Buddy Garcia
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US President
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David M. Medina
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, justice on the
Supreme Court of Texas
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Burnet County
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Dwayne Stovall
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History
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, businessman in
Cleveland
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, Texas, school board member, and Republican candidate for the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
in the
primary election
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Robert L. Rutherford
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Military car ...
, former
General
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in the
United States Air Force
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The Oh Hellos
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Emilio Navaira
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Known to most by the mononym Emilio, he charted more than ...
, country/Tejano singer
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Kyle Park
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He self-released his first studio album, ''Big Time,'' in 2005, and after his second album in 2008, ''Anywhere in Texas'', ...
Randy Rogers
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, country singer
* Tommy Bolton, Dan Buie, Gerry Gibson and Bill Pennington of Roy Head and The Traits, Rockabilly Hall of Fame band members
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George Strait
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Jamestown Revival
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S U R V I V E
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Media
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G. W. Bailey
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, actor
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Powers Boothe
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E. R. Bills (author)
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Life and career
Born in Fort Worth in 1967, Bills was raised in Aledo, Texas. His blue-collar parents stressed the importance of a college education and sent him to Europe with the Ame ...
, author and journalist.
* Heloise, columnist
* Julian S. Garcia,writer, editor and op-ed writer for SAn Antonio Express-News, AP News and contributor-editor to ViAztlan: International Journal of Arts and Letters; and contributor to Caracol.
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Tomás Rivera
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Meg Turney
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, Internet news host
Sports
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Charles Austin
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, Olympic high jump gold medalist
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Joplo Bartu
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Early life
Bartu was born in ...
, Former
NFL
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Player
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Edgar Baumann
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Baumann won a silver medal at the 1995 Pan American Gam ...
, Olympic javelin thrower
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Torgeir Bryn
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former
NBA
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Kyle Finnegan
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Amateur career
Finnegan attended Kingwood High School in Kingwood, Texas. He earned all-distr ...
,
MLB
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Wade Key
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, former NFL player
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Tony Levine
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(born 1972), football coach
* Scott Linebrink, former MLB pitcher
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Craig Mager
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, American football player
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David Mayo
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, American football player
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Shawn Michaels
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, professional wrestler
* Darryl Morris, cornerback,
NFL
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,
Indianapolis Colts
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Jeff Novak
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Major League Baseball
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,
Boston Red Sox
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Mitchell Ward
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Texas State University is a publi ...
Charles Barsotti
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Early life
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,
cartoonist
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Griffon Ramsey
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Light Townsend Cummins
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, Bryan Professor of History at
Austin College
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Texas
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Rod Keller
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, president of
Segway Inc.
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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rod-keller/7/8b8/b34
Medicine
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Michael Glyn Brown
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, former hand surgeonMalislow, Craig. "Out of Hand." '' Houston Press''. Wednesday October 26, 2011 2 Retrieved on November 20, 2011.
Notable alumni gallery
Image:37 Lyndon Johnson 3x4.jpg, Lyndon B. Johnson, B.Ed. '30
Image:Powers-boothe-zumawirewestphotos963564.jpg, Powers Boothe, B.A. '69
Image:George Strait on stage.jpg, George Strait, B.S. '79, Honorary Ph.D. '06
Image:Robert L Rutherford.jpg, General Robert L. Rutherford, B.B.A. '61