Mountain Ridge High School is a

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Glendale, Arizona Glendale () is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Located about nine miles northwest of the state capital Phoenix, Glendale is known for State Farm Stadium, which is the home of the Arizona Cardinals football team. The city al ...

, United States, a suburb of Phoenix. The school opened in fall 1995. The school had a 95% graduation rate in 2015. Mountain Ridge is part of the Deer Valley Unified School District.

Athletics

Athletic Motto- “The Ridge Way” Fall Sports * Badminton * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Girls Volleyball * Swim & Dive * Girls Flag Football Winter Sports * Basketball * Soccer * Wrestling Spring Sports * Baseball * Beach Volleyball * Boys Volleyball * Softball * Tennis * Track & Field * E-Sports Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Class Connie Harris, Ed.D Don Tate Kevin Schmitt Jeff Locke Reese Byerrum Kari Evans Bryan Rossi Margie Giordano Michael Suwyn Allysa Seely Mike Ulrich Jon Devenney Jon Weeks Justin Langdon 2004 Girls Volleyball Team 2023 Induction Class Nate Adams Eddie Bonine Roger Cahill Chris Duffy Jose Virgil 2024 Induction Class Jade Carey Matthew Liberatore Ellie McCleave Jason Perkins Mackenzie Whitten Jeremy Rasmussen Scott Pestka 2025 Induction Class Kim Rodgers Kelly Saufley Turner Bernard Travis Peterson Alyssa DiCarlo * NFHS Level 1, 2, & 3 Coaching Distinction 2023 & 2024 as a school. First school in Arizona to earn this hono

* NIAAA Quality Program Award 202

* AIA Directors Cup 2022 for outstanding overall Athletic Department

* The Pride of the West marching band won the 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association (ABODA) State Marching Band Championships. * The Pride of the West won the 2019 and 2022 Arizona Marching Band Association (AzMBA) Class 4A State Championships, and won the Class 5A State Championships in 2023 and 2024. * Lacrosse won the 2017 Division II Boys State Title. * Mock Trial won the 2001 Arizona State Championship (National 4th place) * Mock Trial won the 2013 Arizona State Championship

Enrollment

In the 2014–15 school year, Mountain Ridge High School had an enrollment of 2,206 students. The student population was 75% White Americans, White, with 12%

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Notable alumni

* Eric Bennett (1991), (former teacher),

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and five-time

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* Chris Duffy (1998),

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player *

Eddie Bonine Eddie Keith Bonine (born June 6, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers from 2008 to 2010. College career Bonine was born in Columbus, Georgia, but moved to Gle ...

(1999),

player * Richie Incognito (2001),

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Nate Adams Nathaniel Adams (born March 29, 1984) is an American professional freestyle motocross rider and extreme sports athlete. A resident of Temecula, California, he attained national fame when he won the Freestyle Motocross World Championship in 2 ...

(2002),

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rider and

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athlete *

Travis Peterson Travis James Peterson (born May 18, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Lietuvos rytas of the Lithuanian League. The 6 foot 10 inch tall center/power forward is a former NCAA Division 1 collegiate ...

(2004), basketball player * Jon Weeks (2004),

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Cory Burns Cory Wade Burns (born October 9, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, and Texas Rangers and Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic Le ...

(2005),

player *

Brady Ellison Brady Ellison (born October 27, 1988) is an American archer who competes in recurve archery. He holds the record for the longest continuous period as the world number-one-ranked men's recurve archer, from August 2011 to April 2013. He earned ...

(2006),

, Olympic medalist *

Allysa Seely Allysa Seely (born January 4, 1989) is an American paratriathlete and gold medalist at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. Background Seely was born on January 4, 1989. She grew up in Glendale, Arizona and graduated from Mountain Ridge High ...

(2007), paratriathlete, gold medalist at the

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

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Crissa Jackson Crissa Jackson (born October 26, 1989) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for Savannah State University from 2008 to 2010 where she was named honorable mention on the 2008-09 NCAA Division I All-Independent Team as a f ...

(2008), basketball player * Jeff Locke (2008),

player * Parker Markel (2009),

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Turner Bernard Turner Bernard (born August 14, 1998) is an American football long snapper for the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at San Diego State. High school Bernard was a three-year starter at Mountain ...

(2016), professional football player * Giselle Juarez (2016),

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Jade Carey Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women's team, nicknamed the "Golden Girl ...

(2018), gymnast, Olympic medalist *

Matthew Liberatore Matthew Joseph Liberatore (; born November 6, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Born and raised in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, Liberatore was selected by the Tampa ...

(2018),

player * Josh Green (2019 - transferred),

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player

References

External links

Mountain Ridge High School

Mountain Ridge Athletics

Mountain Ridge Lacrosse

The Ridge Review
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