Mountain View High School (Mesa, Arizona)

For other schools named "Mountain View High School", see Mountain View High School (disambiguation).

Mountain View High School
Motto	Go Forth With Pride
Established	1976
Type	Public secondary (U.S.)
Principal	Mr. Craig Luketich
Students	3,500 (2006-2007)
Grades	9–12 (as of 2011-2012 school year)
Location	2700 E Brown Rd., Mesa, Arizona, USA 85213
Oversight	Mesa Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Red & Blue
Mascot	Toros
Newspaper	The Viewpoint
Website	http://www.mpsaz.org/mtnview

Mountain View High School is a high school in Mesa, Arizona. It was established in 1976. It is known for its numerous athletic and academic accomplishments. The school's mascot is a Toro.

Athletics

Mountain View was included on Sports Illustrated's 2005 list of Top 25 High School Athletic Programs in the Nation:

Though the school hasn't been around for long, Mountain View has quickly established itself as king of the hill in Arizona. In the last decade the Toros have produced scores of top athletes, including Todd Heap and John Beck (Washington Redskins), Shea Hillenbrand (Toronto Blue Jays) and Max Hall (Arizona Cardinals). More stars are on the horizon: Mountain View has had 15 scholarship athletes in each of the last two years. And over the last 10 years, the Toros have won 21 state championships in 10 sports, including football (four), boys' track (four), boys' basketball (three), girls' track (three), spiritline (6+), and boys' and girls' cross-country, girls' swimming, girls' volleyball, girls' basketball, wrestling and baseball (one each).^[1]

State Champions
Sport	Years
Baseball	1990, 1998
Boys Basketball	1995, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
Girls Basketball	1988, 1998
Boys Cross Country	1987, 2004
Football	1978, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998,1999, 2002
Boys Golf	1987, 1991, 1992
Gymnastics	1978, 1986
Spiritline	2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009
Girls Swimming	1998
Boys Tennis	1988
Girls Tennis	2008
Boys Track	1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010
Girls Track	1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
Track and Field	1994, 2000, 2003, 2004
Girls Volleyball	1984, 1988, 1999
Boys Volleyball	2011
Wrestling	2000

Cheer

• 2008-2009: 5A-1 State Champions
• 2007-2008: 5A-1 State Champions; Overall Champions 5A-I
• 2005-2006: Overall Champions 5A Division-1; State Champions 5A Division-1 Stunt Team; State Champions 5A Division-1 Cheer
• 2002-2003: National Champions in All Girl Stunt; State Champions in All Girl Stunt
• 2001-2002: State Champion Mascot; National Champions in All Girl Stunt; State Champions in All Girl Stunt
• 2000-2001: State Champions
• 1999-2000: National Champions; State Champions
• 1998-1999: State Champions in All Girl Stunt; National Champions; State Champions
• 1997-1998: National Champions in All Girl Stunt
• 1996-1997: State Champions

Pom

• 2010-2011: 5A-1 State Champions; 1st place at Nationals in Anaheim
• 2009-2010: 5A-1 State Champions
• 2008-2009: 5A-1 State Champions; 2nd place at Nationals in Anaheim
• 2007-2008: 5A-I State Champions; 1st Place at Nationals in Anaheim
• 2005-2006: 5A Division-1 State Champions (Overall); 5A Division-1 Pom State Champions
• 2004-2005: State Champions; 3rd Place USA Nationals
• 2003-2004: 1st Place in the AIA State Championships; 2nd Place, with the Cheer squad, for best spirit line in the State

Academic Decathlon

Mountain View High School has accomplished 15 state championships (the most in Arizona Academic Decathlon history) and four state championship winning streaks since 1990. Each streak has lasted for at least two years (5, 2, 4 and 2 respectively). In addition, the team has broken the 50,000 barrier three times. Mountain View has finished second at the national USAD competition on five occasions(1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2010).

