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Leesville Road High School
Leesville Road High School (also known locally as Leesville High School, abbreviated as LRHS), is a comprehensive public high school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a part of the Wake County Public School System. Established in 1993, it has approximately 2,800 enrolled students and offers a variety of extracurricular activities, including band, computer science club, solar car team, model UN, foreign language, newspaper, yearbook, National Honor Society, Student Council, Speech and Debate, and many other clubs. History Anthony J. "A.J." Mutillo was principal from 2012 until 2018, when he became the district's assistant superintendent for human resources. ''The News & Observer'' described him as "popular". On February 18, 2019 Ian Solomon became principal of the school. He was formerly at Wake Young Men's Leadership Academy. Academics Leesville Road High School has consistently ranked as a North CarolinSchool of Distinction Leesville Road High School is a high-performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Aspden
Hannah Elizabeth Aspden (born June 11, 2000) is an American Paralympic swimmer. She was the youngest swimmer on Team USA to medal at either the Olympics or Paralympics in 2016. During the 2019–20 season at Queens University of Charlotte, Aspden broke two American Paralympic Short Course Meters Swimming records in both the 100-Meter Backstroke and the 100-Meter Freestyle. Early life Aspden was born to mother Jennifer Aspden in Raleigh, North Carolina, without her left leg. She learned to swim at the age of four because she wanted to enter the deep end of the pool at the local YMCA. By the age of 10, she competed in her first swim meet where she met retired Paralympic swimmer Elizabeth Stone. Two years later, Aspden was named to the US Emerging Team roster and became the youngest member on Team USAs National roster at the age of 13. Aspden attended Quest Academy Charter School for grades 7 and 8 before Leesville High School. Career Aspden qualified for Team USAs roster, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Smith (athlete)
Leigh Smith (born August 28, 1981) is an American athlete who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in javelin throw. Although he finished 507th at the U.S. Olympic Trials, he was one of only two Americans to meet the Olympic A standard and lost in a spelling contest to Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Infamously misspelling Conifer. He spelled it with a K. He threw a personal best 83.74 m (274.7 feet) at Athens, Georgia on May 9, 2008. Smith was a three-time All-American at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, .... Achievements Seasonal bests by year *2004 - 81.67 *2005 - 79.37 *2006 - 82.33 *2007 - 77.24 *2008 - 83.74 References 1981 births Living people American male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawan Robinson
Shawan Robinson (born September 7, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Clemson University Clemson University () is a public land-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina. Founded in 1889, Clemson is the second-largest university in the student population in South Carolina. For the fall 2019 semester, the university enro ... and professionally played in Europe. Robinson attended Clemson for 4 years. In his final year (the 2005/2006 season) he averaged a team leading 12.3ppg and a free throw percentage of 91.3%, enough to have him ranked 3rd in the nation. This percentage was also the fourth best in the history of the ACC. Robinson became the first Clemson Tiger to be named Academic All-ACC in each of his four seasons. He was a student teacher at Central Elementary and graduated with an Elementary Education degree in 2006. Robinson signed with Ostrava after a brief stint with the Deutsche Bank Skyliners fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland. The Baltimore Ravens were established in 1996 after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans in 1995 to relocate the franchise from Cleveland, Ohio to Baltimore, Maryland. As part of a settlement between the league and the city of Cleveland, Ohio, Modell was required to leave the Browns' history, team colors, and records in Cleveland for a replacement team and replacement personnel that would resume play in 1999. In return, he was allowed to take his own personnel and team to Baltimore, where such personnel would then form an expansion team. The team is now owned by Steve Bisciotti and valued at $2.98 billion, making the Ravens the 33rd- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Rimpf
Brian Timothy Rimpf (born February 11, 1981) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at East Carolina. Rimpf also played for the New Orleans VooDoo and California Redwoods. Rimpf is a former teacher and head football coach at Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is now the head coach and athletic director at Camden High School in South Carolina. Early years Rimpf played high school football at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh. He was taught principles of business and business law at Harnett Central High School in Angier, North Carolina. College career Rimpf played college football at East Carolina University where he was First-team All Conference USA four times in his career. Professional career Baltimore Ravens Played 2004-2006 New Orleans VooDoo Rimpf played for the New Orleans VooDoo of the Arena Football League The Arena F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Richardson (basketball)
