Champlain Valley Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School
Champlain Valley Union High School
Address
	369 CVU Road; Hinesburg, Vermont 05461; United States
Coordinates	44°20′40″N 73°06′36″W / 44.3444°N 73.1100°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Champlain Valley School District
CEEB code	460175
Principal	Allan Bunting
Faculty	103
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1296 (2021-2022)
Color(s)	Red and white
Nickname	Redhawks
Newspaper	The Champlain Valley Chronicle
Website	School 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

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]

Athletics

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

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, 2019, and 2023^[6]
Women's soccer - won state championship in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2022
Co-ed sailing (club)
Co-ed rowing (club)
Golf

Winter sports

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, 2015-16, 2016-2017^[7]
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

Baseball - 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019^{[clarification needed]}, 2023
Men's lacrosse - won state championship in 2013-2022^[8]
Women's lacrosse
Softball
Men's tennis
Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009^[9]
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

Ashley Bartley, Vermont state legislator
Curtis T. McMullen, Fields Medalist and Cabot Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
Elliot Eastman, YouTuber
Tom Atwood, photographer
Megan Nick, freestyle skier and 2022 Winter Olympic bronze medalist
Morgan Page, Grammy-nominated DJ and music producer

References

^ staff. "2013-2014 SCHOOL PROFILE" (PDF). Champlain Valley Union High School. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Champlain Valley Union High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
^ news@thecharlottenews.org (June 16, 2017). "CVU to raise livestock on campus for the first time". The Charlotte News. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
^ Dover, Haley. "Vermont high school rethinks Rebel nickname". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ Graham, Rosalyn. "Animal names picked for new CVU mascot". Williston Observer. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ School archives^{[dead link‍]}
^ Abrami, Alex. "Longtime CVU girls basketball coach Ute Otley accepts job at Norwich". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ Manney, Steve (June 12, 2016). "CVU Boys Lacrosse Secures 4-Peat, Wins Thriller Over South Burlington in Division I Title Game".
^ "CVU GIRLS TAKE TENNIS TITLE". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. June 12, 2009. pp. 1A.

External links

Official website

[staff1-1] 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] ws@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] Abrami, Alex. "Longtime CVU girls basketball coach Ute Otley accepts job at Norwich". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[8] Manney, Steve (June 12, 2016). "CVU Boys Lacrosse Secures 4-Peat, Wins Thriller Over South Burlington in Division I Title Game".

[9] "CVU GIRLS TAKE TENNIS TITLE". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. June 12, 2009. pp. 1A.

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