Wadsworth High School

Wadsworth High School
Location
625 Broad Street Wadsworth , Ohio 44281 United States
Coordinates	41°1′26″N81°42′36″W / 41.02389°N 81.71000°W / 41.02389; -81.71000
Information
Type	Public
School district	Wadsworth City School District
Principal	Vincent Suber
Staff	81.26 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,591 (2023-24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.58 [1]
Colors	Red, white, and black     [2]
Athletics conference	Suburban League National Division
Nickname	Grizzlies [2]
Newspaper	The Bruin
Yearbook	Whisperer
Website	wadsworth.k12.oh.us/hs

Wadsworth High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 in Wadsworth, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wadsworth City School District. The school colors are red and white and sports teams are nicknamed the Grizzlies. The current building opened in 2012 and is located beside Wadsworth Middle School.

Athletics

State championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

• Boys wrestling – 1942, 2010 ^[3]
• Girls cross country – 1979, 1980 ^[4]
• Girls basketball – 1997, 2016 ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Savannah Brown; poet and author ^[5]
• Mitchell Evans; professional Football Player in the National Football League (NFL) ^[6]
• Nancy Everhard; actress
• Scott Fletcher; professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) ^[7]
• Michael Foreman; astronaut ^[8]
• Andy Sonnanstine; professional baseball player in MLB ^[9]
• Brad Warner; Buddhism author ^[10]

References

1. "Wadsworth High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
2. "Wadsworth High School". Ohio High School Athletic Association. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
3. Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
4. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved December 31, 2006.
5. Canning-Dean, Emily. "WHS grad publishes novel with Penguin Random House". The Post Newspapers. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
6. Professional American Football player in the NFL
7. Maroon, Thomas; Maroon, Margaret; Holbert, Craig (2007). Akron-Canton Baseball Heritage. Arcadia Publishing. p. 15. ISBN   9780738551135.
8. Hlavinka, Lisa (January 28, 2010). "Astronaut, Wadsworth native, addresses NASA Glenn on space shuttle mission". Medina Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
9. Snodgrass, John (October 23, 2008). "Sonnanstine making history with Rays". The Times Bulletin . Retrieved April 19, 2014.
10. Hardcore Zen . Wisdom Publications. 2003. ISBN   9780861713806.

External links

• Official website