WHHS Sports
Tom Donnelly, Athletic Director
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More Info
- Walnut Athletes: Home of Excellence Video
- Walnut Alum Mary Wineberg wins a Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics, Audio
Years in Review
2008-09: A Year in Review. Click here.
2009-10: A Year in Review. Click here.
2010-11: A Year in Review. Click here.
• 80 teams (+3 from last year) with 100 coaches in 22 sports (+1 from last year) serving 1,078 student-athletes (+126 from last year). Added JH & HS wrestling.
• Third year of new administration in the Athletic Department.
• 2 State Champion Teams – Girls’ JH Cross Country & Girls’ 7th Grade JH track.
• 4 State Champions, Girls’ JH Track & Field: 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 3200 Open.
• 1 State Runner of the Year, Girls’ 7th Grade.
• 1 City Champion – Girls’ 8th Grade Cross Country.
• 8 League Champions - JV Football (7-2), 9th Grade Football (8-2), 7th Grade Football (7-1), Girls’ JH Cross Country, Academic Team (16-0) (6th consecutive year), 9th Grade Boys’ Basketball (17-3, 15-1), Women’s Track & Field (2nd consecutive year), Men’s Track and Field (2nd in last 3 years). 25 League Championships over the last three years.
• Men’s Track & Field League Athlete of the Year, a Freshman.
• 19 Tournament Champions - Women’s Varsity Tennis: GCTCA Coaches Classic; Women’s Varsity Cross. Country: Milford CC Invitational (2nd consecutive year); Girls’ JH Cross Country: Milford CC Invitational, Princeton CC Invitational & Sacred Heart CC Invitational; Boys’ JH Cross Country: Princeton CC Invitational; Girls’ 8th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational & Lakota Junior Classic CC Invitational; Girls’ 7th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational; Boy’s 7th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational; Girls’ Varsity Swimming: Madeira Invitational; Fencing/Saber Team: Salle Du Lion Team Tournament; Girls’ 8th Grade Basketball: FAVC East Division League Tournament (won League Championship & Tournament as 7th Graders); Women’s Varsity Track & Field: DeHart Hubbard T & F Invitational; Men’s Varsity Track & Field: DeHart Hubbard T & F Invitational & Withrow Tiger Night Relays; Girls’ JH Track & Field: CCD Invitational, Harrison JH Invitational (3rd consecutive year), Sacred Heart T & F Invitational.
• 4 teams ranked in the City’s Top 10 in Division I: Women’s Cross Country (7th), Men’s Soccer (9th), Men’s Track & Field (9th), Women’s Track & Field (5th).
• 3 League Coaches of the Year: Academic Team, Men’s Track & Field, Women’s Track & Field.
• Team Academic All-State, Men’s Soccer.
• 208 All-Conference Academic Award Winners.
• 32 Senior Academic Award Winners: Seniors earning a varsity letter w a 7-semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• 3 Academic All-State: Men’s Soccer.
• 16 Academic All-Southwest or Silver Certificate Scholarship Award Winners: Women’s Soccer, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball.
• 3rd in Men’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 200 Dash.
• 3rd in Women’s In-Door State Championships, 800 Open.
• 5th in Men’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 4x200 Relays.
• 7th in Women’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 4x200 Relays.
• 12th in Women’s Division I State Swimming Championships, 200 Free.
• 12th in Women’s In-Door State Championships, 3200 Open.
• 1 Champion, JH City Championships: Boys 100 Butterfly.
• 39 Regional Qualifiers, State Tournament: Women’s Cross Country, 5 (2nd consecutive year); Women’s Track & Field, 23; Men’s Track & Field, 11.
• 3 District Champions, State Tournament: Women’s Track & Field, 1, 800 Open; Men’s Track & Field, 2, 100 & 200 Dash.
• 24 District Qualifiers, State Tournament: Women’s Swimming, 10; Men’s Swimming, 13; Women’s Bowling, 1.
