page_title: Henderson State University
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Henderson State University / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Campus of Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR
context_page_description: Henderson State University is a public liberal arts university in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Founded in 1890 as Arkadelphia Methodist College, it is Arkansas's only member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Henderson has an undergraduate enrollment of around 3,000 students. The campus is located on 156 acres.
context_section_description: Bobby Bones, host of the nationally syndicated radio show Bobby Bones Show
  Lloyd L. Burke 1950, Medal of Honor recipient
  Osro Cobb, Republican politician and lawyer
  Lynn A. Davis, lecturer, crime author, head of Arkansas state police, former candidate for Arkansas secretary of state
  Ken Duke, professional golfer
  Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University.
  Roy Green, 1979, former American football wide receiver in the National Football League
  Tony Johns, Canadian football player
  Gus Malzahn, 1990, American football coach and current head football coach for Auburn University
  Maria Markham, 2002, 2003, Director of Arkansas Department of Higher Education
  Andy Mayberry, journalist and advertising executive, Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
  John P. McConnell, 1927, General and Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
  Sean McGrath, 2012, current American football tight end in the National Football League
  Sid McMath, two-term governor of Arkansas
  James H. Morris, 1976, Republican member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives
  Aaron Owens, 1999, former AND1 Mixtape Tour basketball player
  Reggie Ritter, 1982, former professional baseball player
  Jane Ross, co-founder of the Ross Foundation
  Jimmy D. Ross, 1958, 4-star General and member of the board of two corporations, United States Army
  G. Lloyd Spencer, U.S. Senator from Arkansas
  Robert Thomas, former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys
  Jerry Thomasson, Arkansas state representative
  Billy Bob Thornton, (attended), Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor as well as occasional director, playwright and singer.
  Delores White, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League baseball player
  Jeremy Williams, American player of Canadian football
  C. Vann Woodward, 1959, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University; Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
caption: On campus at Henderson State University
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