Notable Alumni
- Buddhi K. Athauda - Sri Lanka Ambassador to Netherlands
- June Atkinson - State Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Carolina
- Danielle Banks - On Camera Meteorologist, The Weather Channel
- Frank Beamer - Head football coach, Virginia Tech
- Maria Odulio de Guzman - Lexicographer
- Nelson Harris - Former mayor of Roanoke, Virginia
- Randal J. Kirk - Founder of New River Pharmaceuticals, winner of Virginia’s Outstanding Industrialist of 2008
- Scott Long - Human Rights Activist, currently working at the Human Rights Watch
- Dave Mattingly - National Public Radio producer and newscaster
- Jayma Mays - Actress, stars as Emma Pilsbury in the Fox series Glee
- Goran Nava - Olympian for Serbia in the 1500 meter run in the 2008 Olympics
- Steve Robinson - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Assistant Coach
- Martin Sayer - Assistant Men's Tennis Coach for Radford University, member of the Hong Kong Davis Cup team, former RU tennis player, 4 time Big South Player of the Year
- Marty Smith - ESPN NASCAR Analyst
- Ryan Speier - Pitcher, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
- Diane Stupar-Hughes - Co-host of talk radio show Elliot in the Morning.
- Dante Washington - TV Soccer Color Analyst for the Columbus Crew of MLS, first team All-American in 1991, played for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics Games
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