List of Murray State University alumni

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Murray State University is a public university in Murray, Kentucky. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Contents

Art

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Jeff Easley 1977Painting oil painter who creates fantasy artwork for role-playing games, comics, and magazines [1]
Alma Lesch 1941TeachingFiber artist [2]
Joe Staton 1970Comic book artist [3]

Athletics

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Rex Alexander 1949 College basketball and tennis coach [4]
Shane Andrus 2004Business and marketingProfessional football player with the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers [5]
Ivan Aska 2012Health and physical education.Professional basketball players in the Israeli National League [6] [7]
Leva Bates 2003Theater, radio, and television Professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling known as The Librarian [8] [9]
Marcus Brown 1996Professional basketball player and college basketball coach [10]
Shaq Buchanan 2017Integrated studies-health and exercise.Professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League [11]
Todd Buchanan 1995Physical education and psychologyHead coach of women's basketball at the University of Houston [12]
Chester Caddas 1957Head football coach at the University of the Pacific and Colorado State University [13]
Isaiah Canaan 2013AdvertisingProfessional basketball player with the Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns [14]
Mike Cherry Professional football player with the New York Giants [15]
Ed Daniel 2013Healthcare AdministrationProfessional basketball player with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod [16]
Bud Foster 1981College football coach at Virginia Tech [17]
Tony Franklin 1979, 1989History, M.A. Education Offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Middle Tennessee State University [18]
Justin Fuente 1999Head football coach at Virginia Tech, University of Memphis, and Texas Christian University [19] [20]
Joe Fulks Non-degreeProfessional basketball player and inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame [21]
Ron Greene 1962Health and physical educationHead basketball coach of Mississippi State University and Murray State University [22] [23]
Pete Gudauskas 1940Professional football player with the Chicago Bears [24] [25]
Rod Harper 2008Social scienceProfessional football player with the New Orleans Saints and Super Bowl champion [26]
Rob Hart 1999American historyProfessional football player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New Orleans Saints, and the Miami Dolphins; [27]
Morgan Hicks 2004 2004 Summer Olympics in three-position smallbore shooting and head coach of Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle [28]
Ron Hopkins 1982Professional football player with the Canadian Football League
Emily Hoskins 2011M.A., Clinical Psychology2004 and 2008 U.S. Paralympian Basketball Gold Medalist; USOPC Hall of Fame
Popeye Jones 1992Professional basketball player with the Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, and Washington Wizards and assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets [29] [30]
Ruth Jones MEd Physical educationHead coach for Purdue University women's basketball [31]
Irby Koffman Head football coach at Murray State University [32]
Wesley Korir Non-degreedWinner of the 2012 Boston Marathon and Kenyan Member of Parliament [33]
Austen Lane 2009JournalismProfessional football player with the Chicago Bears and the Jacksonville Jaguars [34]
Gil Mains Professional football player with the Detroit Lions and professional wrestler [35]
Jeff Martin 1989Professional basketball player [36]
Ja Morant Non-degreedProfessional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies [37]
Patrick Newcomb Professional golfer [38]
Cameron Payne Non-degreedUndeclaredProfessional basketball player with the Phoenix Suns, Oklahoma City Thunder,

Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland Cavaliers

[39] [40]
Pat Pitney Engineering physics 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in rifle and president of the University of Alaska system [41] [42]
Walt Powell 2013AdvertisingProfessional football player [43]
Michael Proctor 1990Safety engineering and healthProfessional football player with the Canadian Football League [44]
Bennie Purcell 1952, 1961B.A., M.A.Professional basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters and college tennis coach [45]
Johnny Reagan 1947College baseball coach and minor league baseball player [46]
Mark Riggins Pitching coach for Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds [47]
Kirk Rueter 1991Professional baseball player with the Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants [48] [49]
Heather Samuel Sprinter at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, and 2000 Summer Olympics [50] [51]
James Singleton 2003Professional basketball player [52]
Fred Sowerby 1973 1976 Summer Olympics track and field athlete and head track and field coach of Delaware State University [53] [54]
Reggie Swinton Professional football player with the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys [55]
Chuck Taylor 2011Professional wrestler [9]
Claude Virden Professional basketball player [56]
Quincy Williams 2018Public relationsProfessional football player with the Jacksonville Jaguars [57]
Roger Withrow 1984 Summer Paralympics rifle gold medalist [58]
Jared Wolfe Professional golfer [59]

Clergy

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Brian Lee Cole 1989Business administration Episcopal Bishop of East Tennessee. [60]
John Dale 1970M.S.Minister [61]
Hartman Rector Jr. General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) [62]

Education

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Walter G. Bumphus 1971M.S. guidance and counselingPresident and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, chair of

the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin

[63] [64]
Adron Doran 1938, 1948B.A., M.A.President of Morehead State University, director of the Division of Teacher Education and Certification

for the Kentucky Department of Education, namesake of the Adron Doran University Center

