14 Notable alumni of California Lutheran University
Updated: June 15, 2026 EliteDegrees
California Lutheran University is ranked #2,881 in the world and #745 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from California Lutheran 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 California Lutheran University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mark Covert
1950-. (aged 76)
marathon runner
Mark Covert is an American runner. He is believed to maintain the second-longest streak of running every day in the world. Covert's running streak began on July 23, 1968, just after his senior year at Burbank High School in Burbank, California, and continued for exactly 45 years. Due to a chronic foot injury, Covert announced that he would end his...
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2. Jacquelynne Fontaine
1982-. (aged 44)
singer
beauty pageant contestant
Jacquelynne Noelle Fontaine is an American opera singer, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder. She held the title of Miss California 2006, finished in the top 10 and won a preliminary talent award at Miss America in 2007. She is known for her performance as Carlotta Giudicelli in the adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber at...
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3. Stephen Lambdin
1988-. (aged 38)
taekwondo athlete
Stephen Lambdin is an American taekwondo competitor. He represented Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. He represented the United States at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal. He trains with coach Jeff Pinaroc in Mansfield Texas. He is a graduate of Colleyville Heritage High School and California Lutheran University.
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4. Ray Haynes
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Raymond Neal Haynes Jr. is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the state of California.
5. Mike Borzello
1970-. (aged 56)
baseball player
Michael Ross Borzello is an Italian-American professional baseball coach and former catcher who has worked in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and San Diego Padres.
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6. James Ware
1946-. (aged 80)
lawyer
judge
William James Ware is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
7. Carly Schroeder
1990-. (aged 36)
film actor
actor
television actor
Carly Brook Schroeder is an American former actress and U.S. Army officer. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles. She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire. In 2007, she played the lead in Gracie, a film inspired by a...
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8. Rich Hill
baseball player
Richard Bradley Hill is an American baseball coach who is the current head baseball coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
9. Jason Dolley
1991-. (aged 35)
film actor
actor
television actor
Jason Scott Dolley is an American actor, musician, and Twitch streamer known for his roles in Disney Channel shows and movies. These include Newton "Newt" Livingston III on Cory in the House, Virgil Fox in Minutemen, Connor Kennedy in Read It and Weep, Pete Ivey in Hatching Pete, and PJ Duncan on Good Luck Charlie.
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10. Tom Herman
1975-. (aged 51)
American football player
Thomas Herman III is an American college football coach who most recently served as the head coach for the Florida Atlantic Owls. He was the head football coach for the Texas Longhorns from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as the head football coach for the Houston Cougars from 2015 to 2016.
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11. Bianca A. Santos
1990-. (aged 36)
film actor
actor
television actor
Bianca Alexa Santos is an American actress known for her roles as Lexi Rivera in the Freeform drama series The Fosters and as Lucy Velez in the MTV comedy series Happyland. She also starred in the films Ouija (2014), The DUFF (2015), and Priceless (2016).
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12. Michael Dean Shelton
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
Michael Dean Shelton is an American actor, activist, and photographer. Making his television debut in 2006 on MTV's Punk'd, he appeared in several reality TV shows, PSAs, in addition to his humanitarian work to that focused on global poverty, food insecurity, mental illness, and LGBTQ+ equality. Shelton is also a photographer who divides his time between Little Rock, Arkansas and...
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13. Jason Smith
1974-. (aged 52)
basketball player
Jason Victor Smith is an American former professional basketball player who played twelve seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado State Rams before being selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Miami Heat.
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14. Dave Aranda
1976-. (aged 50)
head coach
David Christopher Aranda is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at Baylor University, a position he has held since 2020. He previously served as the defensive coordinator at LSU, Wisconsin, Utah State, Hawaii, Delta State, and Cal Lutheran.
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