63 Notable alumni of
Middle Tennessee State University
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Middle Tennessee State University is 816th in the world, 300th in North America, and 279th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from Middle Tennessee 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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Prince
- Occupations
- dancerfilm score composersinger-songwriterrecord producerfilm director
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Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and actor. Often credited as an influence on music and one of the greatest musicians of his era, he pioneered the Minneapolis sound and was influential in the evolution of various other genres of music.
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Amy Lee
- Occupations
- singersongwriter
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Amy Lynn Lee is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of rock band Evanescence. A classically trained pianist, Lee began writing music at age 11 and co-founded Evanescence at 13, inspired by various musical genres and film scores from an early age. Lee has participated in other musical projects, including Nightmare Revisited and Muppets: The Green Album, and composed music for several films, including War Story (2014), Indigo Grey: The Passage (2015), and the song "Speak to Me" for Voice from the Stone (2017). She has also released the covers EP Recover, Vol. 1 (2016), the soundtrack album to War Story, the children's album Dream Too Much (2016), and collaborated with various artists including Korn, Seether, Bring Me the Horizon, Lindsey Stirling, Body Count, Wagakki Band, Halsey, Poppy, and Courtney LaPlante.
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Sondra Locke
- Occupations
- film directorautobiographerfilm producerfilm actorscreenwriter
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Sandra Louise Anderson, professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director.
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Julien Baker
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- Studied literary studies and sound engineering
- Occupations
- musicianguitaristsinger-songwritercomposersongwriter
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Julien Rose Baker is an American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her music is noted for its moody quality and confessional lyrical style, as well as frank explorations of topics including Christianity, addiction, mental illness, and human nature. She has received six Grammy Award nominations and three wins as a member of Boygenius.
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Hardy
- Occupations
- musician
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Michael Wilson Hardy, known mononymously as Hardy (stylized in all caps as HARDY), is an American country, country rock and hard rock singer and songwriter. His music incorporates heavy metal, punk rock, soul, and hip hop elements. He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen.
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Hillary Scott
- Occupations
- singersongwritersinger-songwriter
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Hillary Dawn Scott-Tyrrell is an American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the co-lead vocalist of the country music group Lady A. She is signed to Big Machine Records.
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Chely Wright
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- singersinger-songwriteractivistrecording artistmusician
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Chely Wright is an American country music artist, activist, author, and corporate executive. She initially rose to fame as a commercial country recording artist with several charting singles, including the number one hit, "Single White Female." She later became known for her role in LGBTQ activism after publicly coming out as a gay woman in 2010. She has sold over 1,500,000 copies and 10,000,000 digital impressions to date in the United States.
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James M. Buchanan
- Occupations
- university teachereconomist
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James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued to develop the theory, eventually receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.
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Kevin Byard
- Occupations
- American football player
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Kevin Leon Byard III is an American professional football safety for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. In 2017, his second season in the NFL, Byard was selected to the Pro Bowl and was named the first-team All-Pro after co-leading the NFL in interceptions and leading the NFL in takeaways with 10 (eight interceptions and two fumble recoveries). He was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023 before joining the Bears the following season. Byard led the NFL in interceptions again in 2025.
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Albert Gore Sr
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- Studied in 1932
- Occupations
- educatorschool superintendentlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Arnold Gore Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953. He was the father of Al Gore, who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 until 2001, and who held Tennessee's other U.S. Senate seat from 1985 to 1993. A native of Granville, Tennessee, Gore graduated from Middle Tennessee State Teachers College and taught school. From 1932 to 1936 he was superintendent of schools for Smith County. He attended the Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School, now the Nashville School of Law, from which he graduated in 1936.
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Alysha Clark
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alysha Angelica Clark is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. In college, she led the NCAA in scoring three years in a row. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. In 2018, Clark won a championship with the Seattle Storm as they swept the Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals, and in 2020 won her second championship as the Storm swept the Las Vegas Aces. She won her third WNBA championship with the Las Vegas Aces in 2023. In 2018, she led CCC Polkowice to a Polish championship and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. The next year, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel. Clark is known for her swarming defense and clutch shooting.
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John Peers
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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John William Peers is an Australian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 2 in doubles, which he achieved on 3 April 2017, and No. 456 in singles, attained on 11 June 2012. He has won 30 doubles titles on the ATP Tour.
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Chris Young
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwritercomposermusicianpoet
- Biography
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Christopher Alan Young is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, he rose to fame after winning season four of the reality singing competition program Nashville Star.
