Lincoln-West High School
Lincoln-West has a large multicultural and multilingual population including over 41 nationalities and 25 languages. First generation Americans and immigrants represented at the academy include: Puerto Rican, Russian, Ukrainian, Mexican, Dominican, Chinese, Albanian, Nepali, Arab, Urdu, Vietnamese, Laotian/Thai, African, Polish and Croatian.
Originally, the school district was divided into the East and West Senate Conferences with L-W sports teams playing in the West. In the late 1970s, the CMSD reorganized the conferences into the North and South Senate Conferences with L-W in the North Senate.
The Lincoln-West mascot and nickname is the Wolverines and the school colors are red, white and blue.
State championships
Lincoln High School
- Baseball: 1946
West High School
- Wrestling: 1947, 1950, 1951
- Boys cross country: 1950
Notable alumni
- Dartanyon Crockett, bronze-medal winner in men's judo at the London 2012 Paralympics and Rio 2016 United States paralympian, class of 2009
- Dave Ford, professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, class of 1975
Lincoln High School
- Walt Yowarsky, professional football player, coach, and scout in the National Football League, class of 1946
West High School
- Linda A. Eastman, chief librarian of the Cleveland Public Library, class of 1885
- Alwin C. Ernst, co-founder of the accounting firm of Ernst & Ernst, class of 1899
- Albert Bushnell Hart, American historian, class of 1870
- Isaac C. Kidd, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, class of 1902
- James Ford Rhodes, American historian, class of 1865
- James A. Frost, University President
Notes and references
- ^ "Lincoln-West High School website". Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site".
- ^ George M. Thomas (July 5, 2013). "ESPN's story continues to reveal layers in lives of Leroy Sutton, Dartanyon Crockett and Lisa Fenn". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
- ^ "Eastman, Linda Anne". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ Fisher, Deanna Bremer. "Alwin C. Ernst House". Cleveland Historical. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "Hart, Albert Bushnell". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "West High School". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Lincoln-West High School yearbooks available on Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery, various years 1975 through 2007
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