SCSRC 2026 Election Results

As President Elect for the SCSRC, I would like to present the slate of those that were elected during the recent ballot/elections process. Thank you for your participation in the SCSRC elections!

President Elect
Jody Sandifer, RRT, RPSGT

Secretary
Tangi Williams, RRT

Delegate
Megan Shell, BSRT, RRT-NPS

Midlands Region Junior Director
Philine Mattingly, RRT-NPS

Piedmont Region Junior Director
Katie Tenry, RRT

Coastal Region Junior Director
April Tillotson, RRT

SCSRC 2024 Awards and Scholarships

The SCSRC presented the following awards and scholarships at the 53rd Annual Conference, September 2-6, 2024. Congratulations to our 2024 Award and Scholarship recipients.

Department of the Year – Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Respiratory Therapy Department
Practitioner of the Year – Education – Cayce Hendrix, MA, RRT-NPS, Midlands Technical College
Garrett Galloway Outpatient Leadership Award – Erica Mason, CRT, Millenium Post Acute Rehab

SCSRC Region of the Year – Piedmont Region

President’s Award – Selma Watson, RRT, CPFT

Palmetto Award – Jerry Alewine, Ed.D, RRT, Newberry College

Recognized as PHIL Award recipient – Emanuel Smith, RRT, MUSC Florence

Trish Blakely Memorial Award/Scholarship – Philine Mattingly, RRT-NPS, Lexington Medical Center

Early Professional Scholarship Award Winners:
Kristen Chayka, Piedmont Technical College, Essay titled “You Are What You Breathe”
Aryana Hettrick, Spartanburg Community College, Essay titled “Clinical Workup of Fire and Smoke Inhalation Injuries”
Katelyn Morris, Midlands Technical College, Essay titled “The Importance of Pulmonary Rehab”
Kelly Wright, Trident Technical College, Essay titled “An Insider’s View: The Impact of Proper Education for Patients with Respiratory Diseases”

SCSRC Scholarship & Award Recipients 2023

Early Professional Scholarship Recipients
  • Austin Graham, Spartanburg Community College
    Essay on “Pulmonary Implications of Guillain Barre Syndrome”
  • Lydia Marie Shealy, Spartanburg Community College
    Essay on “A Look into Pulmonary Edema/CHF”
  • Ashlynne Grace Waters, Piedmont Technical College
    Essay on “Atelectasis: The Disease Within All Diseases”
Practitioner of the Year – Leadership Recipients
  • Angela Holten, BA, RRT
    Director of Respiratory Care
    Roper St Francis
  • Megan Shell, BSRT, RRT-NPS
    Respiratory Care Manager
    Prisma Health Upstate Children’s Hospital
Department of the Year
  • Lexington Medical Center
    Respiratory Care Services
Palmetto Award
  • Tracy Cook, MSRC, RRT
President’s Award
  • Tracy Cook, MSRC, RRT