List of Missouri State University alumni
Notable alumni of Missouri State University. Most of these students attended under the former names of the school: Fourth District Normal School (1905–1919), Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College (1919–1972), and Southwest Missouri State University (1972–2005).
Athletes
- Blake Ahearn, current NBA G-League head coach, former NBA D-League player, played in 15 NBA Games
- David Arkin, current NFL player
- Scott Bailes, former MLB player
- Mark Bailey, former MLB player
- Buddy Baumann, current MLB player
- Zak Cummings, professional mixed martial artist for the Ultimate Fighting Championship[1]
- Ross Detwiler, current MLB player
- Winston Garland, former NBA player
- Clay Harbor, current NFL player
- Ryan Howard, former MLB player
- Jerry Lumpe, former MLB player
- Shaun Marcum, former MLB player
- Bill Mueller, former MLB player
- Matt Palmer, former MLB player
- Curtis Perry, former NBA player
- Matt Pickens, current MLS player
- John Rheinecker, former MLB player
- Brad St. Louis, former NFL player
- Norm Siebern, former MLB player
- Jackie Stiles, former WNBA player, NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer
- Luke Voit, current MLB player
- Jason Whittle, former NFL player
- Brad Ziegler, current MLB player
Business people
- David Glass, former Wal-Mart CEO, current Kansas City Royals owner
Entertainers
- Jim Bohannon, radio talk show host, Westwood One
- Kevin Brockmeier, author
- Don S. Davis, actor
- John Goodman, actor
- Tess Harper, actor
- Kendra Kassebaum, Broadway actor, singer
- Kyle Dean Massey, actor
- Kathleen Turner, actor (transferred to University of Maryland, Baltimore County.)
Art and media
- Julie Blackmon, photographer
- Bessie Breuer, journalist, novelist, writer, and playwright
- Theodore Melfi, director and screenwriter for Hidden Figures
Public officials
- Roy Blunt, former Minority Whip of the United States House of Representatives; current U.S. Senator
- Carter M. Buford (1876-1959), Democratic member of the Missouri State Senate[2]
- Eric Burlison, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Donald Dedmon, fourth president of Radford University and ninth (acting) president of Marshall University[3]
- Lacey Eastburn, tenth president of Northern Arizona University
- Bob Holden, former governor of Missouri
- Margaret B. Kelly, former Missouri State Auditor
- Todd Tiahrt, former U.S. Congressman from Kansas's 4th congressional district and current Republican National Committeeman from Kansas
- Austin Petersen, former 2016 presidential candidate for the libertarian party nomination
Military
References
- ^ "Zak Cummings UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- ^ "Senator C.M. Buford," Reynolds County Courier, July 2, 1959.
- ^ "DONALD NEWTON DEDMON - NINTH PRESIDENT (ACTING) , 1970-1971". Marshall University. Retrieved 2016-11-26.