# List of University of Wisconsin–La Crosse alumni

The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse is a public university in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Business

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Ernest Emerson | | | CEO of Emerson Knives, knife maker, and martial artist | |

## Clergy

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| F. Richard Spencer | | | Roman Catholic bishop | |

## Entertainment

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Mark Belling | | Conservative talk radio host, local newspaper columnist, and former television host |
| Dan Davies | | Actor and screenwriter |
| Don Herbert | | Host of the Mr. Wizard television show |
| Gaetano Kagwa | 1997 | Uganda media personality |
| Sandra Lee | 1987 | Host of The Food Network's Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee and author |
| Kirsten Olson | 2014 | Actor in the Disney film Ice Princess and former and figure skater |
| Robert Schulz | | Jazz cornet player |

## Government and civil service

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Mabel Deutrich | | | Assistant archivist for the Office of the National Archive (now NARA) | |
| Cindy Marten | 1988 | | United States Deputy Secretary of Education | |

## Military

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Gerald W. Clusen | | U.S. Navy admiral |
| Rodney R. Hannula | | U.S. National Guard major general |
| Richard Severson | 1971 | U.S. Air Force general |

## Politics

| Name | Class | Notability |
| M. Julian Bradley | | Wisconsin State Senate - first African American Republican elected |
| Sharon Weston Broome | | Louisiana State Senate and mayor of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Steve Doyle | | Wisconsin State Assembly and La Crosse County Board of Supervisors |
| John Gard | 1986 | former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Thomas S. Hanson | | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Edmund Hitt | | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| G. Erle Ingram | | Wisconsin State Senate |
| Dan Kapanke | | former member of the Wisconsin State Senate |
| MaryAnn Lippert | | Wisconsin State Assembly and educator |
| John L. Merkt | 1971 | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Lewis T. Mittness | | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Leland E. Mulder | | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| James D. H. Peterson | | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Robert Quackenbush | 1950 | Wisconsin State Assembly and educator |
| Marlin Schneider | 1965 | Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Jennifer Shilling | 1992 | Wisconsin State Senate |
| William H. Stevenson | 1912 | United States Congress |
| Gregg Underheim | | Wisconsin State Assembly |

## Sports

| Name | Class | Notability |
| Jerry Augustine | | Professional baseball player |
| Will Berzinski | | Professional football player |
| Ben Braun | | College basketball coach |
| Roman Brumm | | Professional football player |
| George Dahlgren | Non-degreed | Professional football player |
| Mike Dee | | Baseball coach at University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Brian Gutekunst | | general manager of the Green Bay Packers |
| Don Iverson | 1968 | Professional golfer on the PGA Tour |
| Don Kindt | 1980 | Professional football player |
| Don Kindt Jr. | | Professional football player |
| Tom Klawitter | | Professional baseball player |
| Craig Kusick | | Professional baseball player |
| Craig Kusick Jr. | | Arena Football League quarterback |
| Ace Loomis | 1950 | Professional football player |
| Mike Maslowski | | Professional football player |
| Ric Mathias | 1997 | Professional football player |
| Greg Mattison | 1970 | College football coach and professional football player |
| Neal Nelson | | Coach for basketball, tennis, and golf, as well as an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha |
| Tom Newberry | 1986 | Professional football player |
| Kirsten Olson | 2014 | Figure skater and actor in the Disney film Ice Princess |
| Dick Ritger | | Professional ten-pin bowler and PBA and USBC Hall of Fame member |
| Andrew Rock | | 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in track and field |
| Vinny Rottino | | Professional baseball player |
| Bill Schroeder | 1994 | Professional football player |
| Webb Schultz | | Professional baseball player |
| Ed Servais | 1981 | Baseball coach at Saint Mary's and Creighton |
| Ellen Tronnier | 1944 | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player |
| Jeremy Unertl | 2001 | Arena Football League player |
| Joel William | 1978 | Professional football player |

## Other

| Name | Class | Major | Notability | References |
| Eric Foreman | | | Teacher | |
| Yia Vang | 2010 | | Hmong-American chef | |