List of Texas Tech University alumni

Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech or TTU, is a public, coeducational, research university located in Lubbock, Texas. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the sixth largest student body in the state of Texas. It is the only school in Texas to house an undergraduate institution, law school, and medical school at the same location. Initial enrollment in 1925 was 910 students;[1] as of 2009, the university has 30,049 students from more than 110 countries, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.[2] Since its first graduating class in 1927 of 26 students, Texas Tech has awarded more than 221,000 degrees, including 45,000 graduate and professional degrees to its alumni.[3] The Texas Tech Alumni Association, with over 27,000 members, operates more than 120 chapters in cities throughout the United States and the world.[4][5]

The Frazier Alumni Pavilion and Plaza

Throughout Texas Tech's history, alumni have played prominent roles in many different fields. Among the university's Distinguished Alumni is Demetrio B. Lakas, President of the Republic of Panama from 1969 to 1978.[6][7] Three United States Governors, Daniel I. J. Thornton, Governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955, John Burroughs, Governor of New Mexico from 1959 to 1961, and Preston Smith, Governor of Texas from 1968 to 1972, are graduates of the university.[8][9][10] Five astronauts, including Rick Husband, the final commander of Space Shuttle Columbia and recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.[11][12][Note 1] U.S. Marine Corps Major and Medal of Honor recipient, George H. O'Brien, Jr., is a distinguished alumnus.[13] Richard E. Cavazos is a two-time Distinguished Service Cross recipient and the first Hispanic and Mexican American to advance to the rank of four-star general in the U.S. Army.[14] The school's influence on the business world is seen in such people as General Motors Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre, Jr., Finisar CEO Jerry S. Rawls, Belo Corporation CEO Dunia A. Shive, and ExxonMobil board member Angela Braly, ranked by Fortune magazine as the most powerful woman in business.[15][16][17][18][19] Others among the university's alumni are folk rocker John Denver, country singer Pat Green, and actor George Eads.[20][21][22] John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1981, attended the university sporadically from 1973 to 1980.[23]

Alumni
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Arts and literature
Name Class year Notability References
Susan Budge 1983 Ceramic sculptor [24]
Rachel Caine 1985 Author
John Fincher — Artist
Ruth Hurmence Green 1935 Author [25]
Grace Halsell — Writer
Stephen Graham Jones — Author
Holly Hunt — Designer; founder and CEO of Holly Hunt Design
Anne Leaton — Author
Ken Little 1970 Sculptor
Jim Marrs — Author
Douglas Moss 1990 Architect and founding partner of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture [26]
Ruben Quesada — Poet
Jodi Thomas — Author
Robert Whitehill — Author
Stephen Graham Jones
Jim Marrs

