HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Brownsburg High School is a
public In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichk ...
high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
located in Brownsburg,
Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
. The school is located within the
Brownsburg Community School Corporation Brownsburg Community School Corporation (BCSC) is a public school district serving grades PK– 12 in Brownsburg, Indiana. The reported enrollment of the BCSC during the 2018–2019 school year was 9,296. The superintendent iDr. Jim Snapp BC ...
, which is in
Hendricks County Hendricks County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 145,448. The county seat is the town of Danville. Hendricks County is the third largest county in the Indianapolis- Carmel-Ander ...
.


History

Brownsburg graduated its first class in spring 1897.


Athletics

BHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Bulldogs and compete in the
Hoosier Crossroads Conference The Hoosier Crossroads Conference is a member conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Teams first competed in the conference in the 2000-2001 school year. The HCC contains eight high schools in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Ar ...
. In 2020 it was announced that the Bulldogs received a uniform partnership with
Jordan brand Air Jordan is an American brand of basketball shoes produced by American corporation Nike. The first Air Jordan shoe was produced for Hall of Fame former basketball player Michael Jordan during his time with the Chicago Bulls in late 1984 and ...
.


Performing arts

BHS fields four competitive
show choirs A show choir (originally known as a "swing choir") is a musical ensemble that combines choral singing with choreographed dance, often with an overarching theme. It is most relevant in the Midwestern United States and was popularized by the America ...
: the mixed-gender "Spotlight Singers & Company", the all-female "Starlight Voices" and "Bella Voce", and the all-male "Dawg Pound". The program also hosts an annual competition, the Bulldog Spectacular. BHS also has a top 20-ranking
marching band A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...
: “The Sound of Brownsburg”. They have ranked 5th in the state of Indiana and 2nd at the
Bands of America Bands of America (BOA) is a music education advocacy organization and promoter of high school marching band competitions in the United States, such as the annual Grand National Championships. Established in 1975 as Marching Bands of America (MBA), ...
Bowling Green Regional competition. In 2021 they placed 1st at the NorthWest Regional Competition in
Toledo, Ohio Toledo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States. A major Midwestern United States port city, Toledo is the fourth-most populous city in the state of Ohio, after Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati, and according ...
. They were also one of 10 bands invited to perform in the 95th
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade in New York City presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's. The Parade first took place in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with ...
. In their 2022 season, they made
Bands of America Bands of America (BOA) is a music education advocacy organization and promoter of high school marching band competitions in the United States, such as the annual Grand National Championships. Established in 1975 as Marching Bands of America (MBA), ...
Grand National finals for the first time is school history, placing 8th at that event. They also placed 4th in the state of Indiana, making it their highest placement in school history.


Notable alumni

*
Tucker Barnhart Tucker Jackson Barnhart (born January 7, 1991) is an American professional baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He made his MLB debut ...
-
Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
player *
Chris Estridge Christopher Estridge (born September 21, 1989 in Brownsburg, Indiana) is a former American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Estridge started his college soccer career at Wake Forest University in 2008, before moving to Indiana Universi ...
-
United Soccer League United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
player *
Gordon Hayward Gordon Daniel Hayward (born March 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Hayward has previously played for the Utah Jazz and the Boston Celtics. In college ...
- NBA player * Chris Jones -
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
player *
Lance Lynn Michael Lance Lynn (born May 12, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. ...
- Major League Baseball player * Mark Patrick - radio personality * Drew Storen - Major League Baseball player * Julian Mavunga - professional basketball player *
Mark Titus Mark Titus (born June 25, 1987) is an author, podcast host, and former walk-on basketball player at Ohio State. Basketball career Titus played high school basketball at Brownsburg High School (BHS) in Brownsburg, Indiana. For Brownsburg High, ...
- Former AAU teammate of
Greg Oden Gregory Wayne Oden Jr. (born January 22, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Oden, a 7'0" (2.13m) center, played college basketball at Ohio State University for one season, during which the team was the Big Ten Champion ...
and
Mike Conley Jr. Michael Alex Conley Jr. (born October 11, 1987) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted as the fourth pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Memphis Grizzlies. Con ...
,
blogger A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...


See also

* List of high schools in Indiana


References


External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Indiana Schools in Hendricks County, Indiana 1890s establishments in Indiana