of St. Paul’s be a cruelty to have received as fine an education Cathedral, I knew I would dream about London for MCNAIR SCHOLAR as I have at USC and spend it on myself. More than years to come. anything, it has prepared me to be a light in the In the fall, Kate plans to pursue her master’s darkness and solace to the hurting. For that, thank degree in higher education and student affairs MILLER HANE you, Carolina. Forever to thee. MCKINLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, BATON ROUGE, LA. at Florida State University. Her graduate assis- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE tantship will be in the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement. I was in New Orleans waiting for the Krewe of Tucks parade to start when Kyle will leave at the end of June to go on the my phone rang. I had just gotten home from a weekend in Columbia a couple World Race, an 11-month, 11-country mission trip of days before and was not-so-patiently awaiting notification of whether I had around the world. He will be working with diŠer- been selected as a McNair Scholar. I already knew I was going to USC; even ent ministries (orphanages, churches and safe being considered for the scholarship was already more than I could have imag - houses) in Central America, Southern Africa and ined, and something I envisioned only in my wildest dreams. I answered the Southeast Asia. He will go with a team of six to phone, and it was my brother at home, who said that President Pastides was eight people, bringing nothing with him except calling and wanted to talk to me. All I remember of the next three minutes is a a backpack or a tent. He will return in May 2016 lot of jubilant shouting, the parade starting, and the overwhelming realization with hopes of going into ministry or working in the that my dream had come true. I was pretty excited that day, but that feeling nonprofit sector. pales in comparison to everything I have been able to experience in my time at USC as a result of that one little phone call that started the greatest journey scholars were3 recognized for leadership and service awards. of my life.

Miller will be starting his career as a risk consultant with Deloitte in Charlotte SCHOLARS in July. BY THE NUMBERS Kate attempts to phone home in front of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Kyle enjoys his last Scholar-Donor Dinner with his donors, Jack and Susan Graybill. 26 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 27 scholars won11 Magellan Scholar Awards for undergraduate research this academic year.

scholars33 won 49 awards at the university’s Awards Day.

Siobhan is seen here enjoying a fall retreat in the mountains with her Omega Phi Alpha sisters.

MCNAIR SCHOLAR scholar, Connor1 Bain, won the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, the university’s SIOBHAN KIBBEY highest undergraduate honor. POOLESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, GAITHERSBURG, MD. PUBLIC HEALTH

My first semester at USC, I decided to rush an organi- zation that I first heard about at my scholar weekend more than four years ago: Omega Phi Alpha, national $3,077were raised by Scholars United for Relay for Life this spring. service sorority. Now in my last semester at USC, I am reflecting on the best decision I made in college, saying Delaney paused for a photo with some of goodbye to wonderful friends and sisters and passing CAROLINA SCHOLAR the students that she worked with during her summer in Uganda. o‚ duties as service director and almost three years as an executive board member. Being a scholar at USC DELANEY HOREL gave me the flexibility to spend hundreds of hours JOSEPH CARDINAL L. BERNARDIN SCHOLARSHIP outside the classroom learning about and serving my DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, IRMO, S.C. MATHEMATICS new home in soup cellars, transitional homes, medical facilities, sustainable farms and campus initiatives. This scholars studied64 abroad this year, from May 2014 to spring 2015, I remember leaving the SEC room feeling like I just destroyed any chance I had of being named a Carolina Scholar. I regretted time left me with a quirky assemblage of skills, includ- and in 23 di‘erent countries. everything I said in my interview and prepared myself for rejection. The little hope I had waited anxiously for that phone call from ing how to wrap a sandwich in three seconds flat, steer President P — two weeks passed, and it never came. So I started making plans to visit elsewhere. Just before I confirmed a tour a double-wide wheelchair and Magic Eraser an entire at that other state school that must not be named, I got a letter in the mail that changed my life forever. Somehow, against all my living room. More importantly, though, it was the perfect intuitions, I was chosen as a Carolina Scholar. With other o‚ers and friends going everywhere except USC, I was reluctant about way to become acquainted with Columbia’s stories from SCHOLARS BY THE NUMBERS the choice. But four years later, I know, without a doubt, it was the best decision I have ever made. From being a part of the first a cross-section of souls, to maintain perspective and Tri Delta chapter to raise more than $100,000 for St. Jude, to serving as a resident mentor in the Honors Residence, to spending motivation throughout my studies as a public health three months in Uganda teaching math on an island with no running water or electricity, the experiences USC o‚ered me are major and to eventually discover my desire to pursue a irreplaceable, and I will always owe who I am to the Carolina community. Forever to thee. clinical career with the underserved.

Upon graduation, Delaney will be moving to New York City to teach at an inner-city school with Teach For America and has Siobhan will pursue primary care at the University of plans to work in public policy on behalf of urban education one day. Maryland School of Medicine.

28 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 29 MCNAIR SCHOLAR VIKI KNAPP HINSDALE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 86 HINSDALE, ILL. MARINE SCIENCE

As a University Ambassador and campus tour guide, I have had the opportunity to interact with prospective students and their families on a regular basis. While we are on the Horseshoe, I always talk about the study abroad oŸce. I tell them, “The best thing you can do is come to college and then leave!” Visitors then seem a bit stunned when I tell them that I circumnavigated the globe on a ship, visited 14 di‚erent countries, AND took a full semester of classes. My favorite moment to share with them is when I bumped into a University of South Carolina alumnus in Hong Kong. I was halfway around the world, and yet we were discussing Carolina football. I believe the Gamecock to be a unique mascot, but, therefore, special. I know that wherever I go in life, I will always be a part of the Gamecock family. Being a student at Carolina has been an incredible experience, more than I could have ever dreamed of. For four years, I have concluded every tour with, “I hope you choose to become a Gamecock for life because it was the best decision I ever made.”

Viki will attend the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami to complete a Master of Professional Science in Weather, Climate and Society.

Viki enjoyed bathing an elephant in Jaipur, India, one of the many memorable experiences during her Semester at Sea voyage.

scholars23 presented at Discovery Day.

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30 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 31 MCNAIR SCHOLAR ANDREW KOVTUN SOLON HIGH SCHOOL, SOLON, OHIO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, MARKETING AND ECONOMICS

My chest rose and fell as I stepped over the international demarcation line at the Wadi Araba border crossing, fully cognizant of the stares of both border guard contingents analyzing every movement of my body. Only yesterday, I had swum on the shores of the Red Sea in Eilat and gazed upon the enormous, pan-Arabian flag fluttering in the hot, arid wind across the bay. Now, as I shuµed through the crossing into Aqaba and hopped on the local tour bus, I gazed back at an equally massive Israeli flag pasted on the opposing mountainside. The Star of David ebbed away into the horizon as we disappeared into the desert surrounding this tense meeting point of four national territories: Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Nonetheless, the Mars-like landscape of Wadi Rum, or the Valley of the Moon, seemed unaware of the political tensions that had come to dominate the lives of the region’s inhabitants. In fact, as I approached the millennia-old architectural wonders of Petra and gazed in awe at the ornate, strikingly reconstructed columns of the Treasury building, the whole place seemed to be stranded in time. The only reminder of the modern era? A tag on all signs that read “USAID FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.” Thanks to the generous support of the McNair scholarship and many others at USC, I have been able to devote my time in college to international development in poor, investment-starved regions while building lifelong friendships in more than 35 CAROLINA SCHOLAR countries around the world. Hilary and her mother enjoyed meeting Cocky during their campus tour. Hilary decided to be a Andrew accepted an internship at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels for Gamecock the same day. summer 2015. After that, he will pursue an M.A. in International Economics With each new step toward the future, Andrew HILARY MARTIN MRS. HUBBARD H. HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP embraces the waves of change at his back. and International Development at Johns Hopkins University School of BOILING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. Advanced International Studies in Bologna, Italy and Washington, D.C. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND LAW

I came to Carolina just knowing that I wanted to be a doctor. Besides, I had practically grown up within the walls of the hospital since my mother was a nurse and my father was a manager of the x-ray department at our local hospital. I came to Carolina destined to be a biology major and to expand our medical family. Yet, here I am in law school. Here I am taking advantage of one of Carolina’s best-kept secrets: the six-year B.S./J.D. partnership between the Honors College and the School of Law. Here I am not being a doctor. On a whim CAROLINA SCHOLAR my sophomore year, I decided to take Legal Persuasion with Professor Bockman through the Honors College. I never dreamed that taking this class would completely change my goals for the future. Professor Bockman not only became my teacher, but he became my friend, NICHOLAS LIGER my mentor and my colleague. He showed me the world of law — the world of persuasion. He showed me how my biology degree did not LOUISA ELLERBE AND JOHN L.M. TOBIAS SCHOLARSHIP have to automatically force me into the medical field, but that it could expand horizons in law as well. I realized then that while I loved ST. JAMES HIGH SCHOOL, SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. medicine and loved my family, I was not meant to be a doctor. Rather, I was meant to be a lawyer. Now, I am finishing up my first year in law RELIGIOUS STUDIES school. I will graduate from the Honors College in May 2015 and will continue to attend the USC School of Law until graduation in 2017. I have accepted a clerking position at a firm that couples my love of science with my love of law. I am beyond grateful for the opportunities When I came to USC as a freshman, I thought I was hot stuŠ. It was a good thing that around sophomore year I realized that I was not. Thank that USC has provided me, and I am beyond excited to further my education here for at least two more years. goodness that my time at USC freed me from all delusions of grandeur. As a student in the six-year B.S./J.D. partnership program between the Honors College and the School of Law, Hilary will continue to We ought all to have more humbling experiences in life, and sitting gape- attend the USC School of Law until graduation in 2017. She has accepted a clerkship position at a firm, which will couple her love of mouthed in silence in the middle of a confusing class on Eastern mysticism science and her love of law. She will be helping the firm research chemical law, automobile products liability law and environmental/ will definitely suŸce. As I progressed through my years at USC, my classes biological law, and she is beyond excited to do so. didn’t so much give me new information as they peeled away the things I thought I had known. But that’s okay, because the root of true wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

Nicholas will finish a degree in religious studies and English in December 2015 and will then pursue an M.A.T in English to start teaching. Nicholas spent a lot of time holed up in the depths of the library, but he still found time to play with his animal friends.

