From Kayla Simmons to NFL icon Randy Moss along with NBA Hall of Famer, the famous Marshall University alumni
MARSHALL University is a hidden gem with a list full of celebrity alums.
The alum list for Marshall is top of the line, from Kayla Simmons to NFL legend Randy Moss and numerous star athletes.
The school, located in Huntington, West Virginia, is putting itself in the spotlight after producing several global stars over the past few decades.
The university was founded in 1837 and was named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Marshall has produced basketball, football, volleyball, golf, and entertainment stars from all walks of life.
Social media star and ex-volleyball player Kayla Simmons attended the university and played while she was there.
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She graduated in 2018 and transitioned into a career in social media.
The 27-year-old has amassed almost a million followers whom she constantly teases with glam pics.
Star entertainer Billy Crystal is a Marshall alum. He went to the school before having an illustrious career in acting and filmmaking.
Randy Moss is a football legend and starred for Marshall for one season before heading to the NFL.
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The Minnesota Vikings selected him in the first round — and he would go on to have a historic career.
Moss is a six-time pro bowler, a four-time All-Pro selection, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
Moss is not the Marshall alumni to have a hall-of-fame career.
Hal Greer played in the NBA for 15 seasons and was selected to the all-star game ten times.
He is widely considered the third-best guard of his era (the 1960s), behind legends Oscar Robertson and Los Angeles Lakers Jerry West.
Greer was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1982.
He has a statue of himself on the Marshall University campus and a street named after himself titled: "Hal Greer Boulevard."
The university has produced several great basketball players.
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Jason Williams, also known as "white chocolate," was an NBA star for the Sacramento Kings and won a championship with the Miami Heat.
Former NBA head coach Mike D'Antoni is in the school's Hall of Fame after being a standout in his playing days during the 1970s.