17 Notable alumni of
Morehead State University
Morehead State University is 1749th in the world, 614th in North America, and 579th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Morehead 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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Steve Kazee
- Occupations
- actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Steven Michael Kazee is an American actor and singer. He is best known for starring as Guy in the musical Once for which he was awarded the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. Kazee began his professional acting career in the mid 2000s, and from 2005 until 2013 acted in a series of Broadway productions including Spamalot, 110 in the Shade, and Once. Following the success of Once, Kazee acted on multiple television series, most notably playing Gus Pfender in the fifth season of Shameless. Kazee returned to theater in 2018, starring as Edward in the Chicago tryout of Pretty Woman: The Musical.
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Kenneth Faried
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Known as The Manimal due to his defensive prowess and intimidating dreadlocks, he attended Morehead State University for four years, twice being named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year. He finished his collegiate career as the NCAA all-time leading rebounder in the post-1973 era with 1,673 rebounds. He was selected 22nd overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets.
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Steve Inskeep
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Steven Alan Inskeep is an American journalist who is currently a host of Morning Edition and Up First on National Public Radio. Prior to being host of Morning Edition, Inskeep covered the Pentagon, the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the U.S. Senate, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and was host of Weekend All Things Considered.
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Jon Rauch
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jon Erich Rauch is an American former professional baseball pitcher. At 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is the tallest player in Major League Baseball history. He is also an Olympic Gold Medalist in baseball.
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Donnie Tyndall
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Donald Joseph Tyndall is an American basketball coach currently working as the head coach for Chipola College of the NJCAA. Tyndall played college basketball at Iowa Central Community College and Morehead State and has been a basketball coach since 1994. His teams are known for pressing and playing an unconventional match-up zone, a highly successful variation of the defensive system employed by coach Rick Pitino at Louisville.
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Taylor Davis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Taylor M. Davis is an American professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2017 with the Chicago Cubs.
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Rocky Adkins
- Occupations
- politicianbasketball player
- Biography
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Rocky J. Adkins is an American politician from Kentucky. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is serving as a senior advisor to the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear. He is a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing the 99th District of the Kentucky House from 1987 to 2019. His House district was in eastern Kentucky and includes Elliott, Lewis, and Rowan Counties. From 2003 through 2016 he was the House majority leader. From 2016 to 2019, he was the chamber's Minority Floor Leader.
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Mike Gottfried
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- head coachAmerican football player
- Biography
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Mike Gottfried is a sportscaster and former American football player and coach.
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Demonte Harper
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Demonte Tyrone Harper is an American professional basketball player for Herbalife Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball at Morehead State University.
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Ron Lewis
- Enrolled in Morehead State University
- In 1981 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianfaculty memberminister
- Biography
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Ronald Edward Lewis is an American retired politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1994 to 2009, having represented the 2nd congressional district of Kentucky.
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Walt Terrell
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Charles Walter Terrell is a retired Major League Baseball player. A starting pitcher, Terrell pitched from 1982 to 1992 for the New York Mets (1982–1984), Detroit Tigers (1985–1988), San Diego Padres (1989), New York Yankees (1989), Pittsburgh Pirates (1990), and the Tigers (1990–1992).
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Dennis M. Cavanaugh
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Dennis Michael Cavanaugh is a retired United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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Dan Swartz
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Daniel S. Swartz was an American basketball player born in Owingsville, Kentucky.
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David A. Tapp
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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David Austin Tapp is a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims and a former circuit court judge from Kentucky.
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Johnny Ray Turner
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johnny Ray Turner is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 29th District since 2000. He served as Minority Caucus Chair from 2003–2014.
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Ed Olwine
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Edward R. Olwine is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during three seasons at the major league level for the Atlanta Braves.
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Jay Kalk
- Years
- 1975-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Jay Kalk, AKA Jayder is an American and International touring and recording artist formerly based out of Los Angeles, Phoenix, Honolulu, who currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has recorded and performed with many artists such as Go Jimmy Go, Warsaw Poland Brothers, and 3 Minute Hero. His most recent endeavor, Church of Cash, is a Johnny Cash Tribute show.
