Notable Alumni
- Byron Chamberlain, NFL and Pro Bowl tight end
- Charlie Janssen, state senator in the Nebraska Legislature.
- James Keogh, journalist and political adviser. Assistant managing editor of Time, Special Assistant to President Richard Nixon, Director U.S. Information Agency.
- John H. Kyl, U.S. political figure. Member of the House of Representatives from Iowa's Fourth Congressional District 1959-1965, 1967-1973. Asst. Secretary, Dept. of the Interior, 1973-1977. Father of Arizona Senator Jon Kyl.
- Hilda Neihardt, history author and daughter of John G. Neihardt
- John Neihardt, writer and poet. Poet Laureate of Nebraska, author of Black Elk Speaks.
- Gale McGee, U.S. political figure. Democratic Senator from Wyoming 1959-1977. U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States.
- Ruben Mendoza, former NFL guard
- Brad Ottis, former NFL defensive end/defensive tackle
- Val Peterson, U.S. political figure. Governor of Nebraska 1947-1953, Director of Federal Civil Defense Administration, Ambassador to Denmark and Finland. Wayne State College's Peterson Fine Arts Building is named after him.
- Kevin Swayne, AFL and NFL wide receiver
- Brian Wansink, Cornell University Professor and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
- DaVarryl Williamson, quarterback and boxer
- Tom Sherlock, British Basketball League forward
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