• 43 First Team All-League Performers.
• 42 Second Team All-League Performers.
• 20 Honorable Mention All-League Performers.
• All-City: Men’s Track & Field, 200 Dash.
• 16 Enquirer Honorable Mention All-City: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Swimming, Men’s Track & Field, Women’s Track & Field.
• 3 Senior All-Stars: Football, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Soccer.
• Hall of Fame Inductee, Hamilton County Sports Hall of Fame, Alumni Mary Danner Wineberg, Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008, 4x400.
• Fox Sports Ohio Student Athlete Citizen Award Winner, Women’s Cross Country/ Track & Field.
• 12 Seniors Sign to Play Sports in College: Football, 4; Women’s Soccer, 2; Volleyball, 1; Women’s Basketball, 3; Men’s Basketball, 1; Track & Field, 1.
• Walnut Hills’ new arena, 6 lane competition natatorium, and locker room complex adjacent to stadium, tennis courts and Fitness Center are breaking ground and the existing gym, locker rooms, and coaching complex are being thoroughly renovated.
• Baseball Stadium: This spring the Cincinnati Red’s announced that they will build their Baseball Academy at our Roselawn Baseball Complex, investing $3-4 million dollars in renovation and new construction, including an all-weather, in-door training facility.
• Football: In 3 years from 0-36 to 3 of our 5 teams winning the league this year, resulting in an invitation to play in the prestigious 2011 Skyline Showdown.
• The Athletic Director received the following email after the varsity football team defeated West Carrollton HS: “Just wanted to drop you a quick note. My son is a West Carrollton football player, your opponent last Friday night. When talking to him about the game, I asked him how the kids on the Walnut Hills team were acting. He made the statement something to the affect (sic) “that members of your team were polite and courteous.” What makes this out of the norm, is that he never said anything like this about any team or its members. While this is not a significant world event, it does say something about your coaches, their kids and what is being taught at your school. Please pass to your coaches and staff that what they are teaching your young men on this team seems to be a positive thing. Best wishes for the remainder of the season. Sincerely, Jeffrey B.”
• Men’s Soccer: 2nd consecutive 10 win season; had the leading scorer in the City.
• Women’s Soccer: Last 9 games, 6-2-1, outscoring opponents 33-8.
• Academic Team: Undefeated in league, 3rd consecutive year.
• Varsity Swimming: Women 8-1 and men 5-2 in dual meets.
• JH Swimming: 5-1.
• In-Door Track & Field: Set 2 school records, 800 and 3200.
• Men’s HS Basketball: 2-1 in the GCL, defeating St. Xavier and Purcell.
• HS Wrestling: Freshman, Champion, 171 pound weight class, Deer Park Tournament, and 15-2 record.
• Boys’ and Girls’ JH Track & Field, 8th Grade Teams, 5th place, State Tournament.
• Women’s Softball: Doubled the number of league victories from a year ago.
• Men’s tennis: 5-2 in league, 7-4 overall in match play, including 2 victories over Moeller.
• Boy’s JH tennis: 7-1.
• HS & JH Lacrosse Program: In second year has grown from 2 to 5 teams; Women’s HS team recorded school’s first state tournament victory; Girls’ JH teams were 23-5.
• Walnut Hills First Ever Coaches’ Baby Shower: 6 girls, 2 boys, 3 preemies, 1 noisy affair.
• More Summer Youth Camps Added: The summer program added an all-sport speed camp, a track & field and cross country camp, girls HS and grades 1-8 basketball camps, a wrestling camp, and a boys lacrosse camp to last year’s camps for girls soccer, boys soccer, beginner and intermediate tennis, football, boys basketball, and girls’ volleyball, which introduces students to Walnut Hill HS, it’s facilities and coaching staffs, enhances student skills and abilities, and provides financial support to these programs.
