University; Highly Cited Researcher Thuc-Quyen Nguyen – Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Santa Barbara; Highly Cited Researcher Chi Van Dang – Professor; Scientific Director at Ludwig Cancer Research; Former Director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; member of the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine), American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Sports and games Baseball Danny Graves – MLB baseball player Jim Parque – only left-handed pitcher on the Olympics baseball team that won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 Tommy Pham – MLB baseball player Fighting sports Cung Le – kickboxer and MMA fighter; undefeated San Shou champion; former Strikeforce champion, actor and coach Thanh Le - former ONE Featherweight World Champion Dat Nguyen – World Ranked Professional boxer Nam Phan – MMA fighter in the UFC Ben Nguyen – MMA fighter, fighting also in the UFC Bi Nguyen – Survivor contestant and MMA fighter, formerly fought in ONE Championship Poker Men Nguyen – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $9,700,000 Qui Nguyen (poker player) – 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Scotty Nguyen – professional poker player David Pham – professional poker, won two World Series of Poker bracelets and has made seven final tables at the World Poker Tour J.C. Tran – professional poker player; as of 2010, his total live tournament winnings amounted to $7,996,635 Mimi Tran – professional poker player; as of 2008, her total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,400,000 Running Mimi Tran Other sports Howard Bach – badminton player, former world champion (2005) Catherine Mai Lan Fox – Olympic swimmer with two gold medals Leta Lindley – LPGA Tour golfer Brandon Nakashima – ATP Tour tennis player of Japanese and Vietnamese descent Lee Nguyen – Major League Soccer soccer player, currently plays for the New England Revolution Dat Nguyen – NFL football player, Dallas Cowboys assistant linebackers and defensive quality control coach Don Nguyen – pro skateboarder Minh Thai – first world Rubik's Cube champion (1982) at 22.95 seconds; author of the book The Winning Solution Amy Tran – field hockey player Thai-Son Kwiatkowski – men's professional tennis player Joe Walters – professional lacrosse player Jaylin Williams - NBA power forward Religion Thích Thiên-Ân – Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and founder of International Buddhist Meditation Center in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles Luong