32 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 33 CAROLINA SCHOLAR THAD MOORE PIERCE BUTLER SCHOLARSHIP HEATHWOOD HALL EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, COLUMBIA, S.C. POLITICAL SCIENCE

My time at USC hasn’t taken me to extraordinary places, but ordinary ones. It’s taken me places like suburban Georgia, where a veteran told me how he’d planned his surprise homecoming at Williams-Brice Stadium. Or a horse ranch near Boulder, Colo., where a rancher told me how a dis- ease outbreak was hurting business. Even Five Points, where restaurant Thad sits on St. Mary’s Glacier in Colorado during a hike. workers told me about life on the night shift. That’s what reporting news Trips in the Rocky Mountains is mostly about: writing about ordinary places and the out-of-the-ordinary were a favorite outing for things that happen there. I’m lucky to have had editors, professors and interns at The Denver Post. The photo was taken by friend friends at The Daily Gamecock who have taught me to be skeptical, per- Kent Nishimura. sistent and cognizant of how people might be a‚ected — to pay attention to both the 10,000-foot perspective and the ground-level view. And, in that latter group, I’ve been lucky that they were willing to pull all-night - ers with me as we scrambled to put out a paper each day, did the work we’d put o‚ for too long and convinced ourselves that we’d make it to our classes the next morning. Over the last four years, that’s what’s made USC extraordinary.

Thad will intern on the business desk of The Washington Post.

34 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 35 CAROLINA SCHOLAR NINA PANVELKER CHARLES PINCKNEY SCHOLARSHIP WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, FLORENCE, S.C. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

As a high school senior, I had no idea what my future would hold, but I knew USC would offer opportunities to figure it out. From engaging in service work with the diverse sisterhood of Omega Phi Alpha to researching with GlobeMed in rural India to living in a Spanish-speaking country for a semester, my experiences these past four years have not disappointed. USC offered countless opportunities to challenge myself and discover where my passions lie, both inside and outside the classroom. A number of these experiences took me outside of South Carolina, but looking back, I never felt far from home. I have found that the Gamecock Much of Andrew’s time was spent in the heart of USC’s campus, a launch pad for many adventures. spirit truly has no limits or geographic boundaries, Michael spent a great deal of time around downtown Columbia as an and I look forward to carrying it with me through my CAROLINA SCHOLAR undergraduate, working at Merrill Lynch for three years. next adventure. ANDREW PATTERSON CAROLINA SCHOLAR Nina will attend dental school at the University TERMINIX SCHOLARSHIP BLYTHEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. MICHAEL PROWSE of Pennsylvania. BANK OF AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, GREER, S.C. FINANCE, ECONOMICS AND INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT Nina spent a semester in Sevilla, Spain, learning the Spanish I was working with a friend on a group project one night, and he language and traveling to new places like Parc de la Ciutadella invited me to dinner with a student organization he was a part of — As I reflect upon my undergraduate career at South in Barcelona. they were having a celebration and orientation for new members. Carolina, I could not have hoped for a better experi- The event started with tea and co‚ee, and as we sat down to eat, I ence, nor could I be more content with my decision to saw the main dish being brought around. It is, after all, hard to miss come here. I am extraordinarily grateful to this university a goat head being carried on a silver platter right past your place on for consistently providing me with the resources to suc- a floor mat. My friend, Mohammed, is a leader in the Saudi Arabian ceed and immensely appreciative to Bank of America student organization, and he had graciously invited me to join him, and the Carolina Scholar Program for supporting me in introducing me to part of his culture. It was an experience I never my academic endeavors. From my studies of finance in would have expected. In my time here at the University of South the Darla Moore School of Business to my involvement Carolina I have had the opportunity to meet and befriend students in Greek Life, to my experiences studying abroad, my from around the globe: Brazil, Asia, Africa and Europe. These friends years here have been richly filled. I’ve been fortunate have enriched my life and are constantly teaching me new things enough to work with a Wealth Management team with about myself by providing a unique perspective. Merrill Lynch since my sophomore year and count that experience as being extremely influential in preparing for a career after graduation. I know that the past four Andrew plans to attend graduate school for engineering and spe- years have prepared me for whatever the future holds. cialize in aerospace control systems.

scholar seniors received the “Graduation with Leadership5 Distinction” honor this year. Michael will be pursuing a career in the financial ser- vices industry after graduation. He hopes to obtain his C.F.A. SCHOLARS BY THE NUMBERS

36 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 37 MCNAIR SCHOLAR KYLA RISKO SOUTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. CAROLINA SCHOLAR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING MASON SMITH I’ve always enjoyed understanding how systems and objects work. When I was younger, I KIT AND JAMES T. PEARCE SR. SCHOLARSHIP HARROW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BANGKOK took apart the home telephone and repaired it by cleaning the corroded contacts. As I grew NEWBERRY, S.C. up, I continued to love science and engineering, and my high school’s Project Lead the Way INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IBCE AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS program prepared me to major in chemical engineering at the University of South Carolina. The MANAGEMENT South Carolina Honors College and USC have provided an exceptional academic opportunity, allowing me to thrive in my field of study while obtaining incredible experiences. As a result Long ago, Buddha meditated intensely by a lake. In doing so, he became so of interviews established through the College of Engineering and Computing Career Center, involved in himself that he failed to notice a huge storm approaching on the I was a paid intern at ExxonMobil in Beaumont, Texas, for the past two summers, first in the horizon. Not wanting to disturb his meditation, the Hindu king of serpents, refinery and then in the chemical plant, gaining firsthand experience on the finer details of Mucalinda, descended from the heavens and raised his body above Buddha how petroleum, plastics and oils are processed. Between those two summers, the Maymester to protect him from danger. The storm passed and Mucalinda took a human engineering course Energy and Sustainability in Europe enabled me to travel through Germany form, bowing to Buddha before leaving him in peace. This scholarship from our for two weeks to study alternative and sustainable energy sources to protect our environment, university enabled me to experience cultures I didn’t even know existed, just like including solar panels, methane collection farming, wind turbines and nuclear fusion. I have a that story about the Buddha and the Serpent King. I am forever grateful to have Kyla got to hang out with Cocky at the CEC been given these opportunities. Forever to thee! Engineering Week Open House. passion for learning, and the University of South Carolina has provided me with every oppor- tunity possible while helping shape my leadership and fellowship development. I couldn’t have asked for a better educational experience anywhere. Thank you, South Carolina! Mason is pictured here at the foot of the Reclining Buddha in Bangkok during his sophomore year in Hong Kong. This year, Mason will attend Oxford University as one of two USC international business students selected to study there. After his year in England, he will Kyla will attend the Penn Law program at the University of Pennsylvania in August to earn her attend law school at the University of Pennsylvania. J.D., after which she plans to practice patent, environmental and intellectual property law.

CAROLINA SCHOLAR TORI SHARPE CAROLINA SCHOLAR BILL DUKES AND BLUE MARLIN SCHOLARSHIP GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, HOPKINS, S.C. BACCALAUREUS ARTIUM ET SCIENTIAE IN LINGUISTICS, PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE TYLER SMITH A.T. AND FRANCES CHALK SCHOLARSHIP DUTCH FORK HIGH SCHOOL, IRMO, S.C. I remember it being spring, unusually hot even for South Carolina, when I COMPUTER SCIENCE started to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. My scholar mentor and I were sitting on the circle of benches between Barnwell and LeConte, It feels like it was only yesterday when I walked into my freshman dorm for the brushing away early mosquitos, and I was talking about things I loved: words, first time, making the leap into college life. It wasn’t yesterday though; it was books, puzzles, math. These were all loves that I had been able to nurture and nearly four years ago. And while it has come and gone so fast, the experiences explore as a student in the insanely supportive community of USC. “But it’s not I’ve had at USC will stay with me. Come every fall, I got to scream and sand - like I can stay in school forever,” I complained to my mentor, drawing us back storm in the student section. I got to enjoy Columbia weather hanging out on into our previous topic: my future. She considered this a moment, then said, the Horseshoe and studying on top of Gambrell. I got to see comedians, bands “Have you ever thought about research, being a professor?” To make a very and movies in the Russell House. And I’ve been able to learn a lot, beyond just long story very short, this conversation led to my work as a research assistant classrooms and textbooks. I’ve been able to learn about life and business and in the USC Neurolinguistics Laboratory, where I have spent countless hours have created valuable relationships. Most importantly, during my time at USC, throughout my time here — analyzing fMRI data, creating strange sentences, I’ve found my true passion to create the things I want to see in the world. Now I recruiting participants for various studies. The deep loves of research and the plan to go into the world and make things happen. human brain that I developed at the Neurolab have begun a journey full of more adventures than I could have hoped for, with only more to come, and though I don’t know where I will end up, I will always remember that the jour - Tyler plans to dedicate a year to working full time on his three current startup ney began here, in the land of the Gamecocks. Tyler enjoyed spending time on the Horseshoe working endeavors and experimenting with a few new startup ideas. When she’s not working in the lab, Tori spends much on his software business, Benty. of her free time climbing the rock wall at the Strom (pictured here on the route “Baby Shoes”) and at the local climbing gym. Tori will be moving to New York City in May, where she will work for two years as a research assistant at the New York University Neurolinguistics Lab before applying to Ph.D. programs focusing on language and the brain.