Business
Name Class year Notability References
Malouf Abraham, Sr. [lower-alpha 1] (did not graduate) Oil and natural gas businessman; Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Hemphill County, 1967–1971; brother of Malouf Abraham, Sr. [7][27]
Tom Abraham 1932 Businessman and philanthropist in Canadian, Texas; a founder of the Red Raiders Club and the Red Raiders Association of Parents [28]
Hussein Al Uzri 1985 Head of the Trade Bank of Iraq [29]
Scott Arkbuckle [lower-alpha 1] — CEO, Eljer Industries [7][30]
Angela Braly [lower-alpha 1] 1982 Board member of ExxonMobil [7][31][32]
Blake Buchanan — Founder and president, Bahama Buck's
J. Fred Bucy [lower-alpha 1] 1951 Former CEO, Texas Instruments [7][30][33]
R. Trent Campbell [lower-alpha 1] — Former CEO, Mosher Steel [7][30]
C.A. Cash [lower-alpha 1] 1935 Former president and CEO, Diamond Shamrock [7][30]
R.D. Cash [lower-alpha 1] — Former president and CEO, Questar Corporation [7][34]
Richard L. Clemmer 1973 CEO, NXP Semiconductors; former CEO Agere Systems, the former Lucent semiconductor company [35]
Ed Cunningham —
Jabus T. "Jay" Davis 1973 Former Global Accounts Manager, Schlumberger Oilfield Services; current COO, Supreme Oilfield Services
Phillip L. Frederickson — Executive VP, ConocoPhillips [36]
B.R. Griffin — CEO, Griffin Companies [37]
Jim Humphreys 1947 Former manager of Pitchfork Ranch, east of Lubbock [38]
Mike Horridge [lower-alpha 1] 1965 Founder and Chairman of D. Lloyd & Associates [7]
Mark W. Jackson — President of EchoStar Technologies [39][40]
James Johnson [lower-alpha 1] — Chairman emeritus and former CEO, GTE [7][41]
Robert J. Lewis [lower-alpha 1] 1949 CEO, US Bank [7][30]
Cindi Love 1984 [42]
Robert Marting 1996 Fitness trainer
Judy Odom [lower-alpha 1] — Founder and CEO, Software Spectrum [7][43]
R. Randall Onstead — Former CEO, Randall's Food Markets [44]
Robert Palmer — Former CEO, Digital Equipment Corporation
Jerry S. Rawls [lower-alpha 1] — President and CEO, Finisar Corporation [7]
Dunia Shive [lower-alpha 1] — President and chief executive officer, Belo Corp. [7][45][46]
Edward Tian Shuoning — Former CEO, China Netcom; co-founder, AsiaInfo [47]
William Snyder [lower-alpha 1] — Former CEO, GEICO [7][48]
Jim Sowell [lower-alpha 1] — Founder and CEO, Jim Sowell Construction Company [7][49]
Bobby G. Stevenson — Chairman of the board and co-founder, Ciber, Inc. [50]
Charles "Tex" Thornton [lower-alpha 1] 1935 Founder and CEO, Litton Industries [7][51]
Edward R. Tinsley, III — Law school graduate; chairman, K-Bob's Steakhouse chain; New Mexico rancher; political activist
Allan Tomlinson, Jr. [lower-alpha 1] — Former president, Valero [7][52]
J. Rex Vardeman [lower-alpha 1] — Founder, Harris Communications [7][52]
Gene Walker 1947 Rancher and businessman in Webb County [53]
Edward Whitacre, Jr. [lower-alpha 1] 1964 Chairman of General Motors; former chairman and CEO, AT&T [7][51]
Alan White [lower-alpha 1] — CEO, Plains Capital Corporation [7][54]
Junior Desinor [lower-alpha 1] — Founder, TOOR Technologies [55][56]

Education
Name Class year Notability References
W. J. Adkins 1938 (M.A.) Founding president of Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas, 1947–1960 [57]
B W Aston 1962 (B.S.), 1964 (M.S.), 1972 (Ph.D.) Historian [58]
Paul H. Carlson 1973 (Ph.D.) Historian of Texas and the American West [59]
Jo Carr 1947 United Methodist minister [60]
William N. Ellis — 19th President of Howard Payne University [61]
Margaret Formby 1950 Founder of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame [62][63]
Sandra S. Harper 1974 President, Our Lady of the Lake College, LA [64]
Michael Hinojosa 1979 Superintendent of Dallas Independent School District (2005–2011, 2015–present), Cobb County School District (2011–2014) [65]
Walter B. Huffman [lower-alpha 1] 1967 (B.A.), 1968 (M.Ed.), 1977 (J.D.) Texas Tech University School of Law dean; former United States Army Judge Advocate General [7][66]
Willard Hughes Rollings 1983 Historian of Native Americans [67]
Billy Mac Jones — Fifth President of Southwest Texas State University; 8th President of Memphis State University [68]
Jeffry H. Larson 1980 [69]
Russell Lowery-Hart [lower-alpha 1] 1993 (M.S.) Current President of Amarillo College[70][71]
Lori Rice-Spearman [lower-alpha 1] 2010 (Ph.D.) 9th president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center[72][73]
David J. Schmidly [lower-alpha 1] 1966 (B.A), 1968 (M.S.) 20th president of the University of New Mexico; former Texas Tech University president; former Oklahoma State University president [7][74]
Suzanne Shipley [lower-alpha 1] 1974(B.A), 1976 (M.S.) 11th President of Midwestern State University; Former President of Shepherd University [75][76][77][78][79]
Barry B. Thompson — 10th Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System [80][81]
Ernest Wallace 1935 Historian [82]
Keith E. Whitfield 1987 (M.A.), 1989 (Ph.D.) 11th President of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Former Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wayne State University [83][84][85]
Walter B. Huffman
David J. Schmidly

