# List of Ashland University alumni

Ashland University is a Christian university in Ashland, Ohio. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Academia

* Benjamin Bolger – a perpetual student who has earned 14 degrees
* Robert Clouse – professor
* Jill DeMatteis – Pat Doyle Award winner and a research associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park
* J. Garber Drushal – eighth President of The College of Wooster
* Charles H. Kraft – anthropologist, linguist, evangelical Christian speaker, and Professor
* Peter Linneman 1973 – Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Public Policy, Wharton School of Business
* Bruce McLarty (received doctorate) – president of Harding University
* Clara Worst Miller – academic and writer

## Business

* Koo Bon-moo – business executive of the LG Group
* Dwight Schar 1964 – chairman, President and CEO Northern Virginia/Ryan Homes

## Entertainment

* Dwier Brown 1980 – actor; Field of Dreams, The Thorn Birds
* Robin Meade 1991 – CNN news anchor, 1992 Miss Ohio
* Xiong Ru-Lin – Chinese singer
* Kurt St. Thomas – filmmaker, author and radio DJ
* Amy Stoch –actress

## Law

* Daniel Bogden – attorney and United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
* Dawn Ackerman - Juvenile Probation Officer.

## Politics

* Jack Brandenburg – Michigan state senator
* Dean DePiero – mayor of Parma, Ohio
* William Harvey Gibson – Republican politician from Ohio
* Marilyn John – politician
* You Huichen – Taiwanese legislator
* Joe Miller – Ohio House of Representatives

## Religion

* Madalyn Murray O'Hair – founder of American Atheists
* John Christopher Thomas – a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary

## Sports

* Trevor Bassitt - Bronze medal winner at the 2022 World Championships in the 400m hurdles
* Gil Dodds 1941 – set the American record for the mile in 1942 and in 1943 was honored with the Sullivan Award
* Bayard Elfvin 2003 – US National soccer team goalkeeper
* Madman Fulton – professional wrestler
* Judy Hahn – head coach of women's volleyball at Malone College
* Alex Hendricks – cerebral palsy football player and Paralympian
* Carlin Isles 2012 (attended two years) – United States National Rugby Sevens Team
* Jackie Jeschelnig – American hammer thrower
* Kibwé Johnson – American Olympic track and field athlete
* Ruth Jones – head women's basketball coach for Purdue University
* Walter Leckrone – newspaper editor and college football and basketball coach
* Jamie Meder 2014 – American football player
* Katie Moon – pole vaulter and gold medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
* Ray Novotny 1930 – professional football player
* Bill Overmyer 1971 – professional football player
* Jeris Pendleton 2011 – professional football player
* Tim Richmond (attended one year) – NASCAR driver
* Adam Shaheen 2017 – professional football player
* Rick Shepas – college football player and coach
* Art Warren – professional baseball pitcher in the New York Yankees organization
* Mike Wright (attended one year) – professional football player

## Writing and journalism

* Detrick Hughes 2011 – author/poet
* Walter Leckrone – newspaper editor and college football and basketball coach