Amber Earley
From: Weaverville, NC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: BioChemistry
Year in school: Rising Senior
Interning with: Downtown Children’s Ministry
FUN FACT: Growing up I liked to eat the crust off the bread. Sometimes I would grab a piece of bread, eat the crust, and put the crust-less bread back into the bread bag for the rest of my family to “enjoy”.

Austin Williams
From: Greenville, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Business: Architecture
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Culturally Engaged
FUN FACT: If I had an hour where I could do anything I wanted, I would go to the moon and watch the sun rise behind the Earth.

Brooke Forehand
From: Fort Mill, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Graphic Communications
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Communications
FUN FACT: I always have a song playing in my head.

Elise Denney
From: Rock Hill, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Elementary Education
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Pelham Student Ministry
FUN FACT: As a young child, I used to tell people I wanted to grow up to be a race car driver. I have no clue why.

Elliott Gilmer
From: Greenville, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Economics
Year in School: Rising Sophomore
Interning with: Pelham Student Ministry
FUN FACT: I was peed on by a tiger at the zoo when I was a kid.

Hannah Andrews
From: West Union, SC
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Early Childhood Education
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Anderson Children’s Ministry
FUN FACT: The sound of balloons popping terrifies me and I can talk in a really really high-pitched voice.

Jacob Thornton
From: Greenwood, SC
Attends: North Greenville University
Major: Broadcast Media
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Video and A/V
FUN FACT: I’m a really big Gamecocks fan, but there was a period of time when I was probably about 8 when I decided that I was a Clemson fan. God saved me from that lifestyle though 🙂

Karina Nelson
From: Powdersville, SC
Attends: Liberty University
Major: Church Ministries- Women’s Ministry
Year in School: Senior
Interning with: Pelham and Español Student Ministry
FUN FACT: I tutored a drug lord’s children, and I have swam with stingrays.

Karley Brannon
From: Greenville, SC
Attends: North Greenville University
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies in Spanish and Linguistics with a minor in Communications
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Worship and Greer Children’s Ministry
FUN FACT: After graduating high school and before going to college, I took a year off and lived in El Salvador with a missions organization for 9 months.

Austin Walker
From: Spartanburg, SC
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Theology
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Worship
FUN FACT: My favorite hobby is playing guitar. I have been playing for around 9 years.

Laura Beth Benton
From: Chesnee, SC
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Nursing
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Mosaic and Care Ministries
FUN FACT: I have practiced removing stitches from a human cadaver.

Lucas Pressley
From: Rocky Mount, NC
Attends: Presbyterian College
Major: Chemistry
Year in School: Senior
Interning with: Harrison Bridge Campus and Communications
FUN FACT: I play trumpet and often gig with bands around the upstate area of SC.

Maddie Buddenberg
From: Simpsonville, SC
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Nursing
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Care and Recovery Ministry
FUN FACT: I love to run and I run on Anderson’s cross country and track team.

Mary Kathryn Tilma
From: Conway, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Pelham Children’s Ministry
FUN FACT: I’ve been to Disney World 12 times- and that still isn’t enough 🙂

Mary Mock
From: Anderson, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Early Childhood Education
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Harrison Bridge Children’s Ministry
FUN FACT: I snort when I laugh.

Natalie Ward
From: Powdersville, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Communications
Year in School: Rising Sophomore
Interning with: Spartanburg Children and Student Ministry
FUN FACT: A year ago, I tore my meniscus playing extreme musical chairs at 24Seven. It’s proof that I am super competitive, and whenever I play games I am all in; I actually even had to have knee surgery after that game of musical chairs.

Nathan Carlton
From: Atlanta, GA
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Christian Theology
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Worship
FUN FACT: I have seen a space shuttle launch in person.

Rachel Stanbro
From: Greenville, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Elementary Education
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Culturally Engaged
FUN FACT: I have loved sending and receiving snail-mail since I was little – I used to have a real mailbox in the middle of my bedroom door. It was a really good day if my parents or siblings caved to my pleadings for mail to be written and delivered to me.

Samantha Hamil
From: Simpsonville, SC
Attends: University of South Carolina
Major: Anthropology
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Harrison Bridge Student Ministry
FUN FACT: I have more pets in my house than humans… 15 to be exact.

Zoe Rogers
From: North Augusta, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Art, Concentration in Drawing
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Central and Pelham Student Ministry
FUN FACT: I used to work at a haunted house, I play the banjo, and I have a deep distaste (I’d go as far as to say a fear) of stickers, so much so that I carry a clip-on name tag with me at all times incase of an event in which i’m given a sticker name tag and socially expected to wear it.

Logan Harrison
From: Hickory Tavern, SC
Attends: Anderson University
Major: Accounting
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: A/V at Pelham and Anderson
FUN FACT: I love most everything that has to do with Batman. Kevin Conroy is my favorite Batman and Mark Hamill is my favorite Joker..

Brandon DeJong
From: Charlottesville, VA
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Industrial Engineering
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Downtown Campus
FUN FACT: I am allergic to horses.

Harper Middleton
From: Greenville, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Elementary Education
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Powdersville Campus
FUN FACT: I attended a dance school in high school.

Jordan Day
From: Chapin, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Human Resource Management
Year in School: Rising Junior
Interning with: Downtown Student Ministry
FUN FACT: When I ask “how are you” I genuinely want to know. I don’t like how it is expected to always say good. And I am sort of a germaphobe.

Megan Byron
From: Jacksonville, FL
Attends: University of Central Florida
Major: Film
Year in School: Graduated May 2017
Interning with: Video Production
FUN FACT: I have been to 25 states and my goal is all 50.

Sara McBride 
From: Travelers Rest, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Psychology
Year in School: Rising Senior
Interning with: Human Resources and the Pelham Campus
FUN FACT: I have played tennis for 14 years and at the collegiate level for 1, before transferring to Clemson.

Taylor Warren
From: Lyman, SC
Attends: Clemson University
Major: Packaging Science
Year in School: Graduated May 2017
Interning with: Student Ministry
FUN FACT: I’m an average harmonica player.

Everett Sell
From: Upstate New York
Attends: Bryan College
Major: Music Ministry/ Church Music
Year in School: Graduated May 2017
Interning with: Worship
FUN FACT: I come from a very large family of 10 siblings.