Notable Alumni From Your High School

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:46 pm

Rocco Baldelli
Dave Emma
Rob Goudreau
AJ Smith
Ricky Ledo
Will Blackmon
Steve Furness
Davey Lopes
Lou Gorman

Meh.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:57 pm

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 2:59 pm

Henry Paul of The Outlaws
Derek "Operation Shutdown" Bell
Tim Crews
FL Atty Gen. Pam Bondi
Mike Awesome WWF champ
Fmr. Mayor of Tampa Pam Iorio
Gary Koch, NBC golf announcer
Former Baltimore Oriole Calvin Pickering (my class)

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:00 pm

ESPN's Dan Shulman (my sister's class - apparently a super nice guy)
Canadian House Leader Peter van Loan - comparable to House Majority Leader (my class)
Legendary (in Canada) sports broadcaster Dave Hodge
Two Playwrights you've never heard of
A woman who played "Palmer" in the final Saw movie
Nora Young (Canadian Broadcaster)

And maybe 2,000 lawyers and 500 Doctors.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:03 pm

Renee Zellweger
Clint Black
Andy Dalton

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:14 pm

Giff wrote:Renee Zellweger
Clint Black
Andy Dalton

Notable, not risible.

Post by **brian** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:18 pm

If I killed someone horrible like Rush Limbaugh or Ted Cruz or Joe Buck, I'd probably be the most famous person ever from my high school. It's tempting.

(Hey, NSA -- just joking...)

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:36 pm

Only one I can think of is fitness model Christina Vargas. She did not look like this in high school.

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wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:40 pm

* Brad Mays - award-winning filmmaker and stage director
* Moose Haas (My Spanish teacher was his baseball coach)
* Thomas Rowe Price, Jr. - founder of the company T. Rowe Price
* Stan Cherry Baltimore Colts
* wlu_lax6
Also there is a story that Edgar Allen Poe applied for a teaching position at the school but was rejected for being a bit too creepy.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:53 pm

Great thread idea:

Since none of them will be recognized by name...

Daniel Bursch, astronaut. Several stays on the International Space Station, crew member on the final shuttle flight. He gave the commencement speech at my graduation, and I dutifully snubbed him and walked past his outstretched hand as I collected my diploma.

Peter Robinson, speechwriter for Reagan and GHW Bush. Wrote the "Tear down this wall" speech.

Steve Perry, lead singer of Cherry Poppin' Daddies (Zoot Suit Riot).

Some other lame authors and a sciency dudes. Including, as I am sure you all remember, my friend's older brother who was part of the team that was the first to create a fermionic condensate.

phxgators · Post by **phxgators** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:12 pm

Cam Cameron

Not as notable, but this guy was in the year behind me:

Edit: Fixed his year in relation to mine

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:32 pm

nobody, my generation sucked

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:42 pm

Johnnie wrote:Only one I can think of is fitness model Christina Vargas. She did not look like this in high school.

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When did she buy that rack?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 4:53 pm

These folks I know pretty well. Wilson and Brown, very well. Denise and Marcy were my sister's two closest friends.
Michael Franti, musician (and USF hoopster)
Denise Curry, Basketball Hall of Fame (Best female player in the country, time period between Ann Meyers and Cheryl Miller)
Dave Scott, six time Ironman triathlon champ, helped establish high profile of the sport
Craig Wilson, three-time Olympian water polo star, goalie
Steve Brown, MLB pitcher, Angels
Marcy Place, two-time Olympian, field hockey, Hall of Famer in her sport.
Tony Fields, dancer and musician, one of the original Solid Gold dancers, backup dancer on Michael Jackson videos, including Beat It. One of the early AIDS victims.

these people I barely know, met once or twice; Wulff I knew him when he was a little kid
Carol Greider MD, Nobel Laureate (also UCSB)
Ron Bryant, MLB pitcher (SF Giants), led NL in a fake stat, 24 wins, in 1973
Paul Wulff, college and pro football coach, head coach at Eastern Washington and Washington State
Jason Fisk, NFL d-lineman, Minnesota Vikings
Jonathan Segel, rock musician, Camper Van Beethoven

These I have never met
Nick Watney, pro golfer, five PGA tour wins
Jalil Anibaba, MLS soccer player
Sam Reynolds, former MLS player
Nate Boyden, briefly a MLS player

a few assorted olympians, doctors, business people and sex offenders. Carol is by far the most important, Franti the most famous, Denise the greatest athlete (and I could beat her one-on-one, but not at H-O-R-S-E, great shooter.)

