15 Notable alumni of
Catawba College
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Catawba College is 2355th in the world, 815th in North America, and 770th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Catawba College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jasika Nicole
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- film actorcartoonisttelevision actoractor
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Jasika Nicole is an American actress and illustrator from Birmingham, Alabama. She is known for her role as Agent Astrid Farnsworth on the Fox series Fringe. She has guest-starred in Scandal as Kim Muñoz. She starred as Carly Lever, the head of pathology, in the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor.
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Pat McCrory
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
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Patrick Lloyd McCrory is an American politician, businessman, and radio host who served as the 74th governor of North Carolina from 2013 to 2017. McCrory is the only Republican elected as governor of North Carolina in the 21st century. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 53rd mayor of Charlotte from 1995 to 2009.
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Jim Tomsula
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- American football coachAmerican football player
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James Andrew Tomsula is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Rhein Fire of the European League of Football (ELF). Serving as a defensive coach throughout his career, Tomsula has also been the head coach for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe and the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Homestead. Attending Catawba College, Tomsula played defensive end from 1987 to 1990, after transferring from Middle Tennessee State University after the 1986 season. At Catawba College, he made 109 tackles in two seasons.
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Jerry Sands
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- baseball player
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Gerald Robert Sands is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 25th round of the 2008 MLB Draft out of Catawba College and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with them in 2011. He also played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers. Sands grew up in Smithfield, North Carolina and is a graduate of Smithfield-Selma High School.
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William L. Swing
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- diplomat
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William Lacy Swing was a diplomat and former United States Ambassador, and United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Under Secretary General. He was the Director-General of the International Organization for Migration until António Vitorino's appointment in 2018.
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Jumal Rolle
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- American football player
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Jumal Dequavius Rolle is an American former gridiron football defensive back. He has been a member of the Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Montreal Alouettes. Rolle played college football at Catawba.
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L. J. McCray
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- American football player
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James Oneil "L. J." McCray II is a former American football safety. He played college football at Catawba College and attended Harding University High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Charles A. Gabriel
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- military officer
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Charles Alvin Gabriel was the 11th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff, Gabriel served in a dual capacity. He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which, as a body, acts as the principal military adviser to the president, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. In his other capacity, he was responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for managing the vast human and materiel resources of the world's most powerful aerospace force.
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Johnny Temple
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- baseball player
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John Ellis Temple was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1952 to 1964, most prominently as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, where he was the leadoff hitter and starting second baseman for six seasons.
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Vern Benson
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- baseball player
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Vernon Adair Benson was an American infielder/outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball. During his playing career, he stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall, weighed 180 pounds (82 kg), batted left-handed, and threw right-handed.
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Dave Robbins
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- 1942-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
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David Robbins is a retired American basketball coach. Robbins is best known for coaching at NCAA Division II power Virginia Union University, where he won 713 games and three NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament titles. Out of all NCAA coaches who have won more than 700 wins, Robbins is the second winningest coach with a winning percentage of 0.786 (713 wins, 194 losses). He is second only to Adolph Rupp who had a winning percentage of 0.822. Jerry Tarkanian, Dean Smith, Steve Moore, Roy Williams, Bill Self, Mike Krzyzewski, John Calipari, and Bo Ryan make up the remaining top ten. Seven out of 10 of those coaches have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Robbins, Moore, and Ryan have not.
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Bill Wilhelm
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- 1929-2010 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- baseball player
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Billy Wilhelm was an American college baseball coach who was the head coach of the Clemson Tigers from 1958 to 1993. In his 36 seasons as head coach, Wilhelm had a record of 1,161–536–10. Before coming to Clemson, Wilhelm played several seasons of minor league baseball and served one season as an assistant baseball coach at North Carolina.
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T. J. Rooney
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- politician
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T.J. Rooney is the former chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
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Helgi Már Magnússon
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Helgi Már Magnússon is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. As a player, he has won seven national championships in Iceland during his career.
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Arlie F. Culp
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- politician
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Arlie Franklin Culp was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, United States, for nine terms. He represented the state's sixty-seventh House district, including constituents in Randolph county. A retiree from Ramseur, North Carolina, Culp retired from the state House in 2006. He died on October 18, 2017.