38 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 39 CAROLINA SCHOLAR THOMAS SPURGEON MR. AND MRS. TOM B. PEARCE SCHOLARSHIP SHANNON FOREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, GREENVILLE, S.C. HISTORY

Arriving at USC, I was a consummate sage, friend and saint. Indeed, I thought I was pretty much the best thing ever. I was quite wrong about that. More than anything else, my time at USC was humbling, as I encountered people who actu- ally were sages, friends and saints. In the Euphradian Society, I met individuals whose knowledge and rhetorical skill far outstripped my own, but who were still unpretentious and eager in their quest for truth. In the honors dorm, I met friends who were fun to be with. They were good for beach trips, video games and rub- Becky poses with fantasy author Sarah J. Maas. ber band fights, but also cared about me enough to call me out lovingly when I Taylor (seated) makes final preparations with Mock Trial was being pompous (which was a large percentage of the time). In my roommates teammates before delivering her closing argument. CAROLINA SCHOLAR and suitemates, I found men who pursued the divine not out of posture and pre- tention, but out of a true desire to live upright lives. Spending four years with these people, along with the classical works my classes exposed me to, showed BECKY THOMPSON CAROLINA SCHOLAR A.T. AND FRANCES CHALK SCHOLARSHIP Thomas enjoyed making new friends and seeing actual Roman me that, unlike my perceived freshman self, I still have many ideals to pursue and ACADEMIC MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, MT. PLEASANT, S.C. artifacts while studying abroad in Rome. qualities to cultivate. I am not already a complete or even particularly impressive PSYCHOLOGY AND ENGLISH TAYLOR TREECE person. Yet I know wisdom, love and goodness are to be pursued, not out of KIT AND JAMES T. PEARCE SR. SCHOLARSHIP NORTH MYRTLE BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. legalistic obligation, but rather as a search for true life, unhindered by vanity. I have loved books and reading for as long as I can POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY Thomas plans on pursuing a master’s degree in teaching at USC. He will then remember. As a kid, I remember forcing my favorite begin work as a history and Latin teacher in an S.C. high school. books into the hands of my friends, o‚ering unsolicited What do you like to do for fun on the weekends? Most people would answer book recommendations. I even made a card catalog in that question by saying hanging out with friends, seeing a show or playing my bedroom. But it never occurred to me to become a sports. My hobby? Well, it’s kind of like that. Except my friends and I like librarian. Luckily that changed. I attended the National MCNAIR SCHOLAR to hang out in courtrooms. We like to be the ones putting on the show, Council of Teachers of English annual convention with dressed up in suits or in wacky witness costumes. And our sport? Mock my dad and younger brother in November 2014. It was Trial, a competitive program that teaches public speaking and trial advocacy KRISTI SUTHERLAND not my first time attending a convention, but it was the skills by simulating trial court proceedings. I knew coming to college that, SEAHOLM HIGH SCHOOL, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICH. first time that my brother had come along, too. The expe- if I did nothing else, I wanted to join the team here at Carolina. Four years INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND FINANCE rience blew me away. I met (and “fangirled” over) more and two terms as president later, Carolina Mock Trial has given me some During my time at USC, I learned to embrace stepping outside of my comfort than a dozen of my favorite authors. I talked to publicists, of the most challenging, but rewarding, years of my life. As bittersweet as zone. When I arrived in 2011, I left everything I knew, everything I was comfortable editors, teachers and librarians. I listened to some fan - it will be to leave this team after graduation, I am proud of the legacy I am with, behind. I was starting over. And although there were plenty of tears when tastic panels on the young adult literature industry. And leaving behind and the knowledge that this program will continue to thrive my parents dropped me o‚ for the first time, I embraced the challenge. I chose through the whole thing, I had my 16-year-old brother on a national level. Carolina Mock Trial has left a lasting impression on me, international business as my major, which required study abroad. I attended the beside me, asking for my book recommendations and and I know that, no matter where I end up, I’ll still be shouting, “three cheers University of St. Gallen, in a town where I could not understand the language. using me as his gateway to the books and authors we for USC!” Although it was diŸcult at first, I learned to love the sound of Swiss German. Once encountered. My brother, who had not voluntarily read a again, the university pushed me out of my comfort zone, and I grew tremendously book in more than a year, devoured a novel I picked up as a result. During my senior year, I was chosen to participate in the John Molson for him on the flight home. He’s been texting me about Next year, Taylor plans to attend law school at the College of William & Undergraduate Case Competition. Once again, I was pushed outside of my his reading habits ever since. And then it hit me: This Mary. She hopes to become a litigator and to continue her work integrat- comfort zone, and I learned more in a week than I could ever have anticipated. could be my job. This experience confirmed my desire ing psychology and law. Our team ended up placing second, a huge accomplishment. Moving to Charlotte to put books in the hands of teenagers. I have found my this summer, I am once again stepping out of my comfort zone. If USC has taught passion, and I could not be happier. me anything, it has taught me that I must embrace wholeheartedly every new Kristi in the Englische Garten (“English Garden”) in challenge that comes my way. Munich, Germany. She traveled to Munich for a weekend Becky will remain at USC in the fall to start work on her during the spring 2014 semester while studying abroad at Master of Library and Information Science with a focus the University of St. Gallen in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Next fall, Kristi will begin work as a financial consultant for EY in Charlotte, N.C. on children and young adult services. She hopes to eventually become a young adult librarian in a public library and work with community outreach and collec- tion diversification.

40 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 41 USC has given Elisha an undergraduate career rich with experiences, like this moment, capturing the happy feeling of caring for elephants and tigers in Chiangmai, Thailand.

MCNAIR SCHOLAR ELISHA ZHANG ARDREY KELL HIGH SCHOOL, CHARLOTTE, N.C. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IBCE, FINANCE AND MARKETING

I have always tackled problems backward, in a top-down process. When it came to solving the problem of my paralyzing phobia of heights, it was the exact same procedure. When I say paralyzing phobia, I mean a panic-attack-inducing, hyperventilating, tunnel vision

MCNAIR SCHOLAR David enjoyed one of many interesting study abroad experiences at an and wide-eyed fear. Arriving at USC, I intended to tackle my fear head-on, so that first year, I accomplished the first step of my four-year, elephant camp in southern India. four-step plan. I slept in a lofted bed for my entire freshman year in the honors dorm. My second year brought me to Hong Kong through DAVID WHEATON IBCE. A natural and logical progression, at least in the hedge maze of my mind, was to head o‚ to a scenic, humid, cultural antithesis to CARRBORO HIGH SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N.C. America, Thailand, to conquer moving heights by riding an elephant. So I steeled myself mentally and booked a flight. I spent the day with MATHEMATICS AND ECONOMICS a whole family of Thai elephants, riding them, bathing them, feeding them, scooping up their poop.… Admittedly the last bit of that was not as pleasant, but worth it, because in the end we all received kisses as reward for caring for these wrinkled, wise-looking creatures. When I first decided to attend Carolina, I had never seriously considered living abroad. Thanks to the resources available from the So with great aplomb, our new grey-trunked friends gave us suction-y, smile-inducing kisses on our necks and faces. Weary and worn, USC Study Abroad OŸce, I soon decided to take the plunge and spent a summer in Bangalore, India. This turned out to be a great and smelling of the sun, my friends and I headed back to our hostel to scrub and sleep o‚ the day, and as the next morning broke, I was decision because I loved India from the start, and soon felt totally at home in Bangalore. The culture and food provided wonderful new shaken awake by my anxious friend, asking me to take a look at something. Now, I had seen the symptoms before, but never like this. experiences. I loved the cultural immersion so much that, the following year, I decided to spend more time abroad. I wanted to go even The bruising was uncanny, and the circular shape unmistakable. I recalled the endearing cause of this unusual aµiction and everything further o‚ the beaten path, so I studied for a full semester in Taoyuan, Taiwan, where I was the only native English-speaking exchange leading up to this wound. If time travel were possible and the current version of myself could go back to my first-year-of-university version, student on campus. Although this was challenging at first, it ended up being another fantastic experience. I made friends from all over I know I’d have sco‚ed at the ridiculous notion of the elephant hickey that was so glaringly sitting in my sights at this moment. “This the world and traveled across Taiwan with them. I also spent the following summer in Nepal, which was another interesting learning is surely a worthy addition to the medical journals” was the first thing to pop into my head, but that would not help my stricken-faced experience. My time abroad has taught me that I am capable of adapting to almost any situation, which gives me more confidence to friend, so I gathered my wits, found a pharmacy, mimed my way through a conversation and successfully obtained a bruise-healing balm. move on to the next step in my life. The ludicrous stories I can now share because of the opportunities provided through USC and the McNair scholarship have given me a perspective on life and unconventional communication skills that I will carry with me through my career post-graduation.

