SUMMER 2023


CLASS NOTES


1969 Diane Shuler was inducted into the North Augusta Sports Hall of Fame in recognition of her contributions to the North Augusta High School girls' sports program.


1973 Susan Henry-Crowe of Atlan- ta, Georgia, retired from the United Methodist Church & So- ciety in January after serving as the general secretary for eight years.


1976 Ronald Layne of Pinehurst, North Carolina, was named chief operating officer at Sand- hills Community College.


1982 Brenda Thompson Billardello of Lancaster was named Lancaster County's director of marketing and communications.


Patrick Wechter of Ravenel was hired as the director of Clemson University's Coast- al Research and Education Center.


1984 Don Good of Kingsport, Tennessee, was named to the Southern Conference’s All-Conference Faculty Team for 2022-23.


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Community Foundations Leading Change named Mary Thomas of Spartanburg as its president and CEO.


1985 Julie Gore Fowler of Green- ville was named superinten- dent for Spartanburg School District Three.


1987 Scott Grooms of Walterboro began work as the City of Wal- terboro's director of tourism and downtown development.


Fort Mill resident Marc Howie, vice president of community development at York Electric Cooperative, received the Citizenship & Service Award from the York County Regional Chamber.


1989 Watts Huckabee of Rock Hill was elected as a member of the York County Council.


1991 Laura Adams Johnson of Winnsboro was named interim county administrator for Fair- field County.


Wilberforce University named Vann Newkirk of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as the university's 23rd president.


1993 Brice Laughter of Aiken was appointed principal of Lang- ley-Bath-Clearwater Middle School.


1995 Mike James of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, published a poetry collection entitled “Back Alley Saints at the Tiki Bar” with Redhawk Publica- tions.


Mission Ministries Alliance named Lauri SoJourner of Canton, North Carolina, as its interim executive director.


1996 Jay Karen of Daniel Island was recognized as one of the coun- try's "Most Powerful People in Golf" by Golf Inc. Magazine.


William (Bump) Roddey of Rock Hill was re-elected to the York County Council.


Rona Williams of Charlotte, North Carolina, was promoted to associate director of the Congregational Faith and Learning Center at Hood Theological Seminary.


1997 Rock Hill resident Melloney Robinson Cook was named logistics controller for the U.S. and Canada for Continental Tire.


MUSC Health Lancaster named Ashley Shannon of Lancaster as its external affairs manager.


1998 Shanola Hampton of Canyon County, California, signed with The Gersh Agency for talent representation. She is also starring in and producing "Found" this fall on NBC.


1999 Chris Doehling of Fort Mill worked as a character design- er for the animated series “The Wingfeather Saga.”


April Hershey of Rock Hill joined Remi, Inc., in Charlotte, North Carolina, as an execu- tive administrative assistant.


2001 Kevin James of Atlanta, Geor- gia, was named one of the 2023 Atlanta 500 in Education and Healthcare.


2002 Omoleye Adeyemi Simmons was named vice president of design for Tarkett North Amer- ica Commercial in Chattanoo- ga, Tennessee.


2003 Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware, appointed Jackie Brockington as the university’s registrar.


Summerville resident Kevin Morrissey was named the S.C. Art Educator of the Year by the S.C. Art Education Association.


2004 Frederick County Public Schools named Shane Good- win the assistant superinten- dent for administration.


Charleston native Jessica Erickson Nagy was named principal of Hillsborough Elementary School in Hillsbor- ough, North Carolina.


Veronica Vereen of Charles- ton joined the College of Charleston as the director of development for the School of the Arts.


2005 Columbia resident Maggie Hendry was appointed acting deputy secretary for finance and administration for the S.C. Department of Transportation.


2006 Jamie Baxley Hallman of Saint Augustine, Florida, published a book entitled “The Expecta- tion Gap.”


Rock Hill resident Bara Bolton Wetherell was named among the “Ones to Watch” by the York County Regional Chamber.


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2008 McConnells resident Stefanie Jenkins Barnette was named among the “Ones to Watch” by the York County Regional Chamber.


Stephen Crotts of Rock Hill performed spirituals at Historic Brattonsville's “By Way of the Back Door” event.


2009 Rock Hill resident Terra Carney was named Riverwalk Academy's Elementary School Teacher of the Year for the 2022-23 school year.


Kristen Powell of Greer was named president and CEO of the Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas.


Walter Suggs, a band teacher at Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology in Charlotte, North Carolina, received The Ma- nilow Music Project Award.


2010 Stephanie Burgess of Lexing- ton was named the 2023 S.C. Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year by the S.C. Associ- ation of School Administrators.


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