Champlain Valley Union High School


Champlain Valley Union High School 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.
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.
WWW cvuhs.org

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.

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. 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, and 2024
  • Men's soccer - won state championship in 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024
  • Women's soccer - won state championship in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2022, and 2024
  • Co-ed sailing
  • Co-ed rowing
  • Golf

Winter sports

Spring sports

Notable alumni