David will begin N.C. State University’s Master of Science in Analytics program in fall of 2016. Elisha received the honor of being named one of two IB Oxford Scholars and will continue her education for a fifth year at Oxford University through USC.

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CLASS OF 2015 CHRISTINA LIN BROWN CLASS OF 2017 CLASS OF 2015 CLASS OF 2017 WILLIAM BROWER Academic Magnet High School EDWARD DUNTON DANIEL FISCHER CHRISTOPHER BUCKMAN A.C. Flora High School Goose Creek, S.C. Fort Mill High School Stanton College Preparatory Farragut High School Columbia, S.C. Biological Sciences Fort Mill, S.C. School Knoxville, Tenn. Computer Science Physics Jacksonville, Fla. Mathematics and Statistics Chemical Engineering LAURA DEAN EMILY THEUS Richland Northeast High DAVID WANG PERRY DAVIS Richland Northeast High School International School of Basel KIMBERLY GLATZ Newton Conover High School School Columbia, S.C. Florence, S.C. William G. Enloe High School Conover, N.C. Columbia, S.C. Early Childhood Education Biochemistry and Molecular Raleigh, N.C. Marketing and Global Supply Physics and Religious Studies Biology International Business and Chain and Operations Global Supply Chain and Managment COURTNEY GANTT Operations Management YUWEI WEI Silver Blu© High School South Carolina Governor’s Beech Island, S.C. School for Science and ELEANOR GRAY William Fremd High School Mathematics ANA GIBSON Irmo, S.C. Riverside High School Palatine, Ill. International Business (IBCE) Greer, S.C. Marketing and Management International Business (IBA) LAUREN WILLIAMS and Marketing PATRICK KENNEDY Ben Lippen School Riverwood High School Atlanta, Ga. Columbia, S.C. WEBER PIKE Public Health Beaufort High School International Business Beaufort, S.C. CLASS OF 2016 DANIEL WOOD Biomedical Engineering TAYLOR KARLIN South Carolina Governor’s Poolesville High School School for Science and CAMERON REID CLASS ROSTER Colorado Springs, Colo. Mathematics Waccamaw High School Biochemistry and Molecular While USC’s freshman classes are thousands of students strong each year, our classes Moore, S.C. Murrells Inlet, S.C. Biology of scholars remain small, tightly knit groups. Backgrounds, majors and interests vary Biological Sciences Middle Level Education

widely, but many of our scholars remain close through their college years and beyond. LEANNA O’BRIEN CLASS OF 2016 DANIEL YOUNG The following pages give you a brief look into who is in each class, where they are from Ward Melville High School AUSTIN AMBROSE Trinity Collegiate School East Setauket, N.Y. and what they study. Aynor High School Florence, S.C. English and Mathematics Aynor, S.C. Biological Sciences Public Health MICHELLE WILSON Crystal Lake Central High CREIGHTON BOGGS Dreher High School School Columbia, S.C. Crystal Lake, Ill. Political Science Chemical Engineering

44 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 45 CLASS OF 2016 CAROLINA SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2016 MCNAIR SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2016 CATHERINE BUDDIN KYLE HARPER JUSTIN MOORE PATRICK BARBOUN RACHEL KITCHENS Julia and Spud Spadoni Jack S. Graybill Scholarship Class of 1953 Reunion Salesianum School Cypress Woods High School Scholarship Richland Northeast High Scholarship New London, Pa. Cypress, Texas St. James High School School Dutch Fork High School Chemical Engineering International Business, Scholars Academy Columbia, S.C. Irmo, S.C. Economics, and Global Murrells Inlet, S.C. Business Management and Economics and Mathematics JAMIE BOLLER Supply Chain and Exercise Science and Marketing Collierville High School Operations Management Religious Studies GAMBLE OUZTS Memphis, Tenn. LUKE HAVENS James A. Morris Scholarship Theatre and English RACHEL LEMALEFANT RILEY CHAMBERS Mary Meech and Michael J. Ashley Hall Downingtown East High Olin D. Johnston Memorial Mungo Scholarship Charleston, S.C. RILEY BRADY School Scholarship South Carolina Governor’s International Business and Cosby High School Glenmoore, Pa. Irmo High School School for Science and Global Supply Chain and Midlothian, Va. Biochemistry and Molecular Columbia, S.C. Mathematics Operations Management Marine Science Biology Biological Science Florence, S.C. Biological Science LAHAREE PARIKH CHRISTINA CANTU NICHOLAS LENZE SONA CHOWDHARY John Rutledge Scholarship Central Bucks High School Northern Guilford High Ada B. Thomas Scholarship CONNOR HOFFMAN Irmo High School South School and the Mary B. M. Pearce Blair Standridge Memorial Columbia, S.C. Doylestown, Pa. Summerfield, N.C. Johnston & James T. Pearce Scholarship Biological Science Psychology Biochemistry Jr. Scholarship Heathwood Hall Episcopal South Carolina Governor’s School ANNA RIDENOUR ELIZABETH CRUMMY MORGAN LUNDY School for Science and Columbia, S.C. Mr. and Mrs. Julius H. Walker Olympia High School Dacula High School Mathematics Biological Science Scholarship Orlando, Fla. Dacula, Ga. Florence, S.C. South Carolina Governor’s Biomedical Engineering History and English Biological Science JOHN ISENHOWER School for Science and Interfraternity Council- Mathematics KATEE DRISCOLL NICOLE NEWSOM LINA DAVDA Panhellenic Scholarship Summerville, S.C. Pensacola Catholic High Robert W. Johnson High Jennifer M. and Mack I. South Carolina Governor’s Anthropology and History School School Whittle Scholarship School for Science and Pensacola, Fla. Buford, Ga. South Carolina Governor’s Mathematics LISA LYNN Physics and Mathematics International Business and School for Science and Greenwood, S.C. SCHEXNAYDER Marketing Carolina Scholars Mathematics Chemical Engineering First Citizens Bank KEENAN DUNKLEY Greenville, S.C. Corporation Scholarship Marvin Ridge High School MATTHEW PRICE Biomedical Engineering CHRISTIAN KLOOT Myrtle Beach High School Waxhaw, N.C. T.C. Roberson High School Student Government Myrtle Beach, S.C. Biological Science Fletcher, N.C. JACOB DUSTAN Scholarship Economics and Finance Political Science James A. Morris Scholarship Dreher High School CHARLOTTE ECKMANN Academic Magnet High School Columbia, S.C. AUSTIN WILLIAMS Tates Creek Senior High JACOB SIMS Charleston, S.C. Exercise Science Carolina Scholar General School duPont Manual Magnet High International Business and Endowment Fund Lexington, Ky. School Entrepreneurship DAVID LEGGETT Scholarship Marine Science Louisville, Ky. Henry Laurens Scholarship Dutch Fork High School International Business, HANNAH GREENWAY Wando High School Irmo, S.C. DAVID GALBAN Economics, and Global Jennifer M. and Mack I. Mount Pleasant, S.C. Biology Upper Merion Area High Supply Chain and Whittle Scholarship Economics and Political School Operations Management James L. Mann High School Science MING WONG King Of Prussia, Pa. Greenville, S.C. J. Randolph Johnson Mathematics and Economics RACHEL SMOAK International Business and ELIZABETH MOORE Scholarship William G. Enloe Magnet High Economics Pepsi-Cola Company Spring Valley High School WESTON GROVE School Scholarship Columbia, S.C. Cypress Ranch High School Cary, N.C. KATY HALLMAN Saint Joseph’s Catholic School Computer Science Houston, Texas Chemical Engineering and USC Athletic Department Greer, S.C Biomedical Engineering Chemistry Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Christ Church Episcopal CAMILLE HARRIS Henry W. Grady High School School Atlanta, Ga. Greenville, S.C. International Business, Public Health Marketing, and Global Supply Chain and Operations Management

