Wofford students continue to shine in postgraduate scholarship competitions thanks to the college’s liberal arts curriculum, outstanding faculty and cocurricular opportunities to gain leadership, service-learning, athletics and international study experiences. Major postgraduate scholarships since 2000 include:
Rhodes Scholar
Rachel Woodlee ’13
Woodlee is a doctoral student at the University of Oxford in England and the managing editor of openpop.org, an award-winning collaborative blog on global population issues, an extension of her master’s research emphasis on the politics of social policymaking in China. She is co-convener of the Rhodes China Forum, which seeks to foster understanding of China, and was named one of the “25 Under 25: Rising Stars in US-China Relations” by China Hands magazine. Recently she participated in the Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators.
Rhodes Finalists
Joseph McAbee ’12
Brian McCracken ’13
Gates Cambridge Scholar
Joseph McAbee ’12 (2015 award as a student at Wake Forest School of Medicine)
George J. Mitchell Scholar
Donovan Hicks ’16
Truman Scholar
Donovan Hicks ’16
Udall Scholar
Kristen Hite ’00
Fulbright Fellows
David Blum ’14 (Macedonia)
Mary Beth Broadwater ’08 (Austria)
Tramaine Brown ’11 (Spain, chosen but withdrew)
Regina Fuller ’11 (Brazil)
Onyx Camille Henry ’11 (Germany)
Ashlyn Keightley ’16 (Austria)
Anna Le ’13 (Vietnam)
Jessica Miller ’09 (Germany)
David Moore ’13 (South Korea)
Travis Trojan ’15 (Taiwan)
Caitlin Walsh ’11 (Germany)
Claudia Winkler ’08 (Germany)
John Wood ’08 (Germany)
Goldwater Scholar
Alissa Williams ’15
Goldwater Finalist
Justin Whitaker ’15
Princeton in Asia Fellow
Grayson Mann ’13
Boren Scholar
Helen Lamm ’17
Critical Language Scholars
Samuel Alford ’19
Riddick Blocker ’16
WestLee Parker ’16
Simone Worthy ’15
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars
Elise Boos ’08 (Uganda)
Regina Fuller ’11 (Ghana)
Kristen Hite ’00 (Ecuador)
Lucas McMillan ’02 (Great Britain)
Pauletta and Denzel Washington Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Hospital
Joseph McAbee ’12
USA Today College All-America team
Tramaine Brown ’11
Sam Clowney ’01
Allyson Gibson ’02
Kris Neely ’02