21 Notable alumni of
Southern Utah University
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Southern Utah University is 1821st in the world, 634th in North America, and 597th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Southern Utah 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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Harry Reid
- Enrolled in Southern Utah University
- Studied in 1959
- Occupations
- politiciancity attorneylawyer
- Biography
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Harry Mason Reid Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
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Keala Settle
- Occupations
- actorfilm actorsingerstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Keala Settle is an American actress and singer. Settle originated the role of Norma Valverde in Hands on a Hardbody, which ran on Broadway in 2013, and was nominated for the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. In 2016 she was in the original Broadway cast of Waitress portraying Becky. In 2017, she portrayed Lettie Lutz, a bearded lady, in the musical film The Greatest Showman. The song "This Is Me" from the film, principally sung by Settle, won the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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Mike Leavitt
- Occupations
- public figureeconomistelectorpoliticianblogger
- Biography
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Michael Okerlund Leavitt is an American Republican Party politician who served as the 14th governor of Utah from 1993 to 2003, and in the George W. Bush administration as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 2003 to 2005 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2005 to 2009.
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Claybourne Elder
- Occupations
- stage actormusical theatre actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Claybourne Elder is an American actor, singer, and writer who is best known for his work on television and on Broadway.
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Lonnie Mayne
- Occupations
- actorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Ronald Doyle "Lonnie" Mayne was an American professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s who frequently went by the name Moondog Mayne. He wrestled in various National Wrestling Alliance territories, as well as the World Wide Wrestling Federation in 1973.
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Cameron Levins
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Cameron Levins is a Canadian long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Levins had the best-Canadian finish ever of fourth in the marathon at the 2022 World Championships, setting a new Canadian record. He is the North American record holder for the marathon and the Canadian record holder for the half marathon.
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Celeste Maloy
- Occupations
- politicianconservationistlawyer
- Biography
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Celeste Maloy is an American attorney and Republican politician who is the U.S. representative for Utah's 2nd congressional district. She previously served as chief legal counsel to U.S. Representative Chris Stewart and as the deputy county attorney for Washington County, Utah. Prior to her legal career, Maloy worked as a conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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Fred House
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Frederick Deshune House is an American retired professional basketball player.
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LeShaun Sims
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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LeShaun V. Sims is a former American football cornerback. He played college football at Southern Utah and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL draft. Sims has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Derral Eves
- Occupations
- directorproducerchief executive officerexecutive producerchairperson
- Biography
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Derral Eves is an American digital media producer. He is known for executive producing The Chosen, the first multi-season series about the life of Christ, and the highest crowd-funded TV series or film project of all time.
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James Cowser
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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James Cowser is a former American football outside linebacker and current college football coach. He is the defensive ends coach for Weber State University, a position he has held since 2024. He played college football at Southern Utah. Cowser was Football Championship Subdivision Defensive Player of the Year (2015). He held the official NCAA all-time sack record (42.5) until it was broken by Division II Slippery Rock’s Marcus Martin (56) in 2017.
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Gabe Freeman
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Gabriel DeAndre Freeman is an American former professional basketball player. Freeman also has experience with the London Lightning in the NBL Canada and steered them to a 2012 Finals victory. He won the ASEAN Basketball League championship with the Philippine Patriots in 2009 and led the San Miguel Beermen to a 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference title earlier that year.
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Jill Stevens
- Years
- 1983-.. (age 42)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Jill Stevens is a Miss Utah 2007. She was chosen as Miss Southern Utah University and Miss Davis County. She is a combat medic in the Utah Army National Guard and served as a medic during an 18-month tour in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2006 supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Barret Peery
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Barret Rex Peery is an American college basketball coach and current assistant coach at UNLV. He was formerly the head coach at Portland State.
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Matt Hodgson
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Matthew John Hodgson is an Australian professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Southern Utah University and Saint Mary's College of California before debuting in the National Basketball League (NBL) and playing for the Adelaide 36ers, Brisbane Bullets and Perth Wildcats.
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Kerry Rupp
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
- Biography
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Kerry Lee Rupp is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Detroit Mercy. Previously, Rupp was head coach at Louisiana Tech from 2007 to 2011.
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Nick Miller
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Nickelous Miller is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Southern Utah.
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Maz Trakh
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Mazen "Maz" Trakh is a Jordanian-American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for APR BBC of the Rwanda Basketball League. Trakh previously coached in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Continental Basketball Association (CBA), American Basketball Association (ABA) and overseas.
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Bill Evans
- Occupations
- head coachbasketball coach
- Biography
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William LaVar Evans is a college basketball head coach, currently the head coach at USU Eastern.
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Walter K. Granger
- Enrolled in Southern Utah University
- Studied in 1909
- Occupations
- politicianpostmasterfarmerrancher
- Biography
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Walter Keil Granger was a U.S. Representative from Utah.
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Katie Savannah Steele
- Biography
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Katie Savannah Steele is an American model rocketeer. She is actively involved in National Association of Rocketry. She has been featured in several magazines, including Sport Rocketry. Her notable works include three separate national championships at the National Association of Rocketry's Annual Meet (2006, 2008, 2010). She is known for competing on the United States team in the World Space Modeling Championships in Serbia in 2010 and acting as assistant team manager of United States junior team in World Space Modeling Championships in Liptovský Mikuláš Slovakia in 2012 and at the European Spacemodeling Championships in Shumen, Bulgaria in 2013 and Lviv, Ukraine in 2015. Steele and her two sisters, Caroline, and Cassidy have also competed as a team at the Team America Rocketry Challenge (2010). The Steele family has been involved with model rocketry since 2004.
