Eric Manuel College basketball player, 2-time NAIA national champion (1990–91 and 1991–92) Sarah Coburn '94 – Operatic soprano for the Metropolitan Opera of New York City Kristin Chenoweth '90 – Tony Award and Emmy Award-winning actress, known for her roles in Wicked, The Pink Panther (2006 film) and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Stephen Dickson '73 – Operatic baritone for Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera and other opera companies Chris Harrison '93 BA Mass Comm – TV personality, host of The Bachelor Rana Husseini '90 BA, '93 MLA Award-winning journalist and human rights activist Jane Jayroe '68 – Miss America of 1967 William Johns '61, opera singer[41] Marquita Lister '85 – Operatic soprano for the Houston Grand Opera Stacey Logan '85 – Broadway actress most famous for role in Beauty and the Beast William Harjo LoneFight '91 – noted Native American author and expert in revitalization of Native American languages and cultural traditions Chris Merritt '74 – Grammy Award-nominated operatic tenor Leona Mitchell '70 – operatic soprano for the Metropolitan Opera of New York City and Music Hall of Fame inductee April Nelson 2014 – Miss Louisiana 2015- 3rd runner-up to Miss America Cathy O'Donnell '45 – actress most famous for her roles in They Live by Night, The Man from Laramie and Detective Story Kelli O'Hara '98 – Six-time Tony Award nominated actress, Tony Award winner for her role in The King & I Susan Powell '84 – Miss America of 1981 Shawntel Smith '00 – Miss America of 1996 W. Stephen Smith, '81 MPA – voice teacher and author, Northwestern University Professor of Voice and Opera Gerald Steichen '86 – New York City Opera conductor for Cats and The Phantom of the Opera Lara Teeter '76 – Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, professor Mason Williams '58 – Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer, writer; creator of "Classical Gas"