8 Notable alumni of Albany State University
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
Albany State University is ranked #1,973 in the world and #489 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from Albany State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Albany State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jordan Floyd
1997-. (aged 29)
basketball player
Jordan Mailk Floyd is an American professional basketball player for Tofaş of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the FIBA Champions League. He played college basketball for the King Tornado and the Albany State Golden Rams.
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2. Mack Daughtry
1947-2024 (aged 77)
basketball player
Mack Daughtry Jr. was an American professional basketball player who spent one season in the American Basketball Association (ABA) with the Carolina Cougars during the 1970–71 season. He attended Albany State University. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks in the eighth round of the 1968 NBA draft.
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3. Alice Coachman
1923-2014 (aged 91)
high jumper
athletics competitor
Alice Marie Coachman Davis was an American athlete. She specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
4. Caldwell Jones
1950-2014 (aged 64)
basketball player
basketball coach
Caldwell "Pops" Jones Jr. was an American professional basketball player.
5. Rick Ross
1976-. (aged 50)
American football player
businessperson
entrepreneur
rapper
songwriter
William Leonard Roberts II, known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper and music executive. An influential figure in modern hip hop music, Rick Ross has become known for his "booming" vocal performance, "larger than life" persona, and vivid lyrical imagery. His lyrics form the hardships of street life and black market economic activity into a rags to riches...
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6. Bernice Johnson Reagon
1942-2024 (aged 82)
historian
singer
composer
Bernice Johnson Reagon was an American song leader, composer, professor of American history, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist. In the early 1960s, she was a founding member of the Freedom Singers, organized by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the Albany Movement for civil rights in Georgia. In 1973, she founded the all-black female a cappella ensemble...
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7. Shirley Sherrod
1948-. (aged 78)
sociologist
Shirley Sherrod is the executive director for the Southwest Georgia Project and Vice President of Development for New Communities at Cypress pond. Sherrod is a civil rights activist who has devoted most of her life advocating for farmers and rural residents. Sherrod has been the recipient of various praises such as; The Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Sojourner-Douglas College,...
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8. Lovisa Mulunga
1995-. (aged 31)
association football player
Lovisa Tuyakula Mulunga is a Namibian footballer who plays as a defender for Namibia Women's Super League club Tura Magic FC, where she is team captain, and the Namibia women's national team, also known as the Brave Gladiators. She was named the 2011/2012 Namibia Women's Super League Player of the Season.
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