Infobox Secondary school
name = Sun Prairie High School
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type = Public Secondary
grades = 9–12
students = 1737
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city = Sun Prairie
state = Wisconsin
country = USA
oversight = Sun Prairie Area School District
principal = Paul Keats
mascot = Cardinal
colors = Red and White
WIAA conference = Big 8
yearbook = The Cardinal
newspaper = Cardinal Courier
website = http://www.spasd.k12.wi.us/web/hs/
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Sun Prairie High School (SPHS) is a comprehensive secondary school located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The school is governed by the Sun Prairie Area School District. Reported to be the largest 1st floor high school in the state of Wisconsin. SPHS is a WIAA Division 1 school. In 2005-2006, The Sun Prairie Area School District reported that there were 166.5 total teachers, 1655 total students, and the student/teacher ratio was 14.2 at Sun Prairie High School.
Notable Alumni
*John A. List, University of Chicago economist
*Andy Thompson, Toronto Blue Jays (2000)[cite web |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/high-schools/sun-prairie-7885.shtml |title=The Baseball Cube database listing of Sun Prairie alumni |accessdate=2006-12-06 |format=SHTML] ]
*Kevyn Feiner, Sarasota Reds (2005)
*Andrew Cain, Pro Bowlers Association Champ [ [http://www.pba.com/livescoring/Qual_Ind_Results.aspx?ContactId=33232&tournamentId=1490 PBA.com - Live Scoring ] ]
*Michael Wherley, US Rowing Team 1997-2004, Two-time Olympian (Sydney and Athens) and Three-time World Champion (1997-1999) State Championships & Star Alumni
Hockey
*1997 State Hockey Champs, Sun Prairie 1997 [ cite web |url=http://www.wiaawi.org/hockeyboys/teamchamps.pdf |title=The Hockey database listing of Sun Prairie Alumni |accessdate=2007-06-19 |format=SHTML] ]Baseball
*1974, Sun Prairie, Leon Piddington, Merrill, Ron Sterr, 3-1
*1994, Sun Prairie, Garry Bahe, Appleton West, Bruce Erickson, 3-0
*1997, Sun Prairie, Garry Bahe, Watertown, Rusty Tiedemann, 5-2
*2005, Sun Prairie (26-0), Rob Hamilton, Eau Claire North (22-5), Nathan Schurman, 11-7
*2006, Sun Prairie (21-5), Rob Hamilton, Wisconsin Lutheran (17-8), Andre Gosch, 5-4
Football
*1995, Sun Prairie (13-1) Mike Hahn
Wall of Success
*Gwen Fischer Scott, Distinguished Miami pediatrician
*Tom Loftus, former Ambassador to Norway
*Casey Scheuerell, Professional musician
*Michael Lehman, Chief Financial Officer, Sun Microsystems
*Kym Husom, Social Studies Teacher, Edgewood High School
*Mike Wherley, Olympic athlete
*Cynthia A. Russell, Dean and professor of nursing at Grand Canyon University
*Richard W. Fisher, National Air program manager for the USDA Forest Service
*Christopher J. Kerwin, Sports photojournalist/editor with the George Michaels Sports Machine
*Alan Rademacher, Dairy farmer
*Steve Sveum, Band teacher at Sun Prairie High School
*Michael Swedlow, Wildlife Conservator
References
Sun Prairie School District Home Page [http://www.spasd.k12.wi.us]
Sun Prairie Senior High School
Sun Prairie High School will soon be relocating to an area around Angell Park and the old school will be changed into a combined 8th thru 9th grade Junior High School. The new high school will be able to fit 2000 students & will be partially 3 stories. Below is a detailed map showing where the new high school will be located, and how its convieniant location will fit into the City of Sun Prairie and to the former high school. The new high school is set to open in the Fall of 2010.
