John Overton Comprehensive High School
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John Overton Comprehensive High School (commonly Overton, John Overton, Johnny O or OHS) is a public high school
located in Nashville, Tennessee
. It is named after prominent Judge John Overton
(1766-1833), advisor to President Andrew Jackson. The school opened in September 1958 and was renovated and expanded in 1995. The school has won fourteen state championships.
(AP) courses are offered at Overton. Recent AP class offerings were available in Calculus (AB & BC)
, Statistics
, Biology
, Art History
, Music Theory
, English Language
, English Literature
, World History
, US History
, European History
, US Government
, and Macroeconomics
.
, boy's and girl's basketball
, bowling
, cheerleading
, cross country, football
, golf
, ice hockey
, rugby
, boy's and girl's soccer, softball
, swimming
& diving
, table tennis
, tennis
, track
, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
, and wrestling
team.
The clubs and organizations offered consist of band
, Beta Club, Business Professionals of America
, cheerleading
, choir
, drama
, FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America), Fellowship of Christian Athletes
, forensics
(speech and debate), guitar
, Interact Club, National Honor Society
, The Overtour (yearbook
), The Orbit (newspaper
), orchestra
, piano
, Student Council
, and Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS).
Overton is well known in the state for its marching band. The band won the Tennessee Governor's Cup six times, in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, and 2008. At the annual Contest of Champions competition in Murfreesboro, the band had been a finalist for 26 consecutive years (1981-2006). In addition, they have made numerous appearances in the finals of various Bands of America
Regional competitions. The band has also performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
(1990), Tournament of Roses Parade
(1987), Fiesta Bowl Parade (1984 and 1992), and was selected to commemorate the 60th and 65th anniversaries of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2001 and 2006. The school has three WGI
world championships, beginning when the Winter Guard
won the 1994 Scholastic A World Champions and 1995 Scholastic Open World Champions while the Winter Drumline
won the 1996 Scholastic Marching Percussion AA World Championship. Overton was honored by the Grammy Foundation
as a 1999 Grammy Signature School Gold school. Overton was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation
Sudler Shield for outstanding marching band twice.
During this time, the Overton wrestlers had many individual state champions and All-Americans such as University of Nebraska recruit, Charles McTorry, Eric and Derrick Jordan, Sacred Heart University
's Head Coach Casey Brewster, Timothy Drinkwine, Robby Lee, William Hadden, and others. Many of these Overton graduates have gone on to pursue collegiate wrestling and coaching.
Throughout the last fifteen years, the wrestling team has been coached by Ralph Gabriel, who has taken the team to many national tournaments such as the US Open in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the Virginia Duals in Hampton Virginia, the Tournament of Champions in Reno, Nevada. Other tournaments attended were in New Orleans, Central Square, NY, Herndon, VA; and Chattanooga, TN.
The football team won the Tennessee state championship in 1981 with a record of 14-0, under the leadership of Coach Nick Coutras. The stadium, visible from Interstate 65, is named after Coach Coutras, who had a 145-36 record in his sixteen years at Overton. The most recent success was in 2003 when the football team advanced to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs before losing to nearby rival and eventual champion Hillsboro High School
.
out of Memphis in 2005. The baseball team has experienced greater success, having won the Tennessee State Baseball Championship game in 1971 and 1988. The Goodpasture vs. Overton game from 1998 holds the state's record for longest game in terms of innings, at 15.
recruit Chris Gentry, University of Tennessee
recruit and starting point guard Brandon Wharton, University of Maryland
recruit Brian Watkins and other players recruited by local colleges and universities. The Basketball team finished 2nd in the state tournament in 1994 losing to state powerhouse, Science Hill High School
.
Notable players
Chan Park and John Nguyen - 2011 All-District Team
Yi-Ting Huang - 2011 District Singles Champion
National Tournament.
, football captain from class of 1966. He is former Chairman and CEO of DuPont
. He was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame in 2006.
Sam Ewing
, baseball player from class of 1966. He played for the Chicago White Sox
(1973, 1976), Toronto Blue Jays
(1977-1978), and the Japanese Nippon Ham Fighters
(1979).
