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Undergraduate Colleges /
University of South Carolina, Columbia |
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Table of Contents |
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Notable alumni |
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The University has over 210,000 living alumni. Some of its more notable alumni are:
- 35 South Carolina
Governors, some of them are:
- Hootie and the Blowfish, all four members
attended the University, Jim
Sonefeld played on the USC soccer team
- Aleen Bailey, Olympic gold medal winner
- Andrew Card, President George W. Bush's Chief of Staff
- Rita Cosby, Fox News correspondent
- Mike Dunleavy,
Sr., NBA head coach
- Dawn Ellerbe, US Track &
Field Champion, US Olympian
- Alex English, NBA star, basketball Hall of Famer, top ten all-time scorer with 25,343 points
- Adam Everett, shortstop
for the Houston Astros, Olympic gold medal winner
- Charles Frazier, Author of Cold Mountain
- Lindsey Graham, US Senator
- Otis Harris, Olympic medalist
- Jasper Johns, Artist
- Hootie Johnson, Chairman
Augusta National Golf Club
- Shannon Johnson, WNBA
player, Olympic medalist
- Clint Mathis, current member of US national soccer
team
- Darla Moore, successful banker,
the Moore School of Business is named after
her
- Brian Roberts, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles
- George Rogers, Heisman Trophy winner
- Sterling Sharpe, former NFL
player, ESPN show host
- John Swearingen, former
chairman of Standard Oil
- Terrence Trammell, won silver in 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, world champion in 60 meter hurdles
- Tonique Williams-Darling, won gold medal in the
400 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Van Earl Wright,
Fox Sports anchor
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Interesting Fact |
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In 1970, the percentage of college freshmen who considered themselves "liberal" was twice that of "conservative". Today, the percentages are nearly equal. |
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