Wheat Ridge High School
Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school operated by the Jefferson County School District R-1 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
State championship titles:- Baseball: 1992
- Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007
- Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
- Boys' basketball: 1944, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1991
- Girls' basketball: 1977, 1982
- Boys' cross country: 1977, 1979, 1981, 2007
- Girls' cross country: 1981
- Football: 1966, 1967, 1973, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2010
- Girls' golf: 1991 ; Amy Root, 1991
- Girls' gymnastics: 1985
- Softball: 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2013
- Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
- Girls' swimming: 1987, 1988
- Boys' tennis: 1991
- Boys' track and field: 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1978
- Girls' track and field: 1978
- Girls' volleyball: 1987, 1990
- Marching band: 1993, 1996
- Winter Percussion: 2004, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
Notable alumni
- Don Alley, NFL player
- Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress
- Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player, Golden State Warriors draft pick, two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American
- Pat Frink, NBA player
- Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner
- Ray Johnson, football player
- Annie Kunz, Olympic athlete
- Terry Kunz, NFL player
- Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress
- Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host
- Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC
- Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter
- 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
- Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960