24 notable alumni U.S. News #382

Notable Alumni of Grand Canyon University

Notable alumni of Grand Canyon University include Henry Cejudo (Former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion), Bill Engvall (Stand-up comedian and actor) and Josh McDermitt (Actor known for The Walking Dead).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

JoAnna Mendoza

US Representative-elect for Arizona's 6th district
Kevin Lincoln 1980–

Former mayor of Stockton, California

Bachelor of Science

Also attended: Liberty University
Rachel Mitchell 1967–

Maricopa County Attorney in Arizona

Also attended: Arizona State University-Tempe, Phoenix College, Arizona Board of Regents
Janae Shamp

Arizona state senator and nurse

Also attended: Arizona State University-Tempe
Quantá Crews

Arizona state representative

Arts and media

Bill Engvall 1957–

Stand-up comedian and actor

Also attended: Southwestern University
Josh McDermitt 1978–

Actor known for The Walking Dead
Moriah Peters 1992–

Christian singer-songwriter and actress
Steve Green 1956–

Contemporary Christian music singer

Sports

Henry Cejudo 1987–

Former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion

Bachelor of Arts · Communication · Class of 2015
Efrain Escudero 1986–

Mexican mixed martial artist
Tim Salmon 1968–

Former MLB outfielder with the Angels
Horacio Llamas 1973–

First Mexican-born NBA player

Also attended: Pima Community College
Talita Te Flan 1995–

Ivorian swimmer at the 2016 Olympics

Also attended: University of Wyoming
Bayard Forrest 1954–

Former professional basketball center
Cody Ransom 1976–

Former MLB utility infielder

Also attended: South Mountain Community College
Youssef El-Kamash 1995–

Egyptian swimmer

Sibling: Marwan Elkamash (Indiana University-Bloomington, University of South Carolina-Columbia)
Boubacar Toure 1995–

Senegalese professional basketball player

Also attended: Eastern Michigan University
Grandy Glaze 1992–

Canadian former professional basketball player

Also attended: Saint Louis University
Mark Serjeant 1996–

Canadian soccer player
Roberts Blumbergs 1998–

Latvian basketball player
Samiha Mohsen 1998–

Egyptian swimmer
Michael Finke 1996–

Basketball player

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Other fields

James White 1962–

Reformed Baptist theologian and Christian apologist

Also attended: Fuller Theological Seminary

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Grand Canyon University (people who attended both).

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