Sun Prairie High School

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Type Public Secondary Grades 10–12 Yearbook The Cardinal Number of students 1,500 Color Red and white		Principal Keith Nerby Enrollment 1500 Phone +1 608-834-6700 Mascot Kurt the Kardinal Lowest grade Tenth grade

Oversight Sun Prairie Area School District Address 888 Grove St, Sun Prairie, WI 53590, USA District Sun Prairie Area School District

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Sun Prairie High School (SPHS) is a comprehensive secondary school located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The school is administered by the Sun Prairie Area School District. In the 2008-2009 school year, there were 146 teachers and 1,802 students at Sun Prairie High School. SPHS is a WIAA Division 1 school. It is a member of the Big Eight athletic conference.

In the summer of 2010 the school moved to a new building in the southeast part of town. The new high school includes a gym that seats 2,100 and has an indoor track. The former school became a combined 8th and 9th grade upper middle school and was named Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School.

Baseball

1974 State champion; beat Merrill, 3-1

1994 State champion; beat Appleton West, 3-0

1997 State champion; beat Watertown, 5-2

2005 State champion; beat Eau Claire North, 11-7

2006 State champion; beat Wisconsin Lutheran, 5-4

2012 State champion; beat Bay Port, 13-1 (5)

2013 State champion; beat Stevens Point, 5-4 (8)

2014 State champion; beat Kimberly, 5-2

Bowling

2015 State champion; beat Sussex-Hamilton, 3410-3214

2016 State champion; beat Fond du Lac, 370-342

Cross Country (girls)

2016 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 82-162

Football

1995 State champion; beat Kenosha Tremper, 13-7

2012 State runner-up; lost to Arrowhead, 35-14

Golf (boys)

1991 State champion; beat Middleton, 660-680

Hockey (boys)

1990 State runner-up; lost to Superior, 3-0

1997 State champion; beat Antigo, 3-2 (OT)

Lacrosse (boys)

2012 State runner-up

Softball

2012 State runner-up; lost to Chippewa Falls, 4-3

Coed cheerleading

State

1990 (WACPC)

1991 (WACPC)

1996 (WACPC)

2000 (WACPC)

2004 (WACPC)

2008 (Wisconsin State)

2009 (Wisconsin State)

2010 (Wisconsin State)

2011 (WACPC)

2012 (WACPC)

2013 (WACPC)

2014 (WACPC)

2015 (WACPC)

State Partner Stunt Champions

2011 (Collin & Grace)

2012 (Phil & Heidi)

UCA Nationals Finish

2004 Nationals - 10th Place

2005 Nationals - 5th Place

2006 Nationals - 8th Place

2007 Nationals - 3rd Place

2008 National champions

2009 Nationals - 2nd place

2010 Nationals - 2nd place

2011 Nationals - 2nd place

2012 National champions

2013 Nationals - 3rd Place

2014 Nationals - 5th Place

2015 Nationals - 5th Place

2016 Nationals - 14th Place

UCA National Partner Stunt Championship

2010 (Zach & Chelsee)

2012 (Collin & Chelsee)

World Partner Stunt Champion

2012 (Phil & Mika)

SkillsUSA

2008 State gold - 3-D Visualization & animation

2009 State gold - 3-D Visualization & animation

2009 State gold - Community service

2010 State gold - 3-D Visualization & animation

2010 State gold - Chapter display

2010 State gold - Community service

2010 State gold - Criminal justice

2010 State gold - Culinary arts (in a collaboration with FCCLA)

2010 State gold - Engineering challenge

2010 State gold - Outstanding chapter

2010 State gold - Plumbing

2011 State gold - Chapter display

2011 State gold - Outstanding chapter

Academic Decathlon

Sun Prairie's Academic Decathlon team has placed in the top 3 at the Wisconsin state finals 5 times.

2nd Place - 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

3rd Place - 2006

In 2012, Ellen Keal became the first ever National Online Individual champion from Sun Prairie High School, winning gold medals in all seven categories of competition.

In April 2014, the Sun Prairie Academic Decathlon team represented Wisconsin in the Large School division of the National United States Academic Decathlon online national competition taking 5th place among the large schools. They repeated this feat in 2016.

Sound of Sun Prairie

The Sound of Sun Prairie is the summer marching band located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin that competes in the annual MACBDA championships. Their most recent MACBDA title was in 2016.

Jazz

The Sun Prairie High School Jazz I has been selected to compete in the Essentially Ellington Jazz Band competition in New York City 10 times since the festival's conception, most recently in 2016.

Notable alumni

Brittani Ebert, class of 1999; actress

Gary Hebl, class of 1969; Wisconsin State Assembly, 2005-present

John A. List, class of 1987; University of Chicago economist

Thomas A. Loftus; Wisconsin Legislator and diplomat; Ambassador to Norway, 1993-1997

Steven Quale, class of 1984; Hollywood film director

Steve Miller, class of 1983; director of hockey operations at the Air Force Academy;

Andy Thompson, class of 1994; major league baseball player with the Toronto Blue Jays, 2000

Wall of Success

Each year, the Wall of Success program honors an outstanding graduate of Sun Prairie High School.

Dr. Gwen Fisher Scott

Thomas A. Loftus

Casey Scheuerell

Michael Lehman

Richard Fisher

Chris Kerwin, class of 1987

Cynthia Russell

Kym Husom

Michael Wherley, class of 1990; 2001 recipient

Alan Rademacher, class of 1973; 2006 recipient

Steve Sveum, class of 1980

Robert Hauge

Steve Miller, class of 1983

Natalie Buster

John A. List, class of 1987

Karen (Zust) Murphy

George Maurer, class of 1984; 2012 recipient

Stopher Bartol, class of 1984; 2013 recipient

Patrick Anhalt, class of 1986; 2014 recipient

Gary Hebl, class of 1969; 2015 recipient

Scott Auby, class of 1986; 2016 recipient; Auby died shortly after receiving this honor

References

Sun Prairie High School Wikipedia

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