Meet Our Legacy Scholars

legacy scholars for 2022

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

2022-2023 Cohort

david byrd

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

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) 
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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

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

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
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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 wiigs

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 
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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 Ambassadors 

Jay Scott

JaVan I. Scott 

  • College of Charleston Honors College '22 
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated

Inaugural Cohort

Introducing the inaugural cohort of Legacy Scholars! 

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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 

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. 
harris chandler

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 

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

Gaige Johnson 

Wilson High School

  • Constance Morrison Thompson and Robert F. Morrison Family Legacy Scholarship
  • Major: Exercise Science
  • Intralmural volleyball 
madison meeks

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

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 

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 

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
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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

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

Janae Dorsey

Graduation Year: 2023

Major: African American Studies, Computer Science 

Hometown: Kingstree, S.C.

zinnia harris

Zinnia Harris

Graduation Year: 2023

Major: Communications

Hometown: Charleston, S.C.

Graduate Assistant

montana james 

Montana James 

Graduate Assistant