EDUCATION & SPORTS
Creek calls on Kluttz to rebuild girls hoops program By Justin Jarrett LowcoSports.com For the second year in a row, Battery Creek will have a new girls basketball coach next season. The school announced last week it has hired veteran coach Lonnie Kluttz to take over the Dolphins’ girls hoops program after Anntionette Elam was not retained following her first season at the helm. In Kluttz, the Dolphins have recruited a coach with
a long and distinguished track record. He has spent more than 15 years coaching at every Lonnie level from Kluttz youth to college, including a four-year stint as a men’s assistant at Fort Valley State University and two-year runs as the head boys coach at Denmark-Olar High School and head girls coach at C.A. Johnson High
School. “We are excited to have Lonnie Kluttz join Battery Creek as the head girls basketball coach,” AD Sarah Hayes said. “He has the experience and determination to rebuild the program.” Kluttz took over a rebuilding program at Denmark-Olar and had the Vikings trending in the right direction before leaving to get closer to home after his mother died and his father fell ill. He also guided C.A.
Johnson’s girls to a quick rise, going from 2-6 in region play in his first season to 6-2 last season to capture the region title and Region Coach of the Year honors. Kluttz cited a desire to move closer to his family’s Charleston-area roots as one reason for the jump to Battery Creek, but his decision to join the Dolphins also stems from the fact the program is just two years removed from going 18-6 and reaching the second round of the playoffs and
returns a number of talented, young players. “This allows me to assist in rebuilding a great program,” Kluttz said. “It appears that I will have a team with the potential to be great, and they will be able to grow together. What coach would not want an opportunity like this? I am very excited for the opportunity that Sarah Hayes and the Battery Creek administration have given me.“ Kluttz comes from a strong basketball lineage — his fa-
ther, Lonnie Sr., was a standout at North Carolina A&T University before being drafted by the Chicago Bulls and playing briefly in the now-defunct American Basketball Association. Kluttz has also coached baseball, softball, and cross country, keeping with Battery Creek’s recent trend of hiring head coaches with diverse coaching backgrounds. Kluttz will serve as a social studies teacher at Robert Smalls International Academy.
Rotary Club of Beaufort awards annual college scholarships From staff reports Five Beaufort area high school seniors each received a $1,200 scholarship grant through the Lt. General George I. Forsythe Rotary Scholarship Program. The five recipients, each nominated by their respective high schools were: • Calvin Harvey, Beaufort
Academy: Calvin plans to attend Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. • Sophia McKeehan, Battery Creek High School: Sophia plans to attend USC Beaufort to study information science and technology and become a librarian. • Alex Grabenbauer, Holy Trinity Classical Christian
School: Alex pans to attend Clemson University to study mechanical engineering. • Nia Smith, Whale Branch Early College High School: Nia plans to attend Emory University to study mathematics. • Lawren Caldwell, Whale Branch Early College High
School: Lawren plans to attend N.C. A&T to study environmental science. Normally, scholarship recipients, representatives from their schools and their families are invited to a Rotary luncheon event to receive their recognition, but due to the cancelation of all Rotary events because of COVID-19,
their scholarship grants were mailed to their homes. The Lt. General George I. Forsythe Rotary Scholarship is presented annually to graduating seniors from Beaufort County high schools north of the Broad River in memory of Forsythe, a member of the Beaufort Rotary from 1972, when he completed a distin-
guished 33-year military career, until his passing in 1987. In addition to the grant checks, each recipient received a Certificate of Recognition signed by retired Army Brigadier General Barney Forsythe, son of the late George Forsythe and a member of the Rotary Club of Beaufort since 2014.
EDUCATION BRIEFS
6 from Beaufort among SC Corps of Cadets Class of 2020
Six Beaufort area students were among the nearly 600 members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets who accepted diplomas during The Citadel's virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9. In addition to graduating, about 30 percent of the class accepted commissions as U.S. military officers in all branches of service. The ceremony included 590 cadets from 33 states, including 26 veterans and four active-duty students. Approximately 210 cadets are earning commissions in all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces to become new officers. Local graduates include:
• Thomas Henderson – Business Administration, BSBA • David Lentz – Chemistry, BS • Alec Melville – Sport Management, BS • Charles Kent – Political Science, BA • John Inglis – Criminal Justice, BA • Jakob Marsh – History, BA
8 from Beaufort in The Citadel Graduate College Class of 2020
Eight Beaufort area students were among the nearly 400 graduate and evening undergraduate students from The Citadel Graduate College (CGC) that accepted degrees during The Citadel's virtual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 9.
Included in the ceremony were 307 Master's Degree students and 92 college transfer students (Undergraduate/evening or online). Beaufort graduates include: • Nicole Marie Bossak – Educational Leadership School Administration MED • Arthur Bradley Brown – Sport Management MA • Ryan Michael Butler – Business Administration MBA • Mary Catherine Carmody – Business Administration MBA • Kimberly Islas – Educational Leadership School Administration MED • Marjorie Corley Isley – Educational Leadership School Administration MED • Victoria Shea Smith – International Politics and Military Af-
fairs MA • Marvette Maria Washington – Educational Leadership School Administration MED
Aivaz named to Ole Miss Spring Honor Roll
Beaufort’s Madison Lynn Aivaz was recently named to the University of Mississippi's Spring 2020 Honor Roll lists. Aivaz was named to the Chancellor's Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.75-4.00.
Beaufort pair honored at Tallahassee CC
Beaufort’s Joshua Alexander was named to Tallahassee Community
College’s Spring 2020 President's List, while Donovan Dwight, of Beaufort, was among the 1,300 students named to the Spring 2020 Dean's List.
Funke named to Georgia College Dean's List
Okatie’s Katherine Funke completed courses with exemplary marks and made the Dean's List for the Spring 2020 semester at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga. Georgia College, the state's designated public liberal arts university, combines the educational experience expected at esteemed private liberal arts colleges with the affordability of public higher education.
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