Entertainment
Name Class year Notability References
Bud Andrews (did not graduate) Radio DJ
G. W. Bailey 1966 Actor [31]
Will Bigham 1998 Winner of the 2007 reality series On the Lot [31][86]
Todd Brunson (did not graduate) Professional poker player [87]
Jerry "Bo" Coleman — Radio broadcaster in Lubbock; currently at KDAV AM [88]
Barry Corbin 1964 Actor [31]
Dayna Devon (did not graduate) Journalist
Colby Donaldson — Actor
Aaron Durbin 2004 B.A. 2008 M.P.A. Comedian [31]
George Eads 1990 Actor [31]
Lane Elenburg — Big Brother 12 contestant [89]
Andy Fickman — Film director
Clint Formby [lower-alpha 1] 1949 Radio broadcaster [7][51][90]
Johnny Hardwick — Comedian; voice actor
Anne Hudson 1999 Radio and TV personality [91]
Brad Leland 1980 Actor [92]
Michael Morrison — Actor
Joe Norman — Actor [93]
Keith Samples 1977 Writer, producer [31]
William Shockley — Actor
Duane Simolke 1996 Actor
Jordan Smith 2008 (M.A.) Conductor [94]
Jack Tippit [lower-alpha 1] 1947 Cartoonist [7][51]
Alexis Tipton 2008 Voice actress [95]
Ed Wilkes — Radio personality [96]
Tyler Willis 2002 (B.A.), 2004 (M.A.) Miss Texas USA, 2005 [97]
John Denver 1962-1964 (did not graduate) Award-winning musician songwriter, recording artist [98]
G.W. Bailey
Todd Brunson
Dayna Devon
George Eads

