Walt Whitman High School (New York)

Walt Whitman High School is a four-year public secondary school located at 301 West Hills Road, in Huntington Station, New York. It is South Huntington Union Free School District's only high school, serving students in Huntington Station, South Huntington, Melville, and West Hills. The school typically has around 2,000 students in grades 9–12.

Walt Whitman High School
Address
301 West Hills Road

Huntington Station
,
New York

United States
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1957
School districtSouth Huntington Union Free School District
PrincipalKenneth Costa[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,985 (2021-22)[2]
CampusSuburban
MascotWildcat
National ranking2/100
WebsiteWalt Whitman High School

Notable alumni

Athletes

Sports

Walt Whitman High School host varsity teams in badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, football, field hockey, kickline, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

In 1964 and 1966, Walt Whitman High School hosted the 2nd and 4th annual NYSPHSAA state wrestling tournaments. The event didn't return to Long Island again until Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosted it in 2006.[7] They won the State Championship for soccer in 2015.

Athletic Championships
  • Football 1974 Suffolk County Conference AAA Champions defeating Huntington 32-30 in final, Rutger's Cup Champions (awarded)
  • Football 1984 Suffolk County Division 1 Champions defeating Sachem 17–24 in final (This was as far as the team could have gone in those two seasons. The Long Island HS Football championships were not instituted until several years later.)
  • Baseball 1975, 1976 Long Island Champions[8]
  • Cross Country 1975 New York State Champion[9]
  • Cross Country 2008 Section XI Suffolk County Champions (Class AA)[10]
  • Wrestling 1965 League I Champions
  • Wrestling 1983 League 1A Champions
  • Wrestling 2011–2012 League 2 Champions
  • Girls Varsity Basketball Team League Champs 2013
  • WWHS Boys Varsity Soccer Team won Suffolk County CLASS A Soccer Champion
  • WWHS Boys Varsity Soccer Team 2015-2016 New York State Champions
  • WWHS Marching Band 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 New York State Champions
  • WWHS Indoor Color Guard, 2017 and 2018 National Champions
  • Women's Soccer 1985,1986 and 1992 New York State Champions
  • Tennis 2011 unseeded Brandon Stone wins Suffolk County title 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5 over Jeremy Dubin of South Hampton.[11]

References
  1. "Walt Whitman Staff".
  2. "WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  3. Grassley, Will (June 8, 1982). "Huntington Loves Gerry Cooney". Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  4. Vaccaro, Christopher R. (2009). Long Island High School Sports. Arcadia Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 9781439637548.
  5. Finley, Bill (April 26, 2009). "Jimmy Jerkens, Training in Dad's Footprints, Has Chance to Leave His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  6. Wood, Matthew (August 6, 2014). "Seven Things to Know About New Padres GM A.J. Preller". NBC San Diego. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  7. "NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships - Tournament History". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  8. "Baseball Crown To Whitman High". The New York Times. June 20, 1976. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  9. "Walt Whitman Harriers Win State Championship". The New York Times. November 16, 1975. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  10. "Section XI Results". DyeStat. October 31, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  11. Staff (May 24, 2011). "Unseeded Champion Crowned at Suffolk County Tennis Individual Championships". LI Tennis Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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