Mount Vernon High School (New York)

For other schools of a similar name, see Mount Vernon High School.

Mount Vernon High School
Address
100 California Road Mount Vernon, New York 10552 United States
Coordinates	40°55′33″N 73°48′54″W / 40.925848°N 73.815077°W / 40.925848; -73.815077Coordinates: 40°55′33″N 73°48′54″W / 40.925848°N 73.815077°W / 40.925848; -73.815077
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
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	Over 2,500
Color(s)	Maroon and 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, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon City School District.

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.

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

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)^[1]
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

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.

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