Lee's Summit West High School is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in

Lee's Summit, Missouri Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and a suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It resides in Jackson County (predominantly) as well as Cass County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101,108, making it the 6th ...

, United States. It opened in the fall of 2004 and is part of the

Lee's Summit R-VII School District The Lee's Summit R-7 School District is a school district located in Missouri and in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The district is mostly in Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County. There, it has large segments of Lee's Summit, Missouri ...

. Current enrollment is approximately 2000 students. The mascot of the school is the Titan. The school newspaper is the ''Titan Scroll'', which is a member of the High School National Ad Network. After a $32 million bond passed in April 2006, the high school received facility improvements and an expansion which was completed in 2009.

Academics

In 2013, Lee's Summit West High School was selected as a Blue Ribbon School. The Blue Ribbon Award recognizes public and private schools which perform at high levels or have made significant academic improvements.

Athletics

Lee's Summit West is a part of the Greater Kansas City Suburban Gold Conference. Their rivals are

Lee's Summit Lee's Summit is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri and a suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It resides in Jackson County (predominantly) as well as Cass County. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101,108, making it the 6th ...

and Lee's Summit North. The following

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sports are offered: *Baseball (boys) *Basketball (boys & girls) *Cross country (boys & girls) **Boys state champions – 2008 **Girls state champions – 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 *Football (boys) **State champions – 2007, 2010, 2013 *Golf (boys & girls) *Lacrosse (boys and girls) (not MSHSAA sponsored) *Soccer (boys & girls) **Girls state champions – 2005, 2006 *Softball (girls) *Swimming (boys & girls) *Tennis (boys & girls) *Track and field (boys & girls) **Girls state champions – 2006, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, *Volleyball (boys & girls) **State champions – 2007 *Wrestling (boys and girls)

Notable alumni

* Trevor Rosenthal (2008),

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All-Star pitcher * Michael Dixon (2009), basketball player who plays in

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* Evan Boehm (2011), NFL center * Matt Hall (2011),

pitcher * Shaquille Harrison (2012),

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player * Monte Harrison (2013), wide receiver for the

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and former

outfielder * Alex Lange (2013), pitcher for the

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* Vanessa Merrell (2015) YouTuber * Veronica Merrell (2015), YouTuber * Elijah Childs (2017), basketball player who plays in

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* Yor Anei (2018),

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basketball player * Phillip Brooks (2018), NFL wide receiver * Mario Goodrich (2018), NFL cornerback

References

External links

Lee's Summit West High School website
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