Lakota High School (West Chester, Ohio)

Lakota High School was a high school in the Lakota School District in Butler County, Ohio; it encompasses both West Chester (formerly Union) Township and Liberty Township. The Thunderbird was the Lakota mascot, drawing on the Native American name, T-Birds being a common nickname.

Much of the district was rural when originally established, especially the more northern Liberty Township, but became predominately suburban with population growth and the expansion of metropolitan Cincinnati, Ohio. The school was built in 1959.[1] It eventually split into two high schools in 1997: Lakota East High School and Lakota West High School.

The Lakota High School site, on Tylersville Road in West Chester, Ohio, is now used as both a Freshman School and Early Childhood Center for the Lakota School District.[1]

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Notable alumni
  • Troy Evans, former NFL player with the Houston Texans and New Orleans Saints.
  • Keith Gregor, former forward for the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
  • J.B. Reafsnyder, Lawyer, former professional basketball player in Europe and college basketball player for the Syracuse University Orange.
  • Jeremy Heath, Businessman, graduate of the University of Tennessee.
  • Brooke Wyckoff, former basketball player for the Florida State Seminoles and now-defunct Orlando Miracle. Brooke was then part of the 1999 World University Games that was held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. At that time, the USA team had earned a silver medal with a 4-2 record. She also had competed with the USA Basketball Women’s team in the 2000 Jones Cup and earned a gold medal. On 3/31/22, she was named the new head coach of the Florida State Seminoles' women's basketball team, the school announced. Wyckoff was promoted from associate head coach, replacing the recently retired Sue Semrau.
  • DeAnn Heline, Executive TV Producer and Co-Creator of TV show The Middle (TV series). Also former writer for Roseanne and Murphy Brown shows.
  • David Collins is an American television and film producer. He is best known for creating the reality television series, Queer Eye.
  • Gerri Willis, American television news journalist and former host of The Willis Report.
  • Vicki Dummer, Executive Vice President and Head of Current Programming for Warner Bros.
  • Brian White is an award winning songwriter from Cincinnati who now makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee. As a writer, his songs have earned him Sixteen #1 songs, 2 Dove Awards for Song of The Year (Michael English -”Holding Out Hope To You” & The Martins- “The Promise”), SESAC Country Song of The Year & Billboard’s Most Played Song of The Year (Rodney Atkins- “Watching You”), as well as ACM and CMA nominations.
  • Ryan Kelly (American football), American football center for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).
  • Jordan Hicks (football linebacker), American football inside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League.
  • Ken Lewis (musician), American record producer, mixing engineer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City.

References
  1. "History of Lakota: Construction History". Lakota Local School. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2013-09-22.


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