Carolina Academy junior William McGill Matthews is one of five young men chosen by Black River Post No. 149 of New Zion to participate this summer in the American Legion Palmetto Boys State at Anderson University.
Matthews, the son of Mac and Stacy B. Matthews of Lake City, will attend Boys State from June 1-17. At Carolina Academy in Lake City, he plays football, baseball and is captain of the golf team. He is a member of Block CA, the Beta Club, the Honor Society and FCA. He is also a member of Lake City First Baptist Church where he is active in the Youth Group Step Up and Lead.
Boys State will feature more than 1,000 South Carolina residents attending a vigorous week of intense training in local, county and state government. Attendees will elect a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state comptroller, Supreme Court justice and members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Additionally, students may take classes in law and newspaper editing, as well as participate in the Palmetto Boys State band.
