Evansville Central High School
Public high school in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States
Evansville Central High School, also known as Central High, is a public high school on the north side of Evansville, Indiana. It is the oldest high school in continuous operation west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was established in 1854 as Evansville High School. The name was changed to Central High School in 1918 when FJ Reitz High School was built.
Central moved to its current location on the far north side of Evansville in the early 1970s. It is sometimes called "Vanderburgh Central" because of its location near the geographic center of Vanderburgh County, in addition to its status as the county's oldest high school. For many years, it was the northernmost high school in the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation; it was four miles northwest of Evansville North High School. However, with the completion of the new North High School campus in northern Vanderburgh County, geographic correctness was restored to the name.
Academics
Central High School received an "A" as its final letter grade for school accountability.[2]
Notable alumni
- Andy Benes (born 1967), Major League Baseball player[3]
- Lowell Galloway (1921–1979), professional basketball player[4]
- Lee H. Hamilton (born 1931), U.S. Democratic Representative, Indiana 9th Congressional District[5]
- Preston Mattingly, baseball player and executive[6]
- Aaron Patzer, entrepreneur and founder of Mint.com personal financial management service[7]
- Lloyd Winnecke (born 1960), Mayor of Evansville[8][third-party source needed]
References
- ^ a b c "Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Indiana Department of Education". Indiana Department of Education. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "Andy Benes stats". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ "Lowell Galloway is Cannelton Cage Coach". Messenger-Inquirer. Owensboro, KY. May 31, 1948. p. 8.
Mr Galloway graduated from Central High School, Evansville, where he played basketball for four years... He was in military service and on his discharge he played professional basketball for a year with Kautskys
- ^ Haase, David L (July 9, 1992). "No No. 2 spot for Hamilton". The Indianapolis News. p. A2.
A young Lee Hamilton led the Evansville Central High School basketball team to the 1948 boys finals
- ^ Benbow, Dana Hunsinger. "Preston Mattingly's unlikely journey: MLB draft at 18, college basketball at 28, back to MLB". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Wersich, Carol (May 11, 2008). "Central High graduate puts his money where his computer is". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ "Mayor Winnecke's Biography". City of Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
External links
- Central High School Home Page[permanent dead link]
- Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
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Vanderburgh County high schools
School Corporation (EVSC)
- Benjamin Bosse High School
- Central High School
- William Henry Harrison High School
- North High School
- Francis Joseph Reitz High School
Diocese of Evansville
- Mater Dei High School
- Francis Joseph Reitz Memorial High School
- Evansville Lincoln
- Evansville Rex Mundi
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