Government, law, and public policy
Name Class year Notability References
Jodey Arrington 1994 (B.S.), 1997 (M.P.A.) Former Chief of Staff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; current Chief of Staff, Texas Tech University System; Distinguished Alumni, MPA Program [31]
Valinda Bolton 1986 Texas State Representative, District 47 [31]
Bob Bullock 1955 Former Lieutenant Governor of Texas; former Texas Comptroller [51]
John Burroughs 1929 Former Governor of New Mexico [99]
Dustin Burrows 2004 Texas State Representative, District 83 (2014– ) [100]
Waggoner Carr [lower-alpha 1] 1940 Former Texas Attorney General [7][101]
Warlick Carr 1940 Attorney [101]
Joel Carson III 1994 U.S. Circuit Court Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit [102]
John Carter 1964 United States Representative, Texas District 31 [103]
Lauro Cavazos [lower-alpha 1] 1949 (B.S.), 1951 (M.S.) Former Texas Tech University president; former U.S. Secretary of Education [7][104]
Bill G. Chapman 1973 Advocate for the blind, author [105]
Tim Cole (did not graduate) First person in Texas to be posthumously acquitted of a crime based on DNA evidence; namesake of the Tim Cole Compensation Act of Texas
Louis Conradt — Attorney
Kilmer B. Corbin — Former Texas State Senator, District 28
Tom Craddick 1965 Texas State Representative, District 82 [51]
Samuel Ray Cummings 1967 United States District Court Judge, Northern District of Texas [106]
James G. Denton [lower-alpha 1] 1938 Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court [7][51]
Robert L. Duncan [lower-alpha 1] 1976 Texas State Senator, District 28 [7]
Marshall Formby [lower-alpha 1] 1932 Former Texas State Senator, District 30 [7][107]
William Royal Furgeson, Jr. 1964 United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas [31]
Ruben Garcia Jr. 1973 Former Executive Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation [108]
Millard Hall — Journalist and political consultant; served as press secretary to Texas Governor Preston Smith; instrumental in the creation of the Texas Film Commission
Kent Hance [lower-alpha 1] 1965 Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor [7][51]
Joseph P. Heflin 1993 (J.D.) Texas State Representative, District 85 from Crosbyton [31]
Harvey Hilderbran 1983 Texas State Representative, District 53 from Kerrville [109]
John Hinckley, Jr. (did not graduate) Attempted assassin of United States President Ronald Reagan [110]
Carl Isett 1987 Former Texas State Representative, District 84 [31]
Phil Johnson 1975 Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 8 [111]
Delwin Jones 1949 Texas State Representative, District 83 [31]
Robert A. Junell 1969 Senior status United States District Court Judge, Western District of Texas [31]
Jim Keffer 1975 Texas State Representative from District 60 [112]
Demetrio B. Lakas [lower-alpha 1] 1963 Former President of the Republic of Panama [7]
Pete Laney [lower-alpha 1] 1965 Former Texas State Representative [7]
W. Mark Lanier 1984 Attorney [113]
Tom Martin 1970 Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas [114]
Jim McReynolds 1987 (J.D.) Texas State Representative, District 12 [31]
Joseph Moody — Texas State Representative, District 78
Tibor P. Nagy 1972 Former United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, Guinea [115]
Randy Neugebauer 1972 United States Representative, Texas District 19 [116]
Larry A. Olson 1972 Texas Department of Information Resources, executive director [117]
Curtis Parrish 2004 (B.A.), 2007 (J.D.) Lubbock County Judge; Jones AT&T stadium announcer [118]
Randy Pendleton 1959 Texas State Representative, District 73 [119]
Charles Perry 1984 Texas State Senate, District 28 [120]
Edward Rappaport 1988 Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center [121]
Ron Reynolds Member of the Texas House of Representatives from Missouri City since 2011 [122]
Lionel Rivera 1979 Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado [123]
Bill Sarpalius 1972 Former Texas State Senator, District 31; former United States Representative, Texas District 13 [124]
Clay Sell 1989 Former Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Energy [31][125]
Preston Smith [lower-alpha 1] 1934 Former Governor of Texas [7][51]
John T. Smithee 1976 (J.D.) Texas State Representative, District 86 from Amarillo [31]
Burt Solomons 1977 Texas State Representative, District 65
James C. Spencer 1930s Texas state representative from Henderson County, 1939–1941, 1947–1949; Bataan Death March survivor [126]
Paul Stanley 1985 Former Tennessee State Senator, District 31
Charles Stenholm 1961 (B.S.), 1962 (M.S.) Former United States Representative, Texas District 17 [127]
Phil Stephenson 1969 Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 85 in Wharton and Certified Public Accountant [128]
David Swinford 1964 Former Texas State Representative, District 82 [31]
Karen Tandy [lower-alpha 1] 1974, 1977 Former Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration [7][51]
Elmer Tarbox [lower-alpha 1] 1939 Texas State Representative, District 76 [7][31]
Mac Thornberry 1980 United States Representative, Texas District 13 [129]
Dan Thornton 1932 Former Governor of Colorado [51]
Morris W. Turner 1954 Former Mayor of Lubbock, Texas [130]
T. John Ward [lower-alpha 1] 1964 United States District Court Judge, Eastern District of Texas [7][131]
Elizabeth Watson 1971 Former Chief of police, Houston Police Department [132]
Joseph M. Watt 1971 Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, 9th District [133]
Jeff Wentworth 1972 (J.D.) Texas State Senator, District 25 [134]
John C. White [lower-alpha 1] 1946 Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee [7][135]
Cypert O. Whitfill — Maryland Circuit Court Justice, 3rd Circuit [136]
Kent Hance
John Hinckly, Jr.
Randy Neugebauer
Charles Stenholm

