By Kierstin Smith ’24, Kenzie Syiem ’23 and Brandi Wylie ’24
Carlyn Fralick is a mitigation specialist and sentencing advocate in the Office of the Public Defender in Fairfax, Va. In this role, she compiles rich social histories for a truthful, compelling and humanizing portrayal of her client’s life for consideration by a prosecutor, judge and possibly a jury. As a psychologist in the legal field, Fralick assists in a variety of forensic evaluations and assessments. She says that every class, faculty member and classmate played a role in guiding her career path. “I regularly find myself thanking Wofford,” she says.
After earning a master’s degree in international affairs from Penn State University and working for a year, Matthew McQuilla is now attending law school at Northwestern University in Chicago. He says the reading-intensive courses at Wofford gave him the necessary skills he needs to become a successful lawyer. From serving on Campus Union to playing running back on the football team, McQuilla says he took advantage of all that Wofford had to offer. “Every single group and organization that I was a part of at Wofford offered me a new learning experience on how to better myself,” he says.
Andrew Novak had a momentous first full season on the PGA Tour, including earning a spot in his first major tournament, the 2022 U.S. Open in June. He played in 30 events this season and made it to the weekend 14 times. His best finish came at the Corales Puntacana Championship, where he tied for 11th. He finished the season ranked 156th in the FedEx Cup standings. During his time at Wofford, Novak was a three-time All-Southern Conference selection and two-time NCAA regional individual qualifier, while also being named the 2017 Southern Conference Player of the Year.
Molly Humphries Owens used her experience of Wofford construction to build her own learning experience. She witnessed the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts rise from the ground up and used those observations and her relationship with Dr. Youmi Efurd, Wofford’s curator, to begin a career in the art world. Owens earned a master’s degree in museum studies at Johns Hopkins University and is now the tour programs coordinator at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C. “Working in the art history department while the arts center was being built helped me see the whole process of what a museum needs,” she says.
Ella Patrick moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in marketing and is currently an account manager for TV at Concept Arts. She recently had the opportunity to work on the key art for the “Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts” reunion special. Patrick says her Interim and internship experiences at Wofford prepared her to jump straight into her career field. “I didn’t feel like I needed to take a year and travel or do something else because I had checked so many of the boxes I wanted to have out of my college experience,” she says.
Chloe Wanink is resuming her playing career after a stint in coaching, signing with the Tindastoll Basketball Club in Iceland. After graduation, Wanink pursued a master’s degree at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D., while working as an assistant women’s basketball coach for the Marauders. Wanink is Wofford’s all-time leading three-point shooter and is one of 16 Terriers in program history to score over 1,000 points. She was a threetime All-SoCon player, while also being named to the all-freshman team. “Playing professionally overseas has been a dream of mine since playing at Wofford,” she says.