and American football linebacker
Buddy Groom, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1992–2005
Oveta Culp Hobby, the first woman appointed as a commanding officer of a military unit, the first director of the Women's Army Corps, the first Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the second woman to serve in a US cabinet
Blake Jackson, American football wide receiver
Bess Whitehead Scott, pioneering Texas journalist and the first woman news reporter in Houston
Lucy Wilson Rice, Texas painter
== Athletics ==
The UMHB Crusaders, or "The Cru", compete in Division III (NCAA) as a member of the American Southwest Conference (ASC). UMHB was formerly a member of the NAIA before becoming a full member of the NCAA Division III following the 1999–2000 school year. UMHB held dual membership in the NAIA and NCAA during a provisional period, as UMHB was transitioning to the NCAA.
UMHB sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs, seven men's and eight women's:
=== Athletic achievements ===
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