McCutcheon High School
McCutcheon High School is located in Lafayette, Indiana, located on Old 231 South. The school was established in 1975 with the merger of Wainwright and Southwestern high schools and is named after John T. McCutcheon, who was a political cartoonist and Tippecanoe County native. It has been active in the North Central Conference since 2014.
Academic Teams
- Academic Quiz Bowl
- Academic Spell Bowl
- Academic Super Bowl
- FIRST Robotics Competition Team 4272
- Science Olympiad
- Speech Team
Athletics
The following sports are offered at McCutcheon:
- Baseball (Boys)
- State Runner Up - 1994
- State Champs - 1999, 2003
- Basketball (Girls)
- State Runner Up - 1993
- Basketball (Boys)
- State Runner up - 2016
- Bowling (Girls & Boys)
- Cheerleading (Co-Ed)
- Cross Country (Girls & Boys)
- Football (Boys)
- State Runner Up - 1982
- Unified Football (Co-Ed)
- State Runner Up - 2019
- State Champion - 2020
- Golf (Girls & Boys)
- Gymnastics (Girls)
- Soccer (Girls & Boys)
- Softball (Girls)
- State Runner Up - 2005
- State Champs - 2008
- Swimming & Diving (Girls & Boys)
- Tennis (Girls & Boys)
- Track & Field (girls & boys)
- Volleyball (Girls and Boys)
- State Runner Up (Girls) - 1982, 1989
- State Champion (Girls) - 2021
- Wrestling (Boys)
Notable alumni
- Jeremy Camp - contemporary Christian Singer
- Shannon Hoon - singer, Blind Melon
- Clayton Richard - pitcher, San Diego Padres
- Brian Price - defensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys
- Nick Wittgren - pitcher, Cleveland Indians
- Jarrett Maier - actor
- Rob Phinisee, Indiana University basketball guard