List of Murray State University alumni

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

## Art

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

## Athletics

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Rex Alexander | 1949  |  | College basketball and tennis coach  | [4]
Shane Andrus | 2004  | Business and marketing  | Professional football player with the Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers | [5]
Ivan Aska | 2012  | Health and physical education.  | Professional basketball players in the Israeli National League | [6][7]
Leva Bates | 2003  | Theater, radio, and television  | Professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling known as The Librarian  | [8][9]
Marcus Brown | 1996  |  | Professional basketball player and college basketball coach  | [10]
Shaq Buchanan | 2017  | Integrated studies-health and exercise.  | Professional basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League | [11]
Todd Buchanan | 1995  | Physical education and psychology  | Head coach of women's basketball at the University of Houston | [12]
Chester Caddas | 1957  |  | Head football coach at the University of the Pacific and Colorado State University | [13]
Isaiah Canaan | 2013  | Advertising  | Professional 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 | 2013  | Healthcare Administration  | Professional basketball player with the Israeli team Maccabi Ashdod | [16]
Bud Foster | 1981  |  | College football coach at Virginia Tech | [17]
Tony Franklin | 1979, 1989  | History, M.A. Education  | Offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Middle Tennessee State University | [18]
Justin Fuente | 1999  |  | Head football coach at Virginia Tech, University of Memphis, and Texas Christian University | [19][20]
Joe Fulks | Non-degree  |  | Professional basketball player and inductee of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | [21]
Ron Greene | 1962  | Health and physical education  | Head basketball coach of Mississippi State University and Murray State University | [22][23]
Pete Gudauskas | 1940  |  | Professional football player with the Chicago Bears | [24][25]
Rod Harper | 2008  | Social science  | Professional football player with the New Orleans Saints and Super Bowl champion  | [26]
Rob Hart | 1999  | American history  | Professional 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 | 1982  |  | Professional football player with the Canadian Football League |
Emily Hoskins | 2011  | M.A., Clinical Psychology  | 2004 and 2008 U.S. Paralympian Basketball Gold Medalist; USOPC Hall of Fame |
Popeye Jones | 1992  |  | Professional 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 education  | Head coach for Purdue University women's basketball  | [31]
Irby Koffman |  |  | Head football coach at Murray State University | [32]
Wesley Korir | Non-degreed  |  | Winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon and Kenyan Member of Parliament | [33]
Austen Lane | 2009  | Journalism  | Professional 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 | 1989  |  | Professional basketball player  | [36]
Ja Morant | Non-degreed  |  | Professional basketball player with the Memphis Grizzlies | [37]
Patrick Newcomb |  |  | Professional golfer  | [38]
Cameron Payne | Non-degreed  | Undeclared  | Professional 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 | 2013  | Advertising  | Professional football player  | [43]
Michael Proctor | 1990  | Safety engineering and health  | Professional football player with the Canadian Football League | [44]
Bennie Purcell | 1952, 1961  | B.A., M.A.  | Professional basketball player with the Harlem Globetrotters and college tennis coach  | [45]
Johnny Reagan | 1947  |  | College baseball coach and minor league baseball player  | [46]
Mark Riggins |  |  | Pitching coach for Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds | [47]
Kirk Rueter | 1991  |  | Professional 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 | 2003  |  | Professional 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 | 2011  |  | Professional wrestler  | [9]
Claude Virden |  |  | Professional basketball player  | [56]
Quincy Williams | 2018  | Public relations  | Professional football player with the Jacksonville Jaguars | [57]
Roger Withrow |  |  | 1984 Summer Paralympics rifle gold medalist  | [58]
Jared Wolfe |  |  | Professional golfer  | [59]

## Clergy

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

## Education

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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Walter G. Bumphus | 1971  | M.S. guidance and counseling  | President 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, 1948  | B.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 | 1985  | Finance and economics  | President of Murray State University and Kentucky Senate | [67][68]
Patricia J. Johnson |  | Biology  | Professor of Microbiology at University of California, Los Angeles | [69]
Alison Marr | 2002  | Mathematics  | Professor of mathematics and computer science at Southwestern University in Texas | [70][71]
Pat Pitney |  | Engineering physics  | President of the University of Alaska system and 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in rifle  | [41][42]
Forrest Pogue | 1931  |  | Director of the George C. Marshall Foundation and the Marshall Library at Virginia Military Institute and United States Army historian  | [64]
Kenneth W. Winters | 1957  | Industrial arts  | Kentucky Senate and president of Campbellsville University | [72]

## Entertainment

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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Dee Barton |  |  | Jazz trombonist and big band drummer known with the Stan Kenton Orchestra  |
W. Earl Brown | 1986  | Theater and radio/television  | Actor  | [73][74]
Jerry Crutchfield | Non-degreed  |  | Singer, songwriter, and record producer  | [64][75]
Tericka Dye |  |  | Former pornographic actress and teacher  | [76]
S.G. Goodman |  |  | Singer-songwriter  | [77]
Gary Guthrie  | 1973  | Communications  | The 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 | 1964  | M.A. in Music and education  | Country music singer and songwriter  | [78]
Thomas Rickman | 1965  | English  | Film director, playwright, and screenwriter  | [64][79]
Hal Riddle | 1942  |  | Actor  | [64][80]
Chrishell Stause | 2003  | Theater  | Actress, best known for All My Children | [81]
Chris Thile | Non-degreed  | Music  | Musician and member of Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers | [82][83]
Jilon VanOver | 2001  | Theater Arts  | Actor  | [84]
J. D. Wilkes |  | Studio Arts  | Musician, visual artist, filmmaker  |

## Law

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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

## Literature and journalism

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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

## Military

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

## Politics

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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David L. Armstrong | 1966  |  | Mayor 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, 1964  | Chemistry  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [108]
Larry J. Hopkins |  |  | United States House of Representatives | [109]
Stanley H. Humphries | 1992  | Education  | 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-degreed  |  | Winner of the 2012 Boston Marathon and Kenyan Member of Parliament | [33]
Pat M. McCuistion | 1939  |  | Kentucky Senate | [64][111]
Adam Moore | 2007  | International Affairs  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [112]
William F. Paxton |  |  | Mayor of Paducah, Kentucky |
Bill Redmond | 1976  | Political science and accounting  | United States House of Representatives | [113]
Steven Rudy | 2000  | Agriculture education  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [114][115]
Harry Lee Waterfield | 1932  |  | Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky | [116][64]
Gerald Watkins | 1981, 1984  | Business administration, MBA  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [117]
D. Wade Williams |  | MPA  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [118]
Kenneth W. Winters | 1957  | Industrial arts  | Kentucky Senate and president of Campbellsville University | [72]
Evan Wynn |  |  | Wisconsin State Assembly |
Brent Yonts | 1971  | Political science  | Kentucky House of Representatives | [119]

## Science and medicine

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Name  | Class  | Major  | Notability  | References

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

Project on Science, Technology and Disability

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

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