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 ''Öffentlichkei ...
secondary 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 '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
located in
Bridgetown, Ohio
Bridgetown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 14,407 at the 2010 census. In earlier censuses it was listed as the slightly smaller Bridgetown North CDP.
History
Bridge ...
, with a mailing address of
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
. Oak Hills often is referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run by the
Oak Hills Local School District
Oak Hills Local School District is a public school district in Hamilton County, Ohio that includes Delhi Township and about half of Green Township. enrolled annually, Oak Hills is one of the largest public high schools in Ohio. It is a member of the 10-schoo Greater Miami Conference.
Athletics
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
* Boys Bowling - 2004 State Team Champion's
*Coed Cheerleading - 2016 OASSA Division I Mount State Champion
* Mock Trial - 1987, 2003, 2007 State Champions
* Boys
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
– 1980
* Girls Swimming and Diving – 1982
Runner-up
* Boys
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
– 1980 (lost in double overtime)
*Coed Cheerleading - 2015 OASSA Division I Mount State Champion Runner Up
Notable alumni and faculty
*
John Bardo
John William Bardo (October 28, 1948 – March 12, 2019) was an American educator, most recently serving as the 13th President of Wichita State University (WSU). Previously, Bardo served as a faculty member at Western Carolina University (WCU) ...
, educator, President of
Wichita State University
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
, Chancellor of
Western Carolina University
Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system.
The fifth oldest institution of the sixteen four-year universities in the UNC system, WCU was founded t ...
.
*
Rick Charls
Rick Charls is a former American high diver who held the world record for the highest dive of 172 feet (52.4256 meters).
Background
Charls, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a high school and collegiate All-American and a two-time Mid-America ...
, former professional high diver who currently holds the record for the world's highest dive at 172 ft.
*
Chris Ensminger
Christopher William Ensminger (born December 8, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player.
Playing career High school
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ensminger played high school basketball ...
, professional basketball player and coach
*
Susan Floyd
Susan Floyd (born May 13, 1968) is an American actress who has appeared in many episodes of '' Law & Order'', as well as numerous other television series. She has also had featured roles in several motion pictures, including ''Domestic Disturbanc ...
, Actress
*
Rich Franklin
Richard Jay Franklin II (born October 5, 1974) is an American businessman and retired mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a member of the UFC Hall of Fame and a former UFC Middl ...
, professional
mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...
fighter and former UFC Middleweight champion; former math teacher at Oak Hills
*
Scott Klingenbeck
Scott Edward Klingenbeck (born February 3, 1971) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in parts of four seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, and Cincinnati Reds.
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Klingenbeck ...
, former
MLB
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 for the
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...
*
Yoshi Oyakawa
Yoshinobu Oyakawa (born August 9, 1933) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in the 100-meter backstroke. Oyakawa is considered to be the last of the great "straight-arm-pull" backstrokers ...
(former faculty member/ coach), 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m Backstroke.
*
Kim Rhodenbaugh
Kimberly Lynne Rhodenbaugh (born March 26, 1966), later known by her married name Kimberly Lewallen, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She competed in the wo ...
, US Olympic Team, 1984 (swimming). Kim appeared on a Wheaties box in 1989 as part of the product's "Search for Champions II" promotion.
*
Pete Rose Jr.
Peter Edward "PJ" Rose Jr. (born November 16, 1969) is a former professional baseball player and manager. The son of Major League Baseball's all-time Hit (baseball), hits leader Pete Rose, Pete Rose Sr., Rose Jr. played in the Minor League Baseba ...
, former professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
player, former manager of the
Wichita Wingnuts
The Wichita Wingnuts were an independent baseball team based in Wichita, Kansas, in the United States. The Wingnuts were members of the South Division of the American Association of Professional Baseball.
An expansion franchise in the 2008 seas ...
, son of
Pete Rose
Peter Edward Rose Sr. (born April 14, 1941), also known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", is an American former professional baseball player and manager. Rose played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, most prominently as a membe ...
(not an alumnus)
* Alex Triantafilou, Judge of Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Chairman Hamilton County Republican Party
*
Bill Wegman
William Edward Wegman (born December 19, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.
After graduating from Oak Hills High School, Wegman was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft, where he played throug ...
, former
MLB
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), ...
pitcher for the
Milwaukee Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division. The Brewers are named for t ...
*
Brett Wetterich
Brett Milton Wetterich (born August 9, 1973) is an American professional golfer.
Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Oak Hills High School and Wallace State Community College. He turned professional in 1994.
Wetterich was a PGA T ...
,
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 k ...
golfer, winner
EDS Byron Nelson Championship
The AT&T Byron Nelson is a golf tournament in Texas on the PGA Tour, currently hosted by TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas, McKinney, northeast of Dallas. Held in May, it is one of two PGA Tour stops in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex – which ...