Mount Vernon High School (New York)

Mount Vernon High School
Address
100 California Road Mount Vernon, New York United States
Information
Type	Public High School
Motto	"Focusing on Excellence"
Established	1894 (current school 1964 as merger of Edison Tech and A.B. Davis)
School district	Mount Vernon City School District
Principal	Ronald Gonzaalez
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	Over 2,500
Color(s)	Maroon & Gold
Athletics	Section 1 (NYSPHSAA)
Mascot	Knight
Phone	(914) 665-5300
Website	http://mvhs.sharpschool.net/

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, and is part of the Mount Vernon City School District.

Sports

The school colors are Maroon & gold, with the nickname Knights.

Sports include: Cheerleading, Volleyball, Track & Field, Baseball, Softball,Basketball, Swimming, Gymnastics and Football.

Basketball

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
PHSAA titles
1978, 1979, 1981, 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
Federation titles
1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011

Notable players

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

Other notable alumni

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

External links

High schools in Westchester County, New York

Public high schools

Yonkers Public Schools	Gorton Lincoln Palisade Preparatory (7-12) Riverside HS for Engineering and Design (9-12) Roosevelt HS - Early College Studies (9-12) Saunders Trades and Technical (9-12) Yonkers Middle High Yonkers Montessori Academy

Other public high schools	Ardsley Blind Brook (Rye Brook) Briarcliff Bronxville Byram Hills Croton-Harmon Dobbs Ferry Eastchester Edgemont Jr-Sr HS Fox Lane (Bedford) Alexander Hamilton Jr-Sr HS (Elmsford) Harrison Hastings Hendrick Hudson Horace Greeley (Chappaqua) Irvington John Jay (Cross River) Lakeland (Shrub Oak) Mamaroneck Mount Vernon New Rochelle Ossining Peekskill Pelham Pleasantville Port Chester Rye Neck (Mamaroneck) Rye Scarsdale Somers Tuckahoe Valhalla Walter Panas (Cortlandt Manor) Westlake (Mount Pleasant) White Plains Woodlands (Hartsdale) Yorktown

Independent

Secular private	Daytop Village Secondary School French-American School of New York German School New York Hackley School The Harvey School Keio Academy of New York Masters School New York School for the Deaf Rye Country Day School Soundview Preparatory School Thornton-Donovan School

Religious	Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Archbishop Stepinac High School Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School The Montfort Academy Our Lady of Victory Academy (Closed) Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Solomon Schechter School of Westchester The Ursuline School Westchester Hebrew High School

This list is incomplete.

Coordinates: 40°55′33″N 73°48′55″W / 40.92583°N 73.81528°W / 40.92583; -73.81528

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