University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina (also known as USC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, coeducational, research university. The main campus is located in Columbia, South Carolina and is part of the University of South Carolina System. Founded in 1801, the university offers programs of study leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from sixteen degree-granting academic divisions. It currently enrolls over 26,000 students; the president of USC is Andrew J. Sorensen.

Notable alumni

Some of USC's more notable alumni are:

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• 35 South Carolina Governors, including:
• Jim Hodges
• David Muldrow Beasley
• Carroll Ashmore Campbell, Jr.
• Ernest "Fritz" Hollings (also a U.S. Senator)
• Robert McNair
• Hootie and the Blowfish (all four band members attended the university; Jim Sonefeld played on the USC soccer team)
• Aleen Bailey, Olympic gold medal winner
• Sheldon Brown, NFL cornerback
• Andrew Card, President George W. Bush's Chief of Staff
• Rita Cosby, Host of MSNBC's Rita Cosby Live
• Bobby Cremins, former Georgia Tech head basketball coach
• Patrick Daly, Chicago attorney and political consigliere
• Mike Dunleavy, Sr., NBA head coach
• Dawn Ellerbe, U.S. Track & Field Champion, U.S. Olympian
• Alex English, NBA star and basketball Hall of Famer (top ten all-time scorer with 25,343 points)
• Adam Everett, shortstop for the Houston Astros and an Olympic gold medal winner
• William Price Fox, author
• Charles Frazier, author of the best-selling novel Cold Mountain
• Lillian Garcia, WWE ring announcer
• Leeza Gibbons, actress and former host of Entertainment Tonight
• Mel Franklin, Attorney for U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Democratic Party Powerbroker
• Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator
• Wade Hampton, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• Otis Harris, Olympic medalist
• Jim Hoagland, columnist and former Chief Foreign Correspondent of The Washington Post, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize
• Jasper Johns, artist
• Hootie Johnson, Chairman, Augusta National Golf Club
• Shannon Johnson, WNBA player and an Olympic medalist
• Aaron LaBerge, VP, Technology - ESPN.com
• Clint Mathis, current member of the U.S. national soccer team
• Darla Moore, financier (the Moore School of Business is named after her)
• Joseph B Murphy, business leader, SVP and GM of CTG
• Win McNamee, Reuters photographer, winner of the 1999 and 2000 White House Photographers Association Award
• Brian Roberts, infielder for the Baltimore Orioles
• George Rogers, Heisman Trophy winner
• Sterling Sharpe, former NFL player and ESPN show host
• W. Thomas Smith, Jr., author, journalist
• Duce Staley, NFL player
• John Swearingen, former chairman of Standard Oil
• Terrence Trammell, U.S. silver medalist in 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics (world champion in 60-meter hurdles)
• Patrick Tyler, Chief Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times
• John A. Wharton, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• William Hayward "Mookie" Wilson, Mookie Wilson, former baseball star for The New York Mets
• Tonique Williams-Darling, Bahamian gold medalist in 2004 Summer Olympics (400 meters)
• Van Earl Wright, anchor for Fox Sports