earned a #13 seed in the NCAA tournament but lost to #4 Butler in the opening round. The Eagles earned an automatic bid into the 2020 NCAA tournament, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Eagles earned a #12 seed in the NCAA tournament and lost to #5 Villanova in the first round. Kelsey left Winthrop following the 2021 season to become head coach at the College of Charleston.
== Notable people ==
=== Faculty ===
Elizabeth Friench Johnson, head of Modern Languages department from 1922 to 1955
Louise Siddall, composer, music department chair
Ruth Stokes, mathematician, cryptologist, and astronomer
=== Alumni ===
==== Academics ====
Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, academic
Mildred M. Jordan, medical librarian
==== Government ====
DeAndrea Benjamin, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Ruth Williams Cupp, South Carolina state legislator
Steven Dillingham (1973), director of the United States Census Bureau
Mary Gordon Ellis (1913), first woman elected to the …
