Cross & Crescent

Tito Santana, a former professional wrestler and football player, became a Spanish teacher as a way of giving back to the community. A West Texas alumnus, he recently wrote a book, Tito Santana: Tales From the Ring, depicting his life in the spotlight and being raised in a Hispanic migrant worker family in south Texas.

Opera singer Neal E. Boyd won NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” on October 1, 2008, earning a giant paycheck. An alumni brother from Southeast Missouri, he also earned a performance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. He is currently working on his new album.