McNair Scholars

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CALEB MICHAEL BAGLEY MADELEINE GIESS SARAH ROOF KEVIN ANNEKEN ABRAHIM SHARAF William B. Douglas Scholarship Ralph David Neuman Scholarship Duke Energy Scholarship Roger Bacon High School Robert L. Paschal High School Chapin High School Dreher High School Chapin High School Cincinnati, Ohio Fort Worth, Texas Chapin, S.C. Columbia, S.C. Chapin, S.C. International Business Biological Sciences CLASS OF 2017 Chemistry Mathematics Exercise Science CYNTHIA BEAVIN SAMANTHA STEWART KEIKO BRIDWELL ADAM GLENN RANA SOBEIH Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Maryvale Preparatory School Norma C. and John M. Palms Patrick L. Tomlin Scholarship Clos Fisher Carolina Scholar Louisville, Ky. Manchester, Md. Carolina Scholarship Carolina Forest High School Annual Scholarship Fund Spanish Biomedical Engineering James F. Byrnes High School Conway, S.C. Spring Valley High School Woodru©, S.C. Chemical Engineering Columbia, S.C. VICTORIA BELCHER SEAN THOMAS Linguistics English Weddington High School Bishop McGuinness Catholic High TIEN HO Matthews, N.C. School CARSTEN BRYANT J. Willis Cantey Scholarship JULIA STROUT Economics and Anthropology Winston Salem, N.C. Grace King Merchant Scholarship Blythewood High School S.C. State Fair Scholarship Biomedical Engineering Lexington High School Blythewood, S.C. Palmetto Christian Academy CAROLINE BLOUNT Lexington, S.C. Mathematics and Computer Mount Pleasant, S.C. Metea Valley High School ELIZABETH UTSET Religious Studies and Philosophy Science Computer Science Naperville, Ill. Stanton College Prep School German Atlantic Beach, Fla. BRANDON BYRD BLAKELEY HOFFMAN ALESSANDRA TUEL International Studies and Thomas B. Pearce Scholarship Joseph Land Scholarship Penelope W. and E. Roe ANDREW FREIX Chinese Studies Wade Hampton High School Dutch Fork High School Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship Thomas Je©erson High School for Greenville, S.C. Irmo, S.C. Dreher High School Science and Technology ANNIE WACKER Media Arts and African American Computer Science Columbia, S.C. Centreville, Va. Lake Travis High School Studies Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Lakeway, Texas SUPRIYA JUNEJA Biomedical Engineering DANIEL CLEMENTS Class of 1964 Reunion Fund BENJAMIN YOUNGBLOOD ASHLEY GRIFFITH Penelope W. and E. Roe Scholarship Eleanor V. and Nicholas K. Moore Maryville High School AUSTIN WARD Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship Dutch Fork High School Scholarship Maryville, Tenn. Pinecrest Academy Spring Valley High School Irmo, S.C. McBee High School International Business and John’s Creek, Ga. Columbia, S.C. Biology and Psychology Hartsville, S.C. Accounting International Business and Computer Engineering International Business and Finance, and Global Supply JUDITH LIN Accounting JONATHAN KEEFE Chain and Operations SAMUEL COLLINSWORTH Penelope W. and E. Roe Ravenwood High School Management University Associates Scholarship Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship Brentwood, Tenn. Carolina Scholars Irmo High School Riverside High School Experimental Psychology BRETT WILLIAMS Columbia, S.C. Greer, S.C. St. Stephens and Biomedical Engineering International Business KELLY KOPCHAK St. Agnes School Ursuline Academy Annandale, Va. JAMES DURDEN POOJA MALHOTRA Cincinnati, Ohio Broadcast Journalism Chris Vlahoplus Scholarship Class of 1965 Reunion Fund Chemical Engineering Spring Valley High School Scholarship KRISTEN YOUNG Columbia, S.C. Irmo High School ANGIE KORABIK Chelmsford High School Chemistry Columbia, S.C. Saint Ignatius College Prep Chelmsford, Mass. Biological Sciences Brookfield, Ill. Biochemistry and ELLEN GARDINER Biological Science Molecular Biology Penelope W. and E. Roe COLMAN MOORE Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship Class of 1967 Scholarship NICHOLAS LOLLI Dutch Fork High School South Carolina Governor’s School Phoenixville Area High School Irmo, S.C. for Science and Mathematics Phoenixville, Pa. Exercise Science Greenwood, S.C. International Business Global Biomedical Engineering Supply Chain and Operations JUSTIN GARRISON Management Isabelle Caldwell Penland AUSTIN PAHL Scholarship John Thomas Langston III NATALIE PITA Lexington High School Scholarship Maggie L. Walker Governor’s Lexington, S.C. Pinewood Preparatory School School for Government and Economics Summerville, S.C. International Studies Computer Engineering Moseley, Va. International Business, SYDNEY POSKEVICH Economics and Spanish Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship AMIE SESSOMS Paul M. Dorman High School East Rutherford High School Moore, S.C. Forest City, N.C. Chemical Engineering Middle Level Education McNair Scholars 48 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 49 CAROLINA SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2018 MCNAIR SCHOLARS CLASS OF 2018

CLAYTON BUCKALOO AUSTIN LEWIS HIMABINDU LONDON BENNETT CAROLINE MCLEOD Penelope W. and E. Roe Bernice and Mason VINNAKOTA Clear Falls High School Gray Stone Day School CLASS OF 2018 Stamps IV Carolina Hubbard Scholarship William H. and Ruth C. Seabrook, Texas Albemarle, N.C. Scholarship Hammond School Bond Scholarship Political Science Biomedical Engineering Ashley Hall Columbia, S.C. Spring Valley High School Isle of Palms, S.C. Biological Sciences Columbia, S.C. CHANDLER CASNER JULIA MINTON International Business Biochemistry and Chase High School South Johnston High School JOSEPH MARAZZO Molecular Biology Forest City, N.C. Clayton, N.C. RYLAN BURDETTE Bank of America Physical Education Biological Sciences Charles Cotesworth Scholarship LOUISE WHITE Pinckney Scholarship South Carolina Bank of America CAROLINE CATES LYNN SCHUTTE Laurens School District Governor’s School Scholarship Kingwood High School McAuley High School 55 High School for Science and Wilson Senior High Kingwood, Texas Hamilton, Ohio Waterloo, S.C. Mathematics School Biological Sciences Experimental Psychology Mechanical Engineering Lexington, S.C. Darlington, S.C. Computer Science International Studies and STEPHEN CORBITT KIMBERLY SEARS MARA COWEN Economics Paul G Blazer Senior High School California Area Senior High School Carolina Alumni ELIZABETH ANNE Ashland, Ky. California, Pa. Association Scholarship MATTHEWS JOANNE WU International Business International Business A.C. Flora High School Penelope W. and E. Roe Charles and Anita Hood Columbia, S.C. Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship KEVIN FIELD ERIN WELTY Biological Sciences Scholarship Dreher High School Regis High School West Forsyth High School Richland Northeast High Columbia, S.C. West Orange, N.J. Advance, N.C. EMMA DROBINA School Mechanical Engineering Biological Sciences English and Classics Thomas B. Pearce Columbia, S.C. Scholarship English KAYLA GARDNER OLIVIA WILLIAMSON Academic Magnet High Wilson Central High School Severna Park Senior High School School TULSI PATEL Mount Juliet, Tenn. Severna Park, Md. Charleston, S.C. Bank of America Marine Science Mathematics Computer Science Scholarship Dutch Fork High School NICHOLAS GREENE JEFFREY WILLICUT Carolina Scholars HABIBA FAYYAZ Irmo, S.C. Salisbury High School Saint Xavier High School Penelope W. and E. Roe Business Economics Salisbury, N.C. Liberty Township, Ohio Stamps IV Carolina Electrical Engineering German Scholarship GRACE PORTER Spring Valley High School Kit and James T. Pearce OLIVIA HARRIS LACEY WILSON Columbia, S.C. Sr. Scholarship Great Bridge High School Merrol Hyde Magnet School Biological Sciences SC Association of Home Chesapeake, Va. Hendersonville, Tenn. Schools Biological Sciences International Business ALEXANDER GALAN Columbia, S.C. Thomas B. Pearce Civil Engineering AUSTIN HETHERINGTON Scholarship Ravenwood High School Irmo High School PHILIP RICHARDSON Brentwood, Tenn. Columbia, S.C. Penelope W. and E. Roe Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Stamps IV Carolina Scholarship SKYLER JAQUES Central Magnet School JINYU GAO Spring Valley High School Murfreesboro, Tenn. R.C. McEntire and Columbia, S.C. Chemical Engineering Company Inc. International Business Scholarship Dreher High School MICHAEL TUTEN RACHEL LUNSFORD R J Reynolds High School Columbia, S.C. Bank of America Kernersville, N.C. Computer Engineering Scholarship International Business South Carolina SARAH GREENE Governor’s School ERICA MAISSY Penelope W. and E. Roe for Science and Trabuco Hills High School Stamps IV Carolina Mathematics Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Scholarship Lexington, S.C. Biomedical Engineering Boiling Springs High Mechanical Engineering School HANNAH MARKS Boiling Springs, S.C. Assumption High School Biological Sciences McNair Scholars Louisville, Ky. Experimental Psychology

