List of James Madison University alumni explained

The following is a list of James Madison University alumni.

Athletics

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Nina Willner, nonfiction author

Journalism

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

Notes and References

1. News: Gary Clark . The-hogs.net . 2007-07-17.
2. News: Meet the News Team . . 2007-07-16.
3. Web site: Dion Foxx . NFL Enterprises LLC. December 10, 2012.
4. News: Charles Haley . Databasefootball.com . 2007-07-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070205044542/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HALEYCHA01 . 2007-02-05 .
5. News: Tiombe Hurd bio . tiombehurd.net . 2015-01-21.
6. Web site: Jay Jones - Career Stats . arenafan.com . May 29, 2015.
7. Web site: Akeem Raphael Jordan. Pro-Football-Reference.com. December 21, 2012 .
8. Web site: Arthur Moats . NFL Enterprises LLC. December 21, 2012 .
9. Web site: Kring-Schreifels . Jake . Jimmy Moreland May Be A 'Pick Machine,' But His Foundation Starts In The Classroom . Redskins.com . 17 May 2019.
10. Web site: Scott Allen Norwood. Pro-Football-Reference.Com. December 21, 2012 .
11. News: ESPN Player Card . https://web.archive.org/web/20030210074640/http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=4125 . dead . February 10, 2003 . 2007-07-21.
12. News: John Roberts Bio . . 2007-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070612204855/http://www.speedtv.com/speed/bio/144/ . 2007-06-12 . dead .
13. News: Mark . Berman . Homecoming all in a day's work for Salem native Sample . https://archive.today/20130201125922/http://www.roanoke.com/sports/baseball/wb/71365 . dead . February 1, 2013 . . June 27, 2006 . 2006-10-19 .
14. Web site: Mike Venafro Stats. Baseball Almanac . November 15, 2012.
15. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_10.html Dr. Marcia Angell
16. News: Liz . Taylor . CBS News' Jim Acosta ('93) joins Dan Rather on the set for blackout story . Montpelier . December 1, 2004 . 2007-06-24.
17. News: Ziu . Christina . JMU alumnus photographed Obama presidency . 27 November 2020 . The Breeze . 23 March 2017 . en.
18. Web site: Two WDBJ7 employees killed in attack at Bridgewater Plaza | Local News - WDBJ7.com Central and Southwest VA . 2015-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150826131524/http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/law-enforcement-investigating-incident-at-bridgewater-plaza/34923086 . 2015-08-26 .
19. 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
20. News: Soon Hee Newbold. JMU: Be The Change, jmu.edu. June 6, 2015.
21. Web site: Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings. virginiageneralassembly.gov.
22. Web site: Virginia House of Delegates Member Listings. virginiageneralassembly.gov.
23. https://web.archive.org/web/19970205114639/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/html/dalton.htm Assemblyman Sean F. Dalton
24. Web site: vpap.org. The Virginia Public Access Project.