Madison West High School
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Madison West High School is a comprehensive four-year high school in
Madison West serves students from three municipalities:
Academics
Madison West's
Extracurricular activities
Rocket club
Madison West Rocket Club was started in 2003. In 2009, 2012, and 2019 it placed first in the
Science Olympiad
The Madison West Science Olympiad team began in 1985. The West team placed in the top 10 in the national tournament in three consecutive years from 1989 to 1991, placing 2nd in 1989.[11] The team also finished first in the state tournament in 2012 and 2013.[12] From 1989 to 2019 the Madison West team won state 19 times, placed second 15 times, and were invited to the national tournament 24 times.
Math team
The Madison West Math Team took first place in the 2015 state math meet.[13] In 2016, they took first in the state math meet,[14] the Wisconsin Math League,[15] and the International Online "Purple Comet! Math Meet" for Wisconsin (20th in the U.S.).[16]
Athletics
Madison West's athletic teams are known as the Regents, and compete in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference. The Regents have won a WIAA-record 92 state championships.[17]
Sport | Year(s) |
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Baseball | 1952 |
Basketball (boys) | 1945, 1992 |
Basketball (girls) | 1976, 1982 |
Cross country (boys) | 1947, 1951, 1955, 1963, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
Football | 1977 |
Golf (boys) | 1934–1936, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1960–1962, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1987, 1988, 1995 |
Golf (girls) | 1972–1976 |
Gymnastics (girls) | 1987 |
Hockey (boys) | 1983 |
Rugby (boys; Division 3) | 2018 |
Soccer (boys) | 1984, 1987, 1988 |
Soccer (girls) | 1988, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2012 |
Softball | 1976 |
Swimming and Diving (boys) | 1977–1979, 1982–1985, 1987–1991, 1993, 2018, 2019 |
Swimming and Diving (girls) | 1973, 1977, 1980–1983, 1986, 1989, 1990–1992, 1999 |
Track and field (boys) | 1942, 1944, 1948, 1951–1953, 1956, 1964 |
Track and field (girls) | 1974, 1975, 1980–1982, 1985 |
Volleyball (boys) | 1947 |
Wrestling | 1965 |
Notable alumni
- place kicker, St. Louis Cardinals
- Tammy Baldwin – U.S. representative and U.S. senator[18]
- Carol A. Buettner– Wisconsin state senator
- Alex Compton – former Philippine Basketball Association player and head coach
- Jeff Conrad – drummer for the band Phantom Planet
- Jim Doyle, class of 1963 – 44th Governor of Wisconsin[19]
- Alexander Gee Jr, founder of Nehemiah Ministries, Justified Anger, and The Center for Black Excellence and Culture [21]
- Alexander R. Grant – Wisconsin state representative
- 1980 Winter Olympic Games; professional cyclist
- 1980 Winter Olympic Games; professional cyclist
- Phil Hellmuth – professional poker player[22]
- 1980 Winter Olympic Games
- Daniel Kane – Mathematician Morgan Prize (2007), Putnam Fellow (2003–2006)
- Peter Koechley – co-founder of Upworthy[23]
- Awonder Liang – Chess player, third youngest American to qualify for the title of Grandmaster[24]
- Fred Lerdahl, composer and music theorist
- Barbara Lorman – Wisconsin state senator
- Denny Love – actor[25]
- David Maraniss – journalist and author
- K. T. McFarland – Deputy national security advisor
- Dalia Mogahed – Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding
- Ward Moorehouse – anti-corporate activist, publisher
- 1988 Summer Olympic Games
- Cyrus Nowrasteh – filmmaker
- Sarayu Rao – actress
- John Reynolds – actor and writer[26]
- Sarah T. Roberts – researcher
- David L. Rose – U.S. business executive
- Leo Sidran – musician
- Charles P. Smith – Wisconsin state treasurer
- John Stamstad – bike racer and trail runner, member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
- The Chicago Tribune and creator of the comic strips The Buckets and Prickly City
- NFL tight end, Cleveland Browns
- Mike Sui – actor
- Chris Tallman – actor
- Stu Voigt – former NFL tight end, Minnesota Vikings
- J.D. Walsh – actor[27]
- Marc Webb – film director
- NFL
- Ben Wikler – chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
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- ^ "2009 Contest Final Results". Team America Rocketry Challenge. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "2012 Contest Final Results". Team America Rocketry Challenge. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ DeFour, Matthew (July 12, 2012). "Madison West team will represent US in international rocket competition". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- ^ "Going to Space". MadWest Rocketry Club. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Project Ariadne: The Effects of Microgravity on the Periodicity of Cytoplasmic Streaming in the Acellular Slime Mold 'Physarum polycephalum'" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "Past Tournament Results". Science Olympiad. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "Madison West High School". Science Olympiad. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "2015 State High School Math Contest Results" (PDF). Wisconsin Mathematics Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "2016 State High School Math Contest Results" (PDF). Wisconsin Mathematics Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "April 2016 High School Score Report Summary" (PDF). Wisconsin Mathematics League. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "2016 Results". Purple Comet! Math Meet. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ "State Championships by School". WIAA. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "About Tammy". Tammy Baldwin.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ^ Borowski, Greg (October 8, 2006). "Doyle Profile, Part 1: Seeds for race planted early" (ASPX). Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
- ^ "Reece Gaines". Basketball Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
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- ^ Moe, Doug (July 22, 2006). "A Poker Story, A Madison Story". The Capital Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved December 7, 2006.
- ^ "Alumni in the News". Columbia College Today. Spring 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ Stofflet, John (March 14, 2019). "Madison teen will be youngest competitor at U.S. Chess Championship". NBC 15. Archived from the original on August 21, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
- ^ "Madison South Sider Lands Role in Major Hulu Series". madison365.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "Search Party's John Reynolds wishes he'd studied piano instead of watching Whose Line is It Anyway?". The A.V. Club. November 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
- ^ Thomas, Rob (February 9, 2012). "Madison West grad J.D. Walsh brings his politically charged series, 'Battleground', home". Madison.com. Archived from the original on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.