27 Notable alumni of
Morehead State University
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Morehead State University is 1573rd in the world, 557th in North America, and 524th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 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
- actorsingertelevision 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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Chuck Woolery
- Occupations
- game show hosttalk show hosttelevision actormusicianpodcaster
- Biography
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Charles Herbert Woolery is an American game show host, talk show host, actor and musician. He has had long-running tenures hosting several game shows. Woolery was the original host of Wheel of Fortune (1975–1981), the original incarnation of Love Connection (1983–1994), Scrabble (1984–1990, and during a brief revival in 1993), Greed on Fox from 1999 to 2000, and Lingo on Game Show Network from 2002 to 2007. Woolery's musical career includes several advertising jingles, a top-40 pop hit with the psychedelic pop duo The Avant-Garde, and a number of country music releases.
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Phil Simms
- Occupations
- player of American footballsports commentator
- Biography
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Phillip Martin Simms is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 years, spending his entire career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network. After playing college football for the Morehead State Eagles, Simms was selected in the first round by the New York Giants as the seventh overall pick in the 1979 NFL Draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 victory over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), a record that still stands. He was also named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.
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Kenneth Faried
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kenneth Bernard Faried Lewis is an American professional basketball player for the Capitanes de Ciudad de México of the NBA G League. Known as "the Manimal" due to his hustle on the court, 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
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- journalist
- Biography
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Steven Alan Inskeep is an American journalist who is currently the 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 tied with Sean Hjelle as the tallest player in Major League Baseball (MLB) 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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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 included 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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Liz Johnson
- Occupations
- bowler
- Biography
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Elizabeth Ann Johnson is an American professional bowler. She first became known as an 11-time winner on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour, which included the first of her six U.S. Women's Open titles in 1996, before that organization suspended operations in 2003.
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Taylor Davis
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Taylor Matthew Davis is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Mike Gottfried
- Years
- 1944-.. (age 80)
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Mike Gottfried is a sportscaster and former American football player and coach.
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Xavier Moon
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Xavier Moon is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Northwest Florida State and Morehead State. The nephew of former NBA basketball player Jamario Moon, he won CEBL Player of the Year three years in a row from 2019 to 2021 while playing for the Edmonton Stingers.
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William E. Barber
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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William Earl Barber was a United States Marine Corps colonel. He fought on Iwo Jima during World War II and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.
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Denny Doyle
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Robert Dennis Doyle was an American professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, California Angels, and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg), he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was considered a good-fielding second baseman but a weak hitter.
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Karam Mashour
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- Arabicbasketball player
- Biography
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Karam Mashour is an Arab-Israeli professional basketball player for Ironi Kiryat Ata of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Morehead State University, before playing professionally in Israel and France. In 2016–17, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.
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Demonte Harper
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Demonte Tyrone Harper is an American professional basketball player who last played for Ironi Ness Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. 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
- Christian ministerpoliticianfaculty member
- 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 an American former 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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Chad Posthumus
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Chad Ryan William Posthumus is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Winnipeg Sea Bears of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball with UBC, Howard College, and Morehead State.
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Desi Banks
- Occupations
- comedianactorplayer of American football
- Biography
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Desi Terrell Banks Jr. is an American comedian and actor. He played two seasons of college football for Morehead State as a wide receiver.
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Dennis M. Cavanaugh
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- 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. He scored 2,088 points in his high school career and was just shy from breaking Wah Wah Jones’ national high school scoring record.
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Jimmy Higdon
- Occupations
- politicianbusinessperson
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James Cecil Higdon II, known as Jimmy Higdon, is an American businessman from Lebanon, Kentucky, who has been a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate since 2009. He represents District 14, which until August 23, 2013, included Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, and Washington counties in Central 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 75)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Johnny Ray Turner is an American politician. He is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, representing the 29th District from 2001 to 2021. He served as Minority Caucus Chair from 2003 to 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 49)
- Occupations
- guitarist
- Biography
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Jay Kalk, AKA Jay Ernest, 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.
