19 Notable alumni of
High Point University
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High Point University is 2108th in the world, 734th in North America, and 691st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from High Point 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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Tubby Smith
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Orlando Henry "Tubby" Smith is an American college basketball coach who last coached the men's basketball team at High Point University, his alma mater. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, the University of Kentucky, the University of Minnesota, Texas Tech University, and the University of Memphis. With Kentucky, he coached the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA championship.
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Austin Dillon
- Occupations
- racing automobile driver
- Biography
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Austin Reed Dillon, nicknamed "the Ace", is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing. He is the grandson of RCR team owner Richard Childress, the older brother of Ty Dillon who competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and the son of Mike Dillon, a former racing driver who currently works as RCR's general manager.
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Jacklyn Harold Lucas
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- military personnel
- Biography
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Jacklyn Harold "Jack" Lucas was an American Marine in World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor at the age of 17 years as a private first class in the Marine Corps during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
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Donna Fargo
- Occupations
- recording artistsinger-songwritermusiciansinger
- Biography
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Donna Fargo is an American country singer-songwriter known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s. They include "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." and "Funny Face", both of which were released in 1972 and became crossover pop hits that year.
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Nido Qubein
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- motivational speaker
- Biography
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Nido Qubein is a Lebanese American businessman and motivational speaker. He has been the president of High Point University since 2005. He received his associate degree in business from Mount Olive College, his bachelor degree in human relations from High Point University in 1970, and a Master of Science in business education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Bryan School of Business & Economics in 1973. Qubein is the founder and chairman emeritus of the National Speakers Association Foundation. He has served as chairman of the Great Harvest Bread Company since 2001 and sits on the board of directors of BB&T, La-Z-Boy Corporation, and nThrive.
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Cody Allen
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- baseball player
- Biography
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Cody Edward Allen is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2012 to 2018 and the Los Angeles Angels in 2019.
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John Brown
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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John Brown III is an American professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of the LNB Pro A and EuroLeague. He played college basketball for the High Point Panthers and was a two-time winner of the Big South Player of the Year in 2014 and 2016. Since graduating college, he has played in Italy and Russia.
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Ruslan Salakhutdinov
- Enrolled in High Point University
- 1998-2001 graduated with Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computer science
- Occupations
- university teachercomputer scientist
- Biography
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Ruslan Salakhutdinov is a Canadian researcher of Tatar origin working in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Arizona Reid
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Arizona "AZ" Reid III is an American professional basketball player. He was the 2006–07 Big South Conference Player of the Year, 2007–08 Preseason Player of the Year, and the 2007–08 Big South Conference Player of the Year.
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Gene Littles
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- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Eugene Scape Littles was an American basketball player and coach. He played six seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) for the Carolina Cougars and Kentucky Colonels between 1969 and 1975. Littles won an ABA championship with the Colonels in 1975. He later coached in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets, and Denver Nuggets.
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Harrison Rhodes
- Occupations
- racing driver
- Biography
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Harrison L. Rhodes is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Means Racing. He is not related to NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Ben Rhodes.
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Shane Malcolm
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Shane Andre Malcolm is a Jamaican-born Guamanian international footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder for Colorado Springs Switchbacks and for the Guam national team.
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Mike Causey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Michael Causey is an American politician who has served as the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance since 2017.
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Jaime Schultz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jaime Matthew Schultz is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Akeem Scott
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Akeem Wayne Byron Scott is an American basketball player who last played for RANS PIK Basketball of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL). He plays for the Jamaica national basketball team.
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Alex Martínez
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Alex Martínez Beltrán is a former Uruguayan professional footballer. Currently he serves as an assistant coach for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.
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George Nostrand
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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George Thomas Nostrand was an American professional basketball player.
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Charles F. Price
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- novelist
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Charles F. Price is an American novelist and historical non-fiction writer whose work covers topics ranging from the Crusades to the American Revolution, to North Carolina in the American Civil War, and to the Texas and Colorado Wild West. Featured writer for the 2009 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library Authors on the Road Program and winner of the 1999 Sir Walter Raleigh Literary Award, a list which includes fellow North Carolinians Reynolds Price (no relation), John Ehle, Ron Rash and Charles Frazier, Price has published five novels, four e-books, one book-length work of historical non-fiction, as well as numerous magazine articles about Western gun fighters. He is also a painter, illustrator, and sculptor in clay.
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Issa Konare
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Issa Konare is a retired Senegalese professional basketball player. A 6'8" (2.03 m) and 230 lb (104 kg) power forward, he was formerly of Summerside Storm of the National Basketball League of Canada, Niigata Albirex of the Bj League in Japan, Kouvot Kouvola of the Finnish League, KFUM Jämtland Basket of the Basketligan Swedish League, as well as Aix-Maurienne Savoie Basket of the ProB League in France and the Vermont Frost Heaves of the American Basketball Association (ABA). He is also a regular with the Senegal National Basketball Team, appearing in all of the FIBA Africa Championships, including 2003, 2005 as well as at the 2007 event.
