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Wheat Ridge High School

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Public secondary school in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States

Wheat Ridge High School
Address
9505 West 32nd Avenue Wheat Ridge , Colorado 80033 United States
Information
Type	Public secondary school
Established	1886 (138 years ago) (1886)
School district	Jefferson County School District R-1
CEEB code	061450
Principal	Lisa Mahannah
Staff	67.45 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,204 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	17.85[1]
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Athletics	4A
Athletics conference	4A Jefferson County (general) 3A League 4 (football)
Mascot	Farmers
Rival	Golden High School
Website	wheatridge.jeffcopublicschools.org

Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school operated by the Jefferson County School District R-1inWheat Ridge, Colorado, United States.^{[citation needed]}

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State championship titles:

• Baseball: 1992 (5A)
• Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007(5A)
• Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
• Boys' basketball: 1944 (B), 1953 (A), 1963 (AAA), 1968 (AAA), 1991 (5A)
• Girls' basketball: 1977 (AAA), 1982 (4A)
• Boys' cross country: 1977 (I), 1979, 1981, (I)2007
• Girls' cross country: 1981 (I)
• Football: 1966 (AAA),^[2] 1967 (AAA), 1973 (AAA), 1994 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A)
• Girls' golf: 1991 (team); Amy Root, 1991 (individual)
• Girls' gymnastics: 1985 (III)
• Softball: 2002 (5A), 2003 (5A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A)
• Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
• Girls' swimming: 1987 (5A), 1988 (5A)
• Boys' tennis: 1991 (6A)
• Boys' track and field: 1942 (B), 1944 (B), 1945 (B), 1946 (B), 1950 (B), 1978 (AAA)
• Girls' track and field: 1978 (AAA)
• Girls' volleyball: 1987 (4A), 1990 (5A)
• Marching band: 1993 (4A), 1996
• Winter Percussion: 2004 (PSA), 2013 (PSA), 2016 (PSCA), 2017 (PSCA), 2018(PSCA)

• Don Alley, NFL player^[3]
• Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress^[4]
• Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player (1972–1976), Golden State Warriors draft pick (1976), two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American^[5]
• Pat Frink, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals)^[6]
• Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist^[7]

Vincent Groves:

American Serial Killer

• Ray Johnson, football player^[8]
• Annie Kunz, Olympic athlete (track and field)^[9]
• Terry Kunz, NFL player^[10]
• Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress^[11]
• Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host^[12]
• Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC^[13]
• Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter^[14]
• Freddie Steinmark, starting safety on Texas' 1969 national championship team; author of I Play to Win, published after he lost his battle to cancer in 1971^[15]
• Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960^{[citation needed]}

• Jefferson County School District R-1

• Official website

39°45′48″N 105°06′15″W / 39.763323°N 105.104162°W / 39.763323; -105.104162 (Wheat Ridge High School)