Lord Botetourt High School (LBHS) is a high school in

Daleville, Virginia Daleville is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,070 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located along U.S. Route 220. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. H ...

. It was built in 1958 and opened in the fall of 1959. LBHS is one of two high schools in

Botetourt County Botetourt County ( ) is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mou ...

, the other being James River High School in Buchanan. The school is named for

Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt (c. 1717 – 15 October 1770), was a British courtier, member of parliament, and royal governor of the colony of Virginia from 1768 until his death in 1770. Life Norborne Berkeley was born about 1 ...

, the governor of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

from 1768 to 1770. Athletic teams are known as the Cavaliers, and the school colors are scarlet and silver. As of 2019, LBHS had 69 faculty members serving 1,052 students in grades 9 through 12.

Notable alumni

Zack Kelly Zachery Reed Kelly (born March 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022. Career Amateur career Kelly graduated from Lord Botetourt High School in D ...

, baseball player

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