Wofford College celebrated achievement and engagement at the college’s annual Honors Convocation on May 16, presenting awards to dozens of students as well as several faculty and staff.

The ceremony, held in the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, introduced Margeaux Stapleton ’26, a biology and Spanish double major from Leesville, South Carolina, as Wofford’s 2025-26 Presidential International Scholar.

Academic departments bestowed honors of scholastic achievement, and the college also presented leadership, service and citizenship awards, including to Campus Union student government leadership and the Senior Order of Gnomes.

Campus Union also awarded the Faculty of the Year award to Dr. Kimberly Hall, associate professor of English, and the Staff Member of the Year award to Dorothy Cheek, who works with dining services in Zachs.

The student recipients are:

Accounting, the Harold W. Green Award: Conner Michael Eberhardt, Arlington, Texas.

Art History: Margaret Lynne Jackson, Clarkesville, Georgia.

Studio Art: Eric Bruce Harris, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Biology, the W. Ray Leonard Award: Matthew Raymond Lopez, Greer, South Carolina; and Jordan Lanae Walters, Apex, North Carolina.

Chemistry, the Coleman B. Waller Award: Elizabeth Ruggles Shealy, Lexington, South Carolina.

Chinese: Moses Elijah Briggs, Moore, South Carolina; and Katherine Lynn Sullivan, Norfolk, Virginia.

Computer Science, the Dan W. Olds Award: Diego Reyes, Boca Raton, Florida.

Economics, the Matthew A. Stephenson Award: Jackson Kimball Edwards, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Business Economics: Cecil Elikem Asimenu, Sunyani, Ghana.

English, the L. Harris Chewning Award: Brianna Lynn Wilbur, San Antonio, Texas.

Environmental Studies, the John Harrington Award: Liles Bridges Morton, Birmingham, Alabama; and Benjamin Hanks Marler, Okatie, South Carolina.

Finance, the James Edwin Proctor Award: Henry Scott McArthur, Matthews, North Carolina.

French, the George C.S. Adams Award: Vivian Wright Gregory, Asheville, North Carolina; and Yohana Melissa Peralta-Galindo, Greenville, South Carolina.

Government: Morgan Elizabeth Hess, Charlotte, North Carolina.

History, the David Duncan Wallace Award: Liana Selene Giannopoulos, Greer, South Carolina.

Humanities: Carly Jean Shelton, Irmo, South Carolina.

Intercultural Studies: Havalynn Madison Abernathy, Marietta, Georgia.

International Affairs: Katherine Lynn Sullivan, Norfolk, Virginia.

Mathematics, the John Q. Hill Award: James Barry Daughtry, Greer, South Carolina; and Lillian Elizabeth Frey, Columbia, South Carolina.

Military Science/ROTC: Katherine Lynn Sullivan, Norfolk, Virgina.

Philosophy: Caramia Isabel Axland, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Physics: Lucia Kathleen Campbell, Pacolet, South Carolina.

Psychology, the James E. Seegars Award: Kai Elizabeth Beckett, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Religion, the Charles F. Nesbitt Award: Grace Natalie deMaine, Greer, South Carolina.

Sociology and anthropology, the Gerry Ginocchio Award: Gabriel William Tawiah, Accra, Ghana, and Lydia Abigail Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky.

Spanish, the John L. Salmon Award: Kaylin Brooke Bell, Pelzer, South Carolina; and Sara Burns Fishburne Gibson, Walterboro, South Carolina.

Theatre, the James R. Gross Award: Mary-Michael O'Hara, Huger, South Carolina.

Music, the George A. Carlisle Award: Lydia Abigail Thomas, Louisville, Kentucky.

The Global Citizen Award: Cecil Elikem Asimenu, Kumasi, Ghana.

The Walter E. Hudgins Award: Nikolas Constantine Canoutas, Greenville, South Carolina.

Students selected for the Senior Order of Gnomes are:

  • Tianna Kidd, Greenwood, South Carolina
  • Sutton Nelson, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Walker Ramseur, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Luke Thomas, Richmond, Virginia

The Dr. Otis Turner Student Diversity and Inclusion Award: William Daniel Brasington, Woodruff, South Carolina.

The Edward “Ned” Sydnor Faculty-Staff Diversity and Inclusion Award: Dr. LaTasha Smith-Tyus.

The John Bruce Memorial Award: Maranda Alecia Brown, Covington, Georgia.

The Currie B. Spivey Award: Miles Iman Havard, Atlanta, Georgia.

The “Heart of the Terrier” Leadership Awards:

  • Moses Elijah Briggs, Moore, South Carolina.
  • Preston Robert Brown, Simpsonville, South Carolina.
  • Olivia Marie Cianciolo, Anderson, Souoth Carolina.
  • Nadia Trenice Ferguson, Spartanburg, South Carolina.
  • Sara Burns Fishburne Gibson, Walterboro, South Carolina.
  • Matthew Raymond Lopez, Greer, South Carolina.
  • James Walter Moon V, Greenville, South Carolina.
  • Hope Lauren Moreno, Duncan, South Carolina.
  • Logan Mansfield Oxendine, Dalzell, South Carolina.
  • Wilson J. Rose, Charlotte, North Carolina.
  • Gabriel William Tawiah, Accra, Ghana.
  • Marga-Rita Van Der Linde, Bellville, South Africa.
  • Lilly Reese Williams, Florence, South Carolina.
  • Madelyn Emma Wilson, Raleigh, North Carolina.

The American Legion Award: Katherine Lynn Sullivan, Norfolk, Virgina.

The Eric L. Marshall AMS Legacy Award: Tianna Ariel Kidd, Greenwood, South Carolina.

The Outstanding Citizen Award: Promise Faith Henry, Cowpens, South Carolina.

The William James McLeod Award: Grace Natalie deMaine, Greer, South Carolina.

The Arthur B. and Ida Maie S. Rivers Award: Carolyne Glenn Shealy, Columbia, South Carolina.