Jean Ribault High School

Improvement

Athletics

• The boys basketball team has won 4 State championships.
• 3rd Most Tournament Games Played 163––Miami, 123 wins, 40 losses. 125––Malone, 87 wins, 38 losses. 105––Ribault, 74 wins, 31 losses
• 3rd Most Tournament Games Won 123––Miami, 163 games. 87––Malone, 125 games. 74––Ribault, 105 games
• The girls' basketball team has won 12 State championships, the highest total in the state. The team also has the highest state totals for consecutive championships, tournament appearances, consecutive appearances, tournament games played, and tournament games won. In 2016 the Lady Trojans won the 2016 National High School Invitational.
• The baseball team won the State championship in 1968.
• The boys' cross country team won the State championship in 1961.
• The boys' track and field team won the State championship in 1979 and 1991.
• The girls' track and field team won the State championship in 1976, 1977, 1990, 1992, and 1993.
• The Trojan Football team has made 12 appearances in the FHSAA Playoffs and have won numerous District Titles. The Trojan football team also plays in the Northwest Classic Football Game against arch rival William M. Raines High School each year in November.

  Notable alumni

• Chandra Cheesborough, Olympic champion sprinter in National Track and Field Hall of Fame
• Laveranues Coles, wide receiver, Washington Redskins, New York Jets
• Leon Gonzalez, wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons
• Rod Jackson, quarterback, Florida A&M University, the school's all-time leading passer who led the school to its first playoff appearance in 1985
• Kelvin Martin, wide receiver, Dallas Cowboys
• Travis L. Taylor, wide receiver, member of the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens
• Chris Terry, offensive tackle, Kansas City Chiefs
• Howard Smothers, football player, selected by Philadelphia Eagles with 248th pick in 1995 NFL Draft
• Erica White, professional women's basketball player
• James F. Rinehart, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Troy University
• Mike Campbell, musician, guitarist, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
• Naz Worthen, football / track and field, Naz Worthen 60th pick in 1989 NFL draft by KC Chiefs out of NC State Univ.
• Terry Ivey, All- American Track and Field athlete.