The following is a list of James Madison University alumni.
Athletics
edit- Odicci Alexander, softball player
- Macey Brooks, football player
- Daniel Brown, football player for the New York Jets
- Steve Buckhantz, basketball play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards
- Mike Caussin, football player
- Gary Clark, football player[1]
- Jeff Compher, Director of Athletics at East Carolina University
- Lindsay Czarniak, ESPN anchor[2]
- Eric Davis, rugby player
- John DeFilippo, NFL quarterback coach
- Ben DiNucci, football player for the Seattle Sea Dragons
- Dion Foxx, former American football linebacker in the National Football League[3]
- Nelson Garner, football player
- Charles Haley, football player, Football Hall of Fame inductee and five-time Super Bowl Champion with the Cowboys and 49ers[4]
- Tiombe Hurd, USA Olympic track & field athlete (2004); American record holder in outdoor triple jump[5]
- Jay Jones, football player[6]
- Akeem Jordan, football player for the Washington Redskins[7]
- Delvin Joyce, football player
- Christina Julien, professional soccer player, member of 2011 Canadian women's world cup team
- Curtis Keaton, football player
- Kevin Kelly, baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Rodney Landers, football player
- Vad Lee, football player
- Dean Marlowe, football player for the Carolina Panthers
- Alan Mayer, soccer player, voted in 1999 the Top JMU Athlete of the Century
- David McLeod, first recipient of the AFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
- Arthur Moats, NFL linebacker and defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers[8]
- Jimmy Moreland, football player[9]
- Kurt Morsink, soccer player
- Scott Norwood, football player[10]
- Ed Perry, football player[11]
- John Roberts, Speed TV host[12]
- Elliott Sadler, race car driver, did not graduate
- Billy Sample, baseball player and broadcaster[13]
- C. J. Sapong, Major League Soccer player (forward position) for Philadelphia Union, 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year, USMNT
- Bryan Stinespring, football coach
- Linton Townes (born 1959), basketball player
- Mike Venafro, baseball player[14]
- Earl Watford, football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Josh Wells, football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Tamera Young, basketball player
- Nick Zimmerman, Major League Soccer player for Philadelphia Union
Academics
edit- Marcia Angell, Harvard University Medical School faculty member[15]
- Carole Baldwin, research zoologist
- Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the World; professor at the University of Texas at Dallas
- Kembrew McLeod, faculty member at the University of Iowa
- Marney White, Yale University faculty member
Business
edit- Jason Harris, president and founder of Mekanism
- Jennifer Morgan, Co-Chief Executive Officer of SAP SE
- John-Paul Lee, founder and CEO of Tavalon Tea
- Christina Tosi, owner of Momofuku Milk Bar; MasterChef judge; James Beard Foundation Award winner: Rising Star Chef
- Kathy J. Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman
Entertainment
edit- Sarah Baker, actress (The Campaign, Mascots)
- Tony Deyo, comedian
- Glennon Doyle, author
- Meredith Garretson, actress
- Barbara Hall, TV producer and writer
- Ashley Iaconetti, television personality (The Bachelor)
- Steve James, documentary producer and director
- Mia LaBerge, artist
- Geoff LaTulippe, screenwriter
- Mark Jordan Legan, TV and film writer, NPR correspondent
- Karen McCullah Lutz, screenwriter
- Nathan Lyon, host of Discovery Health's television series A Lyon in the Kitchen
- Wendy Maybury, stand-up comedian
- PFT Commenter, blogger, podcast personality (Pardon My Take)
- Jon Pineda, author
- Don Rhymer, screenwriter and producer
- Anne Savedge, photographer, artist
- Tony Schiavone, professional wrestling announcer
- Reshma Shetty, actress (Royal Pains)
- Patricia Southall, Miss Virginia USA; first runner-up Miss USA
- Chris Sprouse, comic book artist
- Phoef Sutton, film and television writer
- Sara Tomko, actress (Resident Alien)
- Nina Willner, nonfiction author
- Brent Comer, Broadway actor (The Outsiders (musical))
Journalism
edit- Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN[16]
- Cornell Belcher, writer, pollster, and political strategist; regular contributor on NBC News, MSNBC, and NPR
- Julia Campbell, newspaper journalist and reporter for CourtTV
- Lawrence Jackson, photojournalist[17]
- Alison Parker, television reporter who, along with videographer Adam Ward, was killed during a live interview[18] in 2015
- Chuck Taylor, music journalist
Music
edit- Robert Abisi, DJ (Lost Kings)
- Brian Balmages, composer
- Margaret Becker, Christian rock musician
- The Bigger Lights, alternative rock band
- Ross Copperman, recording artist
- Tony Deyo, marching band drill designer
