Notable Alumni

F.L. Schlagle High School

Jennifer Jo Cobb, race car driver and team owner
Stephanie D. Davis, U. S. District court judge and U. S. Court of Appeals judge
Maurice Greene, Gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic track and field sprinter
Janelle Monáe, Grammy-nominated singer and actress best known for Hidden Figures and Moonlight
Damian Rolls, former MLB player and former hitting coach of the Kansas City T-Bones
Sam Simmons, former NFL player
Trai Byers, Actor

Bernard Harvey ("Harv"), music producer, songwriter, and music director
Mark Haynes, former NFL player who played in 3 Pro Bowls (1982, 1983, 1984) and 3 Super Bowls (1987, 1988, 1990)
Janet Murguia, current president and CEO of UnidosUS, the US's largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organization in Washington, DC
Mary H. Murguia, current Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Phoenix, AZ

Randy Lopez, becomes first Hispanic elected to the Board of Education
Sumner High School
William Foster, Former Member of the National Council of Arts, President of the American Bandmasters Association, Director of the Marching 100 at Florida A&M University, National Association for Distinguished Band Conductors Hall of Fame Inductee, and board member of the John Phillips Sousa Foundation.
Fernando J. Gaitan Jr., (class of 1966), senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Paul Graham (class of 1969) former head basketball coach at Washington State Cougars men's basketball
Leonard Gray (Class of 1969), former NBA player for the Seattle SuperSonics
Harold Hunter (Class of 1944), first African American to sign a contract with a National Basketball Association (NBA) team^[19]
Delano Lewis, (class of 1956), attorney, businessman, diplomat, and United States Ambassador to South Africa from 1999 to 2001.
John McClendon, first African American head coach in any professional sport and enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
Judge Cordell D. Meeks, the first Black District Court Judge of Kansas
Charles Wilber "Bullet" Rogan (Class of 1908), pitcher, hitter, and later manager for the Kansas City Monarchs, inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame.^[20]

Wendell Gaskin, former and USA Track and Field star
Paul J. Morrison, former Kansas Attorney General
Le'Tristan Pledger, former Texas Tech University and USTFCCA All-American track and field star[21]

Darrell Stuckey, former NFL player with San Diego Chargers and current Director of Football Relations at University of Kansas football
Earl Watson, former NBA player and head coach of Phoenix Suns and current assistant coach of Toronto Raptors
Nathan Louis Jackson, Screenwriter [1]
Freddie Williams II, American comic book writer and artist with DC comics on the comic series Robin and on the Eisner Award-winning series Seven Soldiers: Mister Miracle. He has since gone on to work on several crossover series including Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, He-Man/ThunderCats and Injustice vs. Masters of the Universe. [2]

Boots Adams, former president of Phillips Petroleum Company
Virginia Aderholdt, cryptanalyst and Japanese translator at Arlington Hall, who decrypted the intercepted Japanese surrender message, August 14, 1945.
Lucius Allen, former UCLA & NBA player, third pick of 1969 NBA draft
Edward Asner, actor, Elf, Up, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, won seven Primetime Emmy Awards, most of any male actor in history
Lyron Cobbins, former NFL and Notre Dame Fighting Irish All-American linebacker
Larry Comley, former NBA professional basketball player
Lucien Conein, intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency [15]
Larry Drew, former head coach of the NBA Atlanta Hawks; former NBA player for multiple teams after playing in college for Missouri Tigers
Nolen Ellison, University of Kansas basketball star and pioneering community college educator
Ray Evans, former NFL player
Reggie Jones, former NFL player and NCAA track & Field relay champion
Steve Renko, former MLB player (Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, California Angels, Kansas City Royals)
Pierre Russell, former Kansas Jayhawks and professional basketball player
Skip Thomas, former NFL cornerback for Oakland Raiders after playing in college for USC
Spencer Thomas, former NFL player
Calvin Thompson, former Kansas Jayhawks and professional basketball player
Dee Wallace, actress, E.T., The Howling, Cujo
Cheryl Womack, entrepreneur
Ida McBether, Jazz Singer