Sheldon High School or SHS is a 9th–12th grade college-preparatory high school located in unincorporated Vineyard, California, a southeast suburb of

Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...

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 Californi ...

Athletics

Teams

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

(men's) *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

(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 exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

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

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

(men's) *

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

(men's and women's) *

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

(women's) *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

(men's and women's) *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

(men's and women's) *

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

(men's and women's) *

Track and Field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

(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 Summ ...

(men's and women's) *

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

(co-ed)

Notable alumni

Klayton Adams Klayton Adams is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the Arizona Cardinals, at the Colorado Buffaloe ...

- football coach *

Dakarai Allen Dakarai Dupree Lorenzo Allen (born February 4, 1995) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the NBA G League Ignite of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs. High school career Al ...

- professional basketball player *

Marcus Bagley Marcus Bagley (born October 23, 2001) is an American basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arizona State Sun Devils. High school career As a ...

- basketball player * Alex Cook - professional American football player * David Garibaldi - performance painter and artist *

Jolene Henderson Jolene Nicole Henderson (born November 14, 1991) is an American, former collegiate All-American, professional All-Star, right-handed hitting softball pitcher and first baseman who is currently a softball assistant coach. Originally from Elk Gro ...

- professional softball pitcher * Darin Johnson - professional basketball player *

Taron Johnson Taron Johnson (born July 27, 1996) is an American professional football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Weber State Wildcats and was selected by the Bills in the 4th ro ...

- professional football player * Chris Kelly - screenwriter and director * Austin Madison - animator and artist *

Matt Manning Matthew George Manning (born January 28, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Tigers selected him in the first round of the 2016 MLB draft and he made his MLB debut in 2021 ...

- baseball pitcher *

Victoria Monét Victoria Monét McCants (born May 1, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. First gaining recognition for her songwriting work, Monét pursued a recording career with the release of a series of extended plays (EPs); her fifth, ''Jaguar'' (2020) ...

- singer and songwriter *

DeMarcus Nelson DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (born November 2, 1985) is an American 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 career Nelson ...

- 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 Tyree in the film ''Straight Outta Compton'' (2015), Ronnie DeVoe in BET's miniseries '' The New Edition Story'' (2017), and David in t ...

- professional actor * Trent Redden - basketball executive

References

External links

School website
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