14 Notable alumni of
University of West Alabama
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The University of West Alabama is 2654th in the world, 924th in North America, and 873rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of West Alabama sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Jey Uso
- Enrolled in the University of West Alabama
- Studied in 2003-2005
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Joshua Samuel Fatu is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Jey Uso. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family of Samoan professional wrestlers.
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Jimmy Uso
- Enrolled in the University of West Alabama
- Studied in 2003-2003
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Jonathan Solofa Fatu, better known by his ring name Jimmy Uso, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is one half of the tag team The Usos with his twin brother Jey. He is a member of wrestling's renowned Anoaʻi family. His bloodline includes his father Rikishi, his cousin Roman Reigns and his great uncles the Wild Samoans.
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Malcolm Butler
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Malcolm Terel Butler is an American former professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons. Butler played his first four seasons with the New England Patriots, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014. In his final three seasons, he was a member of the Tennessee Titans.
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Jeremy Pruitt
- Occupations
- American football playerAmerican football coachhead coachdefensive coordinator
- Biography
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Jeremy Pruitt is an American football coach who most recently was a senior defensive assistant for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2018 to 2020 and defensive coordinator at the University of Alabama from 2016 to 2017, University of Georgia from 2014 to 2015, and Florida State University in 2013.
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Lois Wilson
- Occupations
- film directoractortelevision actorbeauty pageant contestantscreenwriter
- Biography
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Lois Wilson was an American actress who worked during the silent film era. She also directed two short films and was a scenario writer.
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Thomas Hatch
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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John Thomas Hatch is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Pittsburgh Pirates, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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Lawrence Samuels
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Lawrence 'Law Dogg' Samuels is an arena football coach and former wide receiver/linebacker. He played his college football at the Livingston University, and was an AFL wide receiver/linebacker from 1994 to 2010. He received both his Bachelor of Science degree in industrial technology and Master of Science degree in education from The University of West Alabama. He was head coach of the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2014 to 2016.
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Jeff Branson
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Jeffery Glenn Branson is an American former Major League Baseball infielder who is a Major League Baseball coach. He was the assistant hitting coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2013 and the hitting coach from 2014 until 2018. He is currently the hitting coach for the Toledo Mud Hens.
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Otha Foster
- Occupations
- Canadian football playerAmerican football player
- Biography
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Otha Foster III is an American former professional football defensive back. He played college football at West Alabama. He was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL), and the Toronto Argonauts, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Brett Gilliland
- Occupations
- American football player
- Biography
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Brett Gilliland is an American college football coach and college administrator who is currently the athletic director at the University of West Alabama. He previously served as the head coach of the West Alabama football program for 10 seasons, stepping down to become the university's permanent AD after being named to the role on an interim basis in 2024 after the retirement of Kent Partridge.
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Kirsten Reilly
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Kirsten Jane Reilly is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hibernian in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
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Ruby Pickens Tartt
- Occupations
- folkloristmusicianpainterwriterlibrarian
- Biography
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Ruby Pickens Tartt was an American folklorist, writer, and painter who is known for her work helping to preserve Southern black culture by collecting the life histories, stories, lore, and songs of former slaves for the Works Progress Administration and the Library of Congress. In 1980 she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.
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Geneva Mercer
- Occupations
- artistsculptor
- Biography
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Geneva Mercer was an American artist from Alabama. Best known as a sculptor, she was also an accomplished painter in her later years. Although most of her early work with Italian sculptor Giuseppe Moretti was done under his name, her best known individual works include Joyous Boy, Pied Piper, the Flimp Fountain, and several Julia Tutwiler sculptures located at the Alabama Department of Archives and History, University of Alabama, and University of Montevallo. She was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.
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Peterson Bryant Jarman
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatclerk
- Biography
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Peterson Bryant ″Pete″ Jarman was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
