Outstanding Young Banker Award
The Outstanding Young Banker Award is the highest honor presented in South Carolina’s banking industry.
This prestigious honor is chosen by the SCBA Past Chairman’s Club and has been awarded to one deserving banker each year since 1970. As seen below, the past recipients include many prominent South Carolina bankers.
PAST RECIPIENTS
2024
Rufus T. “Wells” Dunlap V
Countybank
Greenwood
2023
J. Reeves Skeen
First Citizens Bank
Charleston
2022
Joseph S. Kassim
First Capital Bank
Charleston
2021
Allison Bagnal Cranford
TD Bank, N.A.
Columbia
2020
Vaughan Robison Dozier, Jr.
First Community Bank
Lexington
2019
Blake G. Taylor
Southern First Bank
Cayce
2018
Joseph A. “Drew” Painter
First Community Bank
Columbia
2017
John C. Griggs, III
NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank
Columbia
2016
Jennifer T. Jones
Citizens Building & Loan
Greer
2015
R. Montague Laffitte, III
South State Bank
Columbia
2014
Kevin W. Lindler
First Citizens Bank
Columbia
2013
Glenn D. Buddin, Jr.
Blue Ridge Bank
Walhalla
2012
J. Holt Chetwood
Wells Fargo
Columbia
2011
Tyler B. Hudson
NBSC
Columbia
2010
Gray L. Henderson
Palmetto State Bank
Hampton
2009
R. Scott Plyler
South Atlantic Bank
Myrtle Beach
2008
Michael E. Edens
NBSC
Columbia
2007
Kitty B. Payne
First National Bank
Spartanburg
2006
Edward McKelvey, Jr.
First Federal
Charleston
2005
Samuel L. “Sam” Erwin
Community Resource Bank
Orangeburg
2004
W. Gerald Stevens
CapitalBank
Greenwood
2003
J. Barry Ham
The Bank of Clarendon
Manning
2002
Peter M. Bristow
First Citizens Bank
Columbia
2001
L. Andrew Westbrook, III
BB&T of South Carolina
Spartanburg
2000
Robert R. Hill, Jr.
First National Bank
Orangeburg
1999
F. Justin Strickland
Carolina First Bank
Columbia
1998
James A. Bennett
First Citizens Bank
Columbia
1997
Michael C. Crapps
First Community Bank
Lexington
1996
R. Thornwell Dunlap, III
The County Bank
Greenwood
1995
Sterling J.U. Laffitte
The Exchange Bank
Estill
1994
Fred L. Green, III
The National Bank of SC
Columbia
1993
Richard A. Shirley
Southern National Bank of S.C.
Anderson
1992
W. Jennings Duncan
The Conway National Bank
Conway
1991
John S. Poole
NCNB National Bank of S.C.
Spartanburg
1990
William C. Barker
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
1989
Nancy L. Grden
The C&S National Bank of S.C.
Columbia
1988
Mack I. Whittle, Jr.
Carolina First Bank
Greenville
1987
G. Anderson Douglas Jr.
Rock Hill National Bank
Rock Hill
1986
R. Charles Eldridge, Jr.
South Carolina National Bank
Greenville
1985
Stephen L. Chryst
The Anchor Bank
Myrtle Beach
1984
Douglas T. Yeates
Republic National Bank
Columbia
1983
Joel A. Smith, III
Bankers Trust of S.C.
Columbia
1982
J. Harold Chandler
The C&S National Bank of S.C.
Columbia
1981
Mason Y. Garrett
Carolina National Bank
Easley
1980
Lloyd I. Hendricks
Southern Bank and Trust Company
Columbia
1979
Claude E. Surface, Jr.
The Bank of Beaufort
Beaufort
1978
Henry S. Laffitte
Carolina Commercial Bank
Allendale
1977
W. Douglas King
First National Bank of S.C.
Columbia
1976
Paul F. Holcomb, Jr.
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
1975
L. Leon Patterson
The Palmetto Bank
Laurens
1974
John G. P. Boatwright
Bankers Trust of South Carolina
Columbia
1973
Arthur M. Bjontegard, Jr.
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
1972
Hugh M. Chapman
The C&S National Bank of S.C.
Columbia
1971
Robert V. Royall
The C&S National Bank of S.C.
Columbia
1970
James R. Fowler
Capital Bank and Trust
Belton