Sixth Annual Golf Tournament a Success
The Alumni Association’s sixth annual Alumni Golf Tournament was a rousing success. A sold-out event, the competition was fierce. But John Ross, Drew Foster, Jay Wright and Austin Page (pictured) took first place. Rodney Thomas, Rick Walters, Bobby Fleming and Drew Walters took second place, while Mike Hirsch, Jimmy Kimbell, Brandon Bailey and Justin Hirsch […]
Cozumel, Mexico: John Witherspoon ’93 and son, Perrin (future class of 2025)
Christmas vacation 2015 to the Mayan ruin of El Caracol at Punta Sur, Cozumel, Mexico. Drumming up international support for the next National NCAA Football Champions!
The Appalachian Trail: Kyle Shirley ’08
Kyle Shirley ’08 began hiking the Appalachian Trail on March 6, 2015. Starting at Springer Mt in Georgia, he walked 2189.2 miles and reached the end of the trail at Mt Katahdin in Maine on September 2, 2015.
Travelers Winter 2016
Netherlands: David Lyle ’68, M ’79 honored fallen Clemson alumni with Tiger Rags at the Netherlands American Military Cemetery.
Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania
Jimmy Shirley (’75) on safari with his son Kyle Shirley (’08) who was serving as a Peace Corps Education Volunteer in Tanzania ’12-’14
Sergeant at Heart
It is often said in the Army that master sergeants are the ones really in charge of their units, and there’s probably more than a kernel of truth in that in a university ROTC unit. The master sergeant trains cadets in tactical tasks such as land navigation, first aid, working as a team, weapons firing […]
The Soaring Tiger: Stephen Carlson ’12
This is my husband, Stephen Carlson. Stephen graduated from Clemson University in 2012 with a degree in Audio Technology and completed four years of Army ROTC. After college, Stephen went to flight school for a couple of years and is now a Black Hawk helicopter pilot for the United States Army. Stephen is a dedicated, […]
Light of hope for beating cancer: Brittany Anne Avin ’15
With the Capitol building as a backdrop, Brittany Avin and hundreds of volunteers placed 20,000 lights in paper bags — each representing a loved one who has battled cancer — and arranged them to spell out two words: “HOPE” and “CURE.” The most important words, though, were the handwritten messages of compassion and support that […]
Baseball’s been very good to him: Brian DeWine ’02
From an early age, Brian DeWine was destined to be in baseball. The Ohio native and 2002 Clemson University marketing graduate ate, slept and breathed baseball growing up near Cincinnati, home of the Reds. “Our family dinner conversations centered around baseball. It was such a part of our lives, and attending Reds games, which were […]