Sheldon High School (Oregon)

Henry D. Sheldon High School is a public high school in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The school's nickname is the Irish.^[5] Sheldon is one of four traditional high schools in the Eugene School District.

Sheldon High School
Address
2455 Willakenzie Road Eugene , (Lane County) , Oregon 97401 United States
Coordinates	44°04′53″N 123°04′21″W / 44.08145°N 123.07258°W / 44.08145; -123.07258
Information
Type	Public
School district	Eugene School District
Principal	Kay Graham^[1]^[2]
Teaching staff	64.42 (FTE)^[3]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1,500 (2021–22)^[3]
Student to teacher ratio	23.28^[3]
Color(s)	Green  ^[1]
Athletics conference	OSAA Southwest Conference 6A-6^[1]
Mascot	Fighting Irishman
Nickname	Irish^[4]
Website	Official website

History

Sheldon High School opened in the 1963-64 academic year as the third high school in the Eugene School District.^{[citation needed]}

The school gets its name from Dr. Henry D. Sheldon (1874–1948).^[6]

Athletics

Sheldon plays at the 6A level. After the 2002 season, the football team was ranked twenty-fourth in the nation by USA Today. Since expanding to six classifications in 2006, the Irish have made the most 6A football championship game appearances with six, winning three.^[7]

State championships

Includes team championships.

Team sports, fall

• Football:^[8] 2002, 2007, 2009, 2012
• Boys' soccer:^[9] 2002
• Girls' soccer:^[10] 2003, 2004
• Volleyball:^[11] 2022

Team sports, winter

• Boys' basketball:^[12] 1992
• Cheerleading:^[13] 2004
• Dance/drill:^[14]
• Boys' swimming:^[15] 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999
• Girls' swimming:^[16] 1997, 1998, 2000

Team sports, spring

• Boys' track & field:^[17] 2009, 2016
• Girls' track & field:^[18] 1968
• Boys' tennis:^[19] 1971, 1972, 2001
• Girls' tennis:^[20] 1993
• Softball:^[21] 2019
• Baseball:^[22] 2013, 2015
• Boys' golf:^[23] 2005, 2006
• Girls' golf:^[24] 2013

Student media

Newspaper

The Talisman is the student newspaper. It is published twice per term.^[25] It was given the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Silver Crown Award for high school newspapers in 1988.^[26]

Radio

Sheldon is home to KRVM (AM) and KRVM (FM), a public access radio station which includes student involvement.^[27]

Awards

Sheldon won the Oregonian Cup, an OSAA award for "overall school excellence in academics, activities, athletics and sportsmanship," in the 2001-2002 and 2002–2003 school years.^[28]

In June 2010, KGW and The Register-Guard reported that Sheldon had made Newsweek's annual list of the nation's best public high schools of the year, ranking second best in Oregon and 665th in the nation.^[29][30]

Notable alumni

• Jon Anderson - 1972 Summer Olympics runner, winner of 1973 Boston Marathon
• Alex Brink - quarterback, Houston Texans, Canadian Football League
• Greg Byrne - Athletic Director for the University of Alabama
• Kameron Canaday - NFL player
• Todd Christensen - football player, Los Angeles Raiders
• James Dutton (astronaut) - NASA astronaut pilot
• Justin Herbert - NFL quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers
• Dave Hunt - House Speaker, Oregon House of Representatives
• Jon Jaqua - football player, Washington Redskins
• Mike Luckovich - editorial cartoonist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Chris Miller - football player, Atlanta Falcons
• Brent Primus - former Bellator MMA Lightweight Champion
• Michael Walter - football player, San Francisco 49ers
• Craig Wasson - actor
• Taylor John Williams - singer on Season 7 of The Voice

References

1. "OSAA - Error".
2. "Oregon School Directory 2008-09" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 45. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
3. "Sheldon High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
4. "Sheldon High School". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
5. Sheldon High School web site.
6. "About Sheldon". Sheldon High School. Archived from the original on August 5, 2012.
7. . www.hsfdatabase.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2007.
8. "Football champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
9. "Boys soccer champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
10. "Girls soccer champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
11. "Activities. Volleyball". osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
12. "Records. Boys' basketball" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
13. "Cheerleading champions" (PDF).
14. "Dance champions" (PDF).
15. "Boys' Team Champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
16. "Girls' Team Champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
17. "Boys' track & field champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
18. "Girls' track & field champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
19. "Boys' tennis team champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
20. "Girls' tennis team champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
21. "2019 Softball program" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
22. "Baseball champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
23. "Girls' Golf Teams champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
24. "Girls' Golf Teams champions" (PDF). osaa.org. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
25. . Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2009.
26. . cspa.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2006.
27. "Sheldon students keep real variety in sports talk radio. - Free Online Library".
28. "OSAA - Awards".
29. "Newsweek ranks Corbett High 5th best in U.S." KGW. June 15, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
30. "Tardy South Eugene absent from 'best schools' list: The school was late submitting data for Newsweek's annual list, which includes Sheldon and Churchill". The Register-Guard. June 23, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2016.

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