Month: July 2023

Former Clemson women’s tennis All-American Julie Coin ’05 (mathematics) will be inducted into the school’s Ring of Honor this fall. The announcement was made by Ring of Honor Chairman Tim Bourret on July 12, 2023. The Ring of Honor is the highest award presented by the Clemson Athletic Department, as just 20 former student-athletes have earned the honor since its inaugural 1994 class. Coin was inducted into the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 and is just the fifth woman and second women’s tennis player to earn the Ring of Honor distinction. Coin was a three-time All-American (singles 2004, singles and doubles, 2005) for Nancy Harris’s Final Four teams of 2004 and 2005, the only Final Four teams in Clemson women’s athletics history. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation in singles during her senior season. She was a three-time All-ACC selection and the 2004 ACC Player of the Year. During her career, Clemson had a 67-19 overall record, including 22-3 in ACC play. Nineteen of the 67 wins came against top-25 competition. Coin turned professional in 2005 and retired in 2016. Her most famous accomplishment as a professional took place at the 2008 US Open when, as the #188 ranked player in the world, she defeated #1 ranked Ana Ivanovic. She ranked has high as No. 49 in the world in doubles and participated in all four Grand Slam events. Academically, Coin graduated with a degree in mathematics in just three years and was a three-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll, including 2003-04 when she was on the Dean’s List. 
Julie Coin Selected for Clemson Ring of Honor – Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site

After retiring and becoming Distinguished Emeritus Professor of the Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Perry Sprawls, Jr. ’56 (physics), a three-time Clemson graduate creates a foundation to enhance medical education around the world: www.sprawls.org .

Jessica L. Glover ’22 (Chemistry) started a new job extracting and analyzing air samples under the Division of Air Quality Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Matthew A. Wysocki ’15 (biological sciences) earned his Ph.D. in Computational Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Pathology from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Some of Wysocki’s recently published research includes:

• “Enhancing biomedical data validity with standardized segmentation finite element analysis”
• “Developing patient-specific statistical reconstructions of healthy anatomical structures to improve patient outcomes” 
• “Advancing osteoporosis evaluation procedures: Detailed computational analysis of regional structural vulnerabilities in osteoporotic bone”

Emily J. Smail ’17 (genetics and psychology) earned her Ph.D. in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2021. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida, she currently serves as the Director of Research and Evaluation for the North Carolina Community College System.

Madelin V. Eastman ’14 (biological sciences) received her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Colorado. Now, she works as a physical therapist in the NFL for the Indianapolis Colts.

Debbie Moss ’95 (mathematical sciences) retired from the US Navy in 2015 and started teaching at San Diego Mesa College (2015) and Southern California Yeshiva High School (2018). Over the past five years, students from her engineering classes at SCY High have consistently placed in the top five in the Texas Instruments TI Codes Contest. This year, despite their school’s small size of 30 total students, her team came in first place. During her 20 years in the Navy, she earned three M.S. degrees (Mathematics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, and Hydrographic Science). Now that she is retired, she is pursuing a fourth (M.A. in Prehistoric Archaeology) but having the opportunity to work with the next generation of scientists and engineers is truly one of her greatest experiences.

James G. Padgett, Jr ’68 (pre-med) received his DMD degree at MUSC in Charleston, SC in 1973. He mentored pre-dental students at the annual Tigers on Call event on campus and mentored dental students at a free dental clinic after 40 years in owning a private dental practice.

Eric N. Anthony ’15 (biological sciences) earned a Doctor of Education degree from Liberty University in Fall 2022.

Basma Damiri ’07, ’11 (biology sciences – environmental toxicology) is now an associate professor at the School of Medicine at An-Najah National University in Palestinian. Basma finished two certified programs with Harvard University’s Clinical Research program in 2020 and 2021. Basma is currently an active researcher and helps underprivileged students pursue their studies.