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:29 pm

Politics:

Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush and Fox News talking head (deceased)

Athletes:

Lance Johnson, MLB player for the Cardinals, White Sox, Yankees and over in Japan. He led the AL in triples something like four years in a row.
Josh Harrison, SS for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker for the Cardinals, Seahawks and Cowboys
Shane Curry, defensive lineman for the Colts (deceased)
Two former UK basketball players: Erik Daniels and Todd Svoboda
Michael Taylor, was starting QB at Michigan in the late 1980s
Alex Higdon, starting TE for Ohio State in the late 1980s and played in the NFL for a few years
Spencer Ware, former LSU fullback.

Entertainment:

Carmen Electra (same class as me)
Jason Jackson, former ESPN broadcaster (same class as me)
Missy Doty, actress (her biggest role was the chubby waitress in Sideways; same class as me)
Nick Lachey, boy band member

Special mention:

Jim Markwell, an Army Ranger who was killed in Operation Just Cause (the invasion of Panama). He received some notoriety when a letter he wrote to his family before going on the mission was read during President Bush's State of the Union address after the invasion.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:48 pm

I haven't thought about Ron Bryant (baseball-reference page) in many years (and today is his birthday.) His was the first +90mph fastball I ever saw close up (age 15, standing in the batters box while he threw an off-season session.) Immediately following his breakout season, he proceeded to drink himself out of the game.

Nearly killed himself in a bizarre accident. One night during spring training 1974, he was wasted, hanging out at the motel swimming pool. He went down the slide, lost his balance, and the edge of the bottom of the slide dug into his torso, slicing him open. Tremendous blood loss, some 200 stitches (iirc, don't quote me on that.) He only missed a few weeks, but reportedly drank constantly during his recuperation. Was out of baseball within two years. He was a fixture at the local bars for the next several years, several DUIs, bar fights, fucking dismal. I thought it was so odd, to see such a story that was a staple of fiction and Sports Illustrated play out in real life in my little home town.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:04 pm

Non-sports
Sirhan Sirhan
Rodney King
David Lee Roth

MLB
Jackie Robinson
Darrell Evans

NBA
Jacque Vaughn
Stacy Augmon
Ryan Hollins

NFL
Chad Brown
Ricky Ervins
Marcus Robertson
Bunch of other stiffs

Post by **brian** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:11 pm

Jackie Robinson? Keg wins.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:18 pm

Not much from my town

Writer Dalton Trumbo
QB Bill Musgrave (49ers, Oregon)
QB Andrew Walter (Raiders, Arizona State)
Mlb player & manager Chuck Cottier

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:13 pm

brian wrote:Jackie Robinson? Keg wins.

Even with Sirhan Sirhan and Rodney King? My school/home town sucks!

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:56 pm

Insert blank post here.

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:33 pm

brian wrote:Jackie Robinson? Keg wins.

He wins. But not for Jackie Robinson. Mr. Sirhan.

(Pasadena, or Muir?)

(nevermind, googled it. Muir. Pasadena may have been segregated in Jackie's time.)

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:18 pm

Gus Van Sant - movie director
Mark Tinker - TV producer and director
Clint Conley - bass player, Mission of Burma
Tom Gammill - writer, director, producer (SNL, Seinfeld, Simpsons, Gary Shandling, Wonder Years)
Sal Ferraina - bodybuilding champion
Bill Helman - venture capitalist, GM board, part-owner Boston Celtics
Moby - musician
Chloe Sevigny - actor
Topher Grace - actor
Kate Bosworth - actor

I knew numbers 3 to 6 through sports, music, and writing.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:11 am

In terms of coolest alumni list, I'd have to go with Rass's alma mater.

Robert Crumb > pretty much everyone

I'd love to have seen what kind of kid he was as a teenager.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 12:51 am

High School I graduated from it's basically Elinor Purrier who is a distance runner at UNH. Otherwise no one that did anything athletically anywhere higher than DIII or NAIA. Other than some state politicians from yesteryear, I'm probably one of the more famous (most return to the shithole town for some reason.)

The HS I went to for 9-10 there are a shit load of Olympians, including the Shea family of gold medal winners (most recently in the 2002 Skeleton races.)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:33 am

The High School me and DevilFluff went to has only been around since 1967, and IIRC, D-Fluff's dad and uncle were part of the first class.

Anyway, in addition to Linda Fiorentino, we also have King Kong Bundy.

And a couple of guys who made The Show in MLB and NFL, including one dude Antony Jordan I graduated with who was a special teams ace for the Colts, Falcons and Bucs. Drafted in the same class as Peyton Manning.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:03 pm

Darrin Horn - current ESPN/SEC Network basketball analyst, former coach of South Carolina & Western Kentucky. He was one year ahead of me and since I had been the statistician for the junior high team when he was an 8th grader he was always super friendly to me.

