Famous Murray State Alumni

[Blue Horseshoe]

Have you seen my baseball?

[Coleman]

Not to be a huge prick, but its alumni, not alums.

[LAZER]

Well alum is an abbreviation to begin with so I wouldn't get to picky

[Skatastrophy]

Alumnuses

[2TimeWarrior]

Well alum is an abbreviation to begin with so I wouldn't get to picky

I wouldn't get TOO picky either

[Dawson Rental]

Have you seen my baseball?

She doesn't call it a baseball, though.  She calls it a........ weiner.

[LAZER]

I wouldn't get TOO picky either

Touché

[Sir Lawrence]

[only a warrior]

who is this?

[mr.MUskie]

W. Earl Brown (BS '86), actor
Jerry Crutchfield, music producer [3]
Jude Deveraux, romance novelist
Mike Long (BS Physics) Washington based Speech Writer and Author
Hal Riddle (BS '42), actor [4]
Joe Staton (BS '70), comic book artist
Chrishell Stause (BA '03) actress
Chris Thile, musician, from the band Nickel Creek
Jim Varney, comedian, actor
J.D. Wilkes (BA '96), musician, visual artist, filmmaker
[edit]Athletics
Shane Andrus, former placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers
Marcus Brown, National Basketball Association (NBA) player from 1996 to 1999; retired as Euroleague all-time leading scorer
Todd Buchanan, head coach of women's basketball at Houston
Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team
Bud Foster, defensive coordinator of Virginia Tech football team
Tony Franklin, former offensive coordinator of Auburn University football team
Justin Fuente (BSB '99), head football coach of the Memphis Tigers and former offensive coordinator for the TCU Horned Frogs[22]
Joe Fulks, Basketball Hall of Famer and early pioneer of the jump shot (did not graduate; left to join the Marines during World War II).
Ron Greene (ΣX), Former head basketball coach of Mississippi State University and Murray State University
Rod Harper, Super Bowl Champion wide-receiver for the New Orleans Saints
Morgan Hicks (BS '04), Competitor at 2004 Olympics in three-position smallbore shooting, 2008 ISSF World Cup rifle champion, and Head Coach of Nebraska Cornhuskers Rifle[23]
Ronald "Popeye" Jones, NBA player from 1993 to 2005.
Austen Lane, defensive end for the Jacksonville Jaguars
John Powless, tennis and basketball coach
Bennie Purcell, basketball and Harlem Globetrotters player, MSU tennis coach.
Mark Riggins, Pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs
Kirk Rueter, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Montreal Expos (1993–96) and San Francisco Giants (1996–2005).
Heather Samuel, Track & Field three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, 2000).[24][25]
James Singleton, NBA player
Pat Spurgin Pitney, eight-time All-America, 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in rifle
Claude Virden, American Basketball Association player
Chuck Taylor (wrestler), (BS '11)
[edit]Business and industry
W. Dwight Armstrong (BS '71), vice president of Provimi Holding Co. and chairman of North American Nutrition Companies, Inc. [5]
Arthur J. Bauernfeind (BA '60), Chairman & CEO of Westfield Capital Management LLC [6][7][8][9]
Rex Geveden ('83, MS '84), president of Teledyne Brown Engineering
Dr. Gene W. Ray (BS '60), Former Chairman, President, & CEO of Titan Corporation, Current Chief Executive Officer of GMT Ventures LLC, in La Jolla, CA.[10][11]
Kris Robbins ('81, MBA '83, ΛΧΑ), president and CEO of Security Benefit Corp. [12]
Robert E. Remitz {BA '95}, Founder, President, & CEO of GoSouthernMD.com, a Medical Equipment Supply Company in Phoenix, AZ. [13]
[edit]Government, law, and military
Jerry Brown (BA '54), U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana [14]
Rex Geveden (MS '84), former Associate Administrator of NASA
Anna McHargue (BS '56, ΣΣΣ), the first female flight surgeon in USAF Reserves, former commander of the 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
Steven Rudy (BS '00), Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Don Tharpe ('74, '75, ΑΦΑ), president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, former executive director of the Association of School Business Officials International [15]
Harry Lee Waterfield ('32), Two time Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky[26]
Kenneth W. Winters, BS and former Murray State dean, Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate
[edit]Journalism
Bill Bartleman (BA '71), retired The Paducah Sun served 40 years as government and political reporter and commentator, Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame member
Ron Beaton (BA '79), retired WPSD-TV NewsChannel 6 news anchor.
Taghreed El-Khodary (MS '00), New York Times correspondent in Gaza.
Mandy Murphy (ΣΣΣ), reporter and co-anchor at KTVI-TV Fox 2 News in St. Louis [16]
Ji Il Park ko:박지일 (BA '00), writer and CEO of NewsJapan ko:뉴스재팬 ja:ニュースジャパン (インターネットサイト) [17][18]
Amy Watson (BA '89), news anchor at WTVF-TV NewsChannel 5 in Nashville [19]
Jackie Hays, News Anchor at WAVE-TV Wave3 News in Louisville.
Dave Parker, (BS '84,ΔΣΦ )Asst. News Director, NBC-10, Philadelphia,PA

[Dawson Rental]

who is this?

This picture might clear things up...


If they have Pat Spurgin Pitney in the stands we won't have much of a chance.

[damuts222]

Granted its Wikipedia but....

Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team is on the Notable Alumni list...

[Dawson Rental]

Granted its Wikipedia but....

Isaiah Canaan, current point guard for the men's basketball team is on the Notable Alumni list...

As a family, we Murrays decided that anyone with an ACT of at least 21 who enrolled would get a diploma upon enrolling.

[pbiflyer]

So, um, "None"

[Coleman]

Murray is my favorite state

[KenoshaWarrior]

What No adult film stars?

[brewcity77]

This is probably as close as you'll get...

[warriorchick]

[marquette09]

What No adult film stars?

Ari, that's on you.  You're slacking, it's NCAA tourney time.  Get your act together. 

[tower912]

As a family, we Murrays decided that anyone with an ACT of at least 21 who enrolled would get a diploma upon enrolling.

My daughter, currently in the process of making campus visits, wanted to know if we could get extra financial aid based on our last name. 

[TVDirector]

+1 WarriorChick!

[warriorchick]

+1 WarriorChick!

Told you I was an old broad!

[SacWarrior]

For all you Deadwood fans

[hepennypacker5000]

Quarter Chicken Dark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ykydk-idY

[Skitch]

For all you Deadwood fans

That's the same guy from the first post