Abilene High School (Texas)

Abilene High School
Abilene High School
	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 6A
Mascot	Eagle
Nickname	Warbirds
Website	Abilene High School

Abilene High School is a public high school located in

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
MLB
player
Harold Stephens, football player
Jim Welch, running back, Southern Methodist University at Dallas, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions
Bernard Kamungo, soccer player

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "ABILENE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Education in Abilene: A Timeline". Abilene Scene. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
^ "2011 Accountability Rating System". Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28.
^ West, Gary (2007-09-12). "West Texas storm: Long before Southlake Carroll, another dynasty blew through the state. Abilene won 49 consecutive games in the 1950s". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
^ UIL Centennial webpage Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lone Star Football Network
^ UIL Centennial Webpage Archived October 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ UIL Centennial Webpage Archived 2015-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ UIL Centennial Webpage Archived June 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Not Guilty" (PDF). cowboysforchrist.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
^ "Thoughts on A.C. Green". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
^ Hofeditz, Jordan. "Three-time World Series champ Lackey's journey comes full circle with call to the Hall". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved 2021-03-29.