David Akers - NFL kicker. Hung out with him the summer after my freshman year in college and he hadn't become a holy roller yet. Kid could put down some bourbon.

Kevin Jarvis - MLB pitcher

Brian Littrell - Backstreet Boy

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:11 pm

So Bensell and Sabo have half of the Backstreet Boys covered.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:16 pm

Jerloma wrote:So Bensell and Sabo have half of the Backstreet Boys covered.

I think you're just trolling to see if anyone will call you on that.

(I work with a guy who went to school with one of the Backstreet Boys - kevin something.)

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:40 pm

Not many. Ken Macha, Tim Conroy (MLB bust who is one of the few to go straight to the majors while skipping minor leagues), and Justin King played like 3 NFL quarters.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:28 pm

John Michael Higgins

Georgia Engel (Georgette from The Mary Tyler Moore Show... This one, for some reason, blew me away.)

Nils Lofgren

Tim Kurkjian

My favorite, Colleen Haskell from Survivor

There's a number of others that are kind of in the weeds, like journalists Robert Pear (WSJ) and James Risen (NYT). Also travel guru Rudy Maxa.

But, the only "celebrity" from my era...

Anybody up on their political scandals know who this guy is?

devilfluff · Post by **devilfluff** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 8:12 pm

L-Jam3 wrote:The High School me and DevilFluff went to has only been around since 1967, and IIRC, D-Fluff's dad and uncle were part of the first class.

Anyway, in addition to Linda Fiorentino, we also have King Kong Bundy.

And a couple of guys who made The Show in MLB and NFL, including one dude Antony Jordan I graduated with who was a special teams ace for the Colts, Falcons and Bucs. Drafted in the same class as Peyton Manning.

My uncle was, my dad is 2 or 3 years younger. Before that they sent to Williamstown, but I've got nothing else for famous folks.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:37 am

Former head of the RNC-Ken Mehlman (lived in my neighborhood)

2014 National Lacrosse HOF inductee Michele Uhlfelder (was in my grade)

Owners of Advertising.com and Videology, Jon and Scott Ferber (smoked a bunch of weed with both)

Munch from The Wire said that he graduated from my HS also. Not the actor, the character.

So, nobody.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:35 am

John Bosa, AKA The Poor Man's Mike Mamula, Dolphins first-round pick in 1987 out of BC. Most famous for being the centerpiece of our local Applebees wall and the inspiration behind the extremely (read: 10-15 people) colloquial expression "Fuckin' A John Bosa!" which translates to "You're right!" or "I'm excited about that thing you just said, my Keene friend!"

Jonathan Daniels, white (duh) seminarian killed at age 26 while protesting whites-only stores in Alabama. An elementary school near the 7-11 is named in his honor. Black people don't shop there but they could if they wanted!

I've never heard of Heather Wilson but she has tons of Swamp ties, so let's meet her too.

Graduated from KHS
First female Air Force basic training commander
First female Vice Wing commander
First veteran congresswoman, representing New Mexico
Current president of THE South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 9:42 am

Just read about Johnathan Daniels. Jeez, that happened less than 50 years ago? Crazy.

Post by **brian** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 12:19 pm

Ryan wrote: I've never heard of Heather Wilson but she has tons of Swamp ties, so let's meet her too.
Graduated from KHS
First female Air Force basic training commander
First female Vice Wing commander
First veteran congresswoman, representing New Mexico
Current president of THE South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Shit, no kidding. If she currently resided in New Jersey (which wouldn't make any sense, but follow along with me here), that would be the Superfecta.

Diamond · Post by **Diamond** » Fri Nov 14, 2014 1:53 pm

Renee Fleming - Crushed the Star-Spangled Banner at the last Super Bowl.
Tim Redding - crappy MLB pitcher
Ted Hoff - invented the microprocessor at Intel.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:05 pm

Slight threadjack here, but here's a question for Daddy Swampers. If you don't live now in the same town as your high school, do you tend to start following your kids' high school athletics? I'm saying this b/c although I keep tabs on my old stomping grounds, I do look up to see what my kids' eventual school is doing, even though they're 8 years away at the earliest. Maybe b/c I'm in a different state now.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:20 pm

I didn't even care about my high school's athletics back when I was one of the players.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 4:19 pm

mister d wrote:I didn't even care about my high school's athletics back when I was one of the players.

Ha! But our current town one the State Championship just a few years ago! We have a semi-pro baseball team, one of those summer leagues full of college prospects, that plays in our town. I keep telling my son we will go see a couple of innings so he can see what baseball is supposed to look like. He keeps saying he likes baseball, but I can't get him to watch even the 2 minute Yanks/Mets highlights on the evening news.