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Larry Tavino (Class of 1985 and 1992) was selected a 1984 NAIA All-American and NSCAA Academic All-American. He was a two-time NSCAA All-Region selection in 1983 and 1984, and was a NAIA All-Area selection during those same two years. He was voted NAIA All-District 6 in 1983, and was the 1984 Winthrop team MVP. He now ranks second on the Winthrop all-time list for most goals scored in a game with four, and is eighth on the list for assists in a single season with 12 in 1983. Tavino also excelled in the classroom and was a Rhodes Scholar nominee after graduating Magna Cum Laude. This past fall, he was selected to the Big South Conference All-Decade Team for the 1980s. Tavino currently serves as a mathematics teacher and Chairman of the Math Department at Hilton Head Island Middle School. He has received numerous teaching and coaching honors, including South Carolina High School Coach of the Year in 2008, and is a four-time South Carolina Independent Schools Soccer Coach of the Year. He and his wife, Kim, are parents of a daughter, Abby.
Larry's acceptance speech:
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