Maryanne Anthony was presented with The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) University Libraries Staff Excellence Award in December 2017. Ms. Anthony has worked at Gunter Library (Gulf Coast Research Laboratory)  as Library Assistant since September 2013. She is currently enrolled at Southern Miss in the BLIS program. She serves as chair of the USM Staff Council Scholarship Committee.  Maryanne and her husband Tony own a small organic farm and raise alpacas in the Big Level community of Stone County. She teaches knitting at the Ocean Springs Municipal Library.