# List of Texas State University alumni

The list of Texas State University alumni includes notable alumni of Texas State University.

## Politics and government

* Rosalyn Baker, Hawaii State Senator, District 6
* Andrew J. Duck, political organizer and perennial candidate
* Buddy Garcia, interim 2012 member of the Texas Railroad Commission
* Lyndon B. Johnson (Class of 1930), 36th US President
* David M. Medina, justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, 2004-2013
* James Oakley, County Judge for Burnet County
* John Sharp, Texas A&M University System Chancellor
* Dwayne Stovall, businessman in Cleveland, Texas, school board member, and Republican candidate for the United States Senate in the primary election scheduled for March 4, 2014
* Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (attended but did not graduate), US Treasurer

## Military

* Robert L. Rutherford, former general in the United States Air Force, former commander of United States Transportation Command

## Music

* Scott H. Biram, blues, country, rock musician
* Maggie Heath, member of folk rock duo The Oh Hellos
* Terri Hendrix, folk singer-songwriter
* Jamestown Revival
* Emilio Navaira, country/Tejano singer
* Kyle Park, country singer
* Charlie Robison, country singer
* Randy Rogers, country singer
* Tommy Bolton, Dan Buie, Gerry Gibson and Bill Pennington of Roy Head and The Traits, Rockabilly Hall of Fame band members
* George Strait, country singer
* S U R V I V E
* Sunny Sweeney, country singer

## Media

* G. W. Bailey, actor
* Powers Boothe, actor
* Thomas Carter, film director
* Aaryn Gries, Big Brother 15 contestant, 8th place
* Edi Patterson, actress
* Chelcie Ross, actor
* Tracy Scoggins, actress
* Alexis Texas, AVN award winner and pornographic actress
* Julie White, actress

## Journalism and literature

* E. R. Bills, author and journalist
* P. Djèlí Clark, writer and historian
* Julian S. Garcia, writer, editor and op-ed writer for San Antonio Express-News, AP News and contributor-editor to ViAztlan: International Journal of Arts and Letters; contributor to Caracol
* Heloise, columnist
* Joe O'Connell, writer, journalist, photographer, and documentarian
* Tomás Rivera, writer
* Maria Luisa Tucker, writer
* Meg Turney, Internet news host

## Sports

* Charles Austin, Olympic high jump gold medalist
* Joplo Bartu, former NFL player
* Edgar Baumann, Olympic javelin thrower
* Torgeir Bryn, former NBA player
* Ken Coffey, former NFL player
* Wayne Coffey, football player
* Fred Evans, former NFL player
* Kyle Finnegan, MLB pitcher
* Jeff Foster, former NBA player
* Paul Goldschmidt, MLB first baseman
* Donnie Hart, MLB pitcher
* Lance Hoyt, professional wrestler
* A.J. Johnson, former NFL player
* Wade Key, former NFL player
* Tony Levine (born 1972), football coach
* J. L. Lewis, golfer
* Scott Linebrink, former MLB pitcher
* Craig Mager, football player
* David Mayo, football player
* Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler
* Darryl Morris, cornerback, NFL, Indianapolis Colts
* Anicka Newell, pole vaulter
* Jeff Novak, former NFL player
* Ty Nsekhe, former NFL player
* Ricky Sanders, former NFL player
* Carson Smith, pitcher, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox
* Darrick Vaughn, former NFL player
* Mitchell Ward, football player
* Bobby Watkins, NFL player
* Spergon Wynn, former NFL player

## Art

* Charles Barsotti, cartoonist
* Griffon Ramsey, chainsaw artist

## Education

* Light Townsend Cummins, Bryan Professor of History at Austin College in Sherman, Texas; former official State Historian of Texas
* Paul K. Davis, military historian
* F. Ann Millner, Weber State University president
* Amelia Worthington Williams, Texas historian

## Business

* Rod Keller, president of Segway Inc.

## Medicine

* Michael Glyn Brown, former hand surgeon

## Notable alumni gallery

* Lyndon B. Johnson, B.Ed. '30
* Powers Boothe, B.A. '69
* George Strait, B.S. '79, Honorary Ph.D. '06
* General Robert L. Rutherford, B.B.A. '61