Baseball |
Emmanuel Burriss |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a second baseman |
Baseball |
Chris Carpenter |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball |
Baseball |
Dain Clay |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball |
Baseball |
Matt Guerrier |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher |
Baseball |
Mike Gulan |
Former professional baseball in Major League Baseball as a third-baseman |
Baseball |
Dirk Hayhurst |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, currently for the Toronto Blue Jays as a pitcher |
Baseball |
Dustin Hermanson |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher[14] |
Baseball |
Eric Lauer |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball |
Baseball |
Gene Michael |
Professional baseball player, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball |
Baseball |
Travis Miller |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher |
Baseball |
Thurman Munson |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees, Rookie of the Year, and MVP winner |
Baseball |
Rich Rollins |
Former professional baseball third-baseman in Major League Baseball 1961-1970 |
Baseball |
Justine Siegal |
First female coach in Major League Baseball |
Baseball |
Andy Sonnanstine |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher |
Baseball |
Steve Stone |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, winner of the Cy Young Award, sportscaster |
Baseball |
Scott Stricklin |
Professional baseball player, head coach for the Kent State baseball team from 2005–2013 |
Baseball |
Larry Sudbrook |
College baseball coach at St. Bonaventure |
Baseball |
Jeff Tabaka |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher, 1994-2001 |
Baseball |
John Van Benschoten |
Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher |
Basketball |
John Edwards |
Professional basketball player in the NBA and NBDL |
Basketball |
Al Fisher |
2008 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
Basketball |
Joe McKeown |
Women's college basketball coach |
Basketball |
Dan Peters |
College basketball head and assistant coach |
Basketball |
Nate Reinking |
Professional basketball player in the British Basketball League, 1996–2012; member of the Great Britain national basketball team from 2005–12 |
Basketball |
Jim Zoet |
Professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association, 1982-1983 |
Football |
Willie Asbury |
Professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League1966-1968 |
Football |
Eugene Baker |
Professional football player in the National Football League |
Football |
Joe Barbee |
Professional football player in the American Football League |
Football |
Brian Bell |
Professional football player in the National Football League |
Football |
Cedric Brown |
Professional football player in the National Football League 1976-1984 |
Football |
Jim Corrigall |
Professional football player in the Canadian Football League as a defensive end, member of Canadian Football Hall of Fame, former KSU head football coach |
Football |
Joshua Cribbs |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Jose Davis |
Professional football player in the NFL and the Arena Football League |
Football |
Julian Edelman |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Abram Elam |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Colin Ferrell |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Antonio Gates |
Professional football player in the NFL as a tight end |
Football |
Dan Goodspeed |
Professional football player in the NFL, XFL, and Canadian Football League |
Football |
Bob Hallen |
Former professional football player in the NFL[45] |
Football |
James Harrison |
Professional football player in the NFL as a linebacker |
Football |
Keno Hills |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Lou Holtz |
College football coach, television sportscaster |
Football |
Van Jakes |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Jack Lambert |
Professional football player in the NFL as a linebacker and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
Football |
Jack Lengyel |
College football coach and college athletics administrator; coached the Marshall Thundering Herd football program following the crash of Southern Airways Flight 932 in 1970 that killed nearly the entire team |
Football |
Ben McDaniels |
Assistant coach in the NFL |
Football |
Mike "Scooter" McGruder |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1989-1997 |
Football |
Jay McNeil |
Former professional football player in the CFL, 1994-2007 |
Football |
Tony Martino |
Professional football player in the CFL, 1988-2002 |
Football |
John Matsko |
Coach in the National Football League |
Football |
Pete Mikolajewski |
Professional football player in the AFL |
Football |
Daniel Muir |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Rico Murray |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Don Nehlen |
Former head football coach at Bowling Green State University and West Virginia University; member of College Football Hall of Fame |
Football |
Don Nottingham |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Luke Owens |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1957-1965 |
Football |
Augustus Parrish |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Gary Pinkel |
Head football coach at the University of Missouri |
Football |
Nick Saban |
College football and NFL head coach |
Football |
Abdul Salaam (Larry Faulk) |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1976-1983 |
Football |
O. J. Santiago |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Wayne Shaw |
Professional football player in the CFL |
Football |
Timothy Starks |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Ken Walter |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1997-2006 |
Football |
Paul Warfield |
Professional football player in the NFL and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
Football |
Henry Waszczuk |
Professional football player in the CFL, 1975-1984 |
Football |
Bert Weidner |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1990-1995 |
Football |
Eric Wilkerson |
Professional football player |
Football |
Jack Williams |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Brian Winters |
Professional football player in the NFL |
Football |
Usama Young |
Professional football player in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns |
Football |
Steve Zahursky |
Professional football player in the NFL, 1998-2001 |
Golf |
Ben Curtis |
Professional golfer, 2003 British Open champion |
Golf |
Bryan DeCorso |
Canadian professional golfer |
Golf |
Jan Dowling |
Head women's golf coach at the University of Florida, former Canadian professional golfer |
Golf |
Mackenzie Hughes |
Professional golfer in the PGA Tour |
Golf |
Jon Mills |
Canadian professional golfer |
Golf |
Ryan Yip |
Canadian professional golfer |
Gymnastics |
Betty-Jean Maycock |
U.S. Olympian gymnast in 1960 |
Ice Hockey |
Dean Sylvester |
Professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League 1995-2001 |
Olympics, Football |
Gerald Tinker |
Member of gold-medal 4 x 100 meter relay team in 1972 Summer Olympics; professional football player in the NFL, 1974-1975 |
Softball |
Emma Johnson |
National Pro Fastpitch pitcher |
Track and Field |
Thomas Jefferson |
Bronze medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics[55] |
Women's Basketball |
Brenda Frese |
Head coach for the Maryland Terrapins women's basketball program |