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SPRING 2022

ALUMNI NEWS

Alumnus David McDonald Elected to Board of Trustees

David McDonald ’01 has been elected to serve as the alumni representative for the Winthrop University Board of Trustees.

His six-year term will begin on July 1. McDonald will replace Jane LaRoche ‘69,

‘70, whose term is set to expire in June. She’s served on the board since 2010.

McDonald earned his B.A. in history and secondary education at Winthrop.

McDonald has lived in Greenville since 2013 where he serves as assistant superintendent for school leadership for Greenville County Schools. Prior to serving in that role, he served as a classroom teacher, assistant principal and principal in the Lancaster County School District.

Since becoming an alumnus, McDonald has served Winthrop as a volunteer in numerous capacities including the Young Alumni Council, Annual Fund Loyalty Council, Winthrop Alumni Admissions Vol- unteer, Winthrop University Foundation Board and Executive Committee, Winthrop Real Estate Foun- dation Board and as a longtime member of the Winthrop Alumni Executive Board where he served as secretary, first vice president and president for two terms.

Winthrop has often invited McDonald back to cam- pus to serve as a guest speaker at programs and classes. In 2011, he had the opportunity to serve as the keynote speaker at Convocation. He has pre- sented to numerous groups in the Richard W. Riley College of Education and other campus groups. Winthrop awarded McDonald the Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2008 and again recog- nized him for his service in 2019 with the Winthrop Alumni Distinguished Service Award.

2022 Alumni Award Nominations Now Open

Nominations for the 2022 Alumni Awards will be accepted through Friday, June 24. To nominate a Winthrop graduate for the Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Alumni Professional Achievement Award or the Outstanding Young Alumni Award, please complete the Alumni Awards Nominations form for the appropriate award and submit to Lori Tuttle, executive director of alumni relations and reunion giving, at tuttlel@ winthrop.edu.

The 2022 Alumni Award recipients will be recognized at the Alumni Awards Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Submit Your Design to the Homecoming T-Shirt Contest

The Homecoming T-shirt design contest is back by popular demand! Do you think you have the skills to design Winthrop’s 2022 Homecoming T-shirt? Put those skills to the test by submitting your Homecoming T-shirt design by May 31. The Alumni Executive Board will vote on the design that will be this year’s Homecoming T-shirt design. The contest is open to all alumni and runs April 1-May 31.

Read more for official rules and contest details.

Save the Date for Homecoming and Reunion 2022!

Make plans to come home to Winthrop Nov. 11-12 and celebrate! More details on weekend events to come, so stay tuned! Please check the Homecoming website frequently for more information.

WINTHROP 2022

Alumni Elected to Big South Hall of Fame

Retired Winthrop men’s and women’s tennis coach Cid Carvalho ’82, ’89, and former Winthrop volley- ball player Mary Hock Leventis ’06 were inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame on March 6.

The Big South Hall of Fame now totals 77 former Big South Conference student-athletes, coaches, administrators and contributors.

Carvalho, who began his coaching career in 1986, retired in 2019 with 26 combined Big South Championship titles – a record 21 on the women’s side and record-tying five on the men’s side. He is the all-time leader in wins in Big South history in both sports, and recorded the most conference tournament wins in Big South tennis history with

63 women’s victories and 36 men’s wins.

Hock Leventis, who played volleyball from 2002-05, was a four-time Big South Conference Champion and NCAA Tournament participant, was a three-time All-Conference First-Team selection in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and was the Big South Player of the Year in 2004. She was also the Big South’s first volleyball All-American.