Wyandotte Basketball - 20 and Counting Project
Wyandotte High School, Kansas City, Kansas --
Celebrating Our Historic State Basketball Championships
2000's Historic Connections
to Wyandotte High School
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Muna Lee
Central High School, Kansas City, Missouri, Class of 2000
High School Career
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Won 10 individual, 3 relay, and 1 team Missouri Class 4A (largest class) state championships in her track & field career, which is more than any track & field athlete in Missouri history.
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Lettered 4 years for the Central High School Blue Eagles girls’ basketball team.
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On January 7, 1998, as a Blue Eagle sophomore, Lee led the Central’s girls’ basketball team with 17 points in a 56-30 win over the Paseo Pirates in a game played at the Central gym.
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The prior day in the same gym, the Central Blue Eagles boys’ team defeated the soon-to-be 1998 Class 5A Champion Wyandotte Bulldogs 54-49 who fell to 5-2 on the season.
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Signed with the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers in the fall of 1999.
College Career
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Finished her career as the most decorated athlete in LSU Track & Field history.
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Earned 7 NCAA Championships, 12 SEC Championships, and 20-time All-American honors.
Olympic Career
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2004 Olympics at the Athens Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece
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Tied for 7th in the 200-meter dash finals.
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2008 Olympics @ the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China
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Finished 4th in the 200-meter dash finals & 5th in the 100-meter dash semifinals.
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Muna Lee, participated in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
Janelle Monae
F. L. Schlagle, Kansas City, Kansas, Class of 2001
Early Life
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Given name is Janelle Monae Robinson. Grew up near 21st and Quindaro Boulevard.
High School Career
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Participated in Schlagle Theatre, Drama, Choir, and Math Club. Was a Schlagle freshman the year Wyandotte won the 1998 state championship.
College Career
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Attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City where she was the only black woman in her class. After attending the Academy for a year and a half, Monae left the Academy to move to Atlanta and launch her professional career.
Professional career
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Performs as an award-winning singer, songwriter, rapper, actress, and author.
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As of 2024, has received 10 Grammy nominations as a singer and songwriter. Has released 4 studio albums: The ArchAndroid, The Electric Lady, Dirty Computer, and The Age of Pleasure.
Janelle Monáe, c. 2016, award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, and author
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Appears in television & feature films as both an actress and in a voice role. Most notable films are Moonlight (which earned the 2016 Academy Award for Best Picture), Hidden Figures (nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Picture), and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.