The 2000-2001 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges includes the names of 36 Coastal Carolina University students. Students are selected based on their academic achievement, community service, leadership roles and potential for success by a campus nominating committee and the editors of the annual directory.

First published in 1934, the directory includes students from more than 1,900 institutions of higher education in the United States, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

All Coastal honorees were recognized at the university's spring 2001 honors convocation held in April. They include:

- Sarah Arends of Elkhorn, Neb., - Lindsay Baker of Taylorville, Ill., - Danielle Bamford of Dover, Pa., - Erin Boyle of Bethlehem, Pa., - Gregory Bradshaw of Myrtle Beach, - Dorian Dalton of Rixeyville, Va., - Matthew Devenney of Myrtle Beach, - Crystal Edge of Loris, - Chika Ekeji of Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria, - Ala'a El-Masri of Lebanon, - Amanda Gantt of Conway, - Dana Goffin of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., - Amy Graham of Conway, - Zachary Gurick of Solomons, Md., - Brett Hysinger of Hixson, Tenn., - Tammy James of Conway, - Emma Kidd of Rosebud, Victoria, Canada, - Paige Landry of Ontario, Canada, - Julie Martin of Conway, - Douglas McMillan of Conway, - Boris Menier of Myrtle Beach, - Candice Mickle of Piscataway, N.J., - William Miller of Loris, - Adam Raschke of St. Louis Park, Minn., - Heather Ryan of Myrtle Beach, - Eric Sauthoff of Surfside Beach, - Cheryl Seamans of Holland, Pa., - Matthew Sexton of Columbia, Md., - Shira Shasho of Tel-Aviv, Israel, - Jason Simmons of Myrtle Beach, - Heidi Stepzinski of Raleigh, N.C., - Melody Stewart of Myrtle Beach, - Jennifer Toth of Surfside Beach, - Stacia Weaver of Hamilton, Ohio, - Jamie Wirth of Coatesville, Pa., - Lindsy Yarger of Myrtle Beach.