 South also boasts a 2000 gold medal award for scholastic journalism from Columbia University and a silver medal award given out by the USA Today Magazine as one of the top high schools in the country.In the fall of 2007, South was also host to the Heartland Renaissance Conference where schools from across the mid-west attended to learn about academic achievement in school.Westerville South has graduated such football stars as Andy Katzenmoyer (Ohio State and New England Patriots), Ki-Jana Carter (Penn State and Cincinnati Bengals), Lance Moore (Toledo and New Orleans Saints).