Yarborough, Lunsford named Outstanding Student Award recipients

Yarborough, Lunsford named Outstanding Student Award recipients
March 23, 2026
Sophomores Brady Yarborough and Wyatt Lunsford were recognized by USC Sumter as 2025-2026 Outstanding Student Award winners in their respective divisions, while Lunsford was also named the Overall Outstanding Student for the 2025-2026 school year! Yarborough, who is in his 2nd year with the Fire Ant baseball program, was named the award winner for the Business Administration & Economics division. Lunsford, who played for the baseball team last season and now covers all PA Announcer duties for the program this year, was named the Science, Math & Engineering Outstanding Student division. 
 
 
Background on the Awards:  The Scholarship and Awards Committee Chair conducts voting among the entire faculty for the overall outstanding student and asks the division chairs to conduct voting for each divisions' outstanding student. During the beginning of March, the chair collects these recommendations and sends them to the Dean for approval.  
This year's Outstanding Student Award recipients will be presented their awards at the Spring 2026 Commencement ceremony.
 
 
A message from Campus Dean Eric Reisenauer, "I would like to thank the Scholarship and Awards Committee, the Academic Chairs, and all the faculty who took time to identify these deserving students for the awards!  Please congratulate these students when you see them."
 
 
The full recipients' list of these awards are below: 
 
  • Arts and Letters Division Outstanding Student –  Quintero Taylor
  • Business Administration & Economics Division Outstanding Student – Brady Yarborough
  • Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education Division Outstanding Student – Ally Clardy
  • Science, Math & Engineering Division Outstanding Student – Wyatt Lunsford
 
  • Overall Outstanding Student – Wyatt Lunsford
 

Congratulations to each of them!