64 Notable alumni of
Middle Tennessee State University

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Middle Tennessee State University is 814th in the world, 300th in North America, and 279th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 64 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.

  1. Prince

    Prince
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1958-2016 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    composermulti-instrumentalistscreenwriteractordancer
    Biography

    Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. He was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona; his wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams; and his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings. His music incorporated a wide variety of styles, including funk, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, synth-pop, pop, jazz, blues, and hip hop. Prince produced his albums himself, pioneering the Minneapolis sound.

  2. Amy Lee

    Amy Lee
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    singersongwriter
    Biography

    Amy Lynn Lee is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the co-founder, lead vocalist, lead songwriter, and keyboardist of the rock band Evanescence. A classically trained pianist, Lee began writing music at age 11 and co-founded Evanescence at age 13, inspired by various musical genres and film scores from an early age. Lee has also 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 other artists such as Korn, Seether, Bring Me the Horizon, Lindsey Stirling, Body Count, and Wagakki Band. Lee sings in a mezzo-soprano vocal range.

  3. Sondra Locke

    Sondra Locke
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1944-2018 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    singerstage actorfilm directorautobiographerfilm producer
    Biography

    Sandra Louise Anderson, professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress, director, and singer.

  4. Julien Baker

    Julien Baker
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    Studied literary studies and sound engineering
    Occupations
    composersongwritermusicianguitaristsinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Julien Rose Baker is an American indie rock singer 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.

  5. Hillary Scott

    Hillary Scott
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1986-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    singer-songwritersingersongwriter
    Biography

    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.

  6. Hardy

    Hardy
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    musician
    Biography

    Michael Wilson Hardy, known professionally as Hardy, is an American country music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for Florida Georgia Line, Chris Lane, Blake Shelton, Dallas Smith, Thomas Rhett, and Morgan Wallen. He has released three studio albums for Big Loud Records, A Rock (2020), The Mockingbird & the Crow (2023), and Quit!! (2024) as well as three collaborative mixtapes, Hixtape, Vol. 1 (2019), Hixtape, Vol. 2 (2021), and Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape (2024). His singles "Give Heaven Some Hell", "One Beer", "Wait in the Truck" and "Truck Bed" charted in the US and Canada, and his album, The Mockingbird & the Crow, topped the country music charts in early 2023.

  7. Chely Wright

    Chely Wright
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    recording artistmusicianautobiographersingersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    Chely Wright is an American activist, author, and country music artist. 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 LGBT 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.

  8. James M. Buchanan

    James M. Buchanan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1919-2013 (aged 94)
    Occupations
    university teachereconomist
    Biography

    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. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' and bureaucrats' self-interest, utility maximization, and other non-wealth-maximizing considerations affect their decision-making. He was a member of the Board of Advisors of The Independent Institute as well as of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a member of the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS) and MPS president from 1984 to 1986, a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, and professor at George Mason University.

  9. Kevin Byard

    Kevin Byard
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1993-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    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. Byard was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the third round of the 2016 NFL draft. In 2017, his second season in the NFL, he was selected to the Pro Bowl and the first-team All-Pro and was the co-leader for most interceptions throughout the season. Additionally, he led the NFL in takeaways with 10 (8 interceptions and 2 fumble recoveries).

  10. Albert Gore Sr

    Albert Gore Sr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1907-1998 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    Studied in 1932
    Occupations
    politicianeducatorschool superintendentlawyer
    Biography

    Albert Arnold Gore 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 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.

  11. John Peers

    John Peers
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    tennis player
    Biography

    John William Peers is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017, and a singles ranking of No. 456 in June 2012. He has won three Grand Slams, in doubles at the 2017 Australian Open with Henri Kontinen, and in mixed doubles at the 2022 US Open with fellow Australian Storm Sanders and the 2025 Australian Open with another compatriot Olivia Gadecki. He has competed three times at the Olympic Games, winning the mixed doubles bronze medal in 2021 with Ashleigh Barty, and the doubles gold medal in 2024 with Matthew Ebden.

  12. Alysha Clark

    Alysha Clark
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1987-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Alysha Angelica Clark is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). 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. She was also the Most Valuable Player in the league in 2018 when her team CCC Polkowice of Poland in the Basket Liga Kobiet Basketball won that league's championship. In 2019, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel. Clark is known for her swarming defense and clutch shooting.

  13. Chris Young

    Chris Young
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    composermusicianpoetsingersinger-songwriter
    Biography

    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.

  14. Natalie Prass

    Natalie Prass
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1986-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    composersinger-songwriterguitaristsinger
    Biography

    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.

  15. Dave Barnes

    Dave Barnes
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriterguitarist
    Biography

    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.

  16. James Wade Jr

    James Wade Jr
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    basketball playerbasketball coach
    Biography

    James Wade, known as Coco, is an American-French basketball assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

  17. Benny Cunningham

    Benny Cunningham
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1990-.. (age 35)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Benjamin Corey Cunningham is a former American football running back. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State and was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2013.

  18. Cliff Ellis

    Cliff Ellis
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    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 ninth winningest coach in NCAA Division I history.

  19. Brittney Spencer

    Brittney Spencer
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriter
    Biography

    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.

  20. Luke Laird

    Luke Laird
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    songwriterrecord producer
    Biography

    Luke Robert Laird is an American country music songwriter and producer. He has written over 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.

  21. Erik Walden

    Erik Walden
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1985-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    Erik Lashawn Walden is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State 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.

  22. Vernice Armour

    Vernice Armour
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    helicopter pilotmilitary officer
    Biography

    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 America's 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.