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CLASS OF 1972 CLASS OF 1978 CLASS OF 1984 Betty Anne Williams Johnathan W. Bryan Vivian Fields Wilson W. Bryan Christopher Neal Lane CLASS OF 1973 Edgar G. DesChamps III Peter C. Le James R. Banks Daniel Dale Hanle Delane Maxwell John Michael Coxe William Martin Jones Julia J. Ostrover Stanley David Hudnall John B. McArthur Stephanie Bradford Pritchett Cynthia Lyle Ledbetter Melton Parris III Terry Alan Smith Robert Mathew Riley Joseph D. Walker Kate Mago®n Sutton Lewis Phillips Jr. Cynthia P. Youmans Stephen D. Sydow Richard Schwartz David R. Wiles Linda Harvey Stephens CLASS OF 1979 William Stokes Taylor Gilda Poteat Bocock CLASS OF 1985 Elizabeth A. Ferrell Diane Rose Carr CLASS OF 1974 Cheryl Bernatonis Hrivnak Patrick M. Dom Christopher Thomas Bardi Colleen Parry Jones Susan Willis Dunlap Susan C. Bryan Richard Kent Porth Steven Thomas Hand Sarah B. Clarkson Janet Nale Teuber Shelvia Gilliam Jamison Brian Maurice Desatnik Edwin R. Jones III David Michael Garman CLASS OF 1980 David Welsh Kuechler William C. Hubbard Michael Raymond Baum T. Keith Legare Catherine F. Jervey Karin Sabine Bierbrauer Benjamin Kevin Malphrus Steven W. Lynn William A. Funderburk Jr. Michelle Sentell Morris Jonathan Z. McKown Jr. Janis Kruger Leaphart E. Bryan Mozingo Alex W. Ramsay Thomas Joel Taylor Allison L. Stein James Gregg Welborn Julia Ogle Turlington Tracy Dianne Terry R. Marshall Winn III Karen Leigh Watson CLASS OF 1981 CLASS OF 1975 Carol Danner Benfield CLASS OF 1986 Terry Dugas King Keith Giese Steve Legrand Altman Jr. Christine Hager Feely Anna Maria Addison Hatfield Raymond Davis Amaker Armida Jennings Gilbert Lawrence W. Kellner Suzette Surratt Caudle Anna Louise Larson Arthur Dar Tai James William Cooper Kathleen Crum McKinney Sara House White Reid Adam Davis William F. Rinehart Felicia Little Wilson Harold Franklin Je©eries Nancy Stepp Rogan Norma Anne Turner Jett Pamela George Stone CLASS OF 1982 Ruth Berg Patterson Joel Shawn Brandon Everett Christian Rogers CLASS OF 1976 Karon Dawkins Margaret Walker Sedgwick Thomas R. Bolt Harry S. Miley Mark Alvin Watson Francenia B. Heizer Susan Schilb Stewart Andrew Beard Wright James C. Howell Michael Scott Taggart Lolita Harney Youmans Charles B. Murdock Kerry J. Northrup CLASS OF 1983 Robert J. Breen CLASS OF 1977 Yu Liang Chen Joseph S. Brockington Anita Shah Hood Porter W. Gregory III Charles G. Hood W. Lanier Laney D. Mark Husband Scholar alumni speak to current scholars in January. From left Thomas R. McNeal Beatrice Gardner Jones to right, Russ Purdy, Monica McCutcheon, Kayla Porter, Jeremy Richard D. Michaelson Jr. Maria Feliciano Mackovjak Vanderkny© and Patrick Kelly. Daniel N. Sansbury Anne Elizabeth Patterson Caryle Schlea Vann

