Grade/school/subject: Noblesville High School, 10th grade, U.S. history and ACP history
Accomplishments: Indiana Wrestling High School Hall of Fame for coaching at Noblesville; Participated in the 1990 Wrestling Cultural Exchange with Japan.
Why he became a teacher: Knotts was on a baseball scholarship at the University of Illinois as a pre-law major. He said he later transferred to teaching because he didn’t want to take third year Russian with native speakers and said he has never looked back.
Goals for students: Knotts said he wants his students to have opportunities to find something about history to enjoy it when they get older. He said he wants each student to find success.
Advice he’d give to parents: “Give kids many opportunities to find what their child is passionate about, and support them in their passion.”
What makes Noblesville Schools special: Knotts graduated from NHS in 1971. He has taught at NHS since 1984. “Noblesville has a tradition of quality. Work ethic and effort are the cores of success here.”
Something others might not know about him: He has been struck by lightning twice and has been married for 39 years.
