19 Notable alumni of
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville is 1607th in the world, 562nd in North America, and 529th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Texas A&M University - Kingsville sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Eva Marie Longoria
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- television producerfilm directornightclub ownerbeauty pageant contestantactor
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Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón is an American actress, producer, director, and businesswoman. After several guest roles on television, she became recognized for her portrayal of Isabella Braña on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless (2001–2003). Her breakthrough role as Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) netted her two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe nomination. She has appeared in the films The Sentinel (2006), Over Her Dead Body (2008), For Greater Glory (2012), Frontera (2014), Lowriders (2016), and Overboard (2018), winning an Imagen Award for the latter. She guest-starred on the Hulu mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building (2024).
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Darrell Green
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- American football player
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Darrell Ray Green is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons. Considered to be one of the greatest cornerbacks and fastest players in NFL history, he played college football for the Texas A&M–Kingsville Javelinas and was drafted by the Redskins in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft. Green played in 295 games with Washington, winning Super Bowls XXII and XXVI, before retiring in 2003. He was named the 1996 NFL Man of the Year, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008, and included on the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
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Buzz Williams
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- basketball coach
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Brent Langdon "Buzz" Williams is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at Texas A&M University. He previously served as head coach at Virginia Tech from 2014 to 2019, Marquette from 2008 to 2014, and New Orleans during the 2006–07 season, and as an assistant coach at Texas-Arlington, Texas A&M–Kingsville, Northwestern State, Colorado State, and Texas A&M.
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John Randle
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- American football player
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John Anthony Randle is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for eleven seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and three seasons for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was a six-time first-team All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler. Since becoming an official stat in 1982, his 137.5 sacks rank tenth, tied with Richard Dent, and first among defensive tackles. On February 6, 2010, he was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played college football for the Trinity Valley Cardinals and the Texas A&I Javelinas, and was signed by the Vikings as an undrafted free agent after the 1990 NFL draft. He is considered one of the greatest undrafted players of all time.
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Raquel Rodríguez
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- professional wrestler
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Victoria González is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Raquel Rodriguez, and she is a member of The Judgment Day stable. She is a former three-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, one-time NXT Women's Champion and a record-tying two-time and the inaugural NXT Women's Tag Team Champion.
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Al Harris
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- American football player
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Alshinard Harris is an American professional football coach and former player who is the defensive pass-game coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). Harris played as a cornerback for 14 seasons in the NFL from 1998 to 2011. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, and St. Louis Rams. He was selected for the Pro Bowl after his 2007 and 2008 seasons in Green Bay. The AP also named him a second-team All-Pro in 2007.
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Roberto Garza
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- American football player
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Roberto Garza is an American former professional football center. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth round (99th overall) of the 2001 NFL draft, and in 2005, joined the Chicago Bears, spending ten seasons with the team. Despite being an offensive lineman, a position not typically glorified in football, Garza was a fan favorite among Hispanic Americans across the United States.
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Ricardo Sanchez
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- soldier
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Ricardo Sanchez is a former lieutenant general in the United States Army.
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Juan Castillo
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- American football coachAmerican football player
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Juan Castillo is an American football coach who is the offensive line coach for the UCLA Bruins. He played college football at Texas A&I as a linebacker and played for the San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football League (USFL) in the mid-1980s. Castillo then coached high school and college football before joining the Eagles in 1995 as an offensive assistant. He has served as both a coach for tight ends and offensive line.
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Carmen Lomas Garza
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- artistpainterillustrator
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Carmen Lomas Garza is a Chicana artist and illustrator. She is well known for her paintings, ofrendas and for her papel picado work inspired by her Mexican-American heritage. Her work is a part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Museum of Mexican Art, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Mexican Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Oakland Museum of California, among other institutions.
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Rubén Hinojosa
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- politicianadjunct professorbusiness executive
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Rubén Eloy Hinojosa is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 15th congressional district, from 1997 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretched from Seguin (east of San Antonio), to McAllen on the Mexican border. Much of the region was rural although Hidalgo County is part of the third-fastest-growing metropolitan statistical area in the country. Hinojosa served on the Financial Services and Education committees.
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Mike Adams
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- baseball player
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John Michael Adams is an American former right-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers (2004–06), San Diego Padres (2008–11), Texas Rangers (2011–12) and Philadelphia Phillies (2013–14).
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Pete Saenz
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- politicianrancherlawyer
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Pedro Ignacio “Pete” Saenz Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Laredo, Texas, a position which he assumed on November 12, 2014. He was term-limited and left the position on December 28, 2022.
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Jermane Mayberry
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- American football player
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Jermane Timothy Mayberry is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. During the beginning of his career, Mayberry played several positions along the offensive line before settling in at right guard for the majority of his tenure. His solid play was recognized with a bid to the Pro Bowl after the 2002 season. After the 2004 season, Mayberry signed with the New Orleans Saints, where he retired before the 2006 season.
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Earl Dotson
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- American football player
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Earl Christopher Dotson is an American former professional football player who was a offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round (81st overall) of the 1993 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers after playing college football for Texas A&M–Kingsville, formerly Texas A&I-Kingsville.
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Al Matthews
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- American football player
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Alvin Leon Matthews is a former professional American football safety who played in eight National Football League (NFL) seasons from 1970–1977 for the Green Bay Packers, the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers.
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Ramón H. Dovalina
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- academicacademic administrator
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Ramón Humberto Dovalina, is the retired fifth president of Laredo Community College, a two-year institution with the main campus on the grounds of historic Fort McIntosh on the Rio Grande in his native Laredo in Webb County in South Texas. With service from July 5, 1995, until August 31, 2007, Dovalina left the position with two years remaining in his contract. Under Dovalina, the physical appearance of the college was upgraded, the scholarship endowment fund increased from $100,000 in 1995 to more than $1 million in 2007, the institution advanced a 10-year master plan for new technology, and a $50 million South Campus was opened.
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Carlos Truan
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- politician
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Carlos Flores Truan Sr., was an American businessman from Corpus Christi, Texas, who served for thirty-four years as a Democrat in both houses of the Texas Legislature. He was a state representative from 1969 to 1977 and a senator from 1977 until his retirement in 2003.
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Hall Whitley
- Years
- 1935-.. (age 90)
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- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
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Hall Wood Whitley III is a former American football player who played with the New York Titans in the AFL, and in the CFL for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and BC Lions. He played college football at Texas A&M University–Kingsville and is a member of their athletic hall of fame.
