Park Hill High School is one of two high schools in the Park Hill School District, in Kansas City. The school is located in northern Kansas City, in Platte County.
Park Hill's teams are called the Trojans, and its colours are red and white. Park Hill High School had an enrollment of 1,919 students in 2016-2017.
History
The original school building opened in 1952 and the current building opened in 1967. The original building became Park Hill Junior High and later Plaza Middle School, the district's 6th grade school. Plaza is now a 6-8 grade middle school.
In the late 1990s a new gymnasium was built on the west side of the building to replace the original gym, which is now used primarily for practices and school dances. Around this same time, an auditorium was also built adjacent to the new gym.
Since 1998, Park Hill has won five
wrestling state championships, two
volleyball state championships, and the 2003
football
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state championship, as well as a cheerleading state championship in 2014. The Lady Trojans won the 2018 girls soccer state championship.
Facilities
The school has a football complex, gymnasium, and auditorium. The Park Hill Aquatic Center is located next to the football complex. It houses the Park Hill and Park Hill South boys' and girls' swim teams.
Notable alumni
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Andy Ashby, former major league baseball player
*
Raymond Lee (Class of 2011), professional soccer player, (
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC)
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Wes Scantlin (Class of 1990), musician and lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist of the Kansas City-born band
Puddle of Mudd
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Landry Shamet
Landry Michael Shamet (born March 13, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers.
Early life
Shamet was b ...
(Class of 2015), professional basketball player, (
Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...
)
*
Chris Nilsen
Christopher Nilsen (born January 13, 1998) is an American athlete specialising in pole vault and high jump. He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's pole vault, pole vault eve ...
, 6x
NCAA Division I First Team All-American
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, and a 3x NCAA
Track and field pole vault champion
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Johnny Eblen (Class of 2010), professional
mixed martial artist currently signed to
Bellator MMA
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, where he is the 8th
Bellator Middleweight Champion.
* Jakib Jones - (Class of 2014
Professional Soccer Player* Jenna Winebrenner - (Class of 2017) Professional Soccer Player fo
KC Currentand first femal
Major Arena Soccer League Coach
References
External links
Park Hill High School website
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Educational institutions established in 1952
School buildings completed in 1967
High schools in Platte County, Missouri
Public high schools in Missouri
1952 establishments in Missouri