Miami Killian High School
Miami Killian Senior High School is a secondary school located at 10655 SW 97th Ave, Miami, FL 33176 in the Kendall area of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. The school is part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools System.
Miami Killian Senior High school is a Cambridge International school.
Miami Killian's athletic rivals are Miami Palmetto Senior High School & Miami Southridge High School.
Academics
Miami Killian offers over 20 different AP courses, with 15 which can be taken for college credit if a student passes the culminating exam at the end of the year.Demographics
'Miami Killian Senior High School' is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black/African American, 10% White, 1% Asian or Asian American.Athletic achievements
- 2015 Athletes of the Year: Jason Harris, Badminton and Charlie Ferrero, Bowling.
- 2015 All-Dade Athletes: Jason Harris, Badminton; Patricia Medina, Girls Lacrosse; Eddie Demurias, Baseball; Joey Gonzalez, Baseball; Charlie Ferrero, Bowling; Jaquan Johnson, Football; Sheldrick Redwine, Football; and Elton Walker, Football.
- Football District Champions, 2017 second year in a row
- Lauren Merrick, 6th in the State for Girls Swimming
- Ashley Reid, First Team All-County Girls Volleyball
- Baseball Team, pre-season ranked Top-5 in the State
- Baseball regular-season District Champions, four years in a row
- Baseball Team wins 3rd GMAC Championship in the last four years
- Baseball Team nominated Top Academic Team in Florida with a collective 3.75 weighted GPA
- Zack Harris, GMAC Champion & Youth Fair Champion Boys Singles Badminton
- DiCaprio Bootle, First Place District Champion 100 Meter and 200 Meter Dash
- Aaron Tiktin, Singles Tennis District Champion, two consecutive years
- Marshal Sweet 2017 Wrestling Regional Champion
- Wrestling team 5th place Regional championships 2017
- Wrestling team 2 time state champion Moses McCraney, 189 lbs.
- Over $1 Million awarded in athletic scholarships
- Wrestling team 2nd Place Runner up Florida State Championship
- Wrestling team 17 individual State Champions
- 2019 Boys Varsity Baseball regional semi-finalists
- 2019 Boys Varsity Basketball district champions
Notable alumni
Athletics
Baseball
- Andy Barkett - former professional baseball player and current manager of the Jacksonville Suns
- Marty Bystrom - former professional baseball player
- Alex Gonzalez - former professional baseball player
- Charlie Greene - former professional baseball player
- Freddy Zamora - Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers
Basketball
- Raja Bell - former Utah Jazz guard of the NBA
- Steve Blake - Detroit Pistons guard of the NBA.
- Ricky Blanton - former forward for the NBA Chicago Bulls and NCAA LSU Tigers.
Football
- Bret Cooper - football player
- Mark Cooper -NFL Lineman, Denver Broncos
- Rufus Ferguson- former Atlanta Falcons running back
- Derrick Gibson - former Oakland Raider of the NFL
- Randal Hill - former NFL and University of Miami receiver
- Danny Hope - former head football coach at Eastern Kentucky University and Purdue University
- Jaquan Johnson - Buffalo Bills safety from the University of Miami
- Lamar Miller - running back for the Houston Texans
- Keith Reaser - NFL cornerback, San Francisco 49ers
- Sheldrick Redwine - NFL Safety for the Cleveland Browns from the University of Miami
- Sean Taylor - late NFL safety for the Washington Redskins and University of Miami
- Stephen Tulloch - linebacker for the Detroit Lions
Soccer
- Diego Walsh - Midfielder for teams in the MLS, NASL, A-League, USL, and TPL
Other
- Alex Caceres - professional UFC fighter
- Jean-Julien Rojer - professional tennis player
- Michael Oliveira - professional boxer
- David Avellan - professional WEC fighter and ADCC bronze medalist
Miscellaneous
- Jeff Baena - Filmmaker
- Michelle Kaufman - sportswriter at the Miami Herald
- Pouya - Singer Songwriter
- Andy Slater - sports talk-show host
- Chuck Todd - NBC News' Chief White House Correspondent
- Kent Fuchs - President of the University of Florida
Incidents
On November 19, 2002, 16 year old Killian student Karen Urbina was brutally murdered when she was beaten to death with a baseball bat along with her 18 year old boyfriend Justin Morejon by his 17 year old cousin Jonathon Nodal who was later charged with 2 counts of 1st degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2012.
On March 31, 2015 Sophomore defensive end DeAndre Johnson, 15, was stabbed by a 17-year-old female senior with a kitchen knife. She was later charged with felony attempted murder and possession of a weapon on school grounds, according to a district spokeswoman. The school was placed on lockdown following the incident.
On March 8, 2018, 5 female students were arrested for assaulting a female freshman in the cafeteria that was recorded and shared on social media. The five students involved were charged with battery and disruption of a school environment.
On April 13, 2018, 17 year old Angel Lopez was killed while riding his bicycle from the school after being struck by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper while he was attempting to cross Killian Parkway near 107th Avenue on his bicycle.
On February 5, 2018, two former Miami Killian students Adrian Abanto and Abraham Pedilla were accused and charged with burglarizing the school.