Miami Southridge High School

Miami Southridge Senior High School is a secondary school located at 19355 SW 114 Avenue in Miami, Florida, USA (in the South Miami Heights, Florida area). Its principal is David K. Moore. The school serves ninth through twelfth grade students in a mostly unincorporated suburban and rural area in the southern stretches of Miami-Dade County, Florida between South Miami and Homestead. Southridge's athletic rival is Miami Killian Senior High School.

Demographics

Miami Southridge Senior High School is 48.2% Hispanic, 40.3% Black, 8.7 % White; the remaining percentages include Asian, Indian, and multiracial ethnicities. Fifty-four percent (54.9%) of the students are eligible for free and reduced lunch, 19.2% are Students With Disabilities (SWD), and 9.3% are Limited English Proficient (LEP) students.^[1]

Notable alumni

Athletics

Baseball

• Robert Andino - Major League Baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).^[2]
• Fredi Gonzalez - Former Major League coach, (Atlanta Braves).^[2]
• Orlando Palmeiro - Major League Baseball player (California Angels/Houston Astros).^[2]
• Nelson Santovenia - former Major League Baseball player (Montreal Expos).^[2]
• Shannon Stewart - Major League Baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays).^[2]
• Pedro Matilla Major League Baseball player (Boston Red Sox) .^[2] 1987-1991

Football

• Darren Davis, Class of 1996 - Running Back in the Canadian Football League; #2 all-time leading rusher (3,763 yards) in Iowa State University football history.
• Troy Davis, Class of 1994 - Running Back in the National Football League (New Orleans Saints, 1997–1999) and Canadian Football League; all-time leading rusher (4,382 yards) at Iowa State University; two-time NCAA rushing leader.
• Steve Everitt, Class of 1988 - Offensive Lineman in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens and Philadelphia Eagles; played collegiately at the University of Michigan
• Steve Grant Class of 1989 - Linebacker in the National Football League for the (Indianapolis Colts, 1992–1997) and for the (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1997)
• Lamont Green, Class of 1993 - Linebacker 1993 USA TODAY National Defensive Player of the Year. 1993 Florida Highschool Player of the year. 1993 State 5A Champion
• Curtis Holcomb-American football player
• Winston Moss
• Damaso Munoz, class of 2004 - Defensive back in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos
• Branden Oliver, Class of 2009
• Kevin Smith - American football runningback player. Led the nation in rushing yards in 2007 with the UCF Knights.

Men's Soccer

• Federico Agreda, class of 2006- college soccer currently plays forward for Syracuse University

Professional Mix Martial Arts

• Shah Bobonis Class of 1997 Wrestled under coach Husk and coach K. Johnson. As a freshman he qualified for the state tournament. After suffering a knee injury on his sophomore year Bobonis stayed out of wrestling and concentrated on Baseball. He was drafted by the Seattle Marines but did not sign. On 9-27-2007, Bobonis had his first professional Mix Martial Arts fight. His record is now 12-6 after going 4-0 in 2011.

[1] He is the former 155lbs. and current 145lbs. Champion for Combate Extremo the largest Mix Martial Arts promotion in Mexico. [2] Bobonis last fought on 9-17-11 under the world recognize promotion BELLATOR, [3] where he defeated Marcos De Matta a Pan-American games Judo bronze medalist and 3 times World Jujitsu Champion.

See also

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• Southridge alumni

References

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