List of Jacksonville State University people
The following is a list of notable people associated with Jacksonville State University, located in the American city of Jacksonville, Alabama.
Politics
- Ademola Adeleke - former Nigerian Senator and current Governor of Osun State in Nigeria
- governor and lieutenant governorfrom Alabama
- U.S. Senator from Tennessee
- Elvin McCary - Republican politician from Anniston
- Hugh D. Merrill - former member of the Alabama House of Representatives
- U.S. Representative from Alabama's 3rd congressional district
Science and Technology
- John F. Kennedy Space Center
Religion
- Roman Catholicbishop
- Dr. Ronnie Reid - Worship Pastor
Writers
- Rick Bragg - Pulitzer Prize–winning writer. Author of Ava's Man and All Over but the Shoutin.
- James Joyner - Well-known blogger and political scientist.
- Washington Times.
Athletics
- Rudy Abbott - Legendary baseball coach with over 1,000 career wins, Member of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
- Israeli national basketball team
- Houston Oilers.
- Dieter Brock - former National Football League player and Canadian Football League MVP quarterback, member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame[1]
- Amy Crawford - former WCWEntertainer
- Christian Cunningham (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheimorganization
- Eric Davis - NFL defensive back San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers and Detroit Lions
- MLB pitcher, Milwaukee Brewers
- Delvin Hughley - former American football defensive back for the Baltimore Ravens and Denver Broncos of the National Football League and the Colorado Crushof the Arena Football League
- Todd Jones- Major League Baseball pitcher
- Joe Kines - College football coach
- Shed Long - professional Major League Baseball second baseman for the Seattle Marinersorganization
- Darrell Malone - NFL defensive back for Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins, 1992–1994[3][4]
- Ashley Martin - athlete who became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I American football game
- Keith McKeller - former National Football League tight end with the Buffalo Bills
- NFLSan Diego Chargers
- New Orleans Voodoo
- Walker Russell, Jr. - NBA player for the Detroit Pistons
- Professional wrestler (as Buck Quartermain) and football player
- Matt Wallace - Professional golfer on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, winner of the 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship.
- European Tour, winner of the 2016 Masters Tournament
- Mark Word - former National Football League defensive end who played for the Kansas City Chiefs & Cleveland Browns
- Alvin Wright - former National Football League nose guard with the Los Angeles Rams
Business
- Keith Creel - CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway
Media and entertainment
- Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey - radio personalities. Burgess is the son of retired Hall of Fame JSU Football Coach Bill Burgess.[5][6]
- Catherine Callaway - CNN Tonight news anchor
- John Craton - classical composer
- Cary Guffey - financial planner, Star of the 1977 Steven Spielberg film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
- Marching Southerners.
- Mai Martinez - co-anchor at CBS 2 in Chicago
- Alabama. Current member of JSU Board of Trustees.[7]
- Reynolds Wolf - CNN meteorologist and reporter
- Riley Green - country music artist. His song “Single Ladies” caught the attention of record label Big Machine Records. His next single “There was a Girl” reaches #1 on multiple country music charts.
Pageant winners
- Teresa Cheatham - Miss Alabama, 1978; First Runner-up in 1979 Miss America
- Jamie Langley - Miss Alabama, 2007
- Heather Whitestone (McCallum) - Miss America, 1995
References
- ^ "Dieter Brock". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Walt Harris | UFC". 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Darrell Malone". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Darrell Malone". The Football Database. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Division II Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on December 3, 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
- ^ Hoffman, Roy (19 February 2011). "Rick Burgess of Rick & Bubba Show speaks of faith, tragedy and family joy". AL.com. Mobile Press-Register. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "JSU Board of Trustees". www.jsu.edu. Retrieved 15 December 2015.