John Mitchell
, baseball player from class of 1983. He pitched for the New York Mets
(1986-1989) and Baltimore Orioles
(1990). He was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Jeff Gooch
, football player from class of 1992. He was a linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(1996-2001, 2004-2005) and Detroit Lions
(2002-2003). He was inducted into the Austin Peay Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. It is named after prominent Judge John Overton
John Overton (judge)
John Overton was an advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee, a banker and political leader.Overton was born in Louisa County, Virginia...
(1766-1833), advisor to President Andrew Jackson. The school opened in September 1958 and was renovated and expanded in 1995. The school has won fourteen state championships.
Academics
Overton is a school of expanding academic courses. Numerous honors and Advanced PlacementAdvanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
(AP) courses are offered at Overton. Recent AP class offerings were available in Calculus (AB & BC)
AP Calculus
Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....
, Statistics
AP Statistics
Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...
, Biology
AP Biology
In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
, Art History
AP Art History
AP Art History is a course offered in high school through the Advanced Placement Program that gives college level material at the high school level. This class is operated by College Board...
, Music Theory
AP Music Theory
Advanced Placement Music Theory is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students who wish to earn credit for a college level music theory course.-The course:Some of the material covered in the course...
, English Language
AP English Language and Composition
Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....
, English Literature
AP English Literature and Composition
Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
, World History
AP World History
Advanced Placement World History is a college-level course offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program designed to help students develop greater understanding of the evolution of global processes and contacts and interactions between different types of Human societies...
, US History
AP United States History
Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
, European History
AP European History
Advanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
, US Government
AP United States Government and Politics
Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, AP Go Po or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...
, and Macroeconomics
AP Macroeconomics
Advanced Placement Macroeconomics is a course offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program for high school students interested in college-level work in economics...
.
Extracurricular activities
Overton has a number of athletic programs. Currently, there is a baseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, boy's and girl's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, cross country, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, boy's and girl's soccer, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
& diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, ultimate frisbee, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
team.
The clubs and organizations offered consist of band
School band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...
, Beta Club, Business Professionals of America
Business Professionals of America
Business Professionals of America is a career and technical student organization that is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. BPA aims to develop leadership, academic, and technological skills in the workplace among students and leaders within the community...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America), Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
, forensics
Public speaking
Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners...
(speech and debate), guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, Interact Club, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, The Overtour (yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
), The Orbit (newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
), orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, Student Council
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
, and Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS).
Band
Bands of America
Bands of America , a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships...
Regional competitions. The band has also performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, often shortened to Macy's Day Parade, is an annual parade presented by Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, and four years younger than...
(1990), Tournament of Roses Parade
Tournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...
(1987), Fiesta Bowl Parade (1984 and 1992), and was selected to commemorate the 60th and 65th anniversaries of the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2001 and 2006. The school has three WGI
Winter Guard International
Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International , Winter Guard International was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles. Contests are held in the U.S...
world championships, beginning when the Winter Guard
Winter guard
Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from marching band or drum & bugle corps. Unlike traditional color guard, winter guard is performed indoors, usually in a gymnasium or an indoor arena...
won the 1994 Scholastic A World Champions and 1995 Scholastic Open World Champions while the Winter Drumline
Indoor percussion ensemble
An indoor percussion ensemble or indoor drumline consists of the marching percussion and front ensemble sections of a marching band or drum corps. The only exceptions are in concert divisions where the marching line is absent and the ensemble consists entirely of a pit...
won the 1996 Scholastic Marching Percussion AA World Championship. Overton was honored by the Grammy Foundation
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
as a 1999 Grammy Signature School Gold school. Overton was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation
John Philip Sousa Foundation
The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of band music internationally. The foundation administers a number of projects and awards supporting high quality band performance, conducting, and composition....
