Piedmont High School (North Carolina)

Piedmont High School
View southwesterly from Piedmont HS toward Monroe, NC via NASA World Wind
Location
3006 Sikes Mill Road Monroe, North Carolina 28110 United States
Coordinates	35°05′43″N80°29′28″W / 35.0951471°N 80.4911771°W / 35.0951471; -80.4911771
Information
Motto	"Piedmont Academics Character Excellence" (PACE)
Established	1960(65 years ago) (1960)
School district	Union County Public Schools
CEEB code	342663
Principal	Dylan Stamey
Teaching staff	66.07 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	1,304 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.74 [1]
Color(s)	Columbia blue, navy, and red
Website	www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Domain/30

Piedmont High School is a public high school in Unionville, North Carolina, United States. The mascot of the school is the Panther, and the current principal is Dylan Stamey. The school's motto is the acronym PACE, standing for "Piedmont Academics Character Excellence."

History

Piedmont was founded in 1960 as the second high school in Union County. According to local historian Mrs. Dawn Stegall, the land upon which the school is built was worked by enemy prisoners of war from nearby Camp Sutton during World War II. After 2005, school enrollment was divided due to the newly built Porter Ridge High School. Country music star Trace Adkins spoke at Piedmont's 50th graduating class ceremony on June 14, 2010. ^[2]

Athletics

Piedmont has won the following North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) state championships. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

NCHSAA State Championships

Sport	Year(s)
Baseball	1984 (2A), 2013 (2A)
Wrestling Dual Team	2012 (2A), 2017 (3A), 2018 (3A)
Wrestling State Tournament Team	1987 (1A/2A), 2018 (3A), 2019 (3A)

Notable alumni

• Andy Tomberlin (1984), former MLB player and scout ^[6]
• Cade Tyson (2022, transferred), basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels ^[7]
• Hunter Tyson (2018), basketball player for the Denver Nuggets ^[8]

References

1. "Piedmont High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
2. Betts L., Stephen. (May 20, 2010). Trace Adkins Heads Back to High School. the Boot. Retrieved Aug 12, 2020.
3. State-Champions-2024. NCHSAA. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
4. DT-WRESLTING-MEDIA-NOTES-AND-RECORDS-POST-2024-CHAMPS. NCHSAA. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
5. Individual-Wrestling-State-Tournament-History-through-2024. NCHSAA. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
6. "Andy Tomberlin Stats". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
7. "Cade Tyson - 2023-24 - Men's Basketball". Belmont University.
8. Hunter Tyson. clemsontigers.com. Retrieved October 21, 2024.