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This is a list of
encyclopedic persons (students, alumni, faculty, staff, or academic affiliates) associated with
California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State).
Alumni
Arts
Television and movies
Carlos Alazraqui – actor, comedian –
Reno 911!
[1]
Jeffrey Boam (B.A. in Art) – screenwriter, producer
[2]
Creed Bratton – actor,
The Office
[3]
Antoinette "Butterscotch" Clinton , finalist,
America's Got Talent , season 2
[4]
Kurt Caceres – actor
[5]
Joe Carnahan (B.A. in Filmography) – film director,
Smokin' Aces ,
The A-Team
[6]
Ryan Coogler (BS in Business Administration (Finance))– director of 2015 film
Creed and
Black Panther
[7]
[8]
[9]
Giselle Fernández (B.A. in Journalism and Government) – former
KTLA Morning News anchor
[10]
Joseph Gutheinz (B.A. and M.A. in Criminal Justice) – retired attorney, appears in documentaries
Moon for Sale and
The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks
[11]
Tom Hanks – Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer
[12]
Kristine Hanson (B.A. Communications, 1974) – television broadcaster, Playboy Playmate of the Month
[13]
Joanna Hernandez – season one of the
Bad Girls Club and winner of season one of
For the Love of Ray J
[14]
Lester Holt (B.A. Government) – anchor for flagship broadcast
NBC Nightly News , host of Dateline and co-anchor of weekend edition of
Today
[15]
Karen Kilgariff – co-host of podcast
My Favorite Murder , former head writer of
The Ellen DeGeneres Show and
The Rosie Show
Kayden Kross – adult film actress
[16]
Joan Lunden (formerly known as Joanie Blunden) (B.A. Liberal Arts) – television personality, former co-host of
Good Morning America
[17]
Bridget Marquardt (B.A. Public Relations, 1998) – girlfriend of
Hugh Hefner , featured on
E! TV show
The Girls Next Door
Brian Posehn – stand-up comedian
[18]
Rick Rossovich – actor,
The Terminator ,
Top Gun ,
Roxanne
[19]
Billy Marshall Stoneking (B.A. English, minor Philosophy, 1970) – Australian/American poet, filmmaker, writer, script editor and teacher
[20]
Graham Streeter (BA Japanese and Business Administration) – screenwriter, film director
[21]
Rene Syler (BA Psychology, 1987) – television personality, former host of
The Early Show on
CBS
[22]
Shauvon Torres – cast member of The Real World, Sydney
[23]
Rene Syler
Musicians
Fine artists
Politicians and government
Mervyn M. Dymally, former Lt. Governor
International politicians
Business
Doug Lipp (MA in International Business Communications) – consultant, speaker, author, CEO and president of G. Douglas Lipp & Associates
Angelo Tsakopoulos (BA Government, BS Business Administration, Honorary Doctorate in Human Letters) – real estate mogul
[63]
Authors and academics
Ann Bannon – lesbian pulp fiction author, professor
[64]
JaNay Brown-Wood , children's book author
[65]
Russ Buettner — Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for
The New York Times
[66]
Raymond Carver – fiction author, poet, screenwriter
[67]
Richard Ebeling (BA in Economics) –
libertarian author, President of
Foundation for Economic Education
John Fund - American political journalist, currently national-affairs reporter for
National Review Online
[68]
Chester Gorman – anthropologist
[69]
Marisa Kelly (BA in 1986) - political scientist and President of
Suffolk University in
Boston, Massachusetts
[70]
Janet Nichols Lynch – writer and professor
[71]
Mary Mackey – fiction author, poet, screenwriter, and professor Emeritus (English)
Richard J. Maybury – economist and author on topics of international business, law, history, juris naturalism
[72]
Laura Moriarty – poet and novelist
[73]
Alan Reynolds – economist and author
[74]
Tukufu Zuberi – professor and Chairman of Sociology Department,
University of Pennsylvania
[75]
Other notables
Athletes
Baseball
Rhys Hoskins
Basketball
Nick Hornsby
Lonie Paxton
Otis Amey –
wide receiver for
San Francisco 49ers ,
Atlanta Falcons ,
Cleveland Gladiators ,
Austin Wranglers ,
Sacramento Mountain Lions
[80]
McLeod Bethel-Thompson –
quarterback for
Minnesota Vikings
[81]
DaRon Bland – NFL cornerback for the
Dallas Cowboys ; named First-team
All-Pro and
Pro Bowler in 2023, also led NFL in interceptions in 2023
DeAndre Carter – NFL wide receiver for the
Las Vegas Raiders , previously played for the
Philadelphia Eagles ,
Houston Texans ,
Chicago Bears ,
Washington Football Team , and
Los Angeles Chargers
Mike Carter – former
NFL wide receiver
[82]
Marko Cavka –
offensive lineman for
Hamilton Tiger-Cats of
Canadian Football League
[83]
Dan Chamberlain – played for
Buffalo Bills
[84]
Elijah Dotson – NFL running back for the
Los Angeles Chargers
Jeff Fleming – former Sacramento State player
[85]
Aaron Garcia – quarterback for
Jacksonville Sharks of
AF1
[86]
John Gesek – former National Football League
offensive lineman
[87]
Tyronne Gross –
running back for
San Diego Chargers
[88]
Cole Hikutini – tight end for the
Michigan Panthers of the
United Football League , previously played in the NFL for the
San Francisco 49ers
Jon Kirksey – defensive tackle,
New Orleans Saints ,
St. Louis Rams
[89]
Lorenzo Lynch – former NFL
defensive back
[90]
Marte Mapu – NFL linebacker for the
New England Patriots , 2022 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year
[91]
Zack Nash – linebacker for
Arizona Cardinals 2012
[92]
Lonie Paxton –
lineman for
Denver Broncos
[93]
Ricky Ray – quarterback for
Toronto Argonauts of Canadian Football League
Charles Roberts – running back for
B.C. Lions of Canadian Football League
[94]
Darnell Sankey – linebacker for the
Montreal Alouettes of the
Canadian Football League , previously played in the NFL for the
Indianapolis Colts
Kato Serwanga – NFL cornerback from 1998–2003
[95]
Wasswa Serwanga – NFL cornerback from 1999–2003
[96]
Daimon Shelton – nine-year NFL
fullback
[97]
Taylor Tappin –
offensive lineman who played for the
Ottawa Redblacks of the
Canadian Football League
Kevin Thomson -
quarterback for the
Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the
Canadian Football League
Softball
Soccer
Sports figures (non-athletes)
Faculty, staff, and other academics
Current
Emeritus
Former
Adjunct
Former administrators
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