Westerville South High School is a public high school located in

Westerville, Ohio Westerville is a city in Franklin County, Ohio, Franklin and Delaware County, Ohio, Delaware counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. A northeastern suburb of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus as well as the home of Otterbein University, the population was 39 ...

, northeast of Columbus, Ohio. Originally Westerville High School, it is the oldest of the three high schools in the Westerville City School District. It serves most of southern Westerville, as well as much of the portion of Columbus served by Westerville City Schools.

History

Dedicated in 1960 as Westerville High School, it was renamed Westerville South High School in 1975 upon the opening of Westerville's second high school, Westerville North. The principal of Westerville South is Mike Hinze. School colors are red and white. The school mascot is the Wildcat. Its CEEB code is 365430.

Notable alumni

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- (Former #1 NFL Draft Pick) * Jaelen Gill - (Former NFL Player) * Traevon Jackson - (Professional Basketball Player) * Jonathon Jennings - (Former

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Player) * Andy Katzenmoyer - (Former NFL Player) * John Mackey (composer) * Lance Moore - (Former NFL Player) * Nick Moore (Canadian football) * Gigi Rice - (Actress) * Brad Robbins (American football) * Emmanuel Sabbi - (Professional Soccer Player) * Kaleb Wesson - (Professional Basketball Player)

Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships

* Girls

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– 1994,1995 * Boys Soccer – 1989 * Boys

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- 2016 *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

- 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Male sports

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

* Basketball * Cross country *

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

* Soccer ** D1 State Champions (1989) *

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Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), ...

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

Track and Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

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** OCC champions: (2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014-15) ** OHSAA Central District Champions (2013–14)

Female sports

* Basketball ** 2018 & 2019 OCC champions * Cheerleading ** State champions (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) * Cross country * Lacrosse *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

* Soccer ** D1 State champions (1994, 1995) *

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

* Swimming & diving * Tennis * Track and field *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

* Bowling ** OCC champions: (2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17)

Notes and references

External links

District Website
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