Abilene High School (Texas)

Abilene High School
Abilene High School
Address
	2800 N 6th St; Abilene , Texas 79603-7190; United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	"Enter to learn, go forth to serve."
Established	1888
School district	Abilene Independent School District
Principal	Emme Siburt
Staff	139.60 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,141 (2020–21)
Student to teacher ratio	15.34
Color(s)	Black & Gold
Athletics conference	UIL Class 5A/D1
Mascot	Eagle
Nickname	Warbirds
Website	Abilene High School

Last updated August 12, 2024

Abilene High School is a public high school located in Abilene, Texas. AHS is classified as a Division 5A school and is part of the Abilene Independent School District. Abilene High School is the name given to three different schools in the past 150 years. The first Abilene High was an old warehouse. Not long after that, the school was moved to what was the former Lincoln Middle School. In 1955, Abilene High was moved to its current location at N 6th and Mockingbird.^[2] Its main rival in sports is Cooper High School. The Abilene High Marching Band is accepted to be the oldest marching band in Texas. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[3]

Athletics

Coached by P. E. Shotwell, for whom Shotwell Stadium is named, Abilene High won its first state championship in 1923. Coach Dewey Mayhew guided the Eagles to their second state title in 1928, and a third one in 1931. Under Chuck Moser, Abilene won three consecutive state titles (1954–56).^[4] In 2009, the Eagles had an undefeated season and won the Division II State Finals, giving the Abilene Eagles their seventh state championship and first in 53 years.

State titles

Baseball – ^[5]
- 1956(All), 1957(4A)
Football – ^[6]
- 1923(All), 1928(1A), 1931(1A), 1954(4A), 1955(4A), 1956(4A), 2009(5A/D2)
Team Tennis – ^[7]
- 1991(5A), 1999(5A)
Boys Track – ^[8]
- 1925(All) 1954(2A), 1959(4A), 1960(4A), 1961(4A), 1976(4A),
One Act Play – ^[9]
- 1930(All), 1943(All), 1946(All), 1949(2A), 1950(2A), 1964(4A), 1972(2A)

State finalists

Baseball –
- 1950(All), 1955(All)
Boys Basketball -
- 1938(All), 1941(All)
Football –
- 1922(All), 1927(1A)

Fine arts

Pure Gold

Pure Gold is a by audition only, select choir made up of mostly juniors and seniors (but occasionally some sophomores).

Notable people

Maury Bray, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Randall "Tex" Cobb, actor
Wayne Coffey, American football player
Jack Favor (Class of 1929), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana ^[10]
A. C. Greene, historian, author, and newspaperman, known as the Dean of Texas Writers. 1923–2002^[11]
Glynn Gregory, football player
Chuck Hughes, NFL wide receiver
John Lackey, retired MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs; three-time World Series champion (2002, 2013 & 2016)^[12]
Dave Parks, NFL wide receiver and end
Chuck Harrison, former MLB player
Harold Stephens, football player
Jim Welch, running back, Southern Methodist University at Dallas, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions
Bernard Kamungo, soccer player

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