Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) is a public high school in the Chester Heights section of the City of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the Mount Vernon City School District. The current Mount Vernon High School came into existence from the merger of the former A.B. Davis High School and Edison Tech in 1964.
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Sports
The school colors are maroon and gold, and teams are nicknamed the Knights. Sports include cheerleading, cross country, volleyball, track & field, baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, wrestling, swimming, soccer, and football.
Basketball
New York State high school boys' basketball championships titles: 1991, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2022
Notable alumni
Garvin Alston, baseball player
Rai Benjamin, Olympic hurdler
Ralph Branca (1926–2016), Major League Baseball pitcher
Art Carney, actor
Dick Clark, television personality
Heavy D, rapper and actor
Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge of New York State Court of Appeals
Walter Fairservis (1921–1994, class of 1939), archeologist at American Museum of Natural History and finder of "lost cities"; playwright and producer
George Latimer, Westchester County Executive
Helen Marcus, American photographer
Arthur Naparstek, social worker and academic
Pete Rock, rapper, DJ and producer
Ken Singleton, Major League Baseball player
C.L. Smooth, rapper
JB Smoove, actor, comedian, writer
Al B. Sure!, singer
Denzel Washington, actor
Carol Wax, printmaker
E. B. White, writer
Notable basketball players
Isaiah Cousins (born 1994) - currently the Israeli Basketball Premier League; formerly the University of Oklahoma and the Sacramento Kings
Richie Garner - Manhattan College, drafted by New York Knicks (later assistant principal at the high school)
Ben Gordon - University of Connecticut, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Charlotte Bobcats
Rudy Hackett - Syracuse University, Spirits of St. Louis, New York Nets, Indiana Pacers
Kevin Jones - West Virginia University, Cleveland Cavaliers
Chris Lowe - University of Massachusetts
Rodney McCray - University of Louisville, Houston Rockets, 1992–93 NBA champion Chicago Bulls, NCAA champion
Scooter McCray - University of Louisville, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Seattle SuperSonics
Lowes Moore - West Virginia University, New Jersey Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers
Demetre Roberts - player in Serbia
Earl Tatum - Marquette University, Los Angeles Lakers
Gus Williams - University of Southern California, Seattle SuperSonics (1979 NBA Champions)
Ray Williams - University of Minnesota, New York Knicks
Notable faculty
Larry Barnes, world title challenging boxer and swimming coach at MVHS
Henry Littlefield, historian known for his political interpretation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz