gambler, handicapper Gertrude Stein – writer, poet, playwright, and feminist Gerald Stern – poet Kathleen Tessaro – novelist John Edgar Wideman – author and professor August Wilson – Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Damon Young - author and columnist Athletes Baseball Glenn Beckert – second baseman Buddy Bell – third baseman (1972–89) Bill Blair Dave Bush Ollie Carnegie – 1931–45 Betty Jane Cornett (1932–2006) – third base (1950–1952) All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Bill Doak – Cardinals and Dodgers, inventor of the modern baseball glove Ryan Garko – first baseman Giants Josh Gibson – Negro league player, Pittsburgh Crawfords and Homestead Grays Gary Green Howdy Groskloss – shortstop 1930–32 Ian Happ – Chicago Cubs Art Howe – managed Astros and A's Derek Law pitcher Bobby Lowe – first MLB player with 4 home runs in a game Heinie Smith Sam McDowell Marguerite Pearson – utility player 1948–1954, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Trent Thornton – pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor – Pirates Hall of Fame member Honus Wagner – shortstop, Hall of Fame member Neil Walker – Former MLB second baseman Bobby Wallace – Hall of Fame inductee John Wehner – Pirates infielder, broadcaster Josh Wilson – 2005–present Baseball contributors Bill Benswanger – Pirates owner, vocal advocate for integration Chuck Greenberg – Rangers former owner Gus Greenlee – Crawfords founder John P. Harris – Boston Braves owner Ray Kennedy – scout and GM Tony LaCava – longtime scout and assistant general manager Basketball Coaches Dick Bennett – Wisconsin, Washington State 1976–2006 Paul Birch Eddie Cameron – Duke 1929–49 until 1972, Cameron Indoor Stadium, founding member of the ACC, football coach and Olympic selector Suzie McConnell-Serio – WNBA player 1998–2000, head coach 2004–06, Duquesne 2007–2013 Dudey Moore Skip Prosser – Loyola (MD), Xavier, and Wake Forest 1993–2007 Herb Sendek – NC State and Arizona State 1994–2015 Forwards and centers John Abramovic – 1946–48 DeJuan Blair – Pitt All-American, Spurs 2009–13, Mavericks 2013– Chuck Cooper – 1950–56; first drafted African-American Jakim Donaldson (born 1983) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Ken Durrett – 1971–75 NBA Paul Grant – 1997–2004 Maurice Lucas – 1975–88 Walt Miller – 1946–47 Maurice Stokes – Rochester/Cincinnati Royals 1955–58; Hall of Famer Walt Szczerbiak – 1971–72 NBA Michael Young (born 1994) – Ironi Nahariya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Guards Moe Barr – 1970–71 NBA Paul Birch Ron Carter – 1978–80 NBA