12 Notable alumni of Fayetteville State University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Fayetteville State University is 2453st in the world, 1st in North America, and 632st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Gene Hobbs
1973-. (aged 53)
Eugene Weston Hobbs II, known as Gene Hobbs is an American technical diver and founding board member of the non-profit Rubicon Foundation. Hobbs has served as medical officer for the Woodville Karst Plain Project since 2004 and was named the 2010 Divers Alert Network/ Rolex Diver of the year. Hobbs was a hyperbaric technologist and simulation coordinator at Duke Medical...
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2. Gladys J. Commons
1948-. (aged 78)
official
Gladys Lee Commons is the former United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller).
3. Roderick Allison
Roderick "Rod" Allison is the former Acting Deputy Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and Director of the Federal Air Marshal Service.
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4. Marvin W. Lucas
1941-. (aged 85)
politician
Marvin Willis Lucas Jr. is a Democratic former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 17th and later 42nd districts from 2001 until 2025. His district includes constituents in Cumberland County. He serves as the House Democratic Conference Co-Chair. Lucas is a retired school principal from Spring Lake, North Carolina. Lucas is African-American.
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5. Michele S. Jones
1963-. (aged 63)
soldier
Michele S. Jones is the first woman in the United States Army Reserve to reach the position of command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Reserve. She is the first female non-commissioned officer to serve in the highest enlisted position of a component of the U.S. Army, active or reserve, and was at one time the highest-ranking African-American female enlisted...
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6. Brasheedah Elohim
1980-. (aged 46)
basketball player
Brasheedah Elohim is an American-Israeli basketball player and tennis player. During her professional women's basketball career in Israel, she played for Ramat HaSharon, Ashdod, Ramla, and Jerusalem. She was a member of the 2016 Israel women's national basketball team.
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7. Junkyard Dog
1952-1998 (aged 46)
actor
professional wrestler
Sylvester Ritter was an American professional wrestler and college football player, best known for his time in Mid-South Wrestling, where he would serve as a world heavyweight champion, and the World Wrestling Federation as the Junkyard Dog (or JYD). He was known for entering the ring with his trademark chain attached to a dog collar, headlining cards that drew large...
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8. Affion Crockett
1974-. (aged 52)
record producer
film actor
television actor
actor
voice actor
Affion Crockett is an American actor and comedian who appeared on Black-ish and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and was the producer and star of the Fox series In the Flow with Affion Crockett.
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9. Darrell Armstrong
1968-. (aged 58)
basketball player
basketball coach
Darrell Eugene Armstrong is an American professional basketball coach and former player who last was an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 14 seasons in the NBA for the Orlando Magic, New Orleans Hornets, Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers and New Jersey Nets. Armstrong was selected as the Most Improved Player and Sixth...
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10. Mitch Colvin
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Mitch Colvin is an American businessman, mortician and politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, starting December 2017.
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11. Blueface
1997-. (aged 29)
songwriter
rapper
Johnathan Michael Porter, known professionally as Blueface, is an American rapper and professional boxer. In October 2018, after releasing the music video for his song "Respect My Cryppin'", he became a viral meme due to his offbeat style of rapping. The following month, he was signed to Cash Money West, the California branch of Birdman's Cash Money Records label.
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12. Jim Bibby
1944-2010 (aged 66)
baseball player
James Blair Bibby was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972 to 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he was a member of its 1979 World Series champions. In 1973, Bibby pitched a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics. In 1981, as a...
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