Athletics
- Chris Ault, 1969 - Head Coach of Wolf Pack football team (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- Bill Ireland, 1960-67 - "Father of UNLV Athletics", graduated from University of Nevada, Reno (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Luke Babbitt (class of 2012; left in 2010) – Basketball player, Portland Trail Blazers
- John Barnes, ? - Los Alamitos High School (CA) head football coach, most wins by Orange County high school football coach
- Mike Schellin: 1966-68- Boxer, University of Nevada Hall of Fame, One of the greatest collegiate boxers of all time, undefeated 32-0 at Nevada, 3-time California Collegiate Boxing Conference titles, two-time winner of the Julius LaRowe Memorial Trophy, runner-up at the 1968 Western Regional Olympic Trials (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Doug Betters, 1977 - Professional football player and Pro Bowler, Miami Dolphins
- Nate Burleson, 2003 - Wide Receiver, Detroit Lions
- Ryan Church, 2000 - Major League Baseball player, New York Mets
- Jorge Cordova - Professional football player
- Andy Dominique, 1996–1997 - former Major League Baseball player
- Forey Duckett - Professional football player
- Nick Fazekas, 2007 - Basketball player, Denver Nuggets
- Lucius Floyd, 1987 - Canadian Football League player, Grey Cup champion.
- Joseph Salvatore Gilbert - Boxer on reality tv show The Contender (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
- Frank Hawkins, 1981 - NFL running back, Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, 1981-87
- Stan Heath, 1949 - First NCAA quarterback to throw for more than 2000 yards in a season
- Terry Hermeling, Former American football offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins
- Jeff Horton, 1958 - NFL Asst. Coach St. Louis Rams
- Joe Inglett, 1997–2000 - Major League Baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
- Trevor Insley, 1999 - NCAA Division I-A all-time receiving yards leader
- Edgar Jones, 1979 - Former professional basketball player, drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1979.
- Colin Kaepernick, 2010 - Starting Quarterback,lost in Super Bowl XLVII, only quarterback in the history of Division I FBS college football to have passed for over 10,000 yards and rushed for over 4,000 yards in a collegiate career, and the only Division 1 FBS QB to have passed for over 2,000 yards and rushed for over 1,000 yards in a single season three times in a career (consecutively). San Francisco 49ers
- Kevin Kouzmanoff, 2003 - Major League Baseball player, Oakland Athletics
- Mills Lane, 1963 - NCAA boxing champion, boxing referee, lawyer, judge
- Liu Lumin, 1998-2000 - 1996 Olympic Swimming Silver Medalist (100m butterfly)
- Lisé Mackie, 1995-1998 - 1996 Olympic Swimming Bronze Medalist (800m freestyle relay team, Australia)
- Brock Marion, 1989-92 - Professional football player, Detroit Lions
- Vladimir Matyushenko, 1999 - Mixed martial artist currently fighting in the UFC.
- Corky Miller, 1997–1998 - Major League Baseball player, Chicago White Sox
- Marko Mitchell, 2009- Professional Football Player with Washington Redskins
- Marion Motley, 1940-42 - Professional Football Hall of Famer
- Charles Mann, 1980-82 - Former professional football player and Pro Bowler, Washington Redskins
- David Neill, 1999-2002 - set the NCAA freshman record for most touchdown passes in a season
- Lyle Overbay, 1996–1999 - Major League Baseball player, Toronto Blue Jays
- Shar Pourdanesh, 1989-1992 - Professional football player, NFL - 1996-2001 CFL - 1994, 1995
- Chad Qualls, 1999–2000 - Major League Baseball player, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Darrell Rasner, 2000–2002 - Major League Baseball player, New York Yankees
- Jeff Rowe, 2007, Professional football player, New England Patriots
- Mike Schellin, 1966–68, Award-winning boxer (Alpha Tau Omega)
- Ramon Sessions, 2007, Professional basketball players, Milwaukee Bucks, April 2008 NBA Rookie of the Month
- Chris Singleton, 1992–1993, former Major League Baseball player, current ESPN commentator
- Kirk Snyder, 2004 - Basketball player, Minnesota Timberwolves
- Karen Stoffer, ? - NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer
- Kirk Triplett - Professional PGA Tour golfer
- Terry Walsh 2005 Professional Cleat Chaser
- Charles Wright - Professional wrestler (gimmicks included The Godfather, Kama, and Papa Shango)
- Tony Zendejas, 1983 - Professional Football Player
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