basketball, dance (called the Dazzlers), field hockey, golf, lacrosse, and volleyball, among other sports teams. The varsity field hockey team won the state title in 2011 for the first time in the history of the program. DuPont Manual girls' lacrosse has won many state titles and tournament trophies since 2001, when the program was developed. Notable alumni James Gilbert Baker, astronomer and optician Michelle Banzer, 2007 Miss Kentucky USA Chad Broskey, actor, most often on the Disney Channel Bud Bruner, boxing trainer and manager Keenan Burton, NFL football player Nathaniel Cartmell, Olympic gold medalist James S. Coleman, sociologist Paige Davis (1987), theater performer, host of Trading Spaces on TLC from 2001 to 2005. Bremer Ehrler, Jefferson County Judge-Executive and sheriff Sara Gettelfinger (1995), Broadway performer Ray Grenald (1945), architectural lighting designer Stratton Hammon, architect Bruce Hoblitzell, former Mayor of Louisville Sherman Lewis, Heisman Trophy runner-up Victor M. Longstreet, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management), 1962–65 Mitch McConnell, United States Senator from Kentucky, Senate minority leader Morgan McGarvey, U.S. Representative from Kentucky John Jacob Niles, "Dean of American Balladeers" Travis Prentice, college and professional football player Pee Wee Reese (1937), baseball player Nicole Scherzinger (1996), lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls Joseph D. Scholtz, former Mayor of Louisville Gene Snyder, U.S. Representative from Kentucky Josh Whelchel, award-winning video game composer and entrepreneur Anjali Chadha, Biological Engineer Notable staff Jeffrey Wigand, American biochemist and former vice president of research and development at Brown & Williamson, blew the whistle on tobacco tampering at the company in 1996, inspiration for the 1999 film The Insider, former Teacher of the Year in the state of Kentucky See also Public schools in Louisville, Kentucky References Further reading External links Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) Educational institutions established in 1892 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball venues Magnet schools in Kentucky Public high schools in Kentucky 1892 establishments in Kentucky High schools in Louisville, Kentucky