Sudler Shield for outstanding marching band twice.
| Year | Grand Champion | Reserve Grand Champion | Overton Band Directors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | McGavock McGavock Comprehensive High School McGavock Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school is very notable for its strong band program, having won the state championship 24 times: 1972-1979, 1982, 1987-1991, 1993-1994, 1997-2000, 2002-2005... Tennessee Governor's Cup |
John Overton | Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood |
| 1983 | John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | North Hardin North Hardin High School North Hardin High School, located in Radcliff, Kentucky, has a student population of approximately 1,500. The school was founded in 1962. The athletics teams are known as the Trojans... Kentucky Governor's Cup |
Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood |
| 1984 | North HardinKentucky Governor's Cup | John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | Jo Ann Hood and Rodney Webb |
| 1985 | John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | North HardinKentucky Governor's Cup | Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood |
| 1986 | North HardinKentucky Governor's Cup | John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | Jo Ann Hood and Rodney Webb |
| 1987 | McGavockTennessee Governor's Cup | John Overton | Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood |
| 1988 | McGavockTennessee Governor's Cup | John Overton | Rodney Webb and Jo Ann Hood |
| 1992 | Lafayette Lafayette High School (Lexington, Kentucky) Lafayette Senior High School is a public high school located in Lexington, Kentucky's Picadome neighborhood. The school is one of five high schools in the Fayette County Public Schools district. It is among the largest high schools in Kentucky.... Kentucky Governor's Cup |
John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | Jo Ann Hood and Terry Jolley |
| 1997 | McGavockTennessee Governor's Cup | John Overton | Jo Ann Hood and David Aydelott |
| 2000 | McGavockTennessee Governor's Cup | John Overton | Jo Ann Hood and David Aydelott |
| 2008 | John OvertonTennessee Governor's Cup | Siegel Siegel High School Siegel High School is a high school in the Rutherford County School System in Tennessee. The Principal, Mr. Ken Nolan, has been the head of the administration staff since the school's opening.... |
Debbie Burton and Jo Ann Hood |
Orchestra
John Overton also had its share of talent in the Orchestra as well. Keller Phillips made the All-State Orchestra in 2011, making him the first orchestra student to do so in years.Wrestling
During the 1995-1998 time frame, the Bobcat wrestlers won the State's Traditional State Tournament twice (1996 and 1997) and finished in the top six twice (sixth in 1995 and second in 1998). Moreover, the wrestling team won the Tennessee state Dual Title in 1997 with an undefeated dual record of 29-0. They finished in the top four in each of those years in the dual tournament having placed fourth in 1995, third in 1996, champion in 1997, and third in 1998.During this time, the Overton wrestlers had many individual state champions and All-Americans such as University of Nebraska recruit, Charles McTorry, Eric and Derrick Jordan, Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a Roman Catholic university located in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Sacred Heart was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Sacred Heart University was the first Catholic university in...
's Head Coach Casey Brewster, Timothy Drinkwine, Robby Lee, William Hadden, and others. Many of these Overton graduates have gone on to pursue collegiate wrestling and coaching.
Throughout the last fifteen years, the wrestling team has been coached by Ralph Gabriel, who has taken the team to many national tournaments such as the US Open in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the Virginia Duals in Hampton Virginia, the Tournament of Champions in Reno, Nevada. Other tournaments attended were in New Orleans, Central Square, NY, Herndon, VA; and Chattanooga, TN.
Football
Hillsboro Comprehensive High School
Hillsboro High School is a comprehensive high school in Nashville, Tennessee. Established in 1939, the school is one of fifteen high schools in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. The school offers the IB Diploma Programme.-History:...
.
Baseball
Bobcat Baseball has one of the state's longest winning streaks at 40 baseball games, which was in route to a Tennessee state finals game in which they lost to Houston High SchoolHouston High School (Germantown, Tennessee)
Houston High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Germantown, Tennessee, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is one of eight high schools currently operating in the Shelby County School District. The principal is Mrs. Leisa Justus, the vice-principal is Mrs...
out of Memphis in 2005. The baseball team has experienced greater success, having won the Tennessee State Baseball Championship game in 1971 and 1988. The Goodpasture vs. Overton game from 1998 holds the state's record for longest game in terms of innings, at 15.
| Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Location (all in Tennessee) | Class | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Franklin County Franklin County High School (Tennessee) Franklin County High School is a high school located at 833 Bypass Road in Winchester, Tennessee. It is operated by the Franklin County School District.-Administrators:*Principal - Greg Mantooth*Assistant Principals**Lisa Crabtree**Floyd Blackwell... |
4 | John Overton | 1 | Tullahoma Tullahoma, Tennessee -Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 18,655 people, 7,717 households, and 5,161 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 88.1% White, 7.0% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 1.1% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races... |
|
| 1971 | John Overton | 7 | Dobyns Bennett Dobyns Bennett High School Dobyns-Bennett High School is a high school in Kingsport, Tennessee. It is estimated to have around 1,800 some students.As a part of Kingsport City Schools, students must be city residents paying city taxes to attend. Students that are not residents of the city may pay a tuition fee to attend... |
5 | Nashville | |
| 1988 | John Overton | 3 | Farragut Farragut High School Farragut High School is a high school located at 11237 Kingston Pike in Farragut, a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. It is operated by Knox County Schools, the unified Knox County, Tennessee school district.... |
2 | Greer Stadium Herschel Greer Stadium Herschel Greer Stadium is a minor league baseball park located in Nashville, Tennessee, on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification, approximately two miles south of downtown... , Nashville |
AAA |
| 2005 | Houston Houston High School (Germantown, Tennessee) Houston High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Germantown, Tennessee, serving students in grades 9-12. The school is one of eight high schools currently operating in the Shelby County School District. The principal is Mrs. Leisa Justus, the vice-principal is Mrs... |
9 | John Overton | 1 | Memphis Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... |
AAA |
Basketball
The basketball team experienced their greatest success in the 1990s with players such as Georgia State UniversityGeorgia State University
Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...
recruit Chris Gentry, University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
recruit and starting point guard Brandon Wharton, University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
recruit Brian Watkins and other players recruited by local colleges and universities. The Basketball team finished 2nd in the state tournament in 1994 losing to state powerhouse, Science Hill High School
Science Hill High School
Science Hill High School is a high school in Johnson City, Tennessee with an enrollment of approximately 2600 students. The school is split over three campuses: 9-12 Campus, Technical Center Campus, & Alternative School Campus. The school also shares space with Freedom Hall Civic Center...
.
Tennis
The 2011 Tennis team placed 2nd place in tennis district.Notable players
Chan Park and John Nguyen - 2011 All-District Team
Yi-Ting Huang - 2011 District Singles Champion
Other activities
State championships have been won in several other sports. The boys golf team won the state championship in 1977. The girls track and field team won the championship in 1985 and hold records as 400 meter relay champions for 1981, 1985, 1988 and winner of the 1600 meter relay in 1991. The boys track and field team won the championship in 1990 and hold records as mile relay champions in 1975 and winner of the 400 meter relay in 1982. In forensics, the school won the Senator Karl E. Mundt Congress Trophy in the 1977 NFLNational Forensic League
The National Forensic League is a non-partisan, non-profit educational honor society established to encourage and motivate American high school students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic arts: debate, public speaking and interpretation. NFL is the America's oldest and largest...
National Tournament.
Notable alumni
Charles Holliday, Jr.Charles O. Holliday
Charles "Chad" O. Holliday, Jr. is an American busniessman, currently the chairman of Bank of America and former Chairman, former Chief Executive Officer and a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company . He is the Chairman of both the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and the Business...
, football captain from class of 1966. He is former Chairman and CEO of DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
. He was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame in 2006.
Sam Ewing
Sam Ewing
Samuel James Ewing is a former baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. He bats and throws left. Ewing attended the University of Tennessee. His final American League game was on October 1, 1978...
, baseball player from class of 1966. He played for the Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
(1973, 1976), Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
(1977-1978), and the Japanese Nippon Ham Fighters
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional baseball team based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at the Sapporo Dome. The Fighters also host a select number of regional home games in cities across Hokkaidō,...
(1979).
John Mitchell
John Mitchell (baseball)
John Kyle Mitchell is a former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in parts of five Major League Baseball seasons, from through , for the New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles.-Boating accident:...
, baseball player from class of 1983. He pitched for the New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
(1986-1989) and Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
(1990). He was inducted into the Metro Nashville Public Schools Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Jeff Gooch
Jeff Gooch
Jeffrey Lance Gooch is a linebacker who played for 10 seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions in the National Football League....
, football player from class of 1992. He was a linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
(1996-2001, 2004-2005) and Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
(2002-2003). He was inducted into the Austin Peay Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.