Athletes
- Omari Aldridge, professional soccer player currently with Beijing Hongdeng
- Harold Anderson, former college basketball coach and basketball hall of fame member
- Burke Badenhop, pitcher for the Florida Marlins
- Doug Bair, former professional baseball player
- Kevin Bieksa, professional ice hockey player currently with the Vancouver Canucks
- Rob Blake, professional ice hockey player currently with the Los Angeles Kings
- Aris Brimanis, professional ice hockey player currently with the Hannover Scorpions
- Dan Bylsma, former professional ice hockey player and head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins
- Khary Campbell, professional football player currently with the Washington Redskins
- Bernie Casey, former professional football player
- Gino Cavallini former professional hockey player, and scorer for the Falcons NCAA National Championship over time goal.
- Walley Charko former professional hockey player.
- Kim Collins former professional hockey player
- Alissa Czisny, figure skater and national champion
- Antonio Daniels, professional basketball player currently with the New Orleans Hornets
- Greg de Vries, professional ice hockey player currently with the Nashville Predators
- Andy Dilsaver, professional rugby player currently with Los Angeles Rugby
- Ian Duncan, former professional hockey player
- Dave Ellett, former professional ice hockey player
- Nelson Emerson, former professional ice hockey player
- Alex Foster, professional ice hockey player currently with the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Garry Galley, former professional ice hockey player
- Gary Kruzich, former professional ice hockey player
- Scott Hamilton, professional figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
- Josh Harris, professional football player, last with the New York Giants
- Brian Hills former professional ice hockey player, current coach for NCAA d1 RIT
- Orel Hershiser, former professional baseball player
- Bob Hill, professional basketball coach currently with the Seattle SuperSonics
- Brian Holzinger, former professional ice hockey player and Hobey Baker Award winner
- Mike Johnson, former professional ice hockey player currently working as a broadcaster with Hockey Night in Canada on CBC Television
- Michael Jones, former professional hockey player
- Jim Joyce, umpire for MLB
- Dan Kane, former professional ice hockey player
- Ken Klee, former professional ice hockey player
- Jay Larranaga, professional basketball player, member of Ireland basketball team
- Kory Lichtensteiger, professional football player currently with the Denver Broncos
- Mike Liut, former professional ice hockey player
- Brian MacLellan, professional ice hockey player, won Stanley Cup in 1989, and Current Director of Player Personal Washington Capitals
- Mike McCullough, professional golfer and multiple winner on the PGA Tour
- Keith McLeod, professional basketball player, last with the Indiana Pacers
- George McPhee, former professional ice hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner, and current General Manager of the Washington Capitals
- Nick Mileti, former owner of Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Crusaders, and writer of Closet Italians
- Ken Morrow, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey team
- Scott Mruczkowski, professional football player San Diego Chargers
- Gregg Napoli, former athletic supporter for the San Diego Padres
- Don Nehlen, former player who became a highly successful coach at West Virginia University and college football hall of fame member
- Dr. Nick Pappas former professional ice hockey player, collegiate and professional coach of the Johnstown Chiefs (ECHL), and author of the book, "The Dark Side of Sports: Exposing the Sexual Culture of Collegiate and Professional Athletes" (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2012)
- Doyt Perry, former college football coach and college football hall of fame member
- Nolan Reimold, outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles
- Todd Reirden, former professional ice hockey player and currently head coach for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- John Samaski former professional ice hockey player
- Dan Sexton, professional ice hockey player currently with the Anaheim Ducks
- Jordan Sigalet, professional ice hockey player currently with the Vienna Capitals
- Shaun Suisham, professional football player currently with the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Nate Thurmond, former professional basketball player and NBA hall of fame member
- Paul Titanic, former professional hockey player
- Andy Tracy, professional baseball player
- Erika True, former women's soccer player and current women's soccer head coach at Indiana State University
- Vince Villanucci, former professional football player
- Phil Villipiano, former professional football player
- Mark Wells, former professional ice hockey player and member of the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey team
- Wayne Wilson current head coach of NCAA D1 RIT hockey program
- Dave Wottle, olympic gold medalist
- Paul Ysebaert, former professional ice hockey player
- Kim Rector Rickard, poet, Associate Professor Sinclair Community College
- Dana Veth, former professional soccer player
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Famous quotes containing the word athletes:
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)