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Brittney Spencer
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
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Brittney Spencer is an American country singer–songwriter. In 2020 Spencer received notable attention following a viral Twitter video showing Spencer singing a cover of a song by the Highwomen. The video drew praise from fellow country artists and prompted the release of her first extended play (EP) titled Compassion (2020). She has also released several singles, including 2021's "Sober & Skinny". Spencer has since performed on the Country Music Association Awards and has embarked on a world tour.
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Dave Barnes
- Occupations
- singer-songwriterguitarist
- Biography
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David Mckee Barnes is an American musician, singer, and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released eight studio albums, including two Christmas albums. His most recent full-length album, Featherbrained Wealth Motel, was released in 2023.
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Natalie Prass
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
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Natalie Jean Prass is an American singer-songwriter from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her self-titled debut album was released on January 27, 2015, through Spacebomb and Columbia Records.
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James Wade Jr
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- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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James Earl Wade Jr., known as Coco, is an American-French basketball assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Cliff Ellis
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Cliff Ellis is an American former college basketball coach, who finished his career as the head coach at Coastal Carolina University. Ellis finished his career as the fourth winningest coach in NCAA Division I history.
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Benny Cunningham
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Benjamin Corey Cunningham is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2013.
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Luke Laird
- Occupations
- songwriterrecord producer
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Luke Robert Laird is an American country music songwriter and producer. He has written more than 20 number one Billboard singles, including Carrie Underwood's "So Small", "Temporary Home", and "Undo It"; Blake Shelton's "Gonna"; Sara Evans' "A Little Bit Stronger"; Rodney Atkins's "Take a Back Road"; Eric Church's "Drink in My Hand", "Give Me Back My Hometown", and "Talladega"; Little Big Town's "Pontoon"; Luke Bryan's "I See You" and "Fast"; Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"; Kenny Chesney's "American Kids"; Lady Antebellum's "Downtown"; and Jon Pardi's "Head Over Boots." He has also written and produced songs for Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Kacey Musgraves, Toby Keith, Ne-Yo, John Legend, Darius Rucker, and many others.
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Josh Kear
- Occupations
- songwriter
- Biography
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Josh Kear is a multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Vernice Armour
- Occupations
- helicopter pilotmilitary officer
- Biography
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Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour is a former United States Marine Corps officer who was the first African-American female naval aviator in the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps first black female combat pilot. She flew the AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and eventually served two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Bill Boner
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- basketball playerteacherpolitician
- Biography
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William Hill Boner is an American educator and former Democratic politician from Tennessee. He was the third mayor of the Metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County, serving from 1987 to 1991. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Representative from the 5th District of Tennessee, from 1979 to 1987.
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Erik Walden
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Erik Lashawn Walden is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft. He was also a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans, and Seattle Seahawks. With the Packers, he won Super Bowl XLV in 2010.
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Perrin Buford
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Perrin Buford is an American professional basketball player for Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played college basketball at Middle Tennessee.
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Bart Gordon
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- lawyerlobbyistpolitician
- Biography
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Barton Jennings Gordon is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district, serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He announced on December 14, 2009, that he would not seek re-election in 2010.
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Shawn Jones
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Shawn Jones is an American-born professional basketball player who last played for Legia Warsaw of the Polish Basketball League. He played college basketball for Middle Tennessee State University, where he was named the Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 2014.
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John W. Hendrix
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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John Walter Hendrix is a retired United States Army four-star general who served as Commander, United States Army Forces Command from 1999 to 2001.
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Bryce Brentz
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Bryce Everett Brentz is an American former professional baseball left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox. During the 2014 and 2016 seasons, he appeared in a total of 34 MLB games with Boston. He bats and throws right-handed, and is listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 215 pounds (98 kg).
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James Percy Priest
- Occupations
- teacherpoliticianjournalist
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James Percy Priest was an American teacher, journalist and politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death.
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Zac Curtis
- Occupations
- professional baseball player
- Biography
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Zachary Aaron Curtis, is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers.
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Reggie Upshaw
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Reginald Eugene Upshaw Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He competed in college for Middle Tennessee State University.
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Jess Neely
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football player
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Jesse Claiborne Neely was an American football player, a baseball and football coach. He was head football coach at Southwestern University (now Rhodes College) from 1924 to 1927, at Clemson University from 1931 to 1939 and at Rice University from 1940 to 1966, compiling a career college football record of 207–176–19. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1971.
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Charles M. Robinson
- Years
- 1984-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- video editormusic video director
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Charles Mariano Robinson is a music video and commercial director, and musician. Robinson is known for shooting videos for artists such as Waka Flocka, Young Buck, and Shawty Lo.
