12 Notable alumni of Belmont Abbey College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Belmont Abbey College is 5400st in the world, 1st in North America, and 1422st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Belmont Abbey College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Belmont Abbey College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Willie Drye
1949-. (aged 77)
journalist
Willie Drye is an American journalist and non-fiction author. He has published three books and is a contributing editor for National Geographic News. His work also has appeared in The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, and other national and regional publications. He currently serves as the president of the Washington County Waterways Commission.
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2. James W. Crawford III
1957-. (aged 69)
James Walter Crawford III is an American university administrator and former United States Navy officer who is the president of Texas Southern University. He served in the Navy for 34 years and is the former president of Felician University, having left the role in April 2023.
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3. David Brumbaugh
1960-2017 (aged 57)
politician
David Brumbaugh was an American businessman and Republican politician from Oklahoma. Brumbaugh was a Representative in the Oklahoma House of Representatives for District 76, located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Chairman for the Oklahoma Republican House Caucus which serves as the majority party in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
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4. Michal Smolen
1993-. (aged 33)
canoeist
Michal Smolen is a Polish-American slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008 for the United States.
5. Jordan Anderson
1991-. (aged 35)
racing driver
Jordan Lee Anderson is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet Camaro SS for his own team, Jordan Anderson Racing.
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6. Alex Castellanos
1986-. (aged 40)
baseball player
Alejandro Luis Castellanos is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
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7. Joseph Cryan
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Joseph P. Cryan is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2018, representing the 20th Legislative District. He previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2015, where he also represented the 20th Legislative District.
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8. Nikki Hornsby
singer
record producer
songwriter
Nikki Hornsby is an American musician who has been active in the pop, Americana, country, and blues genres as a songwriter, singer, and guitarist. From Long Beach, California, Hornsby grew up in Fairfax County of Northern Virginia. She is the granddaughter of Dan Hornsby, who was a songwriter, musician, recording artist, talent scout, engineer and producer for Columbia Records RCA...
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9. Patrick McHenry
1975-. (aged 51)
real-estate agent
politician
Patrick Timothy McHenry is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 10th congressional district, which includes the communities of Hickory and Mooresville, from 2005 to 2025. He also chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2023 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the North Carolina House of...
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10. Emilio Pagán
1991-. (aged 35)
professional baseball player
Emilio Enrique Pagán is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Minnesota Twins. He also plays for the Puerto Rico national baseball team.
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11. Bob Marshall
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Robert Gerald Marshall is an American businessman, author, and former politician who was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 13th District. His district included portions of Prince William and Loudoun counties. Self-described as Virginia's "chief homophobe," he was known for sponsoring the Marshall-Newman Amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage and an unsuccessful bathroom bill proposal. In the...
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12. Josef Schmid
1965-. (aged 61)
hydronaut
Josef F. Schmid is a German-American physician, NASA flight surgeon and a major general in the United States Air Force Reserves. He served as an aquanaut on the joint NASA-NOAA NEEMO 12 underwater exploration mission in May 2007. On 8 October 2021 he became one of the first humans to be Holoported off the planet and into space, visiting the...
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