Mount Vernon Senior High School

Coordinates: 37°56′15″N 87°53′13″W / 37.937414°N 87.887032°W / 37.937414; -87.887032

Mount Vernon Senior High School
Address
700 Harriet St Mount Vernon, Indiana USA
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1870
Principal	W. Tom Russell
Faculty	75
Number of students	749
Color(s)
Athletics	Big Eight Conference (Indiana)
Mascot	Wildcats
Rival	North Posey High School
Gym Capacity	3,200
Website	Mount Vernon Senior High School

Mount Vernon Senior High School is a public high school in Mount Vernon, Indiana and is part of the M.S.D. of Mount Vernon. The current campus was completed in 1960 and was expanded in the 1980s. It serves high school students from 4 townships (Black, Lynn, Marrs & Point) in the southern half of Posey County.

Athletics

Teams

Mount Vernon's athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and the school's colors are Maroon and Gray. The Wildcats compete in the Big Eight Conference (Indiana) in the following sports: baseball, boys and girls basketball, cross country, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, boys and girls swimming, boys and girls tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

Sports achievements

Basketball Sectional Titles: 1968, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1988

Men's Swimming: 1998 - Finished 3rd in State Finals

Football 1999 Sectional Title

External links

• Indiana Department of Education: School Snapshot
• Metropolitain School District of Mount Vernon
• IHSAA Website

The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) Current Members Castle Evansville Bosse Evansville Central Evansville Harrison Evansville Mater Dei Evansville North Evansville Reitz Evansville Reitz Memorial Former members Bedford (Bedford North Lawrence) Bicknell (North Knox) Bloomington (Bloomington South) Boonville Evansville Rex Mundi Huntingburg (Southridge) Jasper Linton (Linton-Stockton) Mount Vernon New Albany Princeton (Princeton Community) Sullivan Tell City Terre Haute North Terre Haute South Vincennes Lincoln Washington Effected/Created Conferences Big Eight Blue Chip Conference Indiana Hoosier Hills Pocket Tri-River Western Indiana

Indiana's Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) 3A Members Gibson Southern Heritage Hills Pike Central Southridge 2A Members Forest Park North Posey South Spencer Tell City 1A Member Independent in Football Tecumseh Former Members Cannelton (Independent) Mount Vernon (Big Eight) Wood Memorial (Blue Chip / Southwest Seven)