Lake Norman High School

Lake Norman High School is located in Mooresville, North Carolina. The school is a part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. The name of the school comes from nearby Lake Norman. Lake Norman High School was built to relieve over-crowding at the nearby South Iredell High School. In 2009, Lake Norman High School had the highest graduation rate of North Carolina public non-charter schools with 95% of the senior class receiving a diploma. In June 2012, Lake Norman High School was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon Schools Program School of Excellence.

Lake Norman High School
Address
Lake Norman High School
Lake Norman High School
186 Doolie Road

Mooresville
,
North Carolina
28117

United States
Coordinates35°35′49″N 80°54′06″W
Information
TypePublic
MottoLake Norman Wildcats Logo
Established2002 (2002)
CEEB code342691
PrincipalKeith Gentle
Faculty88.09 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,972 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.39[1]
Color(s)Midnight blue, black, white
            
AthleticsBaseball, cheerleading, cross country, diving, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling
Athletics conferenceI-Meck
Team nameWildcats
Websitewww.iss.k12.nc.us/Domain/2732

Size

As of August 2014, Lake Norman has over 1,800 students. The school was originally built for 1,300 students. In 2006, a new wing was added on to the school as the Freshmen Academy.

Athletics

The school has men's and women's teams in soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming, diving, cross-country, track and field, and lacrosse. Men's sports also include football, wrestling, and baseball (coached by former MLB player Ty Wigginton); women's sports also include volleyball, softball, and cheerleading.

The school has won state championships in Cheerleading (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019), women's lacrosse (2015), men's lacrosse (2012, 2018), men's soccer (2006 and 2007), men's tennis (2009), baseball (2009), men's basketball (2010), and men's swimming (2009). Individual state champions have been crowned in wrestling (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013), women's tennis (2008), and men's and women's swimming (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012). The school also claimed their first football conference championship in 2014 by sweeping the conference at 7–0.

The school competes in the I-Meck Conference which includes: Mooresville, Lake Norman, North Meck, Hough , Hopewell, Mallard Creek, Vance, And West Charlotte. Lake Norman's biggest rivals include Mooresville Senior High School and South Iredell.

Notable athletes include swimmer Logan Heck, for achieving multiple Olympic cuts; swimmer Reed Wheeler, for achieving an Olympic cut; Cuttaman 100gran for basketball; runner Michael Rupinski, and many others. Numerous student-athletes have received NCAA Division 1 scholarships in a variety of sports.

Arts

With multiple art shows a year, many chorus concerts with different groups and vast amounts of drama plays, Lake Norman High School displays activity in almost all areas of the arts. All the different arts at the school have competitions where their art can be auditioned and moved on or perform in certain groups for example District Competitions and All State. The school supports the multi-discipline Spring Musical. LNHS has a competitive show choir, "Showformance".[2]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Lake Norman High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. "SCC: Viewing School - Lake Norman High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. Lunkenheimer, Beth. "Tyler Ankrum Recovers From Spin & Slide To Score Career-Best Finish at Texas". Frontstretch. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. "Drake Takes Another Top 10 At Langley Speedway". Bill McAnally Racing. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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