From staff reports
Holy Trinity Classical Christian School 2022 graduate Mary Clanton Bozard has been named Most Outstanding Freshman for the entire College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Clemson University. This award recognizes the most outstanding overall student who exhibits the three pillars of academic achievement, leadership, and community involvement.
Bozard was also one of two freshmen selected to serve as an Ambassador to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She will serve for the next three years. The CAFLS Ambassadors are a premier group of student leaders who represent the college and serve as the face of the undergraduate students within CAFLS and assist with college or university sponsored events. The ambassador team interfaces with the various constituents of the college that include prospective students, administrators, donors, alumni and friends.
“Mary Clanton was always eager to lead her peers through service,” Upper School Head Dean Josiah Tobin wrote in a news release. “She selflessly gave of her time and talents to spur on those around her, always pointing them to Christ. We are very pleased to see so much of what Mary Clanton embodied while at Holy Trinity continue to grow during her time at Clemson.”
While at Holy Trinity, Mary Clanton was a member of Mu Alpha Thetamath honor society and was a student government representative, serving as president of her senior class. She was also a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and served on the leadership team for two years. Clanton played basketball for Holy Trinity’s Lady Lions for three years, serving as captain her senior year. She also helped lead her varsity soccer team at Holy Trinity to two SCISA state titles.
Miss Bozard is the daughter of Brenton and Ashley Bozard of Ridgeland.
