Central High School (Knoxville, Tennessee)

Central High School (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Central High School is a public high school located at 5321 Jacksboro Pike in the Fountain City neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by the Knox County school system.The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and its colors are red and black.
History
Central was formerly located at what is now Gresham Middle School in the heart of Fountain City. In the 1960s, it was the largest unincorporated community in Tennessee. Its name is something of a misnomer, since it has never been located near the center of Knoxville, even when Fountain City was annexed into Knoxville in the early 1960s. The northernmost high school in Knoxville before the annexation of Fountain City was Fulton, and in the county, Powell, Karns, and Halls high schools were farther north.
2008 shooting
On August 21, 2008, 15-year-old student Jamar Siler entered the school cafeteria and approached student Ryan McDonald sitting at a lunch table. Siler fatally shot McDonald, and was arrested by authorities a short time later. The two had been in previous altercations, the details of which were not released to the general public.
Siler was initially tried as a juvenile until Tim Irwin, Juvenile Court judge, ordered that he be tried as an adult. In November 2011, at age 18, Siler pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 30-year sentence.
Siler is currently incarcerated in the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.
Notable attendees
Roy Acuff, country music star
Kelsea Ballerini, country music star, singer, songwriter, musician
Trevor Bayne, NASCAR driver who won the 2011 Daytona 500
Reggie Cobb, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back
Tony Cosey, Olympic steeplechase runner
Michele Carringer, state legislator.
Ray Graves, football player at Tennessee and head football coach at Florida
Todd Helton, professional baseball player
Scott Holtzman, UFC Lightweight Fighter
Frankie Housley, heroic flight attendant
Con Hunley, American country music singer
Tim Irwin, former Minnesota Vikings lineman, former University of Tennessee lineman, Judge of Juvenile Court, Knox County, Tennessee
Josh Lovelace, singer, songwriter and musician best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Needtobreathe.
Terrence Scott, British Columbia Lions Football Player
Steve Searcy, baseball player
William T. Snyder, Chancellor of University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1992-1999) and house organist at the Tennessee Theater
Robert Lee Suffridge,(March 17, 1916 – March 3, 1974) was an American football player in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at the University of Tennessee, where he was later inducted into the school's hall of fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. Suffridge also served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Jennifer Tipton, Tony Award-winning lighting designer
Bubba Trammell, baseball player
Richard Aaker Trythall, pianist and composer
Chris Zachary, Major League Baseball pitcher
References
External links
Official website
Public high schools in Tennessee
Schools in Knoxville, Tennessee
Educational institutions established in 1906
1906 establishments in Tennessee