chronological order) Bob Lochmueller (1949–52) Charlie Tyra (1954–57) Don Goldstein (1956–59) – All-American, Pan American Games gold medalist Jack Turner (1958–61) Wes Unseld (1965–68) – three-time All-American; former member of the Baltimore/Washington Bullets; 5-time NBA All-Star; second person ever to win both NBA Rookie of the Year and NBA Most Valuable Player in the same season; named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988 Butch Beard (1966–69) Jim Price (1969–72) Junior Bridgeman (1972–75) – All-American in 1975 Allen Murphy (1972–75) Phil Bond (1973–76) Wesley Cox (1974–77) Rick Wilson (1975–78) Darrell Griffith (1976–80) – 1980 John Wooden Award winner (player of the year) and Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA basketball tournament; former member of the Utah Jazz; 1981 NBA Rookie of the Year Lancaster Gordon (1981–84) Pervis Ellison (1985–89) – first freshman to be named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA basketball tournament; first overall pick of the 1989 NBA Draft Clifford Rozier (1991–94) DeJuan Wheat (1994–97) Reece Gaines (2000–03) Francisco García (2003–05) – led team to 2005 Final Four; former member of Sacramento Kings; member of the Houston Rockets Terrence Williams (2005–09) – led team to back to back Elite 8s; former member of Houston Rockets; member of the Boston Celtics Women's basketball Angel McCoughtry (2005–09) – Big East Player of the Year and All-American in 2007, 2008, and 2009; led the Cardinals to the 2009 NCAA final; first overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream; 2009 Rookie of the Year Shoni Schimmel (2010–14) – led the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA final; chosen eighth overall in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Dream Baseball Zack Burdi – MLB pitcher in Arizona Diamondbacks organization Reid Detmers – MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels Chris Dominguez – former MLB infielder and head coach for the Bellarmine Knights Adam Duvall – MLB player for the Atlanta Braves and formerly the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds; 2016 All-Star and 2016 Home Run Derby participant Drew Ellis – MLB infielder, Seattle Mariners Cody Ege – former MLB pitcher Adam Engel – MLB outfielder, Chicago White Sox Kyle Funkhouser – MLB pitcher, Detroit Tigers Chad Green – MLB pitcher, New York Yankees Sean Green (1997–2000) – former MLB pitcher Bryan Hoeing – MLB pitcher, Miami Marlins Zach Jackson, – former MLB pitcher Jarred Kelenic – MLB outfielder,