Gene Chizik served as head football coach at Auburn from 2009-2012 and led the Tigers to a national title during the 2010-2011 season with a win over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game.
Jake Peavy pitched in the Majors from 2002-15, winning two World Series - one with the San Francisco Giants and another with the Boston Red Sox - and won the 2007 Cy Young Award with the San Diego Padres.
John Hannah is a Hall of Fame offensive lineman who played for the New England Patriots from 1973–1985. He is a member of both the Pro Football and College Football hall of fames.
Major Applewhite quarterbacked the Texas Longhorns from 1998-2001. He was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 1998 and Big 12 Co-Offensive Player of the Year in 1999. He later served as head coach at the U. of Houston from 2016-2018.
Vonetta Flowers became the first African-American women to win a medal in the Winter Olympics when she took gold in bobsledding at the 2002 Winter Games.
