17 Notable alumni of Carson-Newman University
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
Carson-Newman University is ranked #3,586 in the world and #943 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Carson-Newman 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 Carson-Newman University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Christie Murray
1990-. (aged 36)
association football player
Christie Harrison-Murray is a Scottish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and captains Birmingham City in the Women's Championship. She has also played for Arsenal, Bristol Academy, and Doncaster Rovers Belles in the FA WSL, as well as Celtic and Glasgow City of the Scottish Women's Premier League. Since making her debut in 2010, Harrison-Murray has won eighty one...
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2. Helen Timmons Henderson
1877-1925 (aged 48)
school teacher
politician
Helen Timmons Henderson was a schoolteacher and politician from Virginia. She was the first woman ever to be nominated for the Virginia House of Delegates; with Sarah Lee Fain, in 1923, she was one of the first two women elected to that body, and to the Virginia General Assembly as a whole.
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3. Pryor McElveen
1881-1951 (aged 70)
baseball player
Pryor Mynatt "Humpy" McElveen was an American professional baseball player and coach. McElveen played third base for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1909 to 1911. He attended Carson–Newman College. A native of Johnson City, Tennessee, he was team captain of the 1908 Southern Association champion Nashville Vols, and was a personal friend of sportswriter Fred Russell. He coached at his alma...
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4. John Q. Tilson
1866-1958 (aged 92)
lawyer
politician
John Quillin Tilson was an American politician. In 1898, he served as a major in the United States Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish–American War. A Republican, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives for almost 22 years, and was House Majority leader for 6 years.
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5. Lauren Wade
1993-. (aged 33)
association football player
Lauren Wade is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Heart of Midlothian and has appeared for the Northern Ireland women's national team.
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6. Doug Overbey
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Doug Overbey is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 2017 to 2021. Prior to becoming the U.S. Attorney, he represented District 2 in the Tennessee Senate as a Republican from 2009 to 2017. Overbey was chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee and vice-chairman of the Senate...
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7. Jeff Brandes
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Jeffrey P. Brandes is an American politician who served as the Florida State Senator from the 24th district from 2016 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he has been elected from the Pinellas County area to the Florida Senate since 2012, representing the 22nd district from 2012 to 2016. Brandes previously served as the Florida State Representative for...
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8. Aslyn
1980-. (aged 46)
composer
singer-songwriter
pianist
singer
Heather "Aslyn" Mitchell Nash is an American pop singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. She released two full-length albums, Lemon Love and The Dandelion Sessions, as well as a 4-disc EP. She is also the sister of three members of the band Georgia.
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9. Herbert S. Walters
1891-1973 (aged 82)
politician
Herbert Sanford Walters was a Democratic United States senator from Tennessee from 1963 to 1964.
10. Millard F. Caldwell
1897-1984 (aged 87)
lawyer
judge
politician
Millard Fillmore Caldwell was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist. He was the 29th governor of Florida (1945–1949) and served in all three branches of government at various times in his life, including as a U.S. representative and Florida Supreme Court justice.
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11. Shonie Carter
1972-. (aged 54)
kickboxer
karateka
judoka
mixed martial arts fighter
Shonie Carter, is an American former mixed martial artist. He is a former WEC Welterweight Champion, a UFC veteran, and a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. He has also competed in Pancrase, Shooto, King of the Cage, M-1 Global, KSW, and Bellator. He is known for his flashy dress, colorful vocabulary, outlandish personality and use of the...
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12. Sylvia Hatchell
1952-. (aged 74)
basketball coach
Sylvia Rhyne Hatchell is a former American women's basketball coach, who last coached for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) and was the fifth with the most career wins in NCAA women's basketball history, behind former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt, Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, and UConn coach Geno Auriemma. She competed with USA Basketball as the head...
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13. Chris Marion
1962-. (aged 64)
composer
Chris Marion is an American musician best known as a member of the Little River Band and for his contribution to the rock and gospel music industries. Born in Belton, Texas, and growing up in rural Virginia, Marion started his musical career as a pianist for his traveling family gospel group. He started taking piano lessons at age four and...
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14. Ben W. Hooper
1870-1957 (aged 87)
lawyer
politician
Ben Walter Hooper, was an American politician who served two terms as the 31st governor of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915. Elected as a Fusionist candidate, he was one of just three Republicans to hold the office from the end of Reconstruction to the last quarter of the 20th century. His success was due to divisions in the state Democratic...
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15. B. Carroll Reece
1889-1961 (aged 72)
banker
jurist
politician
Brazilla Carroll Reece was an American Republican Party politician from Tennessee. He represented eastern Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives for all but six years from 1921 to 1961 and served as the Chair of the Republican National Committee from 1946 to 1948. A conservative, he led the party's Old Right wing alongside Robert A. Taft in crusading...
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16. Michael Eric Dyson
1958-. (aged 68)
religious leader
biographer
sociologist
university teacher
preacher
Michael Eric Dyson is an American academic, author, Baptist minister, and radio host. He is a professor in the College of Arts and Science and in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited...
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17. Ryan Williams
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Ryan Emilie Williams is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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