William Finigan was awarded the Outstanding Bandsman of the Year from the South Carolina Theta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu Honorary Bandmaster’s Fraternity for the 2019-2020 school year.
He was also awarded the 2020 Phi Beta Mu Music Scholarship and the 2020 Danette Chubb Memorial Big Blue Scholarship.
Finigan, a senior at Colleton County High School, was recently awarded a school of music scholarship and honors academic scholarship to Western Carolina University.
He will be an incoming freshman music education major at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. this fall and will be a member of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.
He is the son of Band of Blue Director Tom Finigan.
Some of his accomplishments include:
South Carolina All State Band: 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
South Carolina Youth Wind Ensemble, 2019; first chair, 2020
USC Band Clinic Honor Band: 2018, 2019, 2020
WCU Summer Symposium: 2017, 2018, 2019
Colleton County High School Band of Blue: Section Leader, 2017-2020; Quarter Master, 2017-2020; Band Captain, 2019-2020; Outstanding Brass Award 2018, 2019, 2020; John Philip Sousa Award 2020
Macy’s Great All-American Marching Band, 2019
Private instruction with Dr. Justin Clarkson, 2014-2020
Vice president of Colleton County High School National Honor Society, 2019-2020
Palmetto Boys State, 2019
2020 final GPA, 5.058