52 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 53 CLASS OF 1987 CLASS OF 1990 CLASS OF 1992 CLASS OF 1995 CLASS OF 1997 CLASS OF 2000 CLASS OF 2002 CLASS OF 2004 Ross Marshall Nesbit* CLASS OF 2007 James L. Atkinson Robert Lewis Baker David Roy Blough Holly Palmer Beeson Charles B. Ancheta Gwendolyn Person Brinley Sonia Irene Adams* Sarah Bayko Albrecht* Patrick Thomas Norton Alexander J. Dacara Alon Catherine Linder Conte Sharon Morris Barrs Susan Burdick Domke William M. Blitch Jr. Robert Foster Bradley V Mathew Clayton Burrack Laura Elizabeth Anderson Brandon Wayne Bales* Marianne Parrish* Melanie Joanne Baker* Kenneth Edward Dunlop Glen Eric Beckner Kristine J. Kane Mary S. Boyd Amy Elizabeth Bragg Emily Streyer Carlisle Mary Elizabeth Cook Jennifer Lynn Brady Amy Louise Pasquet* Amanda Bannister Brett David W. Dunn Kimberly Connelly Benjamin Maeve Edel O’Connor Joya Chakrabarti Christine Hill Burrell Ashley W. Donato Anne Zichterman DePriest Lara Frances Bratcher* Ryan Petty John Bedenbaugh William Holmes Finch Jr. Karen H. Borkowski Anh Huynh Phan Tory Clark Jessica N. Caspers Elizabeth Kathleen Elder Ronnie Wayne Edwards Jr. Molly Walker Cashman Jacque Banks Riley* Matthew Stuart Bell Alana Leaphart Gri®n Tracey Hyatt Bosman George Postic Darra J. Coleman Jennifer E. A. Denley Katherine Trexler Etheridge Brandon Kenneth Fornwalt Christopher Martin Caver Katherine Ann Rochelle* Jonathan Paul Bell James Earl Harley John C. Brandon Paul McKinley Richardson Jr. Brian A. Comer Timur Engin Brian Patrick Frushour Jennifer Elizabeth Gagnon* Christanne Co©ey Daniel Andrews Sansbury* Guy Charles Boudreaux Melissa Scott Howard Mary Beth Clayton Busby Jessica Christian Sessions Daniel S. Dorsel Joshua R. Gray Andrew Higginbotham Sarah Kelsey Hammond Meredith Elizabeth Dukes Anna Rebecca Stewart Brittany Alexandra Cencula Joseph Brent Lanford Jr. William Michael Dickson Jr. David Eugene Slovensky Christopher Brent Jennifer Landry Matthew Katz Hydrick Harden Jo Mason Ervin* Sarah Tennant* Mary Keane Cone Noel M. Nachtigal Sandra Leahan Doar Caroline McElveen Small Faulkenberry Casey Bonds Martin Wade S. Kolb III Jason Wallace Harmon Jana Ruth Haggard Ashley West Thompson Chanda Livingston Cooper Elizabeth Lucas Reynolds Mary E. Fant Christopher Atkins Smith Karla Fulmer Molly Simpson Matthews R. Ryan Lindsay Traci Jeanne Heincelman*† Devin Thomas Hanlon* Andrea Lynn Waddle* Tamera M. Cox* Susan Parker Shimp Brian Christopher Goode Anil Umesh Swami Allison Hanna Kelly Brian McClanahan Kenyon Russell Maree David Hugh Hill Leigh Alexander Johnston Matthew Bruce Wilkinson Susan Bailey Crook* Jacob Patrick White Radwan Saadallah Hallaba Rajeev Harish Swami Sadia Obaid Khan Melanee Bianca Poston Evan Meadors Lauren Burns Hodges Ashley Ann Jones Brooks Dupler Willet* Drew Charlotte Cutright* Steven Robert Jacobi Shane Eric Swanson Benjamin S. Martin Caroline Keller Powell Kristin G. Pope Julie Milligan Hughes* Jennifer Lynne Kennedy* Jeremiah Gregory Wolfe* Rita Czako CLASS OF 1988 Willis Vincent Jowers III John Gregory Talbot Lisbeth Bosshart Merrill Darcie Shively Allyn H. Powell Norman Ernest Jones Jr.* Justin Ryan Knight Amy Bostic Edwards* Mary Seana Baruth Mary B. Lankford Shahin Vafai Christopher Muldrow Nathan Terracio Ian S. Scharrer Kevin Kirkley Lee Elena Mangiante CLASS OF 2006 Radhika Engineer Eric Browder Blough M. Brian Magargle Marie Lovelace Rasmussen Sharon Woods Webb Holly Elizabeth Selvig Shawn Robert Loew* Amanda Lea Marshall* Elizabeth Diane Bakanic* Lindsay Eris Flowers* Hugh Alan Bruck Richard Allen McCombs II CLASS OF 1993 Benjamin Boyce Reed Julie Hartley Wham Loraine Christ Speier Sara Ravold Mareno* Cailin Elisabeth McLaughlin* Chad Michael Baum* Luay Hammami Mark Andrew Ca©rey Mariana Rush Lowry Neil Allison Davis Aitchison Beth Salter Ashley Copeland Wiggins Stephanie Paige Ogburn* Britton White Newman William Perry Bovender* Anne Michelle Harvey Stuart Holmes Coleman Marie-Louise A. Ramsdale Paul Kevin Beach Kimberly Berndt Simmons CLASS OF 1998 Polly Funk Wilson Sharon Veloso Panelo R. Joseph Oppermann Elizabeth Jane Bradbury* Samantha Jayne Hayford John Edwin Coulter Norman Daniel Sanders Heidi Michele Brooks Ryan Patrick Sims Melissa Boehler Jennifer Sarah Pross* Thomas Andrew Paterniti Steven Delbert Byrd Jacob Tyler Hunter Lee S. Dixon Laurie Harmon Walden Jennifer Inez Campbell Doris Lorraine Sisk Curtis Brown CLASS OF 2001 Betsy Lauren Rodgers Lauren Elizabeth Propst Michelle Desiree Casper* Gregory Andrew Inabinet Michael W. Hogue Melissa G. Wuthier Julie Watson Friddell Jonathan Skvoretz Jennifer C. Cartwright Sona Shah Arora Nathan Joseph Saunders Katie Spurrier Quertermous Amy Goddard Celis Abigail Lorraine Isaac* Vernon Brian Jackson III Mary K. Boackle Zanin Samuel Christy Hogue Je©rey Allen Stephens Grant Stephen Cauthen Anna McGowan Babel Ripal Nitin Shah Joni M. Rabon Allison M. Champion-Wescott Elizabeth Hunt Jenkins* Neale Thomas Johnson Lisa Marie Jasper Aline Bonno Sullivan Kelley Vickery Davies Shannon Sturkie Bennett Martha Wright Smith Paula Bridget Randler Richard Crapps Chapman Michael Alan Kanwisher* Kevin Ward Krebs CLASS OF 1991 Timothy W. Jowers Angela Miller Wilhite Jennifer Defee-Hester Danielle Davis Bernth James Edward Southard Jr. Katherine Elizabeth Rawson Bonnie Louise Coggins* Je©rey James Kent* Judy H. Lui Mohamed Reda Ali Jr. Eunjoo Julie Lee Elena Esther Ellison Daniel Brown Britton Kyle Andrew Sox Thomas Jake Rich Kathleen Robin Curtin* Ira Matthew Klein* Huong Thi Phan Leslie Gallagher Brunelli Kristin Dell Olsen CLASS OF 1996 Elizabeth Endler David Timothy Bush Maggie Claire Thomas Sarah Elana Ross* Matthew Stephen DeAntonio Mary Ellen Lohman* William Johann Kelly K. Chappell Leslie H. Poinsette Anita Tremblay Baker Greg Ferrante Nilanjana Sengupta Caballero Matthew Blake Williams Melissa Nicole Snyder Christopher James Dickson* Hannah Dykes Markwardt Schmonsees III David M. Cohn Deborah Annette Procopio Steven C. Burritt Jason T. Hucks John H. Davis Michael Patrick Zini Eric Jokob Soong Matthew Thomas Elder Patrick Bragdon McCormick Lynette Baroutsis Slovensky Jeremy Terrell Cothran Patrick Todd Quattlebaum Peter Pei-Chi Chung Scott Hultstrand Gustaaf Gregoire de Ridder Thomas Evan Spackman* Aaron Benjamin Flaaen* Michael Stephen McFadden Holly Flake Sox Chandis B. Digby James Broward Story Donald Shane Crankshaw Allison Laborde Woodward Holland CLASS OF 2003 Joshua Michael Spurgeon* Elizabeth Ann Fortnum Andrew William Montgomery* Annette Teasdell Lila A. Faulkner Sanjay Muleshchandra Swami Susan Frances Goodwin Timothy James Lyerly Folsom IV Eddie Mood Baker Jr. Joyce Elizabeth Stuckey* Allison Hersey Garrett Kathryn Maureen Morris Michael Roy Thigpen Matthew Richard Ferrante Summer Smith Taylor G. Miles Gordon Lane McFadden Joann Elizabeth Johnston Meredith Brooke Barkley Nicholas Goodman Megan Lucille Mueller* Margaret Anne Ga©ney Brent Alan Thomas Laura A. Hall Lauren Griswold McGinley Sarah Jones Laake Rachel Moyle Beanland* CLASS OF 2005 Stacey Ann Ivol* Marisa Ann Niparts* CLASS OF 1989 Kellye Padgett Hafner Melissa Suick Tromsness Angela Hays Kai J. Musielak Keitha Marie McCall Indrani Boyle Sallie Ruth Coleman Areford Teresa Christine Karr Grace Blakely Rebesco* Jill Q. Byrum Amanda Wunder Harling Christian Michael Turner James Joseph Hill III Allen Mitchell Tibshrany Monica Smoak McCutcheon Reshma B. Changappa* Allyson Jane Bird Roger Joseph Keane II Sara Rives Saylor Lisa Suggs Cooke Laura Willenborg Herrell Julie F. Wade Wendy Timms Hudson-Jacoby Stephen Todd Veldman Nicholas Winfield Miller Heather Janney Cooper* Bethany Michelle Matheny Craig Carruth Link Sonam Ashish Shah Paul Denisowski Je©rey Hunter Johnson Thomas R. Young Jr. Courtney Stroman Hutchins Elizabeth-Ann C. Wieber Christopher Wrenn Porter Alexandra Deyneka Carlson Christopher Clark Mitchell* Laura Corina Sima* Michael Joseph Furlough David Andrew Knight Sharon Elizabeth Lynn Brett John Robillard Julia Josephine Emery* Graham Wooten Culbertson* Zachary William Nichols Jesse Jet Sky Gene Dunbar Godbold Bernard Francis Masters III CLASS OF 1994 Robert Osmer CLASS OF 1999 Joshua Robert Rushman Thomas Chiles Gri®n III Hilary Kirsten Schramm Stephanie Ingrid Pappas* Scott Daniel Spivey William R. Haulbrook Lena Younts Meredith Irene Yuek-Se Au Laurie Denelle Tackett Charles Herbert Boulware III Pamela Ann Markham Warren Heather Hayes Culbertson* Alexander Nygaard Pietras Jonathan Sheinkin Tomberg Raju Prasad Krishna Eric Alfred Paine Kelly S. Bobo Charles H. Thompson Jr. Jeanne Britton Patrick Warren Patrick Lee Kelly* Antonio Joaquim de Ridder Brooke Elizabeth Russ Jeremy Thomas Vanderkny© Patricia Reidinger Martin Reginald A. Riser Dana Lynn Caulder Jennifer L. Wu Jason Matthew Burns Rachael Thomas Zweigoron Ryan Russell Kirk Anita Autry Dixon Thomas James Greig Scott Callie Garrett Van Koughnett* Caroline Metosh-Dickey William Thomas Scruggs III Sabrina Virginia Dixon Kevin M. Cannon Nathan Charles Koci Dean Jeremy Emmerton* Corinne Elizabeth Sheridan Karen R. Vilas* Thai Quoc Nguyen Courtney C. Shytle Terry Carlyle Dixon Jared A. Causey Jill Noel Martin Chandra Caitlyn Farris* Alicia D. Sibert* Amy Corderman Purdy Laura Sremaniak Noel Vaughan Eaton Gita Chakrabarti Abigail Lynn McKee* Corey Owen Garriott Rachel Leigh Spence* CLASS OF 2008 Stephen Malone Roddey Je©rey David Watts Kelly S. Elliott Kathleen Warthen Co©ey Jada Watkins Miller* Elizabeth Sutton Gosnell Alexis Loring Stratton* Fahmin Basher Connie Olson Scrivens Sean Kelly Flynn Frankie E. Crain-Ruf Grace Dra®n Moore Priscilla Grace Larkin Harris Jessica Michelle Sullivan Dimitrios Sotirios Basilakos Evan L. Smoak Shannon Geoly Horn Sarah Crosby Creel Suzanne Rae Pickard Sarah Refi Hind* Sarah Marie Tennant* Corinne D’Ippolito Baulcomb* Jim Odell Stuckey II Susan Render Johnson Kimberly Coxe Elvington Lauren Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Anne Howarth Katherine Leigh Thompson* Elizabeth Ann Bell* William Britton Watkins Peter Barnaby Knight Amanda M. Esch Brooke Allison Spitzer* Ian Donald Kane Joseph Allen Turner Jr. Amanda Kay Seals Bersinger* Betina Entzminger Yarnall Brenda McDaniel Meyer Christine Danath Funk Denise Colleen Strickland Kathryne Lane Knight Marissa Meredith Vawter* Michael James Blew Scott Goodlett Murray Amanda Galloway Hartke Sheima Salam Sumer* Jennifer Lauren Lake* William Je©erson Vigen* Catherine Whitt Bishop Brian K. Nunnally D. Marshall Kibbey Jr. Terra Rhea Varner* Stephanie Ann Lareau* Jason Benjamin Wheeler Matthew Thomas Brown* Rebecca Starr Smith Elizabeth H. Mack James Robert Whittingham* Sheena Lazenby Rachel Perkins Worth Christopher Joseph Butch* Amy Elizabeth McCormick Estee Amber Williams Bethany Marie Lensgraf* Chelsey Karns Crouch Philip Michael Mobley Adam Thornton Wilson* Sylvie Elise Lomer Jennifer Autrey Deman Megan Meece Mocko Emma B. Wuertz Katherine Mancuso Matthew Thomas Enright* Emilie Greene Sommer Jamie Sue McIntyre* Alexa Albrecht Erbach Chappell Suber Wilson Nina M. McLendon* Benjamin Fonville Garrett Allison Freeman Winter Kristen Alexandra Morella Kathleen Patrice Ginder

