James Kenan Hamilton
Attending: Hampden-Sydney College
Scholarship offer: Hampden-Sydney College
Awards and recognition: Dent Athletic Award. Special studies and programs: Marine Biology, Creative Writing, College Search, History Through Film, Youth in Government. Mentorships: Junior Leadership Spartanburg. Clubs and community service: Interact Service Club, Kudzu Coalition. Athletics: Co-captained the boys’ basketball team and scored 1,000 career points, was all-region, all-tournament, and all-state. He was the state champion in the 100m dash in track and field. He was also a member of the soccer team (2 years).
John Wilson Hammond
Attending: Presbyterian College
Scholarship offer: Presbyterian College
Special studies and programs: Marine Biology, Fly Fishing and Stream Conservation, and History Through Film. Leadership: Interact Service Club (vice-president). Athletics: Lacrosse, swimming-1st in state in relay, State Championship Team, baseball, and golf. Drama: The case of the Prince Formerly Known as Hamlet, Almost, Maine, and Everything I Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Community Service: Soup Kitchen, The Kudzu Coalition.
Adelaine Brooks Hogan
Attending: College of Charleston
Scholarship offers: Loyola University, College of Charleston.
Special studies and programs: Jewelry Making, Creative Writing, Writing Children's Books, and Youth in Government. Athletics: Soccer and field hockey. Drama: Canterbury Tales: Chaucer's Flying Circus, Class Action, All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, and Almost, Maine.
Community Service: Kudzu Coalition, Habitat for Humanity.
Louis Hampton Ike
Attending: Washington and Lee University
Scholarship offers: University of Georgia, Wofford College
Awards and recognitions: Cum Laude Society, American Legion Award, Forensics Award. Special studies and programs: Art Study Tour in New York and Washington DC, Marine Biology, History Through Film, Youth in Government, Clemson Calculus Challenge. Mentorships: Public Service internship with Congressman Trey Gowdy. Leadership: Student Government (key committee and treasurer). Athletics: Co-captained the boys’ basketball team and played on the golf team. Drama: Extra in The Case of the Prince Formerly Known as Hamlet. Clubs and community service: Interact Service Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Celia Elizabeth Jeffords
Attending: University of Virginia
Scholarship offers: Rhodes College, Wofford College
Awards and recognitions: Dent Athletic Award. Special studies and programs: Habitat for Humanity, Art Study Tour in New York and Washington DC, Student Exchange with Gredos San Diego School (Madrid, Spain), Marine Biology, and Youth in Government. Mentorships: Journalism with Buck Buchheit at Hometown News. Leadership: Student Government (class president and class vice president). Athletics: All-region and all-state selection for the state champion girls’ tennis team. All-region for the girls’ basketball team, Soccer team, and state qualifier for the swim team. Drama: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Publications: Writer and editor for The Talon newspaper. Clubs and community service: ASTRA Service Club, Sidekicks, Habitat for Humanity, and Kudzu Coalition.
Ruoyu Jiang
Attending: Georgia Technical College
Scholarship offers: Georgia Technical College, University of California, Davis
Awards and recognitions: Cum Laude Society, Finkelstein Physics Award. Special studies and programs: Space Academy, French Cuisine, Clemson Calculus Challenge. Athletics: Tennis. Music: Violin. Drama: Almost, Maine.
Yiru Ma
Attending: Boston University
Scholarship offers: Michigan State, University of Massachusetts
Awards and recognitions: Rhode Island School of Design Studio Art Award, Permanent Collection Award, Davison Math Award. Special studies and programs: Habitat for Humanity, Low Country Ecology Study, Clemson Calculus Challenge, Envirothon Team. Athletics: Volleyball, track and field. Drama: Almost, Maine. Clubs and community service: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Sidekicks, Habitat for Humanity.
John Patrick McBride
Attending: Washington and Lee University
Scholarship offer: Northeastern University
Awards and recognition: Groblewski Cup Leadership Award, Philosophy Award, Psychology Award, Linda Hudgins Art History Scholar Award. Special studies and programs: Marine Biology, Low Country Ecology Study, Art Study Tour in New York and Washington DC, and Youth in Government. Leadership: Student Government (class president and student-body president). Athletics: All-state in cross-country, all-region in basketball and played on the baseball team. Drama: Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's Flying Circus, Class Action, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, The Case of the Prince Formerly Known as Hamlet, and Almost, Maine. Clubs and community service: Interact Service Club, Kudzu Coalition, Total Ministries, Children's Shelter, Mobile Meals.
Addison Reece Murff
Attending: Presbyterian College
Scholarship offer: Presbyterian College
Special studies and programs: Marine Biology and Community Service. Athletics: Soccer and Lacrosse. Clubs: Interact Service Club. Community Service: Kudzu Coalition, Total Ministries, and the Children's Shelter.
Shelby Victoria Nelson
Attending: University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Scholarship offers: University of South Carolina, Wofford College, University of Miami, and American University.
Awards and recognitions: Ben Stone Fellows, Class of ’75 Spirit Award, Jack Bray French Award.
Special studies and programs: Marine Biology, Creative Writing, College Search, Language, Culture, and Art Study in Spain, Youth in Government (as legislature and attorney).
Mentorship: Orthodontics with Dr. Steve Smiley at Smiley Orthodontics. Leadership: Student Government (key committee and secretary), ASTRA Service Club (secretary). Athletics: Soccer.
Drama: All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten, The Case of the Prince Formerly Known as Hamlet and Almost, Maine. Clubs and community service: ASTRA Service Club (secretary), Ben Stone Fellows Volunteer Projects, Soup Kitchen, Mobile Meals, St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic, Kudzu Coalition, Big Brothers Big Sisters.