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CLASS NOTES


1971 "Elsewhere," an exhibit by Roebuck resident Beth Pullman Regula, was shown at Tryon Painters and Sculptors.


1980 Jimmie Williamson '80, '85, '21 of Cheraw was appointed Pee Dee Unit representative to the National Association of Social Workers-South Carolina Chapter Board of Directors.


1981 Terry Norton of Rock Hill published “Trickster Tales of Southeastern Native Americans: Stories from the Creek, Natchez, Seminole, Catawba, Cherokee, and Other Nations.”


1983 Stephen Laws '83, '91 of Gastonia, North Carolina, is interim superintendent of Gaston County Schools.


1984 Lisa Blackstone Allred of Mauldin hosted seven professional teacher trainings and cotaught a course at Notre Dame of Marbel University in Koronadal, South Cotabato, Philippines.


1985 Terry Grayson-Caprio of Greer was appointed to the Caldwell Partners International Inc. Board of Directors.


1989 Everett Sesker of Tracys Landing, Maryland, was named the 121st sheriff for Anne Arundel County. Sesker also became the county's first African-American sheriff.


1991 Friends of South Carolina Libraries awarded Gary Simrill of Rock Hill with the 2022-23 Outstanding Public Official Award.


1992 Ceramic pieces by Celena Hudgens Burnett of Charlotte, North Carolina, were showcased at Wendy Wrenn Werstlein's studio on the 16 Hands Studio Tour.


Ed Driggers of Greer is the interim city manager for Newberry.


1995 Eric Rollings of Rock Hill is the athletic director for Rock Hill High School.


1996 Uirica Campbell Bodison of Walterboro is the principal at Colleton County High School.


1998 John Poss Jr. of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of Maryland's baseball program.


2001 Dave Singletary of Houston, Texas, is the assistant band director at James E. Taylor High School in Katy, Texas.


2005 Maurice Johnson of Charlotte, North Carolina, is the principal at Clover Middle School.


2006 Clayton Almeida '06, '09 of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, will be inducted into the 2024 class of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame.


Calub Courtwright of York is the principal of Clover High School's ninth-grade campus.


2008


Michael Abraham of Rock Hill is the principal at Northwestern High School.


Mike Gentry of Rock Hill is the director of the Winthrop University Galleries.


2010 Jimmy Duncan '10, '12 of York is the Rock Hill School District athletic director.


2014


Chelsea Brown of Baltimore, Maryland, who serves as cofounder and director of strategic partnerships for the Black Greek Festival, brought the festival to Charlotte, North Carolina, in July.


Tony Moten Jr. of Pflugerville, Texas, was appointed executive director of All Points North Foundation.


Angela Farlow Rumball of Greensboro was recently an artist-in-residence with Creative Greensboro's Greensboro Residency for Original Works (GROW) program.


2016 Hannah Strong Oskin of Pawley's Island is the executive editor of Waccamaw Publishers' My Horry News.


2017 Kaala Maple of Summerville was appointed to the board of


South Carolina's Commission for Minority Affairs.


2020 Ashley Lumpkin Estes of Rock Hill was selected as Hunt Meadows Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2022-23.


2022 Bryn Eddy of Fort Mill is a reporter and newsletter editor for The Sumter Item.


Ali Pizza of Cornelius, North Carolina, is the director of the Gaston County Museum of Art and History.


Alumni and students enjoyed catching up at tailgating during Homecoming and Reunion in November. Scan the QR code to see more photos from Homecoming and Reunion week.


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