• This year’s league performances and awards are even more impressive as this was the year when 4 more schools were added to our division, Anderson, Milford, Loveland, and Glen Este – all Division I schools - so the competition was greater and All-League voting involved 9 schools, not 5 as in previous years.
• Third year of new administration in the Athletic Department.
• 2 State Champion Teams – Girls’ JH Cross Country & Girls’ 7th Grade JH track.
• 4 State Champions, Girls’ JH Track & Field: 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 3200 Open.
• 1 State Runner of the Year, Girls’ 7th Grade.
• 1 City Champion – Girls’ 8th Grade Cross Country.
• 8 League Champions - JV Football (7-2), 9th Grade Football (8-2), 7th Grade Football (7-1), Girls’ JH Cross Country, Academic Team (16-0) (6th consecutive year), 9th Grade Boys’ Basketball (17-3, 15-1), Women’s Track & Field (2nd consecutive year), Men’s Track and Field (2nd in last 3 years). 25 League Championships over the last three years.
• Men’s Track & Field League Athlete of the Year, a Freshman.
• 19 Tournament Champions - Women’s Varsity Tennis: GCTCA Coaches Classic; Women’s Varsity Cross. Country: Milford CC Invitational (2nd consecutive year); Girls’ JH Cross Country: Milford CC Invitational, Princeton CC Invitational & Sacred Heart CC Invitational; Boys’ JH Cross Country: Princeton CC Invitational; Girls’ 8th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational & Lakota Junior Classic CC Invitational; Girls’ 7th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational; Boy’s 7th Grade Cross Country: Yellowjacket Invitational; Girls’ Varsity Swimming: Madeira Invitational; Fencing/Saber Team: Salle Du Lion Team Tournament; Girls’ 8th Grade Basketball: FAVC East Division League Tournament (won League Championship & Tournament as 7th Graders); Women’s Varsity Track & Field: DeHart Hubbard T & F Invitational; Men’s Varsity Track & Field: DeHart Hubbard T & F Invitational & Withrow Tiger Night Relays; Girls’ JH Track & Field: CCD Invitational, Harrison JH Invitational (3rd consecutive year), Sacred Heart T & F Invitational.
• 4 teams ranked in the City’s Top 10 in Division I: Women’s Cross Country (7th), Men’s Soccer (9th), Men’s Track & Field (9th), Women’s Track & Field (5th).
• 3 League Coaches of the Year: Academic Team, Men’s Track & Field, Women’s Track & Field.
• Team Academic All-State, Men’s Soccer.
• 208 All-Conference Academic Award Winners.
• 32 Senior Academic Award Winners: Seniors earning a varsity letter w a 7-semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• 3 Academic All-State: Men’s Soccer.
• 16 Academic All-Southwest or Silver Certificate Scholarship Award Winners: Women’s Soccer, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball.
• 3rd in Men’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 200 Dash.
• 3rd in Women’s In-Door State Championships, 800 Open.
• 5th in Men’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 4x200 Relays.
• 7th in Women’s Division I State Track & Field Championships, 4x200 Relays.
• 12th in Women’s Division I State Swimming Championships, 200 Free.
• 12th in Women’s In-Door State Championships, 3200 Open.
• 1 Champion, JH City Championships: Boys 100 Butterfly.
• 39 Regional Qualifiers, State Tournament: Women’s Cross Country, 5 (2nd consecutive year); Women’s Track & Field, 23; Men’s Track & Field, 11.
• 3 District Champions, State Tournament: Women’s Track & Field, 1, 800 Open; Men’s Track & Field, 2, 100 & 200 Dash.
• 24 District Qualifiers, State Tournament: Women’s Swimming, 10; Men’s Swimming, 13; Women’s Bowling, 1.
• 43 First Team All-League Performers.
• 42 Second Team All-League Performers.
• 20 Honorable Mention All-League Performers.
• All-City: Men’s Track & Field, 200 Dash.
• 16 Enquirer Honorable Mention All-City: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Swimming, Men’s Track & Field, Women’s Track & Field.
