Eleven students with ties to South Carolina received degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in December. The graduates and their hometowns and churches are:

Master of Divinity — Daniel Seay, Landrum, The Church at Blue Ridge, Travelers Rest; Christian Jedidiah Stevens, Camden, Malvern Hill Baptist Church; Kris Kuriger, Spartanburg, Church at The Mill; Mark A. Smith Jr., Boiling Springs, View Church; Matthew Wilson Short, Pickens, Lifepoint Church, Seneca.

Master of Arts — Caroline Elizabeth Davidson, Hanahan, NewSpring Church, Greenville; Joshua Hepner, Watkinsville, Ga., Brushy Creek Baptist Church, Taylors.

Master of Church Music — Brook Alexandria Huggins, Loris, Cane Branch Baptist Church.

Doctor of Ministry — Mark Bordeaux, Taylors, North Hills Church.

Doctor of Educational Ministry — Bobby Massey, Kershaw, First Baptist Church; Thomas Ryan Holtzclaw, Greenville, Monaghan Baptist Church.