Sheldon High School or SHS is a 9th–12th grade college-preparatory high school located in unincorporated

Vineyard, California Vineyard is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,836 at the 2010 census, up from 10, ...

, a southeast suburb of

Sacramento ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento ...

that is also north of Elk Grove. The school was established in 1997 as part of the

Elk Grove Unified School District The Elk Grove Unified School District is a school district in southern Sacramento County, California, United States. The Elk Grove Unified School District is the fifth largest school district in California and the largest in northern California. ...

Athletics

Teams

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

(men's) *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

(men's and women's) *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

(women's) * Cross Country (men's and women's) * Football (men's) *

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

(men's and women's) *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

(women's) * Soccer (men's and women's) *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

(men's and women's) *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

(men's and women's) *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

(men's and women's) *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

(men's and women's) *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

(co-ed)

Notable alumni

* Dakarai Allen - professional basketball player * David Garibaldi - performance painter and artist * Jolene Henderson - professional softball pitcher *

Darin Johnson Darin Eugene Johnson (born January 21, 1995) is an American basketball player who last played for the Maree Basketball Club, a professional basketball team in Ireland. High school and college career Johnson played at Franklin High School in E ...

- professional basketball player * Taron Johnson - professional football player * Chris Kelly - screenwriter and director *

Austin Madison Austin Madison (born 1984) is an American animator, artist, story artist, and voice actor who works at Pixar Animation Studios. Early life After graduating from Sheldon High School in 2002, he attended the character animation program at the ...

- animator and artist * Matt Manning - baseball pitcher *

Victoria Monét Victoria Monét McCants (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. She became involved in performing arts at a young age, singing in the youth choir at her church, and performing in a city dance team. She soon took ...

- singer and songwriter *

DeMarcus Nelson DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (; born November 2, 1985) is an American-Serbian former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the point guard position. He also holds Serbian citizenship as of 2014. College care ...

- professional basketball player *

Keith Powers Keith Tyree Powers (born August 22, 1992) is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Ronnie DeVoe in BET's miniseries ''The New Edition Story'' and Tyree in the film '' Straight Outta Compton''. Career After graduating ...

- professional actor

References

External links

School website
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