Kofa High School
| Kofa High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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3100 S. Avenue A Yuma, Arizona 85364 | |
| Coordinates | 32°40′27″N 114°38′08″W / 32.674247°N 114.635468°WCoordinates: 32°40′27″N 114°38′08″W / 32.674247°N 114.635468°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Michael R. Sharp |
| Enrollment | 2,128 (October 1, 2012)[1] |
| Color(s) | Crimson and White |
| Mascot | Kings |
| Rival | San Luis High School |
| Website | http://www.kofa.yumaunion.org/ |
Kofa High School is a high school in Yuma, Arizona. It is a part of the Yuma Union High School District.
It was the second high school to be established in the community. The school shares its name with the Kofa Mountains which itself was named for the rich King of Arizona gold mine, discovered in King Valley in 1896 and active from 1897 to 1910. The mine used to stamp its property "K of A", and is commonly known as the Kofa Mine.[2] The school draws its mascot, the King, from the King of Arizona mine.
Notable alumni/attendants/faculty
- Cain Velasquez, 2-time Arizona State Wrestling Champion; professional mixed martial artist, former UFC Heavyweight champion[3]
- Roger L. Worsley, later a college president and administrator in Texas and Arkansas, taught at Kofa from 1959 to 1962.[4]
- Taylor Stoermer, Ph.D., Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fellow and Instructor of Public History at Harvard University, adviser to C-SPAN and television presenter, former chief historian of Colonial Williamsburg and senior aide to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, author of Colonial Williamsburg: The Official Guide, attended Kofa from 1987 to 1988.
References
- ↑ AIA 2012 enrollment figures
- ↑ Peter Massey & Jeanne Wilson, 2006, Backcountry Adventures Arizona, Adler Publishing, ISBN 1-930193-28-9
- ↑ "Cain Velasquez UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014.
- ↑ "Roger Lewis Worsley". prabook.org. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
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