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2021 grads include 12 legacies

May 9, 2021

In the Class of 2021, several students are continuing a family tradition by graduating from Maryville College. Twelve graduating seniors are legacies, meaning they have relatives who are current or former Maryville College students. Many of these students were featured in a story as first-year students in fall 2017.

Legacies in the Class of 2021 are:

  • Seth Cooper ’21, Knoxville, Tenn. – Chris Hollander ’09 (cousin), Rachel Rushworth-Hollander ’08 (cousin by marriage) and Kenzi Sawyer ’16 (cousin)
  • Anya Dunn ’21, Winston, Ga. – Linley Dunn ’16 (sister)
  • Riley Hamant ’21, Liberty Township, Ohio – Molly Hamant ’18 (sister)
  • Leah Holley ’21, Knoxville, Tenn. – Martha Trotter (graduated in late 1800s, great-great-great-grandmother); Ida Jane Seaton (graduated in late 1800s,great-great-grandmother); Thomas G. Stanley ’29 (great-grandfather); Thomas C. Stanley ’64 (grandfather); David Stanley ’60 (great uncle); Stephen Stanley ’68 (great uncle); and Jennifer Stanley Holley ’92 (mother)
  • Holland Jerrolds ’21, Knoxville, Tenn. – Hayden Jerrolds ’11 (brother)
  • Gage Roddy ’21, Maryville, Tenn. – Carrie Braden Bright (mother)
  • David Rose-Franklin ’21, Lenoir City, Tenn. – Melissa Kiewiet ’14 (mother)
  • Blake Shepard ’21, Maryville, Tenn. – Kenneth Shepard ’54 (grandfather) and Melanie Abbott LaFollette ’93 (aunt)
  • Skyler Stanley ’21, Eastman, Ga. – Walker Stanley ’20 (brother)
  • Rene Tinoco Hernandez ’21 and Daniel Tinoco Hernandez ’21, Lenoir City, Tenn. – Manuel Cornejo ’18 (cousin)
  • Emily Vitale ’21, Maryville, Tenn. – Zack Vitale ’19 (brother)
Maryville College is a nationally-ranked institution of higher learning and one of America’s oldest colleges. For more than 200 years we’ve educated students to be giving citizens and gifted leaders, to study everything, so that they are prepared for anything — to address any problem, engage with any audience and launch successful careers right away. Located in Maryville, Tennessee, between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Knoxville, Maryville College offers nearly 1,200  students from around the world both the beauty of a rural setting and the advantages of an urban center, as well as more than 60 majors, seven pre-professional programs and career preparation from their first day on campus to their last. Today, our 10,000 alumni are living life strong of mind and brave of heart and are prepared, in the words of our Presbyterian founder, to “do good on the largest possible scale.”