Mounds View High School

Mounds View High School
Location
1900 Lake Valentine Road, Arden Hills, MN 55112 United States
Coordinates	45°03′54″N 93°10′49″W / 45.064862°N 93.180341°W / 45.064862; -93.180341Coordinates: 45°03′54″N 93°10′49″W / 45.064862°N 93.180341°W / 45.064862; -93.180341
Information
Type	Public
School district	Mounds View Public Schools
Principal	Julie Wikelius
Grades	9 to 12
Color(s)	Green and White
Mascot	Mustang
Team name	Mounds View Mustangs
Website	[1]

Mounds View High School is a public high school located in Arden Hills, Minnesota. A part of the Mounds View Public Schools district, the high school is located in a suburban area approximately nine miles north of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul and includes seven cities with 76,193 residents. In the '07-'08 school year the school had a student enrollment of 1,926 students and a senior class of 514 students. The school is predominantly white with 13.5% of students being other races. It includes grade 9-12, and was founded in 1955.^[1] It is one of two high schools that are in the 621 school district (the other being Irondale High School). Most residents of Mounds View, Minnesota actually attend Irondale High School.

Mounds View Basketball

For over fifty years the Mounds View Mustangs have been a pillar of success in Minnesota boys' high school basketball. The Mustangs have made 13 appearances in the state tournament with two state championships and several conference championships. There have only been two coaches in school history, Jim Geske and Ziggy Kauls. At the end of the 2011-2012 season, Ziggy Kauls will be retiring after 45 seasons. In addition, the home floor for the Mounds View Mustangs will be renamed Kauls court. Ziggy Kauls is 3rd all-time in wins for the state of Minnesota. The program has also produced three Mr. Basketball Award winners since its inception in 1975 (Steve Schlotthauer 1986, Nick Horvath 1999, and Travis Busch 2005).

Mounds View Science Olympiad

The Mounds View Science Olympiad team has been one of the most successful teams in Minnesota in the last few years. The team competes with 60 schools across the state in 23 different events (much like an "academic" track meet). It has won 5 of the last 8 state championships, allowing it to compete in the National Science Olympiad tournament, hosted at a different university every year. The highest the team has ranked at nationals has been 15th, which occurred at the 2011 Tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Typically, the team medals (placing top 6) in two to four events. In the 2008 Tournament, Mounds View placed 2nd in Ecology, 6th in Robot Ramble and 6th in Flying Bird. In 2010, however, the team failed to rank in even the top five in the state competition, placing 7th overall. In 2011, the team managed to win the state tournament, setting a new record in Minnesota. At Nationals, Mounds View placed 15th out of 60 teams, the best placing for a Minnesota team in 10 years. The team also placed 1st in Fossils and 6th in Remote Sensing.

Mounds View Math Team

Following a tradition of Mounds View Mustang strength in inter-school competitions, the Mounds View Math Team is also one of the powerhouse teams in Minnesota. Although it competes in several invitational and smaller scale competitions, the team mainly focuses on the two main Minnesota mathematics competitions: the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Math Competition and the Minnesota Math League. Since its beginning as a powerhouse in 1995, Mounds View has accumulated numerous prestigious championships. The biggest target championships of Mounds View (and the majority of top math teams in the state) are the MSHSL regular season championship (the team that has performed the best overall in the season), the MSHSL state tournament championship (the winner of a one-day meet between the top 35 teams of the regular season), and the Minnesota Math League Champions. Mounds View competes in the North Suburban division of the MSHSL, but division champ is more of an expectation than goal, since it has captured the 13 of the last 14 championship titles, only missing it in 1997.

Mounds View's record: 5x MSHSL State Regular Season Champions, 3x MSHSL State Tournament Champions, 13x MSHSL Division Champions, and 10x Minnesota Math League Champions

MSHSL Regular Season 1st place in state: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2006 2nd place in state: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005 MSHSL State Tournament 1st place: 1995, 2000, 2006 3rd place: 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008

MSHSL North Suburban Division Champions: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Minnesota Math League 1st Place State: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 2nd Place State: 1999, 2007, 2008

Mounds View Econ Challenge

The Mounds View Econ Challenge Team has been very strong for the past few years. Coach Martha Rush started entering teams into this competition in 2008 at the regional level. The teams have made it to the state competition each year and have been extremely successful. In 2011, the team made it to the National Economics Competition in New York with competitors Andrew Ovshak, David Petersen, Benjamin Rush, and Conrad Zbikowski. Also in 2011, David Petersen won Minnesota Econ Student of the year.The team placed 2nd in the nation at the National Econ Challenge to Phillips Academy.

