Notable Alumni
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Benet Academy alumni.Benet alumni include Olympic air rifle gold medalist Nancy Johnson; National Football League players Steve Baumgartner, Dan LeFevour, and Justin McCareins; professional boxer Mike Lee; and professional poker player and Positively Fifth Street author James McManus. Grammy-winning rock singer Dave Bickler, former lead singer of the group Survivor, and Diablo Cody, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Juno, graduated from Benet, as did former Illinois Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan.
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