JD Gardner- The First-Year Experience

Office Hours with John Gardner

Meet JD Gardner, the grandson of founder Dr. John Gardner. JD is from Lexington, South Carolina and graduated in 2023 from Heathwood Hall, a prestigious private school in Columbia, South Carolina.

In his time as a Heathwood Hall student, he earned a 3.9 GPA, was a 3-year honor roll student, as well as voted into school office as the executive council secretary. JD has devoted his life to athletics just as much in the classroom. On the court at Heathwood Hall, JD was a 1000 point scorer, the 2022-23 regional player of the year, a 3 time all region player, broke the schools single game scoring record, as well as achieving other notable honors.

JD is now a student-athlete at Sewanee: The University of the South, where he has continued his basketball career. In his first year, JD was selected to the Deans List, as well as a conference SAA all academic honor roll selection. JD is a member of the Greens-view Capital Investments Club. JD is an undeclared student, but is a business minor and heading towards the finance/economics route. For the 2024 summer, JD is interning with State Farm.