St. Thomas Econ Challenge Competition Advanced Level 1st Place: 2011

Regular Level 1st Place: 2011, 2010, 2008 2nd Place: 2009

Minnesota Econ Challenge Competition Advanced Level 1st place: 2011 Regular Level 2nd Place: 2011, 2010

Mounds View Boys Tennis

Mounds View Boys Tennis has had a very strong tradition of winning. Michael Cartwright is in his 20th season as head coach. The Mustangs have earned 3 State Championships including back to back wins in 2004 and 2005. They have made it to the State Tournament in ten consecutive years. The Mustangs are currently playing in the Suburban East Conference and are the only team from any sport in the conference to never have lost a conference match. In the past five years the Mustangs have placed 2nd in state twice, 3rd once, consolation once, and 6th place once. Currently, Wyatt McCoy is the #1 singles player. He won the individual State Championship as an 8th grader and was a runner up in 7th grade and took third in 9th grade. He took 2 years off high school tennis to pursue national and international tournaments. He received a scholarship from Notre Dame, and is now playing for the Mustangs again in his senior year, hoping to re-claim his state champion status for singles, and also gain his first ever team state championship.

Current Captains for the 2011 season: Wyatt McCoy, Casey Anderson, Cole Thayer, Sam Hjelm and Max Schaper

Mounds View Track and Field

With eight Minnesota True Team State Track and Field championships and five Minnesota State High School League state championships, Mounds View Track and Field is the most successful high school track and field program in Minnesota. The program became a powerhouse in the late 1990s under the tutelage of coach Ross Fleming. The program went undefeated in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2007.

The program was created in the spring of 1955, during the school's first year. In 1958, Bob Stewart joined as an assistant. That same year, Stewart founded the school's cross country program and became its first coach. Stewart took over as head coach of the Mustangs in 1963 and maintained that position until 1985, when he stepped aside for Fleming to take the top position. In 22 years, Stewart led the Mustangs to 10 conference championships, six regional championships, eight individual state champions and one relay state championship. Stewart left the program for three years to coach his son at Hamline University before returning to Mounds View as an assistant from 1991 to 2004. Following his retirement, the school named its renovated facilities the Bob Stewart Track.

Numerous Mounds View alums have gone on to Division 1 track and field careers. Among them are: Burt Ewing (1961), Brad Buetow (1968), Bart Buetow (1968), Gordy Weaver (1975), Mark Pietrofesa (1984), Ryan Melena (1999), Trent Riter (2001), Sean Duling (2007), Tommy McNamara (2007), Mike Shelendich (2007), Kevin Bradley (2008), (University of Minnesota), Nate Englin (2004) (University of Missouri), Jeff Taylor (1985) (North Carolina State), and Quinn Evans (2007) (University of Wisconsin).

Current Captains for the 2010-2011 year are: Sean Emberley, Jordan Dornbush, Mitch Krause, David Kahat, and Don Roden

Notable alumni

• Caitlin Lahr: 2007 Yale Book Award
• Dahren Yen: Hottest Asian from Mounds View [2]
• Kevin M. Horton: class of 2005; Actor featured in Treasure Island commercials and to star in American Pie: The Book of Love, 2009.^[2]
• Trent Riter: class of 2001; state champion as a senior and held the state record in the 800-meter run. Ran track and cross country for the Minnesota Gophers and competed in the 800-meter run at the 2004 United States Olympic Trials. Was an All-American in 2004. Qualified for the USA Championships in the 800-meters in 2007.^{[citation needed]}
• Rob McClanahan, class of 1976; won an Olympic gold medal as part of the Miracle on Ice U.S. hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympics. In the final "Gold Medal Game" against Finland, Rob McClanahan scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal. Played 224 games in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers.^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Landsberger, led the Mustangs to the 1972 MN State Basketball Title. He played 7 seasons and 437 games in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Atlanta Hawks. Won two NBA titles with the Lakers in 1980 and 1982.^{[citation needed]}
• Kristen Aldridge: class of 1997; Host of ESPN sports-entertainment series "ESPN Road Trip".
• Quinn Evans: class of 2007; state champion and current state record holder in the 400-meter run (47.18). Currently runs at the University of Wisconsin under coaches Mark Guthrie and Ed Nuttycombe.
• Adam Weber: class of 2006; starting quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.^{[citation needed]}
• Travis Busch class of 2005; current member of the Minnesota Gophers Men's Basketball Team. School's all-time leading scorer. Minnesota's 2005 Mr. Basketball.^{[citation needed]}
• Nick Horvath played basketball at Duke University, including the 2001 National Championship team. Led Mounds View to the 1999 Minnesota AA State Championship and was also named Mr. Basketball.^{[citation needed]}
• Zach Peterson Minor league baseball player for the Kansas City Royals (2007–Present).^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Hamburger: Minor league pitcher for the Texas Rangers. Originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins and traded in August 2008 for relief pitcher Eddie Guardado.^[3]
• Jack Ohman Class of 1978, is a syndicated political and editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian. His cartoons have appeared in many newspapers across the country as well as news magazines like Time and Newsweek.^{[citation needed]}
• Ivan Dudynsky: Class of 1989, was in the 1992 Walt Disney feature length musical "NEWSIES" playing the character 'Dutchy'. Also has choreographed for *N Sync and danced with Michael Jackson. Currently owns his own production company called Live Animals Inc. He has done everything from editing to producing to directing.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ "Mounds View Senior High 2007". Minnesota Department of Education. http://education.state.mn.us/ReportCard/2007/RCF062101064.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-12. 
2. ^ IMDB
3. ^ Twins acquire pitcher Eddie Guardado from Texas

External links

• Mounds View School District (Official Website)
• Mounds View High School Class of 1990