Journalism and media
Name Class year Notability References
Bidal Aguero — Hispanic newspaper publisher and political activist in Lubbock [137]
Jim Angle [lower-alpha 1] 1969 Fox News Chief Washington Correspondent [7][138]
Frank Bass 1985 1988 Pulitzer Prize, General News Reporting, Alabama Journal [139]
Dennis Copeland 1977 1985 Pulitzer Prize, Spot News Photography, The Register; 1993 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, The Miami Herald [140]
Michael J. Crook 1983 News editor, reporter, 1993 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, The Miami Herald [141][142]
Charles E. Maple 1954 News editor and chamber of commerce official [143]
Emily Jones 1998 Fox Sports Net anchor and reporter [144]
Mcnamara Ellen [lower-alpha 1] 2003 News Anchor 5, 6, and 10pm Kansas City CBS Affiliate KCTV [145]
Wyman Meinzer [lower-alpha 1] 1974 State photographer of Texas [7]
Robert Montemayor 1975 1978 George Polk Award, Local Reporting, Dallas Times Herald; 1984 Pulitzer Prize, Public Service Award, Los Angeles Times [146][147]
Scott Pelley [lower-alpha 1] 1978 Journalist, former anchor and managing editor for CBS Evening News; 60 Minutes correspondent [7][148]
Tod Robberson 1981 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Editorial Writing, Dallas Morning News [149]
Gerald Rogers Public address announcer for Texas Tech football and basketball for 31 years; announced a total of 729 games [150]
Alton H. Slagle 1956 1981 Pulitzer Prize finalist, National Reporting, New York Daily News [151]
Herbert Southworth — Journalist [152]
Dirk West 1954 Cartoonist, journalist [153]
Scott Pelley
Emily Jones

Military
Name Class year Notability References
John D. Alexander [lower-alpha 1] 1982 Assistant Commander of Navy Personnel Command for Career Management (PERS-4) [7][154]
Ross Ayers [lower-alpha 1] 1933 Adjutant General for Texas [7]
Felix P. Ballenger [lower-alpha 1] 1934 Commanding Officer, National Naval Medical Center [7]
Charles Q. Brown Jr. [lower-alpha 1] 1984 First African American Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force; Brigadier General [7][155]
Richard E. Cavazos [lower-alpha 1] 1951 First Hispanic 4-star General in the U.S. Army; Commander U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) [7]
Donald D. Chapman [lower-alpha 1] 1939 Retired United States Navy Rear Admiral [7][156]
Robert T. Clark [lower-alpha 1] 1970 Lieutenant General; Commander, 5th Army [7]
Fred E. Ellis 1967 Major General, Texas Air National Guard [157]
Geoffrey “Tiny Dancer” Howard 2009 Combat pilot [158]
Walter Burl Huffman [lower-alpha 1] 1967 Assistant Judge Advocate General of the Army, The Pentagon [7]
Wendy M. Masiello 1980 One of the highest-ranking women in the United States Department of Defense [159]
George H. O'Brien, Jr. 1950 Major, USMCR, Medal of Honor recipient [160]
Leonard Wong — Professor of Military Strategy in the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College; author on military leadership [161]
Richard E. Cavazos
Wendy M. Masiello

Music
Name Class year Notability References
Josh Abbott — Singer, songwriter [162]
Jay Boy Adams — Singer, songwriter, guitarist from Lubbock [163]
Don Allison — Singer, musician at Cactus Theater of Lubbock [164]
Jerry Allison — Drummer (Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jerry Allison and The Crickets) [165]
Ponty Bone — [166]
Wade Bowen — Singer, songwriter [167]
John Denver 1961 Singer, actor [31]
Ralna English — Singer [168]
David Gaschen 1993 Broadway singer [169]
Rudy Gatlin — Singer [170]
Steve Gatlin — Singer [171]
Jimmy Dale Gilmore — Singer [172]
Susan Graham [lower-alpha 1] 1983 Singer [7][31]
Pat Green 1997 Singer [173]
Jack Huddle — Musician [174]
Virgil Johnson — Musician
Bob Lapham — Musician
Bob Livingston — Singer, songwriter
Lloyd Maines — Music producer, musician and songwriter [175]
Natalie Maines (did not graduate) Singer, songwriter [175]
Mark David Manders — Singer, songwriter [176]
Cory Morrow 1992 Singer, songwriter [31]
Timothy Rhea — Director of bands at Texas A&M University [177]
Doug Smith —
Jordan Randall Smith — conductor
Kelly Ray Turner — Guitarist
Lane Turner — Singer, songwriter
Cleto Cordero — Singer, songwriter
John Denver
Susan Graham
Bob Livingston
Natalie Maines

