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4 unusual facts about Wichita East High School


2011 Kansas State Wildcats football team

Coming off a close loss in the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl, K-State's off-season is headlined by signing brothers Arthur and Bryce Brown, from Wichita East High School joining the team Arthur, a transfer from Miami is expected to start at middle linebacker while Bryce, a transfer from Tenneesee is expected to see time at running back.

Korleone Young

An athletic 6'7" small forward, Young starred at Wichita East High School and Hargrave Military Academy (Virginia). As a senior at Hargrave, he decided to skip college and declare himself eligible for the 1998 NBA Draft. Hargrave's then assistant coach, Kevin Keats, said, "Normally, when a kid is thinking about something like this, you'll hear about it.

Kym Carter

In 1982, while at Wichita East High School (the same high school as national record holder in the mile, Jim Ryun, she set the NFHS national high school record in the high jump at 6' 2 1/4".

Robelyn Garcia

Robelyn also played two years for Wichita East High School and was an All-State Player at Elkhart High School in Elkhart, Kansas where she led her team in scoring.



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LaVannes C. Squires

At the time of his senior year at Wichita East High School, LaVannes was still very small but a good athlete; he earned the nickname “Felix the Cat” from his peers due to his quickness and slender appearance.