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1974

Harlain Sligh Ruff of Little Rock, Arkansas, published work in the books “Penpoint Poems and Prose 2” and “Vault of Terror Vol. 2: Tales to Tell.”

1981

Riverbanks Zoo President and CEOTomas Stringfellow was recognized by Greater Columbia Monthly as one of its 50 Most Influential of 2018.

1984

Melody Tankersley was named interim senior vice president and provost at Kent State University.

1985

Walterboro resident Jessica Fields is the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Colleton County School District.

Manning resident John Tindal retired after 17 years of service as the Clarendon School District Two superintendent.

1988

Arthur Holmes won a four-year seat on the Charleston County School District Constituent School Board #23.

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Charlotte, North Carolina, residentMichael Turner is the interim principal of West Charlotte High School.

1990

Rhonda Short is the director of music education and graduate studies coordinator in the music department at the University of Mississippi.

1993

Clinton residentMaureen Tiller is principal of Fountain Inn High School.

1996

Author and Historian Christopher Boyle of Loris presented a lecture on the Declaration of Independence at the Horry County Museum.

Sharon Allen Bracey of Charlotte, North Carolina, is principal of Garinger High School.

Rock Hill resident Alfred Williams is principal of Union County High School.

1997

Dy English of Weddington, North Carolina, retired after 29 years of service to Lesslie Elementary School in Rock Hill.

Cayce residentMartina Mingo Mitchell is president of the South Carolina Health Association.

Page Wofford is the head football coach at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill.

1999

Jennifer Brown of Jacksonville, Florida, was appointed to the Florida State College at Jacksonville District Board of Trustees.

Mark Weisbrod of Stephens City, Virginia, is the principal of Stonewall Elementary School.

2000

Deronda Washington of Charleston is the associate director for sorority and fraternity life at the College of Charleston.

2001

Brigham Asbury of Summerville joined the board of directors for the Charleston County Parks Foundation.

2002

Fort Mill resident Marc Pyrc is principal of Banks Trail Middle School.

Edward Serna is president of the University of Maine at Farmington.

2003

Rock Hill resident Chisa Johnson Putman was appointed a magistrate judge of York County and was elected to the Charleston

School of Law Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Norris Williams, a former Rock Hill principal, is now principal of Blue Eagle Academy in Clover.

2004

Charleston resident Wayne L.J. Alston is the 2019-20 director of athletics for the Colleton County School District.

2005

Te city of Hutchinson, Minnesota, selected Ryan Hvitlok as its planning director.

Charles Perry of Conway was honored as the S.C. Weekly Journalist of the Year by the S.C. Press Association.

Adrian Rhodes of Hartsville was awarded the S.C. Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship.

Tracy Spalsbury is the director of marketing and communications at the Education Foundation of Sarasota County.

2008

Jad Griffith is the principal of Fort Mill Elementary School.

Greenville resident Justin Meade joined the Ronald Blue Trust Company as a private wealth advisor.

Jimi Tompson organized Charlotte’s 2nd annual Durag Fest.

2009

Mallory Crawford of Walterboro is the first athletic director for the Polaris Tech Charter School.

2010

Charlotte, North Carolina, resident Terrance Sanders is an instructional improvement officer for the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

2011

Ren Patel is director of the Fort Mill High School bands.

Rock Hill resident Jeremy Whitesell was nominated and selected by his peers as the 2019 South Carolina Investigator of the Year.

2012

Toniqua Mikell of Columbia is the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in criminology and criminal justice from the University of South Carolina.

Enrique Miranda of Kirkwood, Missouri, is a transactional health care lawyer who joined Carlton Fields as an associate in the health care practice.

Lexington resident Punam Patel was recognized as a 2019 Prisma Health-Midlands Woman of Impact.

2013

“Lobotomy,” a series of art portraits by Williston, North Dakota, resident Lino Azevedo, is on display in the MonDak Heritage Center.

2014

Sharifa Elkady of Ladson was selected as a 2019 Drama League Directing Fellow.

Justin Hudson of Bennettsville created a scholarship in honor of his late classmate, Christopher J. Aubrie, a former Winthrop student body president. Two scholarships were awarded this past year to students at their alma mater, Marlboro Academy. Te fund plans to award scholarships to students in the Winthrop College of Business Administration starting in fall 2020.

2016

Jacksonville, Florida, native Trey King is starring in the City Repertory Teatre’s production of “Tick, Tick… Boom.”

2018

Gastonia, North Carolina, resident Anastasia Netrebine won second place at the 2019 ArtFields Festival.

Jordan Wiley of Irmo is the operations manager at the Charleston River Dogs.

2019

Myrtle Beach resident Alyssa Gore is the owner of Stunning & Brilliant Events, a wedding and event planning company.

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