Meet Our Legacy Scholars

About the Legacy Scholars

We're thrilled to be in our third year of the 1967 Legacy Program. Click on the drop-downs below to learn more about our talented scholars!

2024-2025 Cohort
Kaley Byers
High School Fort Mills High School
Ghana Fort Mill, South Carolina
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology/ Pre-Med
Octavius Daniels
Lexington High School
Lexington, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Data Science
Aaron Fletcher
West Ashley High School
Charleston, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Electrical Engineering
Otis Franklin
HomeSchool
South Carolina
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Computing in the Arts
Jonathan Grant
Oakbrook Preparatory High School
Spartanburg, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology
Mackenzie Hayes
J.L Mann High School
Greenville, South Carolina
- Colonial Scholarship
- Major: Dance and Political Science
Logan Kelly
Spring Valley High School
Columbia, South Carolina
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Accounting
Gabrielle Mann
Academy of Arts, Science, and Technology
Carolina Forest, South Carolina
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Communications
Trinity Metcalf
J.L Mann High School
Greenville, South Carolina
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology
Ramsey Ray
Ohio Connections Academy
Mason, OH
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Education
Zaaid Stroman
Aiken Scholars Academy
Aiken, SC
1967 Legacy Scholarship
Major: Marine Biology
Meet the Legacy Ambassadors
Kam DuBose
Lexus Dugar
Major: Biology
Cameron Grier
Tracy Nelson
Kamal Newson
Amanda Peterson
Major: Biochemistry
Journey Townsend
Major: Theatre and International Studies
Merci Udochu
Major: Psychology
Patricia Washington
Major: Accounting
Ashton Zow
Major: Psychology and Biology
2023-2024 Cohort
Adwoa Addai
Ahantaman Girls' Senior High School
Ghana
- Admissions Sankofa Scholarship
- Major: Computer Science
Williams Jenkins
Burke High School
Charleston, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Political Science
Que’ Lani (Azi) Kynard
Goose Creek High School
Goose Creek, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Elementary Education
Eniola (Mika) Olufemi
Carolina Forest High School
Horry County, Myrtle Beach, SC
- Colonial Scholarship
- Major: International Studies and Mathematics
Jamirika Randall
North Myrtle Beach High School
Horry County, Myrtle Beach, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology and International Studies
Lexi Redd
Chelsea High School
Sterrett, Alabama
- Honors College
- Major: Economics
Amber Sanders
Myrtle Beach High School / Academy for the Arts, Science, and Technology
Horry County, Myrtle Beach, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Systems Engineering
Joshua Smith
Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Bowie, MD
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Computer Science
Kaycee Tompkins
Hammond High School
Columbia, SC
- Colonial Scholarship
- Major: Public Health
George Whitney
Riverside High School
Greer, SC
- 1967 Legacy Scholarship
- Major: History
Meet the Legacy Ambassadors
Kam DuBose
Cameron Grier
Ashleigh Hamilton
Kamal Newson
Jaliyah Sumter
Jordan Twitty
2022-2023 Cohort
David Byrd
South Pointe High School
- Finance and Commercial Real Estate Finance major
- Honors College, Charleston Fellow
- Founded his high school chapter for the NAACP
- Eagle Scout
Alyssa Craft
Ben Lippen School
- Septima Clark and Esau and Janie B. Jenkins Local Legends Endowed Scholarship
- Biochemistry major
- Activities include softball (team captain), volleyball and bridge builders (San Antonio Texas)
Mahdiyah-Nur Elijah-El
North Myrtle Beach High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Commercial Real Estate Finance major
- Creative Writing Club
- Drama Club
- Volunteered with the American Red Cross and Shepherd of the Sea
Tyler Glymph
Dreher High School
- Colonial Scholarship
- Astrophysics major
- Honors College, Charleston Fellow
- Interested in astrphysics and global warming
- Plays classical violin and speaks mandarin
Devin Hammonds
Dorman High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Business Administration major
- Honors College
- Eagle Scout
- Boy Scouts of America
- Swim Team
- Engineering Club
Sam Oliver-Reed
Academic Magnet High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Computer Science and Philosophy major
- Honors College
- National Honors Society
- Varsity Soccer
- Dungeons and Dragons club, founder and president
Aaliya Wiggs
Spring Valley High School
- 1967 Legacy Program Scholarship
- Marine Biology and Biochemistry major
- Honors College, Charleston Fellow
- Girls Track and Field
- Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), co-president
Qynn Woodberry-Gadson
Goose Creek High
- 1967 Legacy Program
- Considering a Performing Arts (dance) major
- Goose Creek High Homecoming Queen, runner up
- Volunteers and reads to elementary school students
Meet the Legacy Ambassador
JaVan I. Scott
- College of Charleston Honors College '22
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated
Inaugural Cohort
Amber Anderson
T.L. Hanna High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Psychology
- Minor: African American Studies
- President's List (Highly Distinguished)
- Secretary of Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA)
- MUSC internship in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
- Attended an Andrew Mellon grant funded Penn Center Summer Residency Program.
Ashanti Carter
Lancaster High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology
- Minor: African American Studies
- President's List (Highly Distinguished)
- SPECTRA Leader, summer 2022
- Member of the Iota Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Chandler Harris
Lower Richland High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Potential major: Public Health/Business
- Top 3% of his high school class
- Future Health Professionals (HOSA)
- Community service work with Senior Citizens
- Established a community garden
Miyah Jackson
Spring Valley High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Political Science
- Outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Poster Presenter Award. Her poster, presented at the Expo, centered on "The Change in the Black Experience at the College of Charleston, Then and Now."
Gaige Johnson
Wilson High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Exercise Science
- Intralmural volleyball
Madison Meeks
Mississippi School of Math and Science
- Carrie Kilgore Scholarship
- Potential major: Biochemistry
- CofC Honors College
- Charleston Fellows
- President's List (Highly Distinguished)
- Med X Academy Program, summer 2022
- Bonner Leader Program Fellow
- Member of Iota Omicron Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Tayelor Morgan
Spring Valley High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Public Health
- Minor: Environmental Studies
- Works in Alumni Affairs as a Concierge.
- Training Coach at Chick-fil-A.
- Participated in the Andrew Mellon grant funded Penn Center Summer Residency.
Jalen Newell
Goose Creek High School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology
- Dean's List (Distinguished)
- Treasurer, Black Student Union
- Orientation Leader
- Community Outreach Chair, Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA)
- Model African Union
Jasmine Palmer
Charleston Charter School for Math and Science
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Potential major: Veterinarian Science
- Top 3% of her class
- Served on Mayor Tecklenburg's Youth Commission and helped organize several youth summits
- Interested in exploring Gullah Geechee culture
Treashure Richardson
South Carolina Virtual School
- Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
- Major: Biology-Concentration in Molecular & Cell Biology
- Minor: Astronomy
- NASA Summer internship
- Works in the Office of Admissions and helps support College of Charleston recruitment.
Kahlil Wright
Walhalla Senior High School
- 1967 Legacy Program Scholarship
- Potential Major: Business/Finance
- Senior Class President
- Junior Class Vice President
- Junior Leadership Program
- All star athlete in track and field, football, and basketball
Meet the Legacy Ambassadors

Janae Dorsey
Graduation Year: 2023
Major: African American Studies, Computer Science
Hometown: Kingstree, S.C.
Zinnia Harris
Graduation Year: 2023
Major: Communications
Hometown: Charleston, S.C.
Graduate Assistant

Montana James
Graduate Assistant