Stevens Point Area Senior High (commonly called SPASH) is a high school located in

Stevens Point, Wisconsin Stevens Point is the county seat of Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The city was incorporated in 1858. Its 2020 population of 25,666 makes it the largest city in the county. Stevens Point forms the core of the United States Census Bur ...

, United States. It is part of the Stevens Point Area Public School District. SPASH serves the Stevens Point area, including Stevens Point, Plover, Whiting, and Park Ridge, as well as several towns and nearby Junction City and part of Milladore. The school mascot is a panther. The school opened in 1972, allowing the district high school to move from P. J. Jacobs which had housed the high school since 1938.

Notable alumni

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women's basketball head coach *

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, NHL forward * Curt Clausen, Olympic race walker *

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, Wisconsin state court judge * Suzy Favor-Hamilton, Olympic long-distance runner *

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, professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics * Arthur L. Herman, popular historian *

Kathy Kinney Kathy Kinney (born November 3, 1954, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She gained considerable popularity in the late 1990s for playing Mimi Bobeck, the outrageously made-up, flamboyantly vulgar, ...

, actress *

Julie Lassa Julie M. Lassa (born October 21, 1970) is a former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Senate, who represented the Wisconsin Senate, District 24, 24th District from April 2003 to January 2017. She was a ...

, Wisconsin politician *

Janel McCarville Janel McCarville (born November 3, 1982) is an American professional basketball player from Custer, Wisconsin who is currently a WNBA free agent. High school years Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, McCarville attended Stevens Point Area Senior ...

, professional basketball player * Louis Molepske, Wisconsin politician and judge * William Murat, Wisconsin politician *

Joe Pavelski Joseph James Pavelski (born July 11, 1984) is an American professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the San Jose Sharks for the first thirteen years o ...

, NHL forward and 2010 Olympic silver medalist *

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, Marvel comic book artist *

Ben Provisor Ben Provisor (born June 26, 1990 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American wrestler. He won the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials at 74 kg GR, and competed at the 2012 Olympics. He also competed at the 2016 Olympics. Personal life He is the son o ...

, Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestler *

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, major league baseball player *

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, long-distance runner, former American record holder in the 10,000m run * Roisin Willis, American track and field athlete

References

External links

Stevens Point Area Senior High website

Stevens Point Area Public Schools homepage
Public high schools in Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin Schools in Portage County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-school-stub