Jake Patterson was recognized by the Joanna Lions Club as the 2018-19 Lion of the Year. Tis award is given annually to the Lions Club member who exemplifies service to the club and in the community. Patterson was nominated for the award by his peers in the club.


Sheila Moore Price received her Master of Arts in Strategic Communi- cation from Liberty University. Price is currently the social media coordinator in NGU’s Office of Marketing and Communications.


Adam Street has been named pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in Goldsboro, NC. He and his family have moved to Goldsboro from Lon- don, KY, where he served as associate pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. Street is currently pursuing his master’s in Christian education at Te South- ern Baptist Teological Seminary.


Erin Wolfe has been named the assistant director for the Institute of Global Leadership at NGU. Before returning to NGU, Wolfe worked with Fellowship Travel International in Virginia and the Center for Global Connections at Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. She also pre- viously served as a student mobilizer in South Asia. In her new role, she provides leadership in preparing and sending out short-term North Ameri- can and international student mission teams.


2009 Josh Black has been named associate pastor of students for First Baptist Church of Memphis, MO. Josh and his wife, Chasity Adams Black (’10, MEd ’12), have two sons: Jericho and Elijah.


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2010 Michael Pardue (MCM) was nom- inated as first vice president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina at the November 2018 an- nual meeting. Pardue is the pastor of First Baptist Church Icard in Connelly Springs, NC.


2011 Marc Metcalf (MBA) was promoted to senior business recruitment officer at the Upstate South Carolina Alli- ance, a regional economic develop- ment organization whose mission is to position the 10-county Upstate region to succeed in the global economy. Metcalf first joined the team in 2015. He currently represents the alliance on the boards of the South Carolina Biotechnology Industry Organization (SCBIO) and the South Carolina Automotive Council. He also serves as a board member of the City of Greer Recreation Association.


Justin Stewart is now teaching music at GREEN Charter School in Greenville, SC.


2012 Stephanie Roach was named Teacher of the Year at Landrum High School.


2013 Kristyn Hawkins Cooke (MEd ’16) is a new member of NGU’s Adult and Graduate Admissions team at the Tim Brashier Campus at Greer, after serving with the Admissions Office in Tigerville, SC. Kristyn earned her BA and MEd degrees from NGU. She and her husband, Ryan Cooke (’13, MBA expected ’21), have one son: Jennings.


Casey Rae Stewart is now teaching Spanish at GREEN Charter School in Greenville, SC.


2014 Lucas Colmenares has joined ScanSource Inc. as a digital market- ing specialist at its headquarters in Greenville, SC.


David Malone; his wife, Brooke Wil- son Malone (’14); and their daughter, Collins, have moved back to Upstate South Carolina from Charleston, SC, because David was selected to be the owner of the Laurens Chick-fil-A.


Freddie Martino, former North Greenville wide receiver and Tampa Bay Buccaneer, has continued his professional football career with the American Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). Te AAF is a newly founded professional football league that began play on Feb. 9, 2019.


2015 Dr. Kathryn Adkins has entered her first year of residency at the University of Kansas School of Medicine Wichita Family Medicine Residency Program. She serves at Via Christi Health hospitals.


Joseph Holder and his wife, Melonie Trinh Holder (’16), have started their own marketing company: InnerWorks Digital. At InnerWorks, they help businesses build their online presence through websites, advertising, and search engine optimization, to name a few. Joseph and Melonie have one son, Desmond.


Jonathan Lagos was named men’s soccer assistant coach for the 2019 season at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Lagos joins the Demon Deacons after serving as the top assistant at Wofford College in 2018. He studied sport management at NGU.


Jared Phillips graduated with his doctorate from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) in May 2019. He’s now working as a family medicine physician at Eglin Air Force Base in Destin, FL. He was also recently promoted to the position of captain in the U.S. Air Force. Jared is married to Kristen Dilleshaw Phillips (’16).


Sarah Deane Shugars has earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Univer- sity of South Carolina School of Law. She has now accepted a position as a judicial law clerk in Upstate South Carolina.


2016 Austin Floyd has been named football coach and head of football operations at Laurence Manning Academy in Manning, SC. Floyd’s past coaching experience includes time as an under- graduate assistant with NGU, a varsity baseball assistant at Wade Hampton High School, a varsity offensive line coach and junior varsity offensive coordinator at Lower Richland High School, and a varsity offensive coordi- nator, offensive line, and defensive line coach at Lamar High School.


2017 Scott Wingo (MEd), former NGU baseball assistant coach, has joined the coaching staff of new Notre Dame coach Link Jarrett. Wingo will serve as Notre Dame’s volunteer assistant.


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Christy Owenby now serves as a federal officer with the Transportation Security Administration, an agency under the U.S. Department of Home- land Security.


2019 Cole Bryson has joined the team at


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