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John Wheeler
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- singersongwritermulti-instrumentalistrecord producermusician
- Biography
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John Wheeler is an American musician, songwriter and, music producer. While he is best known as the creator and frontman of the internationally-known "rockgrass" band Hayseed Dixie, Wheeler also performs solo and has produced and performed on albums by many other artists. He is the second cousin of bluegrass music pioneer Lester Flatt. An avid motorcycle enthusiast, Wheeler has rode a motorcycle on every tour from 2006 - 2014, logging over 200,000 miles (320,000 kilometers) across Europe and the United States.
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Frédéric Niemeyer
- Occupations
- tennis coachtennis player
- Biography
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Frédéric Niemeyer is a Canadian retired, professional tennis player and was tennis coach at Tennis Canada for 10 years and he is now a freelance Tennis Consultant and Coach.
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Rick Insell
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Rick Insell is the current head coach for the Middle Tennessee State University women's basketball team.
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Brice Long
- Occupations
- singer-songwriter
- Biography
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Brice Long is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the Billboard country chart that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later. In addition, Long co-wrote Gary Allan's 2004 Number One single "Nothing On but the Radio", Jon Pardi's Number One single "Heartache on the Dance Floor" and Randy Houser's singles "Anything Goes" and "Like a Cowboy".
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Josh Robbins
- Occupations
- talent agentHIV/AIDS activist
- Biography
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Joshua W. Robbins is an American HIV/AIDS activist, blogger, talent agent, writer, and social media marketer. His work has been featured on The Advocate, Human Rights Campaign, POZ and a myriad of additional publications. Robbins was named to the POZ 100 List in 2013.
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Rodney D. Bennett
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Rodney D. Bennett is an academic administrator who most recently served as the chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He had previously served as the president of the University of Southern Mississippi. Bennett received his Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication, Master of Education, and Education Specialist degrees from Middle Tennessee State University and earned his Ed.D. from Tennessee State University in Educational Administration. Bennett served as Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Georgia, and in 2013 Bennett was appointed the 10th President of the University of Southern Mississippi.
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Tim Blue
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tim Blue is an American former basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A, where his number was retired. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.
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Christin Baker
- Born in
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United States - Occupations
- television producerscreenwriterfilm director
- Biography
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Christin Marie Baker is an American producer, director, and screenwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. She is the founder and CEO of Tello Films, a streaming network, production, and distribution company of films and web series with a lesbian focus.
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Andreas Siljeström
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Andreas Siljeström is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles and a pickleball player. He has a career doubles high-ranking of world No. 57 achieved on 14 May 2012 and a singles ranking of No. 964 achieved on 8 March 2010.
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F. Reid Shippen
- Years
- 1974-.. (age 52)
- Occupations
- record produceraudio engineercomposer
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F. Reid Shippen is a mixer, engineer and producer, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has mixed a wide variety of records including Cosmic Hallelujah by Kenny Chesney, Lights Out by Ingrid Michaelson, The Mountain by Dierks Bentley, When I Was Younger by Colony House, and Eye On It by TobyMac. Shippen has mixed nine Grammy Award winning projects and received the Audio Engineer of the Year award at the 54th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
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Lisa-Marie Woods
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Lisa-Marie Woods is a Norwegian retired professional football midfielder and current assistant coach at Creighton University. She last played at Asheville City SC of the Women's Premier Soccer League as a forward. She has previously played for Asker SK and LSK Kvinner in the Toppserien FC Indiana & Ottawa Fury in North America's USL W-League as well as Kolbotn, Stabæk, and Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark's Elitedivisionen, BIIK Kazygurt in the Kazakhstani women's football championship, and Perth Glory in Australia's W-League.
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Bob Tillman
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Robert Tillman was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Boston Red Sox (1962–67), New York Yankees (1967), and Atlanta Braves (1968–70). He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg). As a Nashville high school athlete in 1955, he was selected as the Most Valuable Player in baseball by the Nashville Interscholastic League, All-State in football at quarterback, and All-District in basketball.
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Marynell Meadors
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Marynell Meadors is an American women's basketball coach at the college and professional level. She most recently served as head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and was one of the original eight head coaches when the WNBA started in 1997.
