Hewitt-Trussville High School is a high school located in Trussville, Alabama

Trussville, Alabama

Trussville is a city in Jefferson and St. Clair counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 19,933 at the 2010 census. Trussville was ranked as number 56 out of 100 in Money Magazines Best Places to Live 2005.-Geography:...

. The school was named after Robert Hewitt, who was school superintendent in 1869. Hewitt-Trussville has several varsity sports teams

Varsity team

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, including baseball

Baseball

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, football

American football

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, basketball

Basketball

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, soccer, golf

Golf

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, wrestling

Wrestling

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, cross-country, indoor and outdoor track and field

Athletics (track and field)

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, cheerleading

Cheerleading

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, and volleyball

Volleyball

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. The school also has several reputable electives and extra-curricular activities. The former R.G. Hewitt High School was located on Trussville-Clay Road which is now Hewitt Trussville Middle School. The old high school building (current middle school) was constructed in 1983, but a new facility was built in 2008 off of Deerfoot Parkway in Trussville.

Notable alumni

• Mike Mordecai
  Mike Mordecai
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  , a right-handed hitting infielder in Major League Baseball who most recently played for the Florida Marlins.
• Jay Barker
  Jay Barker
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  , former quarterback
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   for the University of Alabama football team. Helped win the 1992 National Championship vs. Miami. Also started for the CFL team, the Toronto Argonauts
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  . Married to country singer Sara Evans
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  .
• Brandon Cox
  Brandon Cox
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  , former quarterback for the Auburn Tigers football
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   team.

Alma mater

The alma mater

Alma mater

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 of Hewitt-Trussville is sung to the tune of "God of Our Fathers

God of Our Fathers

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", an English hymn

Hymn

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. The lyrics are:

Dear Hewitt-Trussville, proudly now we stand

For the finest high school in our noble land.

Our hearts beat high with pride at Hewitt's name,

And cherish too her glory and her fame.