Kimberly High School (Wisconsin)


The Kimberly High School in Kimberly, Wisconsin is a public high school that enrolls around 1,600 students. It is the only high school in the Kimberly Area School District. The school has 102 certified teaching staff and four guidance counselors.

Academics

AP Courses

Kimberly High School offers 20 Advanced Placement courses.

Athletics

The Papermakers are a Division 1 school competing in the Fox Valley Association with other Fox Valley schools, as well as schools from the Wausau area. A historic rivalry exists between the Papermakers and the neighboring Kaukauna Ghosts.

State championships

SportDivision w/ State Championship YearTotal
BaseballB-1989, D1-2007, D1-20173
Basketball D2-1994, D2-19952
Basketball A-1987, B-1989, D2-1996, D2-19984
Cross Country D1-20151
FootballD2-2007, D2-2008, D2-2013, D1-2014, D1-2015,
D1-2016, D1-2017		7
*Hockey 2019, 20202
SoftballA-1980, A-1981, B-1988, B-1989, D2-1993, D1-2007, D1-20147
Track & Field B-1960, D1-2014, D1-2017, D1-2018, D1-20195
*Volleyball 20191
Volleyball D2-19901

Kimberly High School has earned 33 total Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championship titles, the 13th most in the state.
*Hockey and Boys Volleyball only have one 'division.'

Football

Kimberly High School's football team has back-to-back WIAA Division 2 state titles, another WIAA Division 2 state title in 2013, and back-to-back-to-back-to-back WIAA Division 1 state titles. On November 16, 2018, Kimberly High School competed in the WIAA division 1 state football tournament and lost 21-24 against Muskego High School ending their 5-year streak winning the state title. With 5 consecutive state titles and a 70-game winning streak, Kimberly held the longest active streak in high school football nationally until August 17, 2018 when the streak was snapped in a 31-28 home loss to the Fond du Lac Cardinals. In 2017, Camp Randall started a "Camp Randall 100" campaign, celebrating 100 years of the stadium. They selected 100 influential people in the stadium's history. Blair Mulholland, Kimberly running back, was named to the list, for his 464 yard, 4 touchdown game in the 2015 Wisconsin State Division 1 Football Championship.
The school's mascot is the paper wasp. The "Papermaker" wasp logo was created by Jim Nirschl, a longtime Kimberly High School art teacher, coach, and athletic director.

Boys Track and Field

Kimberly High School's Boys Track and Field team has back-to-back-to-back WIAA Division 1 state titles.

Girls Hockey

Kimberly High School doesn't have a girls hockey team, but instead teams up with 15 other schools to form one girl's team, "Xavier Co-op".
At the 2019 WIAA state championship at the Alliant Energy Center, #1 Xavier Co-op played #4 Sun Prairie Co-op in the semifinals, with Xavier winning 3-1. In the championship game, Xavier Co-op played #3 Hudson High School. The game went into double OT, with Xavier Co-op winning 6-5.

Softball

At the 2014 WIAA state championship held at the Goodman Softball Complex, Kimberly Softball defeated Westosha Central 6-5. Left fielder Carleigh Johnson hit a homerun to left center, giving Kimberly the win. A notable game as it went to 15 innings, with games only going to 7. Kimberly had 27 wins and only 3 losses that season.
Following the 2014 state championship win, the Kimberly softball team had won their way to the state tournament again. However, losing in the quarterfinals, 16-2, against Watertown High School.

Notable alumni

Local#1 of 30 best public high school in the Appleton area & Outagamie County
#1 of 30 best public high school teachers in Appleton area & Outagamie County
State#2 of 598 best high school for athletes in Wisconsin
National#21 of 25,705 best high school for athletes in the United States