Press Release                                                                                                                        
Date: January 22, 2026
Contact: lgarrett@tctc.edu

Fifty-two Students Named to Tri-County’s

Academic Distinction List for Fall 2025    

PENDLETON --- Fifty-two students have been named to Tri-County Technical College’s Academic Distinction List for fall 2025. 

To be eligible for the Academic Distinction List, a student must be enrolled in six to eleven credit hours for two consecutive terms and earn at least twelve credit hours during the two consecutive terms, with a grade of A in each attempted course. 

Based on information at the close of the fall 2025 semester, the following individuals met the requirements for the Academic Distinction List.

Anderson County

From Anderson

Jennifer Hulme Browning, Early Care and Education; Sierra N. Campbell, Administrative Office Technology-Med Office Specialist; Samuel Dukes, Welding Technology-Industrial; Reagan Sidney Eldard, Medical Lab Technology; Alexander Michael Fanton, University Transfer-Associate in Arts; Hailey Nicole Hatch, Criminal Justice-Paralegal Studies; Joshua D. Hawkins, University Transfer-Associate in Arts; M. Rhapsody Musial, University Transfer-Associate in Science; Orion Jai Musial, University Transfer-Associate in Arts; Ashley Nicole Patterson, Mechatronics Technology; Owen Drake Pickens, Manufacturing Management and Leadership; Branda Robinson, Business Administration - Entrepreneur; Krystal Maureen Weill, Early Care and Education; and Zachary Scott White, Mechatronics Technology

From Belton

Bianca S. Fox, Nursing-Registered, RN; Timothy Stan Kiforishin, Computer Technology-Cybersecurity/Network Admin Emphasis; and Ethan Ambrose Lang, CNC Programming and Operations

From Iva

Kasandra Leeann Smith, Early Care and Education

From La France

Amber Christine Adams, Criminal Justice Technology

From Piedmont

Abbigail Faith Scruggs, Administrative Office Technology

From Williamston

Rose Mackarlyn Faires, Nursing-Registered, RN

Oconee County

From Seneca

Brittany Nicole Dishnow, Nursing-Registered, RN; Harold David El Ghali, Computer Technology-Cybersecurity/Forensics Emphasis; Randy Colon Freeman, Criminal Justice Technology; Jamison George, Engineering Systems Technology; Jessica Christy Gilliam, Computer Technician; Joshua Lee Hayes, Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Technology; Tityanna Laschal Johnson, Manufacturing Management and Leadership; and Gretchen R. Smith, Nursing-Registered, RN

From Walhalla

Krystal Smith, Nursing-Registered, RN

From West Union

Carlos Andres De Luna Soto, Computer Technology-Cybersecurity/Forensics Emphasis

From Westminster

Matthew John Patterson, Mechatronics Technology

Pickens County

From Central

Michael Alex Jarmey, Nursing Registered, RN

From Clemson

Sabrina Lin, University Transfer - University Studies

From Easley

Cole Elton Brewer, Mechatronics Technology; Rachel E. Godfrey, Nursing-Practical, LPN; Bethany Lynn Griffith, Mechatronics Technology; Sean Patrick Perry, Pre-Pharmacy; Ashlyn Ramey, Special Needs; and Bryanna Renee Waddell, Nursing-Registered, RN

From Liberty

Jennifer C. Lee, Computer Technology-Cybersecurity/Forensics Emphasis

From Pickens

Margaret Graceland Holder, University Transfer - University Studies

From Six Mile

Christi Nichole Hamm, Accounting

Out of County

From Greenville