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Plymouth Whitemarsh High School is a high school in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Colonial School District, with a current enrollment of approximately 1500 students.

School shooting conspiracy

On October 10, 2007, a 14-year-old boy, Dillon Cossey, was arrested by authorities on the suspicion he was preparing to launch a "Columbine-style" attack on the high school. A cache of weapons was confiscated, including a 9mm assault rifle which had been purchased for the boy by his mother, Michele. This was discovered by Lewis Bennet, another 14-year-old, who tipped the police as soon as possible.[1] Spokesman for the cyber crime department of Helsinki police has stated that "it's highly probable that there was some form of contact between Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting and Dillon Cossey."[2]

Notable alumni

  • Beth Anders, All-American Field Hockey & Lacrosse, Olympic Field Hockey Captain, 1984 bronze medalist, 9 time NCAA champion as coach of Old Dominion
  • John Anderson, Director of 2006 Grammy-nominated documentary Brian Wilson presents SMiLE and lead singer of the Chicago band The Cleaning Ladys. The band has written more than 1000 songs, including She Won't French Kiss which won an International Monitor Award for best editing of a music video.
  • Jackie Frazier-Lyde, attorney, boxer (daughter of Joe Frazier), fought Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammed Ali in noted women's bout
  • Marvis Frazier - boxer (son of Joe Frazier) - fought Mike Tyson on July 26, 1986 in Glen Falls, N.Y. - was knocked out in the first round
  • Joel Gershenfeld, Dean of Illinois ILR school
  • Neil Gershenfeld, professor at MIT and head of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.
  • Dan Hochbaum, attended the National Teenage Powerlifting Competition twice in Tulsa,Oklahoma. Both times, despite a good effort, he placed last.
  • James Martin (Jesuit writer), Jesuit priest and author of the award-winning spiritual memoir "My Life with the Saints" (LoyolaPress, 2006) and "A Jesuit Off-Broadway" (LoyolaPress, 2007), as well as a frequent commentator on Roman Catholic and spiritual matters for The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, ABC, NBC, FoxNews, CNN and NPR.
  • John Pergine, Football player, Notre Dame & Washington Redskins
  • John Salmons, professional basketball player, currently on the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
  • Matt Zoltak, Pitcher, Clemson Tigers Baseball.
  • Author Ryan Gerstein has written the critically acclaimed novel, "Gay-Sex and Me" which is set to be published in 2008.
  • NOBODY LIKES YOU GERSTEIN

Current notable sports teams

  • PW basketball, (28-4 in 2007, 107-19 record dating back to 2003-4 season, Undefeated Regular Season 2005-2006, 7 time district champs, 2 time state champs (1963, 1997)
  • PW tennis, undefeated season in 2006
  • PW football, state playoffs in 2006 and 2007
  • PW bowling, Suburban One Individual League Champions 2006 & 2007 (Chris Lawler and Kevin Rexroth), 3rd place in SOL in 2006 (state playoff berth --- 41/42), 2nd place in SOL in 2007 (state playoff berth)
  • PW Marching Colonials
  • PW Indoor Drumline
  • PW Cheerleading
  • PW COLONIALS BASEBALL (Consecutive District I Playoff Appearances)
  • PW Varsity Lacrosse, 7-3 in league, second place finish. (2007)
  • PW Girls Cross Country, 8-1 in 2007 with the #1 runner in the league and two state qualifiers

References

  1. ^ "14-year old boy's school shooting plot thwarted". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  2. ^ "YouTube killer 'shared tips on net with Dillon Cossey, gun-hoarding US teen'". Times Online. Retrieved 2007-11-09.

PW Baseball State Champions 1994

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