McCutcheon High School
McCutcheon High School is a public high school in Wea Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, with a Lafayette postal address, and in proximity to Lafayette. It is a part of the Tippecanoe School Corporation.
Its attendance boundary includes the municipalities of Clarks Hill, Dayton, and Shadeland, and the census-designated places of Romney, Stockwell, and West Point. Portions of the Lafayette city limits are in the McCutcheon boundary.
McCutcheon High School, situated along Old 231 South, was founded in 1975 through the unification of Wainwright and Southwestern high schools. The institution bears the name of John T. McCutcheon, a distinguished political cartoonist and native of Tippecanoe County. Since 2014, it has proudly participated in the North Central Conference.
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
- *State Runner Up - 1994
- *State Champs - 1999, 2003
- Basketball
- *State Runner Up - 1993
- Basketball
- *State Runner up - 2016
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Football
- *State Runner Up - 1982
- Unified Football
- *State Runner Up - 2019
- *State Champion - 2020
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Soccer
- Softball
- *State Runner Up - 2005
- *State Champs - 2008
- Swimming & Diving
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
- *State Runner Up - 1982, 1989
- *State Champion - 2021
- Wrestling
Notable alumni
- Jeremy Camp - contemporary Christian singer
- Annie Corley - actress
- Shannon Hoon - singer, Blind Melon
- Jarrett Maier - actor
- Rob Phinisee, basketball guard, Indiana University
- Brian Price - defensive tackle, Dallas Cowboys
- Clayton Richard - pitcher, San Diego Padres
- Nick Wittgren - pitcher, Miami Marlins
- Luban - Rower, Indiana University