Scott Brown was a member of the golf team in 2001-02 and from 2003-06. He helped USC Aiken to three straight NCAA National Championships from 2004-06 and three straight NCAA Southeast Region titles. . As a senior, Brown was named the Division II National Player of the Year. He was a three-time All-American and a two-time Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year. Brown won back-to-back NCAA Region titles in 2005 and 2006. He concluded his illustrious career with two of the top five single-season scoring averages and established a school-record stroke average of 71.68 during the 2005-06 season. Brown won a PBC record nine individual tournaments. He was the first USC Aiken golfer to earn a PGA Tour Card and won the 2013 Puerto Rico Open.
Dane Burkhart was a member of the golf team from 2002-06. He helped USC Aiken to three straight NCAA National Championships from 2004-06 and three straight NCAA Southeast Region titles. As a junior, Burkhart was named the Division II National Player of the Year. A three-time All-American, he won six tournaments in his outstanding career. Burkhart concluded his career third all-time in career scoring. He established a school-record 71.74 stroke average during the 2004-05 season. In 2005, he was the individual medalist at the National Championship. Burkhart guided USC Aiken to PBC Championships in 2005 and 2006, leading USC Aiken to a No. 1 national ranking for 125 straight weeks. Burkhart was an Academic All-American.
Amanda Gerolstein Wilkinson was a member of the volleyball team from 2004-07. She was the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and an Academic All-American that same season. Gerolstein Wilkinson was a three-time PBC All-Tournament Team honoree, including being named the 2006 Tournament MVP. She was a seven-time PBC Player of the Week and the 2004 USC Aiken Female Freshman Student-Athlete of the Year. As a senior, Gerolstein Wilkinson was named the USC Aiken Biology Student of the Year and was the PBC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. She went to graduate school at Johns Hopkins where she received her M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Gary Gilmore coached the USC Aiken baseball team from 1990-95, leading the team to a 256-102-2 record. During the program’s first season in Division II, he guided the team to a 45-18-2 record and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. In 1993, Gilmore was named the Division II ABCA National Coach of the Year as he led the Pacers to the World Series. He was also named the Peach Belt Conference and South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year. Gilmore started his career with four 40-win seasons and boasted a school-record 48 wins during the 1991 season. He coached one PBC Player of the Year, nine all-conference performers and two future Major League Baseball players at USC Aiken.
Dawn Weeks Lybrand was a member of the volleyball and women’s basketball teams from 1980-84. She was a four-year started and gifted athlete in both sports. Weeks Lybrand earned NAIA all-district honors in volleyball in 1980 and 1982. She helped lead the 1980 volleyball program to the NAIA National Tournament. Weeks Lybrand was named the Presbyterian College Tournament MVP in 1983. She earned NAIA All-District honors in basketball in 1984. Weeks Lybrand was also the Aiken County High School co-Player of the Year.
