Champlain Valley Union High School

Coordinates: 44°20′40″N 73°06′36″W / 44.3444°N 73.1100°W / 44.3444; -73.1100
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Champlain Valley Union High School
Address
Map
369 CVU Road

,
05461

Coordinates44°20′40″N 73°06′36″W / 44.3444°N 73.1100°W / 44.3444; -73.1100
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtChamplain Valley School District
CEEB code460175
PrincipalAdam Bunting
Faculty103[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1296 (2021-2022)
Color(s)Red and white   
NicknameRedhawks
NewspaperThe Champlain Valley Chronicle
WebsiteSchool website

Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) is a high school located in the town of Hinesburg, Vermont, United States. The school serves the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, and Williston. The enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year was 1,284 students with 103 faculty.[2]

CVU was established in 1964 to serve the Chittenden County towns outside of Burlington. It is currently the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Vermont.

Infrastructure[edit]

The CVU property contains a baseball field, a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, a track, and three soccer fields. During the spring, the field hockey and soccer fields are used for lacrosse. CVU added a goat farm onto its campus in the spring of 2017.[3]

Sign

Athletics[edit]

The school mascot is the Redhawk, having changed its name from Crusaders in 2006 because many had found the former name to be offensive.[4][5] The school's athletic colors are red and white.

CVU competes in Division 1 brackets for all sports. Its chief athletic rivals are nearby South Burlington High School, Essex High School, and Mount Mansfield Union High School.

The CVU Redhawks have met the Rice Memorial Green Knights in the boys basketball state semi-finals for two consecutive years.

In 2022, CVU finished as the second seeded team in the Vermont division 1 boys basketball season, and had two players be named to the Free Press metro division first and second team.

The school competes in the following sports:

Fall sports[edit]

  • Men's cross country - won state championships in 1984, 1985, 1999, 2015, 2016, and 2019
  • Women's cross country - won state championships in 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Won New England Championships in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018 and 2019.
  • Field hockey - won state championship in 2022
  • Football - won state championship in 2022
  • Men's soccer - won state championship in 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018, and 2019[6]
  • Women's soccer - won state championship in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015
  • Co-ed sailing (club)
  • Co-ed rowing (club)
  • Golf

Winter sports[edit]

  • Alpine skiing
  • Men's basketball - won state championship in 2022-2023
  • Women's basketball - won state championship in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015
  • Gymnastics - won state championship in 2018, ending Essex's 12 year run, and in 2020
  • Men's ice hockey - won state championship in 2009, 2011, and 2014
  • Women's ice hockey
  • Men's nordic skiing - won state championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017
  • Women's nordic skiing - won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2014
  • Wrestling
  • Snowboard Club (new as of 2007)
  • Indoor track Club

Spring sports[edit]

  • Baseball - 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019[clarification needed], 2023
  • Men's lacrosse - State Champions 2021 Division Champions 2013–2017[7]
  • Women's lacrosse
  • Softball
  • Men's tennis
  • Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009[8]
  • Track and field (men and women) - men's team won the 2016 Division 1 State Championship, their first state championship
  • Rugby (club)
  • Co-ed sailing (club)
  • Ultimate (men and women)
  • Co-ed rowing (club)

Notable alumni[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ staff. "2013-2014 SCHOOL PROFILE" (PDF). Champlain Valley Union High School. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Champlain Valley Union High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ^ news@thecharlottenews.org (June 16, 2017). "CVU to raise livestock on campus for the first time". The Charlotte News. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Dover, Haley. "Vermont high school rethinks Rebel nickname". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  5. ^ Graham, Rosalyn. "Animal names picked for new CVU mascot". Williston Observer. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  6. ^ School archives[dead link]
  7. ^ Manney, Steve (June 12, 2016). "CVU Boys Lacrosse Secures 4-Peat, Wins Thriller Over South Burlington in Division I Title Game".
  8. ^ "CVU GIRLS TAKE TENNIS TITLE". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. June 12, 2009. pp. 1A.

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