16 Notable alumni of
Texas Wesleyan University
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Texas Wesleyan University is 2378th in the world, 824th in North America, and 778th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from Texas Wesleyan 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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The Undertaker
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Mark William Calaway, better known by his ring name The Undertaker, is an American retired professional wrestler. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Calaway spent the vast majority of his career wrestling for WWE and in 2022 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Tris Speaker
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tristram Edgar Speaker, nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1907 to 1928. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball, he compiled a career batting average of.345 (ninth all-time). His 792 career doubles represent an MLB career record. His 3,514 hits are fifth in the all-time hits list. Defensively, Speaker holds career records for assists, double plays, and unassisted double plays by an outfielder. He held the major league career record for putouts by a center fielder (6,592) until he was surpassed by Willie Mays in 1971. His fielding glove was known as the place "where triples go to die."
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Jad Saxton
- Enrolled in Texas Wesleyan University
- In 2005 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in music
- Occupations
- stage actordub directorvoice actor
- Biography
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Jad Saxton is an American voice actress and voice director.
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Kay Granger
- Enrolled in Texas Wesleyan University
- In 1965 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- business executivepoliticianteacher
- Biography
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Norvell Kay Granger is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district from 1997 to 2025. As a member of the Republican Party, she chaired the House Committee on Appropriations from 2023 to 2024.
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Marc Veasey
- Enrolled in Texas Wesleyan University
- In 1995 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Marc Allison Veasey is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 33rd congressional district. From 2005 to 2013, he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, where he served as chair pro tempore of the House Democratic Caucus.
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Clifton McNeely
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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Clyde Clifton McNeely was an American basketball player and coach. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) forward, he played college basketball for the Texas Wesleyan Rams for three seasons and led the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in scoring during his senior season in 1946–47. McNeely was the first player ever drafted in the National Basketball Association (NBA) when he was selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen as the first pick of the league's inaugural 1947 draft. He never played professional basketball and instead pursued a coaching career at Pampa High School in Texas.
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Craig Watkins
- Enrolled in Texas Wesleyan University
- Graduated with Juris Doctor
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Craig Marcus Watkins was an American lawyer who was the district attorney for Dallas County, Texas from 2007 to 2015. He became the first elected African-American district attorney in Texas when he was elected in 2006.
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Michelle Royer
- Occupations
- modeltelevision presenterbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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Michelle Renee Royer-Jefferson is an American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1987 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1987.
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Brian Wanamaker
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Brian Steven Wanamaker is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Philadelphia, he played high school basketball for Roman Catholic High School. He began his college career with Central Connecticut before transferring to Lon Morris as a sophomore. The combo guard spent his final two seasons at Texas Wesleyan.
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Jasna Fazlić
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Jasna Rather is an American former table tennis player who played for Yugoslavia and then for the United States, competing on four Olympics: in Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics, Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, and Athens 2004 Summer Olympics respectively.
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Phil King
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Phillip Stephen King is an American attorney from Weatherford, Texas, who has been a Republican member of the Texas State Senate since 2023. He previously served in Texas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2023. House District 61 encompasses Parker and Wise counties located west of Fort Worth. In 2022, he was a candidate for the District 10 seat in the Texas Senate, which he won unopposed in the general election, due to the democratic opponent dropping out of the race in April 2022.
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Beverly Powell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Beverly Powell, is an American politician from the state of Texas. A Democrat, she represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2019 to 2023.
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David Wendell Guion
- Years
- 1892-1981 (aged 89)
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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David W. Guion was an American composer, best known for his arrangements of cowboy tunes, African American spirituals, and original compositions often inspired by the soundscape of west Texas.
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Mark Hazinski
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Mark "Haz" Hazinski is an American professional table tennis athlete. He started playing table tennis at the age of 9 and by the age of 15 had become the youngest player in the history of United States Table Tennis to make the United States Men's National Table Tennis Team. Hazinski simultaneously represented the United States Men's Team and United States Junior Team for 4 consecutive years (2000-2003).
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Charles R. Bailey
- Biography
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Chaplain Charles Ray Bailey is a former U.S. Army officer who was the 24th Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2011 to 2015.
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Chris Masingill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chris Masingill is an American official who served as the second Federal Co-Chair of the Delta Regional Authority.
