Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) is a

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located in the town of

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, United States. The school serves the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne,

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, 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

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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. CVU sign Hinesburg Vermont USA

Athletics

The school

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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

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, Essex High School, and

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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 Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

- won state championship in 2022 *

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- won state championship in 2022, and 2024 *Men's

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

- won state championship in 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024 *Women's

- won state championship in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2022, and 2024 *Co-ed sailing (club) *Co-ed rowing (club) *

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Winter sports

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*Men's

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- won state championship in 2022-2023 *Women's basketball - won state championship in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015, 2015-16, 2016-2017 *

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- won state championship in 2018, ending Essex's 12 year run, and in 2020 *Men's

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- won state championship in 2009, 2011, and 2014 *Women's ice hockey *Men's

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- won state championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017 *Women's nordic skiing - won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2014 *

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Club (new as of 2007) *

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Club

Spring sports

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- 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2023 *Men's

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- won state championship in 2013-2022 *Women's lacrosse *

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*Men's

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*Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009 *

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(men and women) - men's team won the 2016 Division 1 State Championship, their first state championship *

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(club) *Co-ed sailing (club) *

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(men and women) *Co-ed rowing (club)

Notable alumni

* Ashley Bartley, Vermont state legislator *

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* Elliot Eastman, YouTuber *

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, photographer * Megan Nick, freestyle skier and 2022 Winter Olympic

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References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Vermont Educational institutions established in 1964 Buildings and structures in Hinesburg, Vermont Schools in Chittenden County, Vermont 1964 establishments in Vermont