Science, technology and medicine
Name Class year Notability References
Joseph M. Acaba 2015 Astronaut [178]
Charles Bassett 1960 Astronaut [179]
Shannon Burchett — Developer of the default probability models used in RiskRank rating system [180]
Pau-Choo Chung 1991 (Ph.D) Electrical Engineering Department Chair, National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan [181]
Felix Crawford — Dentist in Plainview, Texas;official of the American Dental Association [182]
Mica Endsley [lower-alpha 1] 1982 First female and current Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force [183]
Grandmaster Ratte' — Hacker; co-founder of Cult of the Dead Cow
Ashawna Hailey — Computer scientist; creator of HSPICE [184]
David King 1974 Board Chairman, Primoris Services Corporation [185]
Rick Husband [lower-alpha 1] 1980 Former astronaut [7][186]
Norman Igo 1943 Civil engineer; former Texas Tech University Director of Construction [187]
Ginger Kerrick 1993 First non-astronaut Capsule Communicator (Capcom), first Russian-training-integration instructor, and first Hispanic female NASA Flight Director at NASA [188][189][190]
Paul Lockhart 1978 Astronaut [191]
Benjamin F. Logan — [192]
Ke-Shew Lu 1973 (M.S., Ph.D) Electronic engineer; CEO of DIOD, a Nasdaq company [193]
Timothy P. Marshall 1980, 1983 (M.S.) Civil engineer and meteorologist; damage analysis expert [194]
Francis Muguet 1992 (Ph.D.) Chemist, information freedom advocate [195]
James Powell 1961 (M.S.) Explorer; The Explorers Club flag carrier [196]
Arati Prabhakar 1979 (B.S) Director of DARPA; first female director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology [197]
Erik N. Rasmussen 1982 (M.S.) Atmospheric scientist, tornadogenesis expert
Nick Tredennick 1968 (B.S.), 1970 (M.S.) Electrical engineer [198]
Steven L. West 2000 Disability researcher
Joe Ben Wheat (did not graduate) Archaeologist [199]
Kin-Lu Wong 1986 (M.S., Ph.D) Scientist; expert in the field of mobile antenna design [200]
Terry Yates 1978 Biologist [201]
Joseph Acaba
Charles Bassett
Rick Husband

Honorary
Name Class year Notability References
John W. Carpenter 1940 Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [202]
Amon G. Carter 1930 Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [202]
Tom C. Clark 1947 United States Supreme Court Justice and United States Attorney General [202]
Glenna Goodacre — Sculptor [203]
Fred Gurley 1953 President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [202]
Kent Hance [lower-alpha 1] 2005 Former United States Representative, Texas District 19; Texas Tech University System Chancellor [203]
Clifford B. Jones 1940 Third president of Texas Tech University [202]
Susan Polgar 2007 Former World Chess Champion [204]
Ernest O. Thompson 1944 Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member, Texas Railroad Commissioner [202]
Daniel I.J. Thornton 1953 Former Colorado governor [202]
Dossie M. Wiggins 1953 Fifth president of Texas Tech University [202]
William M. Wyburn 1948 Fourth president of Texas Tech University [202]
Tom C. Clark
Susan Polgar

Sports
Main article: List of sportspeople educated at Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University alumni have also made contributions to field of sports. Former Red Raiders have gone on to compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball League (NBA), National Football League (NFL), PGA Tour, and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Approximately 94 alumni have been selected to the MLB Draft, 19 alumni have been selected in the NBA Draft, 149 alumni have been selected in the NFL Draft, and 9 alumni have been selected in the WNBA Draft. Texas Tech alumni have also gone on to coach collegiate and professional teams.

See also

Notes
  1. Texas Tech Distinguished Alumni
  1. Astronaut Fact Book was last published by NASA in 2013. Joseph Acaba is a 2015 graduate of the College of Education.

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