Benjamin Bosse High School, referred to as Evansville Bosse High School by the IHSAA, is a public high school of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Bosse is the smallest of the EVSC's five high schools, and third smallest high school by enrollment of Vanderburgh County's nine high schools. The school is a contributing property to the Lincolnshire Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
3A Boys Basketball Semi-State Danville v Ev. Bosse - 3A Boys Basketball Semi-State Danville v Ev. Bosse.
The school was initially financed by Benjamin Bosse, who was the mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922. Construction began on the school in 1922 and opened for its first pupils in 1924, serving what was then the east side of Evansville.
Bosse's boys basketball team won the state championship in 1944 the first area team to do so. The school won again in 1945 and 1962. Bosse's band marched in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on New Year's Eve in 1970-1971 and also played in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
Sports
Also see: Sports in Evansville
State Titles
- Boys Basketball (1943â€"44), (1944â€"45), (1961â€"62)
Notable alumni
- Marty Amsler, former National Football League defensive end
- Pete Fox, Major League Baseball player from 1933 to 1945.
- Roy Halston Frowick, fashion designer
- Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Evansville College
- Michael Michele, actress, best known for ER
- Venus Raj, actress, model, TV host, beauty pageant titleholder as Miss Indiana Teen USA 2006, Miss Indiana USA 2009, Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2010 & Miss Universe 2010 4th runner-up
See also
- List of high schools in Indiana
References
External links
- Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
- Bosse High School web page
- Digitized yearbooks, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
