West Ashley High School is the only public high school located in the
West Ashley
West Ashley, or more formally, west of the Ashley, is one of the six distinct areas of the city proper of Charleston, South Carolina. As of July 2022, its estimated population was 83,996. Its name is derived from the fact that the land is west of ...
area in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
, United States. It was created in 2000, when the
Charleston County School District
Charleston County School District is a school district within Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It educates roughly 50,000 kindergarten to 12th grade students in 80 schools. Charleston County School District’s (CCSD) Board of T ...
merged
Middleton High School and Saint Andrews High School. It is a part of St. Andrews Constituent District #10.
Notable events
On July 29, 2002, President
George W. Bush
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visited West Ashley High School to speak about welfare reforms and other topics.
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Athletics
West Ashley competes in Class 5A of the SCHSL. Their main rivals are the Wando High School
Wando High School (often shortened to "Wando") is a public high school within the Charleston County School District, located in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, United States. The school serves students living in Mount Pleasant and other suburban po ...
Warriors and the James Island Charter High School
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Trojans.
* Fall sports: football, volleyball, girls' tennis, cross-country, swimming
* Winter sports: basketball, wrestling
* Spring sports: soccer, track and field, lacrosse, boys' tennis, baseball, softball
Volleyball
West Ashley High School's volleyball team established one of the best programs in the state. During the 2005 season the Lady Wildcats were crowned State Champions, and the following year the Wildcats were runners-up, falling to Hillcrest High School. The team is coached by Christy Jickling, a former professional Canadian volleyball player, the wife of former ECHL South Carolina Stingrays
The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Co ...
player Mike, one of numerous former Stingrays to have settled in Charleston after their playing careers ended.
* Region Champions: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
* Lower-State Champions (State Runners-Up): 2006
* State Champions: 2005
Girls' soccer
* State Champions: 2002, 2003, 2005
* Lower State Runners-Up: 2004, 2006, 2012
Notable alumni
* Tre McLean
Tre McLean (born October 19, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Guaiqueríes de Margarita of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto. He played college basketball for the Queens College and Chattanooga Mocs.
High school car ...
(born 1993), basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
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References
External links
West Ashley High School official site
Public high schools in South Carolina
Schools in Charleston County, South Carolina
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