[65] [64] [66]
Robert L (Bob) Jackson 1985Finance and economicsPresident of Murray State University and Kentucky Senate [67] [68]
Patricia J. Johnson BiologyProfessor of Microbiology at University of California, Los Angeles [69]
Alison Marr 2002MathematicsProfessor of mathematics and computer science at Southwestern University in Texas [70] [71]
Pat Pitney Engineering physicsPresident of the University of Alaska system and 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in rifle [41] [42]
Forrest Pogue 1931Director of the George C. Marshall Foundation and the Marshall Library at Virginia Military Institute and United States Army historian [64]
Kenneth W. Winters 1957Industrial arts Kentucky Senate and president of Campbellsville University [72]

Entertainment

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Dee Barton Jazz trombonist and big band drummer known with the Stan Kenton Orchestra
W. Earl Brown 1986Theater and radio/televisionActor [73] [74]
Jerry Crutchfield Non-degreedSinger, songwriter, and record producer [64] [75]
Tericka Dye Former pornographic actress and teacher [76]
S.G. Goodman Singer-songwriter [77]
Gary Guthrie1973CommunicationsThe original producer of You Don't Bring Me Flowers for Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond; and recognized as a chief pioneer of the Classic rock radio format
Alex Harvey 1964M.A. in Music and educationCountry music singer and songwriter [78]
Thomas Rickman 1965EnglishFilm director, playwright, and screenwriter [64] [79]
Hal Riddle 1942Actor [64] [80]
Chrishell Stause 2003TheaterActress, best known for All My Children [81]
Chris Thile Non-degreedMusicMusician and member of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers [82] [83]
Jilon VanOver 2001Theater ArtsActor [84]
J. D. Wilkes Studio ArtsMusician, visual artist, filmmaker

Law

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Bill Cunningham 1962Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court [85]
Steven H. David 1979Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court [86]

Literature and journalism

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Kevin Brown 2012MFA poetryPoet and author [87]
John Mack Carter 1948Editor of Ladies’ Home Journal and Good Housekeeping, president and CEO of Hearst Magazines Enterprises [64] [88]
Jude Deveraux 1970ArtHistorical romance novelist [89] [64]
Taghreed El-Khodary 2000M.S. Mass communicationsCorrespondent in Gaza for The New York Times [90]
John Fetterman 1948Journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize [91] [64] [92]
Gene Graham 1948Journalist and co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting [93] [64] [94]
Mike Long Physics and mathematicsSpeechwriter and author [95]
Richard Thomas 2012MFA Creative writingAuthor of speculative fiction [96]

Military

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
John I. Hudson 1971U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General [64] [97]
Mary A. Marsh 1951Music Brigadier general in the United States Air Force [98] [64]

Politics

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
David L. Armstrong 1966Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky [99]
Bill Bailey 1970 Indiana House of Representatives and mayor of Seymour, Indiana [100]
Joseph L. Bocchini Jr. Education New Jersey General Assembly [101]
Marion E. Burks 1935 Illinois House of Representatives and Circuit Court judge for Cook County, Illinois [64] [102]
Myron Dossett Kentucky House of Representatives [103]
Larry Elkins Kentucky House of Representatives [104]
Fats Everett 1936 United States House of Representatives [105]
Milton H. Hamilton Jr. 1955 Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate, and

Tennessee Commissioner of Environment and Conservation

[106]
Richard Heath Agricultural education, M.A. agriculture Kentucky House of Representatives [107]
Melvin Henley 1961, 1964Chemistry Kentucky House of Representatives [108]
Larry J. Hopkins United States House of Representatives [109]
Stanley H. Humphries 1992Education Kentucky Senate [110]
Kenny Imes Kentucky House of Representatives
Robert L (Bob) Jackson Finance Kentucky Senate and president of Murray State University [67]
Wesley Korir Non-degreedWinner of the 2012 Boston Marathon and Kenyan Member of Parliament [33]
Pat M. McCuistion 1939 Kentucky Senate [64] [111]
Adam Moore 2007International Affairs Kentucky House of Representatives [112]
William F. Paxton Mayor of Paducah, Kentucky
Bill Redmond 1976Political science and accounting United States House of Representatives [113]
Steven Rudy 2000Agriculture education Kentucky House of Representatives [114] [115]
Harry Lee Waterfield 1932 Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky [116] [64]
Gerald Watkins 1981, 1984Business administration, MBA Kentucky House of Representatives [117]
D. Wade Williams MPA Kentucky House of Representatives [118]
Kenneth W. Winters 1957Industrial arts Kentucky Senate and president of Campbellsville University [72]
Evan Wynn Wisconsin State Assembly
Brent Yonts 1971Political science Kentucky House of Representatives [119]

Science and medicine

NameClassMajorNotabilityReferences
Vicki Funk 1969Biology and history Botanist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History [120]
Rex Geveden 1983, 1984Engineering physics, M.S. physicsDeputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and CEO of BWX Technologies [121]
J. Paul Hogan 1942Chemistry and physicsResearch chemist [64] [122]
Edward G McFarland BiologyProfessor of shoulder surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine [123]
Martha Redden Ozer 1966, 1968Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Project on Science, Technology and Disability

[64] [124] [125]
Lois Ann Pfiester 1970BiologyPhycologist and protistologist, specializing in freshwater dinoflagellate species [126]
Jerry A. Shields 1960Biology Ophthalmologist with th eWills Eye Institute [64] [127] [128]
Frances Strickland 1963Health and physical education Educational psychologist and former First Lady of Ohio [129]

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