I met Kevin Cosgrove and his wife at Target in south Lincoln in 2005. Both were decked out a husker adidas warmup gear and were shopping for Christmas decorations.
Also met a lot of players during that 2004 to 2006 era. Seppo Erwayre was pretty cool, but some of the others were d-bags, I thought.
Ran into Eric Hagg and Dejon Gomes at Red Robin last year during the bye week. We both made eye contact and then I :bonez
Seriously as far as actually talking with someone and not just seeing from across the room I would say Jeff Kinney. He was my student teacher when I was in 8th grade.
Had a ton of celebrity encounters in Atlanta. Filmed Ludacris at his house, ran into Emily Kinney who played Beth on The Walking Dead, was on set for a few music videos of notable artists, etc.
I've met a few comedians at the Funny Bone. Got a high 5 from Dave Coulier (probably the furthest in life I'll ever get for knowing how to play the tuba), bought a t-shirt from Bert Kreisher (and got a pretty funny response from him when I told one of the servers to get him a drink while he was on stage), and BSed with Frank Caliendo for a bit after one of his shows. Got my picture taken with him too.
Got to cover a UFC event so met Dana White-- cool guy. Interviewed Danny Woodhead at the UFC event. Also interviewed Ellenberger, TJ Dillashaw, Stephen Struve, and a few other mid-level UFC guys.
Interviewed most of the Husker basketball team in 2010-2011.. got to know a few of the lower level guys pretty well. Lance Jeter is still one of my favorite Huskers of all time.