Jessica Branham of Rock Hill inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
SPARTANBURG, SC (05/02/2025)– Wofford’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa welcomed 39 members into the nation’s oldest academic honor society during an induction ceremony at Leonard Auditorium on May 1.
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa honors the nation’s most outstanding undergraduate students for excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Only 10 percent of U.S. colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters, and less than one percent of all graduating students are elected each year.
Wofford’s chapter, Beta of South Carolina, was established in 1941 and is the second oldest of five chapters in the state. To be considered for induction, students must have completed 100 hours of coursework and earned a 3.8 GPA or higher. Scholarship, character, intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, diversity of academic interests and pursuits and other factors are also weighed in the election process.
The 2024-25 Wofford College Phi Beta Kappa inductees are:
Class of 2024
- Olivia Barrett Babb, Boiling Springs, South Carolina
- Charlotte Cynthia Barker, Summerville, South Carolina
- Jessica Monae Branham, Rock Hill, South Carolina
- Walker Rhodes Pendarvis, Savannah, Georgia
- Julie Margaret Rodrick, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Anna Leigh Troutt, Moore, South Carolina
Class of 2025
- Caramia Isabel Axland, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Walker Reed Barrett, Columbia, South Carolina
- Kai Elizabeth Beckett, Lawrenceville, Georgia
- Kaylin Brooke Bell, Pelzer, South Carolina
- Moses Elijah Briggs, Moore, South Carolina
- Julia Victoria Brooks, Elgin, South Carolina
- Lucia Kathleen Campbell, Pacolet, South Carolina
- Rachel Hannah Canup, Campobello, South Carolina
- Shaan Nishchey Chhabra, Greenville, South Carolina
- Olivia Marie Cianciolo, Anderson, South Carolina
- Kennedy Sinclair Coggin, Vestavia Hills, Alabama
- Grace Natalie deMaine, Greer, South Carolina
- Isabelle Linde Dugle, Greer, South Carolina
- Conner Michael Eberhardt, Arlington, Texas
- Jackson Kimball Edwards, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- James Edward Few III, Boiling Springs, South Carolina
- Hayden Avery Fredericks, St. Petersburg, Florida
- Liana Selene Giannopoulos, Greer, South Carolina
- Sara Burns Fishburne Gibson, Walterboro, South Carolina
- Skyler Ries Hays, Edgefield, South Carolina
- Promise Faith Henry, Cowpens, South Carolina
- Morgan Elizabeth Hess, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Margaret Lynne Jackson, Clarkesville, Georgia
- Reid McDaniel Jackson, Simpsonville, South Carolina
- Matthew Raymond Lopez, Greer, South Carolina
- Ethan Federico Montes, Simpsonville, South Carolina
- Hope Lauren Moreno, Duncan, South Carolina
- Mary-Michael O’Hara, Huger, South Carolina
- Alexander Gerhard Ollinger, Spartanburg, South Carolina
- Lilia MacKenzie Reihs, Irvington, Virginia
- Diego Reyes, Boca Raton, Florida
- Mary Claire Ridgeway, Florence, Alabama
- Katherine Lynn Sullivan, Norfolk, Virgina
Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. It offers 27 major fields of study to a student body of 1,800 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, experiential learning opportunities and successful graduates, Wofford is recognized consistently as a “best value” and for its commitment to student success and accessibility for low- and middle-income students. The college community has 12 sororities and fraternities as well as 20 NCAA Division I athletics teams.