Anthony Lamont Richardson (born July 29, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. He was one of the top prospects of the high school class of 2001, being named North Carolina Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. He played 4 years of college basketball for the Florida State Seminoles, and went undrafted in the 2005 NBA draft. He then earned an all-star selection in the CBA and was named the 2007 USBL Player of the Year while also leading the league in scoring. He played 9 years of professional basketball, with experiences in Germany, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands and in the NBA D-League. High school career Richardson is the son of Norman Primous and Mary Richardson, and was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he attended Leesville Road High School. He played 4 years of varsity basketball at Leesville, where he was coached by Darryl Robinson; he gained national recognition during his senior year, when he contributed to lead the team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doc Redman
Doc Hudspeth Redman (born December 27, 1997) is an American professional golfer. High school career Redman was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Leesville Road High School where he was the North Carolina AAAA state champion as a senior and all-state four years in high school. College career Competing for the Clemson Tigers, where he studied actuarial math. Redman won both the Jackrabbit and the Ka'anapali Classic in the fall of his freshman year. Amateur career Redman won the 2017 U.S. Amateur, after finishing 62nd out of 64 in the stroke play qualifier. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Western Amateur, losing in a playoff. Redman competed in the 2017 Walker Cup. Professional career Redman turned professional following the 2018 NCAA Golf Championship and made his professional debut at the Memorial Tournament. By turning pro, he forfeited his exemptions into the 2018 U.S. Open and 2018 Open Championship which he earned via his U.S. Amateur win. In June 2019, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also known as the PGA Tour, as well as PGA Tour Champions (age 50 and older) and the Korn Ferry Tour (for professional players who have not yet qualified to play on the PGA Tour), as well as PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and PGA Tour China. The PGA Tour is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb southeast of Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville. Originally established by the Professional Golfers' Association of America, it was spun off in December 1968 into a separate organization for tour players, as opposed to professional golfer, club professionals, the focal members of today's PGA of America. Originally the "Tournament Players Division", it adopted the name "PGA Tour" in 1975 and runs most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grayson Murray
Grayson Colby Murray (born October 1, 1993) is an American professional golfer. Early life and career In his youth career, Murray won three straight Callaway Junior Championships and was the top ranked golfer nationally in his age group. In high school, he won both a team and individual state title while competing for Leesville Road High School. Murray attended Wake Forest University, East Carolina University, and Arizona State University. He played in the 2013 U.S. Open as an amateur. Murray earned conditional status on the 2016 Web.com Tour by tying for 74th at Q School. A tie for tenth at the Rex Hospital Open in his native North Carolina, in which he competed on a sponsor exemption, gave him entry into the following tournament, where he tied for eighth and guaranteed himself full playing time for the rest of the season. He had four further top 10s, including a playoff loss at the Digital Ally Open, and finished 18th on the regular-season money list, earning a PGA Tour card ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Britton
Andrew Paul Britton (January 6, 1981 – March 18, 2008) was a British-born spy novelist who immigrated to the United States with his family at age seven. He published his first novel at age 23, his books were translated for international sales, and have been posted on the extended ''The New York Times'' bestseller list. Early life Britton was born in Peterborough (England, UK), in 1981. During his early childhood, he lived between Peterborough and Camlough (Northern Ireland, UK). Camlough is the birthplace of Britton's mother to whom he dedicated his 1st book "The American." The family emigrated to the United States in 1988. Britton spent years in both Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Raleigh, North Carolina. After graduating from Leesville Road High School in Raleigh in 1999, Britton joined the U.S. Army as a combat engineer. He stayed in the Army for three years and served in Korea. After his military service, Britton attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
