List of Sacramento State people
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
Authors and academics
Ann Bannon – lesbian pulp fiction author, professor[ 65]
JaNay Brown-Wood , children's book author[ 66]
Russ Buettner — Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for The New York Times [ 67]
Raymond Carver – fiction author, poet, screenwriter[ 68]
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 [ 69]
Chester Gorman – anthropologist[ 70]
Marisa Kelly (BA in 1986) - political scientist and President of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts [ 71]
Janet Nichols Lynch – writer and professor[ 72]
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 [ 73]
Laura Moriarty – poet and novelist[ 74]
Alan Reynolds – economist and author[ 75]
Tukufu Zuberi – professor and Chairman of Sociology Department, University of Pennsylvania [ 76]
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 [ 81]
McLeod Bethel-Thompson – quarterback for Minnesota Vikings [ 82]
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[ 83]
Marko Cavka – offensive lineman for Hamilton Tiger-Cats of Canadian Football League [ 84]
Dan Chamberlain – played for Buffalo Bills [ 85]
Elijah Dotson – NFL running back for the Los Angeles Chargers
Jeff Fleming – former Sacramento State player[ 86]
Aaron Garcia – quarterback for Jacksonville Sharks of AF1 [ 87]
John Gesek – former National Football League offensive lineman [ 88]
Tyronne Gross – running back for San Diego Chargers [ 89]
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 [ 90]
Lorenzo Lynch – former NFL defensive back [ 91]
Marte Mapu – NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots , 2022 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Year[ 92]
Zack Nash – linebacker for Arizona Cardinals 2012[ 93]
Lonie Paxton – lineman for Denver Broncos [ 94]
Ricky Ray – quarterback for Toronto Argonauts of Canadian Football League
Charles Roberts – running back for B.C. Lions of Canadian Football League[ 95]
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[ 96]
Wasswa Serwanga – NFL cornerback from 1999–2003[ 97]
Daimon Shelton – nine-year NFL fullback [ 98]
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
Faculty, staff, and other academics
Current
Emeritus
Adjunct
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