Athens High School (Texas)

Fine Arts

• Band
• *The Athens High School Band competes in conference 4A. The band specializes in military style marching which is based on tradition with dignity and pride. The band marches at all Athens High School football games, UIL Marching contest and at local parades. During the spring semester, they perform several concerts and participate in UIL Concert and Sightreading contest
• *The band has been awarded the UIL "Sweepstakes" award for earning 1st division ratings in marching, concert and in sightreading competitions for the past 11 consecutive years
• *The band most recently performed in Washington D.C. and has also performed at Universal Studios, Walt Disney World and in Chicago at the Field Museum.
• *Through 2017, the band under the direction of Rusty Lay has earned Sweepstakes awards for 12 consecutive years.

  Athletics

State titles

• Boys Basketball -
• *1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934
• *1929, 1930
• Boys Golf -
• *1956, 1974
• Prose Interpretation
• *Dylan Godwin 2002
• *Adam Gibbs 2004
• One Act Play
• *2009
• Policy Debate -
• *2014 - Meridith Mcdonald and Madalyn Mikkelsen
• *2015, 2016, 2017 - Matthew Hernandez and True Head
• Congressional Debate
• *2017 - Matthew Hernandez
• Persuasive Speaking
• *2017 - Michael Pulver

  Notable alumni

• Stuart Spitzer, surgeon and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Duke Carlisle, former college football player at the University of Texas
• Terrence McGee, former NFL player
• Barron Tanner, former NFL player
• Adam Gibbs, actor
• J. Quinton Johnson, actor

  Internet

• Athens High School has a Dedicated line network connection from Suddenlink Communications. This allows sharing of information and computer network resource between campuses with Active Directory.