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Mount Vernon High School (New York)

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Type
  
Public high school

Enrollment
  
Over 2,500

Phone
  
+1 914-665-5300

Mascot
  
Knight

Color
  
Maroon and gold

Grades
  
9-12

Athletics
  
Section 1 (NYSPHSAA)

Founded
  
1894

Motto
  
"Focusing on Excellence"

Established
  
1894 (current school 1964 as merger of Edison Tech and A.B. Davis)

Address
  
100 California Rd, Mt Vernon, NY 10552, USA

District
  
Mount Vernon City School District

Similar
  
Holmes School, Nellie A Thornton High Sch, Columbus Elementary School, New Rochelle High Sch, A B Davis Middle School

Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) is a public high school in the Chester Heights section of the City of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon City School District.

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Sports

The school colors are maroon and gold, and teams are nicknamed the Knights.

Sports include cheerleading, volleyball, track & field, baseball, softball, basketball, swimming, gymnastics and football.

Sectional titles

1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015,2017

PHSAA titles

1978, 1979, 1981, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017

Mount Vernon's 11 titles (last 7 under coach Bob Cimmino) are a record for any school.

Federation titles

1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011

Notable players

  • Keith Benjamin - University of Pittsburgh
  • Mike Coburn - Rutgers University
  • Isaiah Cousins - Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball, Oklahoma University, Sacramento Kings
  • Ben Gordon - University of Connecticut, Detroit Pistons
  • Dexter Gray - Iona College
  • Rudy Hackett - Syracuse University
  • Jabarie Hinds - West Virginia, University of Massachusetts
  • Greg Jenkins - Iona College
  • Kevin Jones - West Virginia, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Chris Lowe -University of Massachusetts
  • Jarrel Marshall - Portland Pilots men's basketball, University of Portland
  • Rodney McCray - University of Louisville, Houston Rockets, 1992-93 NBA Champion Chicago Bulls, NCAA Champion
  • Scooter McCray - University of Louisville, Cleveland Cavaliers, and SuperSonics
  • Johnathan Mitchell - University of Florida, Rutgers University
  • Lowes Moore - University of West Virginia, New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Earl Tatum - Marquette University, Los Angeles Lakers
  • Gus Williams - University of Southern California, Seattle SuperSonics (1979 NBA Champions)
  • Ray Williams - University of Minnesota, New York Knicks
  • Sherrod Wright - George Mason University
  • Other notable alumni

  • Art Carney, actor
  • Dick Clark, television personality
  • Heavy D, rapper and actor
  • Ken Singleton, Major League Baseball player
  • JB Smoove
  • Al B. Sure!, singer
  • Denzel Washington, actor
  • Carol Wax, print maker
  • E. B. White, writer
  • References

    Mount Vernon High School (New York) Wikipedia