List of Arizona State University alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Arizona State University.

Business[edit]

Arts, literature and entertainment[edit]

Military[edit]

  • Maj. Gen. William P. Acker[21] – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former commander of 3rd Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, with headquarters at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
  • Maj. Gen. John J. Batbie, Jr.[22] – retired major general in the U.S. Air Force; former vice commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, GA
  • Gen. Philip M. Breedlove[23] – four-star general in the U.S. Air Force
  • Ryan Cleckner[24] – former army sniper and veterans activist
  • John C. Keegan[25] – served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy; retired with the rank of Commander in the U.S. Navy; served as judge of the Justice Court in Maricopa County, Arizona
  • Gen. John L. Piotrowski[26] – retired U.S. Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, 1985–1987; former commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Command (attended)
  • Rick Romley[27] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam; elected Maricopa County Attorney in 1989 and served until 2004; currently serves as Interim Maricopa County Attorney following his appointment by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
  • Eldon Rudd[28] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; served as a fighter pilot during World War II; served 20 years in the FBI on assignments in Latin America, Washington, D.C. and Phoenix; elected to U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th District in 1976, where he served until retirement in 1987 (deceased)
  • Brig. Gen. Michael A. Ryan – retired general in the U.S. Army
  • Jeremy Staat[29] – retiree of the U.S. Marine Corps; Iraqi War veteran; NFL professional athlete; founder of the Jeremy Staat Foundation, which works to prevent veteran suicide
  • Margaret H. Woodward[30] – major general in the U.S. Air Force, one of the commanders of Operation Odyssey Dawn
  • Daniel Yoo[31] – Commander of MARSOC; received the Founders’ Day Alumni Achievement Award from the ASU Alumni Association in 2013[32]

Miscellaneous[edit]

Government[edit]

Medicine and science[edit]

Sports[edit]

Baseball[edit]

Ike Davis
Ian Kinsler

101 ASU Sun Devils have made it to Major League Baseball, including:

Basketball[edit]

E-sports[edit]

Football[edit]

Hockey[edit]

Golf[edit]

Mixed martial arts[edit]

Olympics[edit]

Soccer[edit]

Tennis[edit]

  • Paulina Peled, née Peisachov (born 1950) – Israeli tennis player

Track[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

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