I went to school with TJ Ford in Junior High i remember him being bad ass at ball.... then he moved to willowbrook..
Laura Wilkerson Josh Barfield Susan .... (actress on ER) Robert Killebrew Chris George, in the KC Royal farm system Clutch
Scott Kazmir (P- Tampa Bay Devil Rays) Clint Everts - was drafted by the Mets in the first round, don't know where he is now. Cypress Falls High School
Katy High School Renee Zellweger Renee O'Connor (Xena: Warrior Princess fame) Clint Black (his niece Amber was one of my best friends growing up) Eric Heitmann (49ers guard) Adam Hall (played for Virginia, hit the game-winning lay-up against #1 Duke a few years ago) You'd think we'd have more NFL players, but all our football players are white country boys who win only because of Mike Johnston and the legacy he left (i.e. always play like a team).
Kinkaid School: Bushs Recklings Fondrens Pappas' Ken Lay's daughter Lawrence Marshall's son There's one guy who was a finalist on that Broadway reality show David Weekley I forgot what his name is, but he was in the millitary and served as like the chief military advisor to Bush but got fired for exposing something that Bush didn't like There are more but I can't bring more to mind.
Kenny Rogers went to both my middle school and high school. I don't recall if Kathryn J. Whitmire (former mayor of Houston) also went to my high school, but went to my middle school. Carl Crawford played football and baseball and was all-America, now playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, also an all-star here in Houston's game. Among others, Gene Green, and Basketball's Lakers' Slater Martin (our gymnasium is named after him). First Celebrity RIDE RIDE Award goes to DonnyMost Houston's Reagan? You're kidding, right?
Straight copy and paste from an alumni page for my HS: Curt Schilling '85 Mike Bibby '96 Misty Hyman '97 Travis McNabb '87 Tory Nixon '80 Amy Davidson '97 Shaun McDonald '99 Buddy Rice '94 Laurie Notaro '03 I recognize about three of these names.
Here is just a ton of people from Bellaire. Go Cards!!! Annalee Jefferies (stage actress) Brent Spiner (played Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation) Brian Malow (comic, contributing editor to the Journal of Irreproducible Results) Bubba Crosby (outfielder for the New York Yankees) Chuck Knoblauch (former MLB All-Star second baseman) Dennis Quaid (actor, best known for his roles in feature films like Inner Space, The Right Stuff, and The Big Easy) Eddy Badrina (former director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans) Emeka Okafor (Charlotte Bobcats center; 2005 NBA Rookie of the Year) Jeff Cohen (vice president and editor of the Houston Chronicle since 2002) John Moores (founder of BMC software and owner of the San Diego Padres) José Cruz, Jr. (Golden Glove outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers) Laurie Bricker (former HISD Board Member; founder of the Jewish Women's International Annual Prejudice Awareness Summit) Lee Rosenthal (United States District Court Judge) Marianne Williamson (best-selling author) Randy Quaid (actor, best known for his quirky roles in oddball comedy films like Kingpins and Independence Day) Richard Linklater (director of Dazed and Confused) Robert Randall Onstead, Jr. (the son of Robert Randall Onstead (the founder of the Randall's grocery store chain) - President and CEO of Randall's from 1996 to 2003) Stephen Jones (commercial spokesperson for Trimspa weight loss pill) Steve Radack (elected Harris County Commissioner of Precinct Three in 1988) Thomas Schlamme (Emmy winning television director and producer of The West Wing) John Lucas III- NBA basketball player Tamala Edwards- ABC news correspondent
And the great Woody Williams. Mr. Belding wears his high school letter jacket on one of the shows.. pretty cool..