• 3 Senior All-Stars: Football, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Soccer.
• Hall of Fame Inductee, Hamilton County Sports Hall of Fame, Alumni Mary Danner Wineberg, Olympic Gold Medalist, 2008, 4x400.
• Fox Sports Ohio Student Athlete Citizen Award Winner, Women’s Cross Country/ Track & Field.
• 12 Seniors Sign to Play Sports in College: Football, 4; Women’s Soccer, 2; Volleyball, 1; Women’s Basketball, 3; Men’s Basketball, 1; Track & Field, 1.
• Walnut Hills’ new arena, 6 lane competition natatorium, and locker room complex adjacent to stadium, tennis courts and Fitness Center are breaking ground and the existing gym, locker rooms, and coaching complex are being thoroughly renovated.
• Baseball Stadium: This spring the Cincinnati Red’s announced that they will build their Baseball Academy at our Roselawn Baseball Complex, investing $3-4 million dollars in renovation and new construction, including an all-weather, in-door training facility.
• Football: In 3 years from 0-36 to 3 of our 5 teams winning the league this year, resulting in an invitation to play in the prestigious 2011 Skyline Showdown.
• The Athletic Director received the following email after the varsity football team defeated West Carrollton HS: “Just wanted to drop you a quick note. My son is a West Carrollton football player, your opponent last Friday night. When talking to him about the game, I asked him how the kids on the Walnut Hills team were acting. He made the statement something to the affect (sic) “that members of your team were polite and courteous.” What makes this out of the norm, is that he never said anything like this about any team or its members. While this is not a significant world event, it does say something about your coaches, their kids and what is being taught at your school. Please pass to your coaches and staff that what they are teaching your young men on this team seems to be a positive thing. Best wishes for the remainder of the season. Sincerely, Jeffrey B.”
• Men’s Soccer: 2nd consecutive 10 win season; had the leading scorer in the City.
• Women’s Soccer: Last 9 games, 6-2-1, outscoring opponents 33-8.
• Academic Team: Undefeated in league, 3rd consecutive year.
• Varsity Swimming: Women 8-1 and men 5-2 in dual meets.
• JH Swimming: 5-1.
• In-Door Track & Field: Set 2 school records, 800 and 3200.
• Men’s HS Basketball: 2-1 in the GCL, defeating St. Xavier and Purcell.
• HS Wrestling: Freshman, Champion, 171 pound weight class, Deer Park Tournament, and 15-2 record.
• Boys’ and Girls’ JH Track & Field, 8th Grade Teams, 5th place, State Tournament.
• Women’s Softball: Doubled the number of league victories from a year ago.
• Men’s tennis: 5-2 in league, 7-4 overall in match play, including 2 victories over Moeller.
• Boy’s JH tennis: 7-1.
• HS & JH Lacrosse Program: In second year has grown from 2 to 5 teams; Women’s HS team recorded school’s first state tournament victory; Girls’ JH teams were 23-5.
• Walnut Hills First Ever Coaches’ Baby Shower: 6 girls, 2 boys, 3 preemies, 1 noisy affair.
• More Summer Youth Camps Added: The summer program added an all-sport speed camp, a track & field and cross country camp, girls HS and grades 1-8 basketball camps, a wrestling camp, and a boys lacrosse camp to last year’s camps for girls soccer, boys soccer, beginner and intermediate tennis, football, boys basketball, and girls’ volleyball, which introduces students to Walnut Hill HS, it’s facilities and coaching staffs, enhances student skills and abilities, and provides financial support to these programs.
• This year’s league performances and awards are even more impressive as this was the year when 4 more schools were added to our division, Anderson, Milford, Loveland, and Glen Este – all Division I schools - so the competition was greater and All-League voting involved 9 schools, not 5 as in previous years.
Events Calendar
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Upcoming Sporting Events
Upcoming Music and Fine Art Events
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Upcoming Guidance Events
Alumni Events
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Academic Events
