Meet the Freshman Class!


Te freshman class boasts a unique mix of strong academic talent, varied geographic locales and wide-ranging personal interests. Consider these facts about the Class of 2019: • Tere are 1,093 freshmen and 348 transfer students.


• 25 different states and seven countries are represented.


• Megan Kaufmann traveled the farthest to Winthrop outside of the United States. She is from Perth, Australia, and trav- eled 11,440 miles. She edged out Aditya Gokhale from the city of Pune in India, and Fu-Hsing Hsu of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.


• Shelby Anderson, of Palmer, Alaska, traveled the farthest to Winthrop within the United States.


• Akiera Davis from Charlotte, North Carolina, is Win- throp’s first National Achievement Scholar.


• Bjorn Broman, a basketball player from Duluth, Minne- sota, is Winthrop’s first Parade Magazine High School All-American.


• Nine valedictorians and 11 salutatorians chose Winthrop, the most of any class on record at Winthrop.


• Te most common male name is Matthew. Te most com- mon female name is Hannah.


• Haylee Black of Myrtle Beach competed in a world archery competition.


• Sam Walton of Taylors has more than 30,000 subscrib- ers for his YouTube channel, which chronicled his life in Germany.


• Cameron Wesley Jr. of Hopkins once serenaded “Queen of Funk” Chaka Kahn.


• Caroline Wilson of Marion has visited five continents.


• Krystal Young of Anderson served on the International Youth Advisory Board.


A Campus of Champions!


• Four golfers were recognized as All-American Scholars by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. Te players were Chandler Chase, Jennifer Dilger ’15, Ashley Sloup and Rachel Wyatt ’15.


• Golfer Jennifer Dilger ’15 and basketball forward Taylor Calvert ’15 were among 480 female student-athletes nomi- nated for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year award.


• Junior golfer Zach Seabolt capped off a fantastic 2014-15


season with his selection to the PING All-America Tird Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Tis honor follows on the heels of his selection to the Golfweek All-American Tird Team and to the PING All-Region Squad. Seabolt was the 2015 Big South Player of the Year.


• Te lacrosse team was recognized as an Academic Honor Squad for the 2015 season by the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association.


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