11 Notable alumni of
Lock Haven University
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Lock Haven University is 2951st in the world, 1023rd in North America, and 970th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 11 notable alumni from Lock Haven 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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Sara McMann
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- amateur wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
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Sara McMann is an American female mixed martial artist currently signed to Bellator MMA, competing in the Women's Featherweight division. McMann is a former Olympic wrestler and received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and was a World Silver Medalist and 2-time Bronze Medalist. She would then transition to MMA, most notably competing in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
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Jamie Varner
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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James Varner is a retired American mixed martial artist who fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the former WEC Lightweight Champion.
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Cary J. Kolat
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- coachmixed martial arts fighteramateur wrestler
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Cary Joseph Kolat is an American wrestler and wrestling coach who earned two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997 for Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and was a member of the United States Men's Freestyle Wrestling Team from 1997–2001. During that time he won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 Krasnoyarsk and 1998 Tehran FILA Wrestling World Championships, as well as competing for the United States in freestyle wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2017, Kolat was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. Kolat is currently the head wrestling coach at United States Naval Academy.
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Olen Steinhauer
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- novelistwriter
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Olen Steinhauer is an American writer of spy fiction novels, including The Tourist, part of the Milo Weaver series, and the Yalta Boulevard Sequence. Steinhauer also created the TV series Berlin Station, focused on a fictional Central Intelligence Agency branch operating in Berlin, which began airing in 2016.
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Walter E. Piatt
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- writer
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Walter E. Piatt is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the 57th Director of the Army Staff from 2019 to 2024. He enlisted in the army in 1979 and served four years as an infantryman. After graduating from Lock Haven University, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1987. Prior to assuming his current position Piatt was the Commanding General, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. His other assignments as a general officer include serving as the 52nd Chief of Infantry; Deputy Commanding General-Support, 10th Mountain Division; Commander, Joint Multinational Training Command; Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Europe; and director of Operations/director, Rapid Equipment Fielding, Army Rapid Capabilities Office.
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Red Murray
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- baseball player
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John Joseph "Red" Murray was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball.
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Tina Martin
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- basketball coach
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Tina Martin is an American former college basketball coach. From 1996 to 2017, she was the head women's basketball coach at the University of Delaware. She helped make Delaware a women's basketball power, with eleven 20-win seasons including four regular-season CAA championships. Her teams also made four NCAA Tournament appearances, in addition to five WNIT appearances. She served as an assistant coach at Seton Hall University and at UNC Wilmington where she became interim head coach on February 13, 2022 and continued to serve as head coach for the 2022-2023 season.
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J. Buell Snyder
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- politician
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John Buell Snyder was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Dick Smith
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- baseball player
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Richard Harrison Smith was an American professional baseball player who appeared in seventy games over parts of five Major League Baseball seasons (1951–1955) as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Smith was primarily a third baseman who also played shortstop and second base.
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Harry L. Haines
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- politician
- Biography
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Harry Luther Haines was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
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Harris Jacob Bixler
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- politicianteacher
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Harris Jacob Bixler was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania for three terms from 1921 to 1927.
