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List of Lamar University alumni

The List of Lamar University alumni includes notable former students of Lamar University. The term "Lamar Cardinal," which comes from Lamar's mascot "Big Red," a cardinal, refers to current and former students of Lamar University. The class year of each former student indicates the year four years after their enrollment year, and does not necessarily represent graduation year.

Contents

Lamar University was previously known as Lamar College and Lamar State College of Technology (Lamar Tech); this list includes students who graduated when Lamar held different names than the one it holds today.

Academia

  • John E. Gray, prominent banker and President of Lamar University
  • Hershel Parker - H. Fletcher Brown Professor Emeritus at the University of Delaware

    • Baseball

  • Beau Allred - retired Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Bruce Aven - retired Major League Baseball player
  • Phil Brassington - Australian right-handed pitcher
  • Eric Cammack - retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball
  • Jerald Clark - retired Major League Baseball outfielder
  • Collin DeLome - Minor League Baseball outfielder
  • Jim Gilligan - one of the NCAA's most winning baseball coaches
  • Clay Hensley - pitcher for the Houston Astros
  • Micah Hoffpauir - first baseman and outfielder for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Tony Mack - retired professional baseball player
  • Kevin Millar - MLB World Champion, Boston Red Sox
  • Brian Sanches - pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
  • Mike Sarbaugh - retired minor league baseball player and minor league manager
  • Dave Smith - retired professional baseball pitcher
  • Randy Williams - professional baseball pitcher

    • Basketball

  • Nicole Aiken-Pinnock - Jamaican netball player
  • Alvin Brooks - associate coach and former head coach of the University of Houston's men's basketball team
  • Adrian Caldwell - retired professional basketball player
  • B. B. Davis - retired basketball player
  • Clarence Kea - retired professional basketball player
  • Steve Roccaforte - assistant coach at the University of South Florida
  • Tom Sewell - retired professional basketball player
  • Billy Tubbs - retired men's college basketball coach
  • Keith Veney - retired professional basketball player

    • Football

  • Jake David - drafted in the 1966 NFL Draft by Los Angeles Rams; inducted into Lamar University Athletic Hall of Honor 1987
  • Otho Davis - first athletic trainer nominated for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Athletic Trainer for the Philadelphia Eagles
  • Johnny Fuller - retired NFL player
  • Bobby Jancik - former player in the AFL
  • Dudley Meredith - former defensive end in the AFL
  • Wayne Moore - retired NFL player
  • Tracey Perkins - former defensive back in the Arena Football League
  • Bum Phillips - head coach and general manager of the Houston Oilers
  • Colin Ridgeway - former NFL player, first Australian to play in the NFL. He also competed in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
  • Eugene Seale - former NFL player

    • Golf

  • Ronnie Black - PGA Tour professional golfer
  • Dawn Coe-Jones - Canadian LPGA golfer
  • Clifford Ann Creed - retired LPGA golfer
  • Trevor Dodds - Namibian professional golfer
  • Gail Graham - Canadian LPGA golfer
  • Danny Mason - former Texas Tech golf coach; former member of Lamar University's National Championship golf team
  • Susie McAllister - LPGA golfer
  • John Riegger - PGA Tour professional golfer
  • Chris Stroud - PGA Tour professional golfer
  • Jen Wyatt - Canadian LPGA golfer

    • Tennis

  • Sherwood Stewart - retired professional tennis player

    • Track and field

  • Thomas Eriksson - retired male high jumper from Sweden
  • Midde Hamrin - Olympian marathon runner

    • Film

  • Kelly Asbury - film director, screenwriter, voice actor, children's book author/illustrator, and non-fiction author
  • G. W. Bailey - stage, television and film actor
  • Phyllis Davis - actress

    • Music

  • Janis Joplin - former singer-songwriter
  • Joshua Ledet - American Idol Season 11 Top 3 contestant from Westlake, Louisiana
  • Bob McDill - singer-songwriter
  • Jiles Perry Richardson - former musician and songwriter known as "The Big Bopper"
  • Rudy Robbins - former entertainer known for his singing, songwriting, acting and writing

    • Visual art

  • Richard Allen Ashmore - fine art, documentary photographer and geologist
  • Keith Carter - photographer
  • Matchett Herring Coe - former sculptor
  • Marvin Hayes - painter and illustrator
  • Jerry Wilkerson - former artist known for his contemporary pointillistic style of painting

    • Writers

  • H. Palmer Hall - former poet, fiction writer, essayist, editor, and librarian

    • Business

  • Claude H. Nash - CEO of Bloodstone Ventures; researcher
  • Randy Best - Founder of Academic Partnerships

    • Media

  • Bill Macatee - sports broadcaster

    • Military

  • Harry Brinkley Bass - former U.S. Navy pilot who was twice awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions in the Pacific theater during World War II
  • CPT Travis C. Shahan - Commander of 808th Engineer Company (Houston's Engineers); Commander of 808th EN NTM-A Tm (Afghanistan); Afghanistan and Iraq veteran; awarded the Bronze Star

    • Politics

  • Brian Birdwell (B.S., criminal justice, 1984) - member of the Texas State Senate and survivor of the Pentagon attack of September 11, 2001
  • Jack Brooks - former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, served for forty-two years in the House
  • Charles Holcomb - Texas Appeals Court Judge
  • Nick Lampson - politician, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from two Texas districts
  • Robert Nichols - Republican senator for the 3rd District in the Texas Senate
  • Elvin Santos - former Vice President of Honduras
  • Karen Silkwood - former chemical technician and labor union activist

    • References

    List of Lamar University alumni Wikipedia
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