Notable Alumni
- Grady Wallace – Attended in 1953–54 and 1954–55; went to the University of South Carolina afterward to play basketball and was named a consensus Second Team All-American and led the NCAA in scoring his senior season.
- Donnie Jones – Graduated in 1988; former assistant and head basketball coach at Marshall University (1990–1996; 2007–2010, respectively) and assistant basketball coach at the University of Florida (1996–2007). He is currently the head basketball coach at the University of Central Florida.
- Judi Patton – Former First Lady of Kentucky. Wife of current school president and former governor Paul E. Patton.
- John Paul Riddle – Graduated in 1920; Pioneer aviator and co-founder of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
- Will T. Scott – Current Justice of Kentucky's 7th Supreme Court District.
- E.J. Underwood – Former NFL, CFL, AFL and CIFL player.
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