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Houston Fancher
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Houston Fancher is an American basketball coach, previously the interim head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team. Prior to that, he worked for a summer in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Later, he also worked for four years at the University of Tennessee, including as the Director of Basketball Operations for the last two of those years. From 2000 to 2009, he was the men's head basketball coach of the Mountaineers at Appalachian State University. His first two seasons saw his team go 11–20, and 10–18, respectively. The following season, 2002–03, his team went 19–10, and Fancher was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year. In the 2006–07 season, his squad won a school record 25 games, but failed to make the NCAA tournament, instead garnering Appalachian's first National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth instead. On March 16, 2009, Fancher resigned as head coach following a disappointing 2008–09 season.
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Bob Freeman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bob Freeman is a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 56th District, a part of Davidson County.
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Brooke Barrettsmith
- Occupations
- composersinger-songwriterpianistguitarist
- Biography
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Brooke Barrettsmith is a singer, songwriter, and musician originally from Spring Grove, Illinois. She was a former contestant of the reality television show American Idol during its 5th season in 2005–2006.
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Shane Reeves
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shane Reeves is an American businessman, pharmacist and politician who is the State Senator for the 14th District of Tennessee, which is composed of Bedford County, Moore County, Cannon County, Tennessee and part of Rutherford County. Reeves campaigned as a conservative Republican in the Tennessee State Senate District 14 Special Election in 2018. The special election was mandated because of a vacant seat created by Jim Tracy's acceptance of Tennessee Director for Rural Development with the Trump Administration. Jim Tracy endorsed Shane Reeves. Prior to entering politics, Reeves co-owned Reeves-Sain Drug Store in Murfreesboro, TN, and after selling in 2015, he founded Twelvestone Health Partners in 2016.
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Darren Jernigan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Darren Jernigan is an American politician. A Democrat, he represented the 60th district (Hermitage, Donelson, and Old Hickory) in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2012 and took office in January 2013. In 2024 Jernigan retired from state politics and Shaundelle Brooks won the seat. Jernigan also served on the Nashville City Council.
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Janet Amponsah
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Janet Amponsah is a Ghanaian sprinter. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the semifinals. She won medals in the 4 × 100 metres relay at two African Championships and at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She was selected as Ghana's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and voted the 2015 Ghanaian Female Athlete of the Year. She missed the 2015 World Championships in China due to problems with her entry visa. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay events.
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Tony L. Cothron
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Rear Admiral Tony Lee Cothron was the Director of Intelligence for the Chief of Naval Operations and the 62nd Director of Naval Intelligence. He is currently a professor at Liberty University.
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James Patrick Sutton
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- Studied in 1939
- Occupations
- brokerpolitician
- Biography
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James Patrick Sutton was an American politician and a member of the United States Congress from Tennessee.
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Lowell Russell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Larry Lowell Russell is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 21st district, encompassing parts of Loudon County and Monroe County.
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Doug Holder
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Doug Holder is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014, representing the 70th District from 2006 to 2012, and the 74th District, which included Englewood, North Port, and Venice in Sarasota County, from 2012 to 2014. He was a candidate for the Florida Senate in 2018 but lost in the Republican primary.
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Rupert Smith
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Rupert McAdoo "Rupe" Smith was an American football and baseball player from Tennessee. Smith was the leading scorer on Dan McGugin's 1921 Vanderbilt Commodores football team which shared a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) title, and was retroactively selected for a national title by Clyde Berryman. Smith had previously played for the Middle Tennessee State football team.
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Ken Roberts
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Elwin Roberts is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia Phillies. He made his big league debut with the Rockies, on May 3, 2015.
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Mike Turner
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- firefighterpolitician
- Biography
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Mike Turner is a Tennessee politician who sat in the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 51, which is composed of part of Davidson County and includes Old Hickory. He is a member of the Tennessee Democratic Party.
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Nick Levay
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Nick Levay also known as Rattle was an American computer security expert and hacker. He was the Chief Security Officer at the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations such as Carbon Black and the Center for American Progress. From 2018–2021 he was the President of the NGO-ISAC, an Information Sharing and Analysis Center nonprofit serving US-based non-governmental organizations.
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William Estel Potts
- Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
- Graduated with Master in Public Administration
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Major General William Estel Potts was a career officer in the United States Army and served as the 22nd Chief of Ordnance for the United States Army Ordnance Corps.
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Caia Morstad
- Years
- 1982-.. (age 44)
- Biography
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Caia Morstad is a Canadian athlete who was a competitive volleyball player and Calgary Stampede Princess. She has played volleyball for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, University of Saskatchewan Huskies, and the SAIT Trojans. She has also played beach volleyball, competing in the 2001 Canada Games, on behalf of Saskatchewan.
