Burnsville High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Greg Baker—BHS Class of 1986, Appeared as "Elliott" in Sports Night, "Mr Corelli" in Hannah Montana, "Burger Pitt" in I'm with the Band
• John McCoy—BHS Class of 1996, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operator, Earned 2 Bronze Stars and multiple other decorations during 5 tours in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Steve "Bjorn" Engberg—BHS Class of 1995, F-16 Pilot, Earned Distinguished Flying Cross during Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Gary Barta—BHS Class of 1982, Athletic Director at the University of Iowa
• Cameron Beckman—BHS Class of 1988, Winner of three events on the PGA Tour
• Dan Beckmann—BHS Class of 2007, actor, most notably for his role in the 2009/2010 International Tour of Footloose
• Pat Brown—BHS Class of 2005, Lead singer and guitarist for Sing It Loud, which is a local band now signed to Epitaph Records
• Janell Cannon—BHS Class of 1975, author and illustrator, most notably of Stellaluna
• Lester "Bubba" Carpenter, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the First District of Mississippi
• Nate Dicasmirro—BHS Class of 1997, Phoenix Coyotes AHL team
• Kevin Gorg—FSN TV personality
• David Knutson—BHS Class of 1978, Federal Judge and former State Senator for the Burnsville area
• Todd Okerlund—BHS Class of 1983, Member of the 1988 U.S.A. Olympic Hockey Team
• Kirsten Olson—BHS Class of 2010, figure skater and actor in Ice Princess
• Mark Osiecki—BHS Class of 1987, Former NHL player 1990-1993. Currently the Head Men's Hockey Coach at Ohio State University
• Melissa Peterman—BHS Class of 1989. Played Barbra Jean on the show Reba
• James Ruffin—BHS Class of 2005, NFL Football Player with the Cincinnati Bengals
• Randy Scheunemann—BHS Class of 1978. Lobbyist and foreign policy advisor to John McCain
• Ryan Solovjovs—BHS Class of 1999, author of the German novel Gekränkt
• Jason Suttle—BHS Class of 1993, NFL football player for the Denver Broncos
• Pradeep Venkatasetty—BHS Class of 1977, CIO of Varel, Intl.|
• Cedric Yarbrough—BHS Class of 1991, actor, most notably of TV shows Reno 911! and The Boondocks
• Weasel—Former 93x Half Assed Morning Show disc jockey.
• Ryan Fitcher—BHS class of 2007, U.S.A. Rugby team.
• David Voracek—BHS Class of 1982. Center Chief Technologist at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
• Ken Hippler-BHS Class of 1977. Host and producer of KFAI's "Good and Country" heard Saturdays 3-5PM.