Notable alumni

• Brad Mills - MLB baseball player
• Brian Banks - MLB baseball player
• John Beck - NFL Football player
• Devin Clark - NFL football player
• Joe Germaine - NFL & AFL football player
• Kurt Haws - NFL football player
• Todd Heap - NFL Pro Bowl football player
• Shea Hillenbrand - MLB baseball player
• Todd Shell - NFL football player
• Max Hall - NFL football player
• Jim Adkins - Jimmy Eat World
• Zach Lind - Jimmy Eat World
• Valentin Ramirez - Vice President - Behnaz Sarafpour

Other recognition

• 4A/5A winner of the Blue Cup sponsored by The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Criteria for winning: "Winning schools must not only attain a high overall excellence score based on achievement in music, speech and athletics, but also maintain high academic standards and overall student participation in athletics and other activities."^[2]

• Mountain View was listed as the Arizona 2007 winner of the Siemen's Foundation top Advanced Placement programs.^[3]

• Arizona Interscholastic Association Scholar Athletes Award for 3.5 or higher grade point average among student athletes.

• Hendrickson Award - AIA's top award for top interscholastic programs in 5A competition.

• Tony Komadina Award – Arizona’s Girls’ Athletic Excellence Award

• "In addition to the school's many academic achievements, including placing fourth nationally in Academic Decathlon, Mountain View won several state championships in 2006-07. The school participates in 21 Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) programs and competed in state championship in 10 categories, earning a championship or becoming a state runner-up." www.mpsaz.org

• In the 1997-98 school year, Mountain View became the first Arizona high school ever to win state championships in football, boys basketball, girls basketball, and baseball in the same school year.

• Out of the Fifty states, Sports Illustrated's website lists Mountain View as the top high school in Arizona on the basis of excellence in athletics.^[4]

• The 1976 Football team finished 4-3-1 and is reportedly the first high school to have a winning football season in the first year of a school's existence. The team was composed primarily of juniors.

• The 1977 Football team (9-0) had 7 shutouts in the second year of the schools existence, allowing only 14 points (1.56 points per game) for the season. The team was ineligible for the Class 3A playoffs due to the tradition of the time that the football teams of new schools were not placed into any Classification and played an "independent" schedule.

• The 1983 Championship Football Team(14-0) tied the state record with the former Phoenix Union High School for shutouts in a season with 7.

• The 2002 Championship Football Team (14-0) set the state record for shutouts in a season with 8 (34 points allowed in 14 games or 2.43 points per game). The team also set a 5A record for points scored in a season with 602 (43 points per game).^{[citation needed]}

• The Boys Varsity Basketball Team became the first team since Phoenix Union High School to win 3 Consecutive Championships at the highest level.

• The Toro Marching Band has been awarded the state festival rating "superior with distinction" in 2006, 2008, and 2010 as well as "superior" numerous times. In 2006, the band was invited to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade in Ireland. 2004-2005 Performed at the 2005 Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. 2002-2003 Performed for President George W. Bush, 10-Day Tour of China. In 2008, the band played at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL. In 2009, the band performed at the Fiesta Bowl National Band Championships in Tempe, Arizona. The Toro Marching Band has been invited to play and march at the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2011.

• Named a silver medal school by US News & World report.^[5]

References

1. ^ Sports Illustrated, May 16, 2005, Volume 102, No. 20, p. 66
2. ^ http://www.mpsaz.org/mtnview
3. ^ http://www.siemens-foundation.org/documents/2006_07%20AP%20Award%20Winners.pdf
4. ^ Armstrong, Kevin. SI.com 19 June 2007
5. ^ http://www.usnews.com/listings/high-schools/arizona/mountain_view_high_school

• State Champion Archives

External links

• Mountain View's Home Page
• Mountain View's Marching Band Home Page
• Mountain View recognition fact sheet

Coordinates: 33°26′20″N 111°46′20″W / 33.438805°N 111.772129°W / 33.438805; -111.772129