Walt Whitman High School (New York)

Walt Whitman High School
Walt Whitman High School
Address
	301 West Hills Road; Huntington Station, New York; United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1957
School district	South Huntington Union Free School District
Principal	John Murphy
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,985 (2021-22)
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Wildcat
National ranking	2/100
Website	Walt Whitman High School

Walt Whitman High School is a four-year public secondary school located at 301 West Hills Road, in Huntington Station, New York. It is South Huntington Union Free School District's only high school, serving students in Huntington Station, South Huntington, Melville, and West Hills. The school typically has around 2,000 students in grades 9–12.

Notable alumni

Michael Campbell of the punk rock band Latterman
Adam Ferrara, actor, comedian
Jimmy Haslip, founder and bass player of the jazz fusion group "The Yellowjackets" graduated in 1970.
Bruce Kapler, former sax player on the Late Show with David Letterman graduated in 1971.
Jesse Zook Mann, Emmy Award-winning television and film director graduated in 1998
Neal Marlens, creator of the sitcoms The Wonder Years, Growing Pains and Ellen.
Laura Pergolizzi, pop/rock singer and songwriter
Tim Stearns, professor at Stanford University, graduated in 1979
Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, attorney

Athletes

Dan Calichman, MLS player
Gerry Cooney, boxer^[3]
Tom Gugliotta, NBA player^[4]
James "Jimmy" Jerkens, Thoroughbred horse racing trainer, graduated 1977^[5]
Myles Jones, professional lacrosse player
A. J. Preller, MLB executive^[6]

Sports

Walt Whitman High School host varsity teams in badminton, baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, fencing, football, field hockey, kickline, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

In 1964 and 1966, Walt Whitman High School hosted the 2nd and 4th annual NYSPHSAA state wrestling tournaments. The event didn't return to Long Island again until Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosted it in 2006.^[7] They won the State Championship for soccer in 2015.

Athletic Championships

Football 1974 Suffolk County Conference AAA Champions defeating Huntington 32-30 in final, Rutger's Cup Champions (awarded)
Football 1984 Suffolk County Division 1 Champions defeating Sachem 17–24 in final (This was as far as the team could have gone in those two seasons. The Long Island HS Football championships were not instituted until several years later.)
Baseball 1975, 1976 Long Island Champions^[8]
Cross Country 1975 New York State Champion^[9]
Cross Country 2008 Section XI Suffolk County Champions (Class AA)^[10]
Wrestling 1965 League I Champions
Wrestling 1983 League 1A Champions
Wrestling 2011–2012 League 2 Champions
Girls Varsity Basketball Team League Champs 2013
WWHS Boys Varsity Soccer Team won Suffolk County CLASS A Soccer Champion
WWHS Boys Varsity Soccer Team 2015-2016 New York State Champions
WWHS Marching Band 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 New York State Champions
WWHS Indoor Color Guard, 2017 and 2018 National Champions
Women's Soccer 1985,1986 and 1992 New York State Champions
Tennis 2011 unseeded Brandon Stone wins Suffolk County title 5-7, 7-6(5), 7-5 over Jeremy Dubin of South Hampton.^[11]

References

^ "Walt Whitman Staff".
^ "WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
^ Grassley, Will (June 8, 1982). "Huntington Loves Gerry Cooney". Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
^ Vaccaro, Christopher R. (2009). Long Island High School Sports. Arcadia Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 9781439637548.
^ Finley, Bill (April 26, 2009). "Jimmy Jerkens, Training in Dad's Footprints, Has Chance to Leave His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
^ Wood, Matthew (August 6, 2014). "Seven Things to Know About New Padres GM A.J. Preller". NBC San Diego. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
^ "NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships - Tournament History". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ "Baseball Crown To Whitman High". The New York Times. June 20, 1976. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
^ "Walt Whitman Harriers Win State Championship". The New York Times. November 16, 1975. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
^ "Section XI Results". DyeStat. October 31, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
^ Staff (May 24, 2011). "Unseeded Champion Crowned at Suffolk County Tennis Individual Championships". LI Tennis Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

External links

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[1] "Walt Whitman Staff".

[2] "WALT WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[3] Grassley, Will (June 8, 1982). "Huntington Loves Gerry Cooney". Ocala Star-Banner. Retrieved August 7, 2014.

[4] Vaccaro, Christopher R. (2009). Long Island High School Sports. Arcadia Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 9781439637548.

[NYT2012-5] Finley, Bill (April 26, 2009). "Jimmy Jerkens, Training in Dad's Footprints, Has Chance to Leave His Own". The New York Times. Retrieved September 8, 2016.

[6] Wood, Matthew (August 6, 2014). "Seven Things to Know About New Padres GM A.J. Preller". NBC San Diego. Retrieved August 7, 2014.

[7] "NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships - Tournament History". Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2013.

[76nyt-8] "Baseball Crown To Whitman High". The New York Times. June 20, 1976. Retrieved January 1, 2010.

[76nytxc-9] "Walt Whitman Harriers Win State Championship". The New York Times. November 16, 1975. Retrieved January 1, 2010.

[dye08-xc-10] "Section XI Results". DyeStat. October 31, 2008. Retrieved January 1, 2010.

[11] Staff (May 24, 2011). "Unseeded Champion Crowned at Suffolk County Tennis Individual Championships". LI Tennis Magazine. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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v t e Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (1855–1892)	"Come Up from the Fields Father" (1865) "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" (1855) "Hush'd Be the Camps To-Day" (1865) "I Sing the Body Electric" (1855) "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (1891) "O Captain! My Captain!" (1865) "One Hour to Madness and Joy" (1860) "One's Self I Sing" (1867) "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" (1859) "Patrolling Barnegat" (1856) "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" (1865) "Prayer of Columbus" (1900) "The Sleepers" (1855) "Song of Myself" (1855) "Song of the Open Road" (1856) "This Dust Was Once the Man" (1871) "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" (1865) Sections Calamus Sea-Drift Drum-Taps
Other works	List of poems Franklin Evans (1842) Life and Adventures of Jack Engle (1852) Democratic Vistas (1871) Passage to India (1871)
Adaptations	Elegiac Ode (1884) Sea Drift (1906) A Sea Symphony (1909) Ode to Death (1919) Morning Heroes (1930) Sea Drift (1933) Dona nobis pacem (1936) Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song (1942) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1946) The Wound-Dresser (1989) Lilacs (1996) Symphony No. 2 (1999) Dooryard Bloom (2004)
Life and honoraria	Walt Whitman Award Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln Lectures Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site Walt Whitman House The Long Islander Walt Whitman Bridge Walt Whitman (Davidson) Walt Whitman High School (Maryland) Walt Whitman High School (New York) Walt Whitman Shops Whitman-Walker Health

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