54 / TOP SCHOLARS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA / 55 Bradley Thomas Hocking Will Hicks Thrower III* CLASS OF 2011 Robert Joseph Knox* Danya Kamal Nayfeh David Charles Johannesmeyer Sarah E. Vanderwood* Jennifer Marie Ammerlaan Lauren Marie Koch Kaitlyn Nicole Pennington Ralph Hervey Lawson III Jessie B. Walters-McCarthy* Emily Ann Berger* Mark Callison Kremer* Elise Jean Porter Deirdre Quinn Martin* Xin Wang Liana Rachel Bugos Michael Chase Levinson Sarah Elizabeth Robbins Kathryn Kelly Miller John Lafitte Warren Traisha White Campfield* Shannon Adele Looney Ross David Roessler* Emily Margaret Mitchell* Zhu Wang Mollie Carter Courtney Hollowell Marsh Victoria Marie Seigler Mindy Lee Moore* Megan Kate Womack* Whitney Anne Dearden* Brooke Elizabeth McAbee* Garrett Michael Snipes Daniel Alan Noyes* Kevin Yeh Tenley Elizabeth Desjardins Benjamin Davis McIntosh Mark Alan Taylor Megan Hall Nunn* Colton Ernest Driver* Maliek Matthew McKnight Amy Rebekah Upshaw* Elizabeth Anne Oleson* CLASS OF 2010 David James Ensor* Sara Taylor Moore* Hannah Stuart Van Patten Katherine Bristow Patrick Caleb Timothy Anderson* Victoria Delaine Jackie Leon Parnell II Payton Sinclair Wanstreet Shelley Lee Price Alina Denise Arbuthnot* Espensen-Sturges* Frank Russell Purdy* Amanda Lee Williams* Tyler Robbins Ray* Audrey Caroline Ball* Lauren Rachel Fowler* Nicole Michelle Rheinlander* Elizabeth Ruth Wilson Charles Edward Redmond II Rebecca Anne Bandy* Kylie Anne Glessman Nick McIIvain Riley* PHOTO INDEX Ellory Winona Schmucker Nora Bennani Laurie Anne Graves Alison Marie Salisbury Stephen Graham Smith* Angela Lynn Bingham* Mandev Singh Guram Caitlin Van Strachan* CLASS OF 2014 Kathryn Patrice Stickle* Michelle Lynn Budreau* Christine Elizabeth Harding* Ronald James Talbert Jr. Artem Aleshin A J S Philip Andrew Stonecypher Sarah E. Callahan* Kerri R. Hatcher Ryan Matthew Teel* Timothy Westbrook Barnhill* Amin, Avnika 14 Juneja, Supriya 8 Sears, Kimberly 10 Ti©any Michelle Terrell* Sydney Nicole Daigle Joanna Evelyn Helms Taylor Ann Thul* Matthew Bruce Barragan* Andreoli, Emily 15 Sharpe, Tori 38 Christopher Alan Williams Bruce Andrew Davis Stephen Andrew Timko* Runjhun Bhatia K Smith, Mason 39 Sara Marie Hinojosa* Kelly, Patrick 52 Daniel Owen Williams* Mary Melody Dawson Lauren Elizabeth Wallace Marc-Olivier Blais B Smith, Tyler 39 Colin James Kane Bain, Connor 12, 15 Kibbey, Siobhan 29 Tina Xiaoyi Zhang Lydia Faith DiSabatino* Kody Alan Walter* Lawton Cole Burkhalter Spurgeon, Thomas 9, 40 Kyle Edward Kemp* Brady, Riley 12 Knapp, Viki 31 Kevin Michael Douglass Alyssa Grace Weeks Salem Louisa Carriker* Stamps IV, E. Roe 7 Drew Olsen Kirchhofer* Buckaloo, Clayton 4 Kovtun, Andrew 12, 32 CLASS OF 2009 Marin Elizabeth Duby* Helen Margaret Knight* India Claire Wells* Alice Ying Ying Chang Strout, Julia 8 Sutherland, Kristi 40 Sherah L. Aiken* Collin Brittain Eaker* James Chapman Manning Jasmine Nawal Whelan Chance Tyler Cockrell* C L Jordan E. Beckman Elizabeth Michelle Elliott Emily Elizabeth Matherly* Elizabeth Ruth Wilson Cameron McKinley Cox* Caldwell, Anna Liger, Nicholas 32 Thomas J. Benning* Nyssa Fleming Fox Susanne Elisabeth Wol© Brendan Phillip Croom* T Ellen Woodward Meder* Catherine 9, 17 Lin, Judith 4 Thompson, Becky 41 Annie L. Boiter-Jolley Caitlyn M. Gallagher* Brian Alton Mesimer Walid Abdalla Yaghy William Ellis Culp Chang, Alice 20 Rachel Bowman* Gurjeet Singh Guram Kristina Michelle Drake Treece, Taylor 41 Lauren Kaye Mozingo Clements, Daniel 4, 9 M Tuel, Alix 4 Austin C. Collie Cynthia Joy Harbison* Caitlin Rebecca Musgrave CLASS OF 2013 Megan Elizabeth Early* Coleman, Matt 8, 18 Maissey, Erica 10 Joseph A. Dean Michelle Leigh Harmon* Carley Sarah Peace Margaret Greer Baxter Sarah Katherine Ellis* Culp, Will 19 Marks, Hanna 10 V Derek M. DeBruin Katherine Lewis Harris Tegan Marisa Plock* Paulina Berkovich* Elizabeth Rose Farmer* Martin, Hilary 33 Vanderkny, Jeremy 52 Huley Dru Dickert Damian Joel Herring-Nathan* Olivia Kathleen Reburn Elizabeth Breeland Boyer Rachael Lauren Foust* D Matthews, E.A. 4 Kaitlin C. Du©ey* Katherine Melissa Jarriel Rachel Herrin Robertson* Megan Louise Brown* Sally Eliza Harrill* De Neef, Emma 21 McCutcheon, Monica 52 W Dori Anne Enderle* Amanda Rene Lager Robert Joseph Rolfe Jr. Brooke Danielle Carroll* Bradley Michael Harris* Dixon, Drew 22 McNair, Robert C. 6 Wheaton, David 42 Leah Miller German Mary Christine Learner Tara Elizabeth Tae* Purva Ramesh Choudhari Leila Marie Heidari Dooley, Christina 22 Minton, Julia 10 Williams, Austin 8 Robert S. Gillispie* Jennifer Therese Lias* Devon Austin Taylor Janet Elizabeth Crook* Charles Michael Hood Moore, Elizabeth 12 Wu, Joanne 8 Patrick L. Hankins Kyle Christopher Mallinak* Marissa Nicole Thomas Rachel P Despres Priyanka Sandhir Juneja E Moore, Thad 35 Eggleston, Andrea 23 Benjamin David Kerri Rae McCutcheon Alexandria Marie Tracy Kali Paige Esancy* Jessica Victoria Kaczmarek Z Ellerbe, Frank 8 Zhang, Elisha 43 Hankinson Jr. Kayla Brooke McGee Erin Maureen Weeks Thomas F Finch* Kathryn McKinnon Kingsmore* P Panvelker, Nina 36 Travis N. Hardy* Sydney Danielle Mitchell* Shalika Whig William Cole Franks Gerry Lynn Koons* Jennifer Christine Huggins* Joseph Harold Montoya Tyler Hayden French Niki Paulette Koutroulakis F Patel, Tulsi 10 Bradley Charles Williams Fayyaz, Habiba 4 Amy Michelle Jackson* Samir Sudhir Panvelker Kara Elizabeth Garrott* Sarah Amelia Law Patterson, Andrew 12, 37 Fisher, Thomas Jr. 23 Mary Allison Joseph Melanie Ann Pozdol* Christopher Mark Gauger* Jacob Taylor LeGrone* Porter, Kayla 52 CLASS OF 2012 Froman, Georgia 24 Heather K. Judd* Elizabeth Ashley Robertson Reginald Alexander Bain Katherine Elizabeth Gause Clara Mary Susan Logue* Poskevich, Sydney 4, 9 Laura M. Lamb* Michael David Roglitz* Bryarly Anne Bishop* Gerald Marvin Gordner III* Noel Lauren Marsh* Prowse, Michael 37 G Purdy, Russ 52 Joseph Philip Mankovich * Kellie M. Sharpe* Katherine Elizabeth Boland Emily Lauren Graczyk* Emily Clark Padget Gardiner, Ellen 4 Kathryn Susan Mansfield Jewel Ellen Sheehan* Tracy Alison Brader* Adam Tyler Gri®th* Devin Marie Pascoe* Gergel, Elizabeth 24 Silvia Hunziker McKenna Emma Jean Smiley Benjamin Tyler Haggard Andrea Yoshiko Perriguey* R Megan Elizabeth Britt Greene, Sarah 4, 9, 11 Richardson, Philip 4 Caitlin W. McLaren* Melissa Robin Smith* Timothy Ryan Hamrick* Jake Garner Ross Jacqueline Renee Cantwell* Grunewald, Savannah 25 Risko, Kyla 38 John Wesley Merriman* Jessica Mary Steele Kriska Carandang Kirstie Elizabeth Hewson Elizabeth Ann Sinclair* Karly Marie Miller* Ashley Susan Tjader* Megan Matthew Alan Casedonte Katie Rose Higgins Samruddhi Prashant Somani H Sarah J. Moran* Elizabeth Tone Caroline Capdepon Crouch* Amy Elizabeth Hill Carroll* Felician Georg Stratmann Hallman, Katy 9 Kathryn M. Mulligan Sarah Elizabeth Tucker* Jade Chelsey Davis* Hali Collins Kerr* Mackenzie Ann Sunday Hane, Miller 26 Kathy Lei Niu Alexander Szu Han Wang Molly Joanna Doggett* Adam Mansfield Kess* Alexandra Ann Turgeon* Harper, Kyle 26 Stephanie L. Paolini James Louis Whelan Gillian Komito Fishman* Jennifer Lynn Knight* Hayworth, Kate 27 Kayla Michelle Porter Andrew William Zolides Christina Marie Galardi Amit Kumar *denotes McNair Scholar Horel, Delaney 9, 28 Dana Lynn Sanders* Mary Frances Glenn Michael Ethan Lambert* °† awarded posthumously Andrew James Schwark* Joseph Goldstein Elizabeth Breeland Mahoney Tina S. Shah Daniel Joseph Hains* Kyra Elizabeth Marsigliano* Katie Jean Spicer* Katherine Elizabeth Harris* Madeline Anne McDowell* Yasmin Birju Tailor David Clay Mettens* Anna Elizabeth Hegquist The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities Rebecca S. Tedesco* Samuel Bradley Johnson Hannah Bradford Miller* or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation or veteran status. 15152 UCS 9/15

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