Eastern High School Facts
Academics
Eastern has been repeatedly ranked in the top 1,300 high schools in the United States by Newsweek.[1]
Year Ranking Equity and Excellence Percentage 2008 789 28.9% 2007 662 32.2% 2006 706 26% 2005 300 N/A Athletics
Eastern offers varsity and Jr. varsity teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, chess, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, lacrosse, ping pong, softball, soccer, swimming, track and field, tennis, volleyball and wrestling. Within the past decade Eastern has won state championships in girls' track as well as boys' basketball and soccer. The James A. Sexton athletic complex, which includes a football, baseball, softball, soccer, and field hockey field, as well as tennis courts, is regarded as the best in the city of Louisville.
The boys basketball team was the state runner up in 1957, losing the championship game to Lexington Lafayette 55-52. In 1997 Eastern's boys basketball team won the state championship and finished the season with a 35-2 record. In 2003 and in 2006 the boys basketball team won the LIT (Louisville Invitational Tournament).
In the 2008-2009 season, the boys basketball team won the LIT and made it to the elite eight in the state tournament, losing to Central High School of Louisville Kentucky.
The girls track team has won 9 state championships (most recently in 2006) and has been the state runner up 6 times. The boys track team won the state championship in 1990 and has been the state runner up 5 times.
The boys soccer team won the state championship in 1996.
Eastern has won several state tennis championships and won the 1955 state golf championship.
Eastern has won the state chess titles three times, the last coming in 1989.
Eastern's wrestling team has been the state runner up twice, in 1979 and 1993.
The volleyball team has been repeatedly ranked second in the state for public schools for a couple of years now.
Eastern's fight song lyrics: (to the tune of the University of Kentucky fight song, "On, On, U of K")
On, on Eastern High,
For you its do or die!
Hold that ball and hit that line,
Every Eagle star will shine!
We'll fight, fight, fight
For the blue and white
As we roll to that goal varsity!
We will kick, pass and run
'Til the battle is won
And we bring home the victory!Football
The Eastern Eagles football team represents Eastern High School in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.
They play their home games at Eagle Field in Middletown, Kentucky. Ken Whalen is the current head coach of the Eagles.
Special Classes
Eastern is the only public school in Jefferson County to offer "Ballroom Dancing" classes and has 36 different technology classes
Famous alumni
- Ned Beatty, Class of 1955, actor
- Stan Curtis, Class of 1967, founder of the Kentucky Harvest charity
- Quentin Dastugue, Class of 1973, elected to the Louisiana legislature at age 23, serving for 16 years; Republican nominee for Governor of Louisiana in 1995
- Hugh Durham, Class of 1955, former head basketball coach at the University of Georgia
- Tom Easterly, Class of 1958, member of the Kentucky Senate 1974-1982, Florida House of Representatives 1988-1990, and Democratic nominee, Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 1978
- Ashley Eicher, Miss Tennessee 2004
- Jerrod Hayden, Class of 1997, All American in football (1997), attended the University of Tennessee on a football scholarship
- Carroll Hubbard, Class of 1955, former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Mike McCoy, Class of 1970, a football player for the Houston Oilers
- Rajon Rondo, Class of 2004, basketball player for the University of Kentucky and Boston Celtics; first round NBA draft pick, 2006
- Felton Spencer, Class of 1986, former NBA basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic and San Antonio Spurs; 6th overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft
- William S. Wallace, Class of 1965, a four-star general in the United States Army who commanded all U.S. forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Todd Wellemeyer, major league baseball player
- Myron Pryor, Class of 2004, football player for the University of Kentucky, drafted by New England Patriots in 2009 NFL Draft
Thanks for stopping by,
Keith