South Carolina women’s basketball marked National Girls and Women in Sports Day by reconnecting with some of its more than 200 alumnae, highlighting their achievements after leaving the program.
Marsi McAlister, who is now retired, spent her career as a counselor, teacher, and coach. She was named the 1999 Region 4A High School Basketball Coach of the Year and earned recognition as Region 5-AAA High School Softball Coach of the Year in both 1994 and 1995. McAlister also served as an assistant coach for women’s basketball at USC Aiken.
Brit (Canty) Wilson currently works as instructional technology manager at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business. She became the first female president of the USC Association of Lettermen.
Beverly (Hawkins) Anderson transitioned from retail leadership to earn a master’s degree in computer information services before starting a second career in technology. Now an entrepreneur, she owns 22 vending machines, several investment properties, and operates a food service company that supports military operations at Fort Jackson.
Melanie Johnson is part of Rotech Healthcare in Sarasota, Florida. In her role there, she oversees operational leadership, staff development, compliance with healthcare standards, and ensures timely delivery of respiratory care services to improve patient outcomes throughout the region.
Sancheon White works as an endoluminal sales associate. She assists physicians during robotic-assisted lung procedures aimed at increasing diagnostic yield. Her work supports early detection efforts that could raise lung cancer survivability rates from about 30 percent to up to 90 percent.
Suzanne (Woolston) Bossert is involved with Just Horizons, a Boston-based nonprofit focused on helping leaders navigate societal change and ethical AI use. Drawing on her journalism background, she serves as imprint editor at Wildhouse Publications—a subsidiary of Just Horizons.