- Everything, '90s rock band
- Gifts From Enola, '00s post-rock band
- Andrew Goldstein, music producer, songwriter
- Joe Hottinger, musician (Halestorm)
- Keith Howland, musician (Chicago)
- Illiterate Light,[19] rock band
- Chris Monroe, musician
- Leroi Moore, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
- Soon Hee Newbold, producer, composer, musician[20]
- Old Dominion, members Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi, country musicians and song-writers
- Nate Smith, drummer, songwriter, producer
- Butch Taylor, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
- Phil Vassar, country music singer; awarded honorary degree
- Andrew York, musician and composer
Politics and government
edit- Dawn Adams, Virginia State Delegate
- Dickie Bell, former Virginia State Delegate[21]
- Melanie Blunt, First Lady of Missouri (2005–2009)
- Chris Collins, former Virginia State Delegate[22]
- Kirk Cox, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Sean F. Dalton, member of the New Jersey General Assembly[23]
- Emmett Hanger, Virginia State Senator
- Tara Jackson, acting Prince George's County Executive (2024–present)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich, Jr., Virginia State Delegate
- Ryan McDougle, Virginia State Senator and former Virginia State Delegate
- Jeff McKay, Chairman of the Fairfax County, VA Board of Supervisors
- Jason Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia[24]
- Matt Rinaldi, former Texas State Representative and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
- Bettina Ring, former Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
- Walter Shaub, former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics and senior director, Campaign Legal Center
- Joseph R. Slights III, Vice-chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Judge, Superior Court of Delaware
- Levar Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
- Scott Surovell, Virginia State Senator
- Matthew Wasniewski, Historian of the United States House of Representatives
- Liza Wright, served George W. Bush as Assistant to President for Presidential Personnel and Director of Presidential Personnel
- Anita Friedt, American diplomat and former U.S. Department of State senior official[25]
References
edit- ^ "Gary Clark". The-hogs.net. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ "Meet the News Team". WRC-TV. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
- ^ "Dion Foxx". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
- ^ "Charles Haley". Databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-05. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "Tiombe Hurd bio". tiombehurd.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ^ "Jay Jones - Career Stats". arenafan.com. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Akeem Raphael Jordan". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "Arthur Moats". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ Kring-Schreifels, Jake. "Jimmy Moreland May Be A 'Pick Machine,' But His Foundation Starts In The Classroom". Redskins.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "Scott Allen Norwood". Pro-Football-Reference.Com. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- ^ "ESPN Player Card". Archived from the original on February 10, 2003. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "John Roberts Bio". Speed TV. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
- ^ Berman, Mark (June 27, 2006). "Homecoming all in a day's work for Salem native Sample". The Roanoke Times. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2006-10-19.
- ^ "Mike Venafro Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ^ Dr. Marcia Angell at the National Library of Medicine. Accessed July 17, 2007.
- ^ Taylor, Liz (December 1, 2004). "CBS News' Jim Acosta ('93) joins Dan Rather on the set for blackout story". Montpelier. Retrieved 2007-06-24.
- ^ Ziu, Christina (23 March 2017). "JMU alumnus photographed Obama presidency". The Breeze. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Two WDBJ7 employees killed in attack at Bridgewater Plaza | Local News - WDBJ7.com Central and Southwest VA". Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/illiterate-light-and-its-very-specific-sound-as-a-band-massive/2020/01/17/b6e1deba-3872-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Soon Hee Newbold". JMU: Be The Change, jmu.edu. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov.
- ^ "Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings". virginiageneralassembly.gov.
- ^ Assemblyman Sean F. Dalton, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 5, 1997. Accessed June 17, 2010.
- ^ "vpap.org". The Virginia Public Access Project.
- ^ "Anita E. Friedt". United States Department of State. United States: United States Department of State. Retrieved 2019-06-07.