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Cahokia High School
Image:Cahokia High School Comanches.jpg
Type Public secondary
Students 1,363
Grades 9–12
Location 800 Range Lane
Cahokia, Illinois, USA
Campus Rural
Colors Royal Blue & White
Mascot Comanches
Website http://bhs.cusd220.lake.k12.il.us

Cahokia High School is a public four-year high school located in Cahokia, Illinois, in St. Clair County, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. It is part of Cahokia Unit School District 187. As of 2007, it has a current enrollment of 1,363 students[1].

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[edit] History

Cahokia High School opened in ____.

[edit] Academics

Eighty percent of Cahokia's graduates enroll in college or post-graduate training programs.[2]


[edit] Athletics

Cahokia High School competes in the South Seven Conference and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Comanches.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cahokia H.S. web site, retrieved 13 July 2007.
  2. ^ Illinois School Report Card (2006), retrieved 13 July 2007.

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Category:High schools in Illinois Category:St. Clair County, Illinois

Natasha Watley (born November 27, 1981) is an American professional softball player currently with the USA Softball team. She holds the position as shortstop, which helped her team to win the gold medal for Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is the first African-American female to play in the Softball Olympics.

[edit] Early life

Watley was born in Canoga Park, California to parents Edwin and Carolyn Watley. They knew their daughter, Natasha Watley had a great talent at the tender age of 5, which is when she began to first play softball. Watley attended Woodbridge High School where she was named second team Louisville Slugger All-American in her junior and senior year. At the plate, she hit over .445 in her last three seasons in addition to stealing 20+ bases each season.

[edit] College career

Watley's accolades as a collegiate athlete are exceptional. As a four-time first team All-American shortstop from UCLA she led her team to the NCAA National Championship title in 2003. In her senior year, she was awarded the Honda-Broderick Cup for top collegiate female athlete, as well as the PAC-10 Player of the Year award. Four years as a starter for the Bruins, she finished top three in career hits (395), top five in career runs (252), top ten in career batting average (.450) and top ten in career stolen bases (158). Watley holds the single season record for hits (112) and is currently ranked fourth in Pac-10 history. In 2001, she managed a 32 game hit streak which is the fifth longest in NCAA history. Watley is also listed seventh on the all-time NCAA record books with 121 hits in a single season. As a junior, she over achieved the UCLA career records for runs scored finishing her season with 188.

[edit] International

Watley, no stranger to championship play, was named All-tournament at the Canada Cup and the World Championship tournaments in 2002 where she also earned Most Valuable Player. In 2003, she was also awarded a gold medal for her performance at the Pan American Games. In the summer of 2001, Watley played for the USA Red Team helping them win the US Cup and place third at the Canada Cup. She was named Most Inspirational Player at the Canada Cup in addition to being named to the All-Tournament Team.

[edit] 2004 Olympics

In 2004 Watley assisted Team USA to their third straight Olympic Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in Athens. En route to their undefeated world championship, Watley was third on the team with a .400 batting average, with 9 hits and 10 RBI.

[edit] Honors

  • Signed with the New York/New Jersey Juggernaut
  • Won the Honda-Broderick Cup, which is given to top collegiate female athlete of the year
  • Two-time top-three finalist for USA Softball National Player of the Year award (2002,2003)
  • Set UCLA's single-season records in hits with 112 (2002) and stolen bases with 52
  • First UCLA Bruin to have two 100+ hit seasons, led UCLA to three straight College World Series and to the title in 2003

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Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:American softball players Category:Olympic softball players of the United States Category:UCLA Bruins athletics Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category:Softball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States


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[edit] Official Web Sites

J. K. Rowling's official site, with news and bits of info about the books and characters from the author herself.

Warner Bros. official Harry Potter site, with games and movie news.

Scholastic’s take on the Harry Potter craze.

Bloomsbury’s site on Harry Potter

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Immensely popular Web site focusing on fan interactivity, featuring news, forums, polls, competitions, and editorials. The site won the J. K. Rowling Fan Site Award in 2004, and interviewed J.K. Rowling (along with The Leaky Cauldron) in July, 2005, as part of a special book-six release event.

One of the most popular fan sites. Tends to attract an older audience than MuggleNet, and features news, forums, polls, chat, competitions, many interviews with the movie cast and crew and other important Potter figures, and other "extras". The latest winner of the J. K. Rowling Fan Site Award (May 2005), it also interviewed J.K. Rowling (along with MuggleNet) in July, 2005, as part of a special book-six release event.

Or the Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator, collects news from other sites and feeds. Winner of the J. K. Rowling Fan Site Award in 2004.

Popular fan site featuring news, forums, editorials, polls, chat, galleries, and videos.

A popular fan site featuring up-to-the-minute news and media about the world of Harry Potter. Filled with information, images, forums, competitions, movie and book content and user interactivity. With updates around the clock, there is always something new to see and do!

Another fan/news site

A weekly comedy podcast with fictional news from the wizard world of Harry Potter, a highlight of the week's most notable news from the muggle world, plus sketches and humorous comentary

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[edit] Fan fiction

Popular Harry Potter fanfiction site focusing largely on the canonically correct relationships, such as Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny.

The largest Harry Potter fan fiction archive on the Internet.

A repository of Harry Potter fan fiction.

Another HP fan fiction site

Harry Potter section containing over 150,000 fics.

Dedicated to the ships of Harry/Hermione, Ron/Luna, Draco/Ginny, and James/Lily.

Dedicated to the ships of Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, and Lupin/Tonks.

Fan-fiction - part of Potterish.com website. language: portuguese.

[edit] Fan Art (Fanart)

Harry Potter Fanartist who specializes in a woodcut, art nouveau style.

A very popular fandom artist who specializes in canon scenes.

Harry Potter fanart by Lara Hill.

Famed fandom artist, named by J.K. Rowling as one of her personal favorites.

[edit] Discussion

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A Harry Potter community.

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A Harry Potter discussion group for older fans.

Discussion of the Harry Potter World.

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A deeply hip discussion forum and community for fans of all ages.

A new, irreverent Harry Potter discussion forum

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The most complete HP encyclopedia on the web. Offers a catalog of magical creatures, people, spells, books, and more. The third winner of the J. K. Rowling Fan Site Award.

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[edit] Canaday Hall

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Past residents include Paul Wylie, Mira Sorvino, Sean Gullette, and Charles Lane. (Source: Dorm History Search at http://hcs.harvard.edu/~dorms/)

[edit] Grays Hall

Grays Hall, Harvard Yard.
Grays Hall, Harvard Yard.

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[edit] Hollis Hall

Hollis Hall, Harvard Yard. March, 1934. Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. (Arthur C. Haskell, photographer)
Hollis Hall, Harvard Yard. March, 1934. Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress. (Arthur C. Haskell, photographer)

Hollis Hall, built in 1763, is one of the oldest buildings at Harvard College. It is located in Harvard Yard and faces the statue of John Harvard across the Old Yard.

The building was erected at the expenses of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1763. It was named in honor of Thomas Hollis of London, a merchant, and other members of the same family, who were generous benefactors of Harvard College from 1719 to 1804.

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Hollis Hall is currently used to house freshmen at the College.

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[edit] Hurlbut Hall

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[edit] Lionel Hall

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Past residents include Peter Benchley, Erich Segal, Lou Dobbs, Grover Norquist and Endicott Peabody. (Source: Dorm History Search at http://hcs.harvard.edu/~dorms/)

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