24 years old. He was a past member of the Beaufort Chamber Orchestra, the South Carolina All-State Orchestra, the Governor's School of the Performing Arts, the Hilton Head Youth Orchestra, the Stravinsky String, the National Honor Society, the National Art Honor Society, and the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Civil War re-enactors. He was a 1998 Honors Graduate of Beaufort High School and attended Furman University and the University of South Carolina - Hilton Head. He was published in Poetic Voices of America in 1994 and was a recipient of the South Carolina Heroes Award presented by the Governor's Office and the South Carolina United Way in 1997 and was the recipient of the South Carolina House of Representatives Achievements Award.

(information gathered from The Beaufort Gazette)

24 years old. He was a past member of the Beaufort Chamber Orchestra, the South Carolina All-State Orchestra, the Governor's School of the Performing Arts, the Hilton Head Youth Orchestra, the Stravinsky String, the National Honor Society, the National Art Honor Society, and the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Civil War re-enactors. He was a 1998 Honors Graduate of Beaufort High School and attended Furman University and the University of South Carolina - Hilton Head. He was published in Poetic Voices of America in 1994 and was a recipient of the South Carolina Heroes Award presented by the Governor's Office and the South Carolina United Way in 1997 and was the recipient of the South Carolina House of Representatives Achievements Award.

(information gathered from The Beaufort Gazette)