  23. Josh Kear

    Josh Kear
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    songwriter
    Biography

    Josh Kear is a multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee.

  24. Bill Boner

    Bill Boner
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politicianbasketball playerteacher
    Biography

    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.

  25. Bart Gordon

    Bart Gordon
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Science
    Occupations
    lobbyistpoliticianlawyer
    Biography

    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.

  26. Shawn Jones

    Shawn Jones
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Shawn Jones is an American-born professional basketball player who last played for Legia Warsaw of the Polish Basketball League and the European North 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.

  27. Bryce Brentz

    Bryce Brentz
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    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).

  28. Perrin Buford

    Perrin Buford
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1994-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Perrin Buford is an American professional basketball player for Shinshu Brave Warriors of the B.League. He played college basketball at Middle Tennessee.

  29. John W. Hendrix

    John W. Hendrix
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1942-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    military personnel
    Biography

    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.

  30. James Percy Priest

    James Percy Priest
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1900-1956 (aged 56)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalistteacher
    Biography

    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.

  31. Zac Curtis

    Zac Curtis
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1992-.. (age 33)
    Occupations
    professional baseball player
    Biography

    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.

  32. Reggie Upshaw

    Reggie Upshaw
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1995-.. (age 30)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Reginald Eugene Upshaw Jr. is an American professional basketball player. He competed in college for Middle Tennessee State University.

  33. Jess Neely

    Jess Neely
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1898-1983 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    head coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    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.

  34. Charles M. Robinson

    Charles M. Robinson
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    video editormusic video director
    Biography

    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.

  35. Frédéric Niemeyer

    Frédéric Niemeyer
    Born in
    Canada Flag Canada
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    tennis coachtennis player
    Biography

    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.

  36. John Wheeler

    John Wheeler
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    record producermusiciansingersongwritermulti-instrumentalist
    Biography

    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.

  37. Rick Insell

    Rick Insell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    Rick Insell is the current head coach for the Middle Tennessee State University women's basketball team.

  38. Brice Long

    Brice Long
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    singer-songwriter
    Biography

    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".

  39. Josh Robbins

    Josh Robbins
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    talent agentHIV/AIDS activist
    Biography

    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.

  40. Rodney D. Bennett

    Rodney D. Bennett
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Rodney D. Bennett is the appointed chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He was the former 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.

  41. Tim Blue

    Tim Blue
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    basketball player
    Biography

    Tim Blue is an American professional basketball player. He is mostly known for his stint with the Antibes Sharks of the French LNB Pro A. Blue usually played as power forward or small forward. In his professional career, he has played in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.

  42. Andreas Siljeström

    Andreas Siljeström
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    tennis player
    Biography

    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 in May 2012.

  43. Christin Baker

    Christin Baker
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directortelevision producer
    Biography

    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.

  44. F. Reid Shippen

    F. Reid Shippen
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    composerrecord produceraudio engineer
    Biography

    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.

  45. Lisa-Marie Woods

    Lisa-Marie Woods
    Born in
    Norway Flag Norway
    Years
    1984-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    association football player
    Biography

    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.

  46. Bob Tillman

    Bob Tillman
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1937-2000 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    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).

  47. Marynell Meadors

    Marynell Meadors
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1943-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    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.

  48. Houston Fancher

    Houston Fancher
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    basketball coach
    Biography

    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.

  49. Brooke Barrettsmith

    Brooke Barrettsmith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    composersinger-songwriterpianistguitarist
    Biography

    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.

  50. Ashley Eicher

    Ashley Eicher
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestant
    Biography

    Ashley Eicher is a host, producer, podcaster and storyteller. She is the host of Guest List Radio with Ashley Eicher on Apple Music. She is the co-host and co-founder of the All Our Favorite People Podcast with Ashley Eicher and Hunter Kelly. Conversations from the podcast have been featured on People.com, Billboard.com, ET Canada, CMT.com, PopCulture.com, CMA Close Up, Nashville Lifestyles and more.

  51. Bob Freeman

    Bob Freeman
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Bob Freeman is a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 56th District, a part of Davidson County.

  52. Shane Reeves

    Shane Reeves
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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, Lincoln County, Marshall County, 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.

  53. Darren Jernigan

    Darren Jernigan
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Darren Jernigan is an American politician. A Democrat, he represents 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. Jernigan also served on the Nashville City Council.

  54. Janet Amponsah

    Janet Amponsah
    Born in
    Ghana Flag Ghana
    Years
    1993-.. (age 32)
    Occupations
    athletics competitor
    Biography

    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.

  55. Tony L. Cothron

    Tony L. Cothron
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    Graduated with bachelor's degree
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    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.

  56. James Patrick Sutton

    James Patrick Sutton
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1915-2005 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    Studied in 1939
    Occupations
    brokerpolitician
    Biography

    James Patrick Sutton was an American politician and a member of the United States Congress from Tennessee.

  57. Ken Roberts

    Ken Roberts
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    baseball player
    Biography

    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.

  58. Rupert Smith

    Rupert Smith
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1897-1959 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    American football player
    Biography

    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.

  59. Doug Holder

    Doug Holder
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  60. Lowell Russell

    Lowell Russell
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    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.

  61. Mike Turner

    Mike Turner
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    firefighterpolitician
    Biography

    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.

  62. Nick Levay

    Nick Levay
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-2021 (aged 44)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    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.

  63. William Estel Potts

    William Estel Potts
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1935-2004 (aged 69)
    Enrolled in Middle Tennessee State University
    Graduated with Master in Public Administration
    Occupations
    military officer
    Biography

    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.

  64. Caia Morstad

    Caia Morstad
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Biography

    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.