Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) is a high school located in the town of Hinesburg, Vermont, United States. The school serves the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, and Williston, additionally taking school choice students from across the region. The enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year was 1,251 students with 103 faculty.CVU regularly ranks top 3 in the state of Vermont, across academics, extracurriculars, student diversity and sports.
CVU was established in 1964 to serve the Chittenden County towns outside of Burlington. It is currently the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Vermont.
Infrastructure The CVU property contains a baseball field, a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, a track, and three soccer fields. During the spring, the field hockey and soccer fields are used for lacrosse. CVU added a goat farm onto its campus in the spring of 2017.
Athletics
The school mascot is the Redhawk, having changed its name from Crusaders in 2006 because many had found the former name to be offensive. The school's athletic colors are red and white.
CVU competes in Division 1 brackets for all sports. Its chief athletic rivals are nearby South Burlington High School, Essex High School, and Mount Mansfield Union High School.
The CVU Redhawks have met the Rice Memorial Green Knights in the boys basketball state semi-finals for two consecutive years.
In 2022, CVU finished as the second seeded team in the Vermont division 1 boys basketball season, and had two players be named to the Free Press metro division first and second team.
The school competes in the following sports:
Fall sports Men's cross country - won state championships in 1984, 1985, 1999, 2015, 2016, and 2019 Women's cross country - won state championships in 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Won New England Championships in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018 and 2019. Field hockey - won state championship in 2022 Football - won state championship in 2022, and 2024 Men's soccer - won state championship in 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024School archives Women's soccer - won state championship in 1981, 1984, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2022, 2024, and 2025 Co-ed sailing (club) Co-ed rowing (club) Golf
Winter sports Alpine skiing Men's basketball - won state championship in 2022-2023 Women's basketball - won state championship in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015, 2015–16, 2016-2017 Gymnastics - won state championship in 2018, ending Essex's 12 year run, and in 2020 Men's ice hockey - won state championship in 2009, 2011, and 2014 Women's ice hockey Men's Nordic skiing - won state championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017 Women's Nordic skiing - won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2014 Wrestling Snowboard Club (new as of 2007) Indoor track Club
Spring sports Baseball - 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2023 Men's lacrosse - won state championship in 2013-2022 Women's lacrosse Softball Men's tennis Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009 Track and field (men and women) - men's team won the 2016 Division 1 State Championship, their first state championship Rugby (club) Co-ed sailing (club) Ultimate (men and women) Co-ed rowing (club)
Notable alumni Tom Atwood, photographer Ashley Bartley, Vermont state legislator Elliot Eastman, YouTuber Bradley J. LaRose, US Marshal for Vermont Curtis T. McMullen, Fields Medalist and Cabot Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University Megan Nick, freestyle skier and 2022 Winter Olympic bronze medalist Morgan Page, Grammy-nominated DJ and music producer Michael Dante DiMartino, animator and co-creator of Avatar the Last Airbender
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