12 Notable alumni of
Fayetteville State University
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Fayetteville State University is 2858th in the world, 981st in North America, and 928th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Fayetteville State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Blueface
- Occupations
- songwriterrapper
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Johnathan Jamall Porter, known professionally as Blueface, is an American rapper. In October 2018, after releasing the music video for his song "Respect My Cryppin'", he became a viral meme due to his offbeat style of rapping. The following month, he was signed to Cash Money West, the West Coast branch of Birdman's Cash Money Records label.
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Junkyard Dog
- Occupations
- actorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his time in Mid-South Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD). He was known for entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, headlining cards that drew large crowds and regularly sold out the Louisiana Superdome and other major venues. WWE author Brian Shields called him one of the most electrifying and charismatic wrestlers in the country, particularly during his peak in the early 1980s. JYD was also known for his upper body strength, which saw him regularly bodyslam large wrestlers. The word "thump," which referred to JYD's powerslam, was prominently displayed on his wrestling trunks. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004.
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Affion Crockett
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- voice actorscreenwriterrapperrecord producerfilm actor
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Affion Crockett is an American actor and comedian who appeared Def Comedy Jam and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and was the producer and star of the short-lived Fox series In the Flow with Affion Crockett.
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Darrell Armstrong
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
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Darrell Eugene Armstrong is an American former professional basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant coach for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, who won the championship in the 2010–11 season.
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Jim Bibby
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- baseball player
- Biography
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James Blair Bibby was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972 to 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he was a member of its 1979 World Series champions. In 1973, Bibby pitched a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics. Also, in 1981, as a member of the Pirates, he missed out on a perfect game by just one hit, allowing a lead off single, before retiring the next 26 batters he faced.
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Michele S. Jones
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- soldier
- Biography
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Michele S. Jones is the first woman in the United States Army Reserve to reach the position of command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Reserve. She is the first female non-commissioned officer to serve in the highest enlisted position of a component of the U.S. Army, active or reserve, and was at one time the highest-ranking African-American female enlisted person in any branch of the United States military, as well as the highest-ranking enlisted African American in the Army Reserve.
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Mitch Colvin
- Occupations
- politician
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Mitch Colvin is an American businessman, mortician and politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, starting December 2017.
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Brasheedah Elohim
- Occupations
- basketball player
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Brasheedah Elohim is an American-Israeli basketball player and tennis player. During her professional women's basketball career in Israel, she played for Ramat HaSharon, Ashdod, Ramla, and Jerusalem. She was a member of the 2016 Israel women's national basketball team.
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Roderick Allison
- Biography
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Roderick "Rod" Allison is the former Acting Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service.
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Marvin W. Lucas
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- politician
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Marvin Willis Lucas Jr. is a Democratic former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 17th and later 42nd districts from 2001 until 2025. His district includes constituents in Cumberland County. He serves as the House Democratic Conference Co-Chair. Lucas is a retired school principal from Spring Lake, North Carolina. Lucas is African-American.
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Gene Hobbs
- Enrolled in Fayetteville State University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Biography
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Eugene Weston Hobbs II, known as Gene Hobbs is an American technical diver and founding board member of the non-profit Rubicon Foundation. Hobbs has served as medical officer for the Woodville Karst Plain Project since 2004 and was named the 2010 Divers Alert Network/ Rolex Diver of the year. Hobbs was a hyperbaric technologist and simulation coordinator at Duke Medical Center before taking a position as the Director of Simulation for the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics. As of 2018, Hobbs is the business manager for the UNC Health Care Department of Neurosurgery.
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Gladys J. Commons
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- official
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Gladys Lee Commons is the former United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller).
