Stevens Point Area Senior High School

Stevens Point Area Senior High School
Location
1201 North Point Drive Stevens Point , Wisconsin 54481 United States
Coordinates	44°32′25″N89°34′55″W / 44.54028°N 89.58194°W / 44.54028; -89.58194
Information
Type	Public high school
Principal	Jon Vollendorf
Teaching staff	93.70 (FTE) [1]
Number of students	1,458 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.56 [1]
Colors	Red and black
Athletics conference	Wisconsin Valley
Nickname	Panthers
Website	www.pointschools.net/SPASH

Stevens Point Area Senior High (commonly called SPASH) is a high school located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Stevens Point Area Public School District. SPASH serves the Stevens Point area, including Stevens Point, Plover, Whiting, and Park Ridge, as well as several towns and nearby Junction City and part of Milladore. The school opened in 1972, allowing the district high school to move from P. J. Jacobs which had housed the high school since 1938. ^[2]

Athletics

SPASH's athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers, ^[3] and they have been affiliated with the Wisconsin Valley Conference since its founding in 1921.

Notable alumni

• Kathi Bennett, NIU Huskies women's basketball head coach
• Aimee Betro, convicted of attempting to carry out a contract killing in the UK ^[4]
• Cole Caufield, NHL forward
• Curt Clausen, Olympic race walker
• Rachel A. Graham, Wisconsin state court judge
• Suzy Favor Hamilton, Olympic long-distance runner ^[5]
• Joey Hauser, professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz
• Sam Hauser, professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics
• Arthur L. Herman, popular historian
• Kathy Kinney, actress
• Brady Koontz, 2023 & 2024 Greco-Roman Wrestler World Team Member ^[6]
• Julie Lassa, Wisconsin politician
• Janel McCarville, professional basketball player
• Louis Molepske, Wisconsin politician and judge
• William Murat, Wisconsin politician
• Joe Pavelski, NHL forward and 2010 Olympic silver medalist
• Brandon Peterson, Marvel comic book artist ^[7]
• Ben Provisor, Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestler ^[8]
• Ryan Ramczyk, tackle, New Orleans Saints
• Rick Reichardt, major league baseball player
• Chris Solinsky, long-distance runner, former American record holder in the 10,000m run
• Roisin Willis, American track and field athlete

References

1. "Stevens Point Area Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
2. "P.J. Jacobs turns 80 in Stevens Point". Stevens Point Journal Media. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
3. Casper, Tim; Lassa, Julie; Rabinowitz, Abe (1999), "Gangs and Youth Violence in Stevens Point", A Conference of the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
4. Hurley, Bevan (June 14, 2024). "Turn yourself in, says mother of alleged hitwoman". The Times. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
5. USA Track and Field Bio
6. "Brady Koontz – Wrestler | Team USA".
7. X-MEN to AVENGERS
8. "Ben Provisor wrestles way to Summer Olympics".

External links

• Stevens Point Area Senior High website
• Stevens Point Area Public Schools homepage