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Wayne High School (Indiana)

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Type
  
Public, secondary

Yearbook
  
Sentry

Mascot
  
General officer

Enrollment
  
1,417

Phone
  
+1 260-467-6400

Principal
  
John Houser

School district
  
Fort Wayne Community Schools

Assistant Principals
  
Chuck Deford, Andrea Derrickson, Ashley Finneran

Athletics conference
  
Summit Athletic Conference

Address
  
9100 Winchester Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46819, USA

District
  
Fort Wayne Community Schools

Wayne High School is a public high school in Fort Wayne Community Schools, located in the southern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States.

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Athletics

All athletic teams compete in the Summit Athletic Conference. They were Team State Champions in boys' football in 1995 (won by Class 4A), in boys' track and field (1972/3) and six years later in girls' track and field. Members of the school have been Individual State Champions in those disciplines, including relay racing, for both boys and girls, numerous times since 1971. They have also on occasion been Team State Runners-Up.

Notable alumni

  • Joe Andrew, National Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1999–2001
  • Jason Baker, professional football punter, NFL Carolina Panthers
  • Roosevelt Barnes, former professional football player, NFL Detroit Lions
  • Molly Hagan, actress
  • Michael Derrick Hudson (Class of 1982), poet and librarian who came under fire for using the Chinese female pseudonym Yi-Fen Chou (allegedly the name of a classmate at WHS)
  • Chuck Surack, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and musician; founder of Sweetwater Sound

    • References

    Wayne High School (Indiana) Wikipedia
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