Lake Norman High School is located in

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. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman. Lake Norman High School was built to relieve over-crowding at the nearby South Iredell High School. In 2009, Lake Norman High School had the highest graduation rate of

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public non-charter schools with 95% of the senior class receiving a diploma. In June 2012, Lake Norman High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program ''School of Excellence''.

Size

As of August 2020, Lake Norman has over 1,885 students. The school was originally built for 1,300 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshmen Academy.

Athletics

The school has men's and women's teams in soccer,

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, cross-country,

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, and

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. Men's sports also include football,

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, and

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(coached by former MLB player

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); women's sports also include

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, and

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. The school has won state championships in Cheerleading (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2020), women's lacrosse (2015), men's lacrosse (2012, 2018), men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2009), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have been crowned in wrestling (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013), women's tennis (2008), and men's and women's swimming (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012). The school also claimed their first football conference championship in 2014 by sweeping the conference at 7–0. The school competes in the I-Meck Conference which includes: Mooresville, Lake Norman, North Meck, Hough, Hopewell, Mallard Creek, Vance, And West Charlotte. Lake Norman's biggest rivals include Mooresville Senior High School and South Iredell. Athletes from Lake Norman include swimmer Logan Heck, who achieved multiple Olympic cuts; swimmer Reed Wheeler, achieved an Olympic cut; Cuttaman 100gran in basketball; runner Michael Rupinski, and others. Numerous student-athletes have received college scholarships in a variety of sports.

Arts

Lake Norman High School has multiple art shows a year, chorus concerts, and drama plays. All the different arts at the school have competitions where their art can be auditioned and moved on or perform in certain groups such as District Competitions and All State. The school supports the multi-discipline Spring Musical. LNHS has a competitive

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, "Showformance".

Notable alumni

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, stock car racing driver * Nick Drake, stock car racing driver * Brandon Jones, stock car racing driver * Richie Steamboat, former

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References

External links

Lake Norman High School websiteIredell-Statesville Schools website
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