Grundy High School | |
Streetaddress: | 1300 Goldenwave Dr. |
Zipcode: | 24614 |
Url: | Official Site |
Superintendent: | Melanie Hibbitts |
Principal: | Karen Brown |
Faculty: | See Here |
Type: | Public |
Grades: | 9 - 12 |
Mascot: | Wave Man |
Colors: | Navy & Gold |
Founded: | 1963 |
Enrollment: | 362 (2020-21)[1] |
Free Label 1: | Rival Schools |
Grundy High School is a public high school located east of Grundy, Virginia on Slate Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia. It is part of the Buchanan County Public Schools system. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's Black Diamond District in the Region D Conference. Grundy is a National Blue Ribbon School.
Following the closing of Grundy Junior High at the end of the 1994-1995 school year, the High School's name was changed from Grundy Senior High School to Grundy High School. [2]
The school is renowned for its wrestling program, which has won 27 state championships,[3] the most of any high school in Virginia, and has been ranked nationally. Grundy has produced more than 80 individual state champions.[3]
Class | Finish | Year(s) | |
---|---|---|---|
AA | First | 1978, 1987-1998, 2000, 2001 | |
AA | Second | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011 | |
A | First | 2012, 2013 | |
2A | First | 2014, 2016, 2017 | |
2A | Second | 2015 | |
1 | First | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Current Iowa State University wrestling coach Kevin Dresser was the head coach 1989-1996.Travis Fiser has been the head coach since 1997.[4]