Brenham High School
{{Short description|Public school in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Brenham High School
| motto =
| type = Public
| schooltype = high school
| district = Brenham Independent School District
| grades = 9-12
| enrollment_as_of = 2023-2024
| teaching_staff = 120.82 (Full-time equivalent)
| colors = {{Color box|Green|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|White|border=darkgray}} Green and White
| conference = UIL Class 5A
| mascot = Cubs/Cubettes
| newspaper =
| yearbook = Brenhamite
| address = 525 A H Ehrig Dr.
| city = Brenham
| state = Texas
| zipcode = 77833-2487
| country = United States
| website = [https://schools.brenhamisd.net/page/bhs.NEWhome Official website]
| us_nces_district_id = 4811280
| us_nces_school_id = 481128000604
| ceeb = 440835
}}
Brenham High School is a public high school located in the city of Brenham, Texas, United States. It is classified as a 5A school by the UIL.{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2024 |title=2024-2025 and 2025-2026 Tentative Volleyball, Basketball and Football District Assignments and Reclassification Information |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/alignments/2024_Full_RR_Packet_%281%29.pdf |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=www.uiltexas.org}} It is a part of the Brenham Independent School District located in central Washington County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.{{cite web|url = http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2015/campusbytype.pdf|title = 2015 Accountability Rating System|publisher = Texas Education Agency|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910233604/http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2015/campusbytype.pdf|archive-date = 2015-09-10}}
Athletics
The Brenham Cubs compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, powerlifting, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.{{Cite web |title=Brenham High School (Brenham, TX) Athletics - Schedules, Scores, News, and More |url=https://www.brenhamcubs.net/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.brenhamcubs.net |language=en}}
=State titles=
- Baseball
- 1970 (3A),{{Cite web |title=UIL State Baseball Records |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/historical-archives/athletics/archives/baseball/tournament_records.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org}}{{Cite news |last=Deere |first=Carlos |date=June 15, 1970 |title=CUBS WIN STATE: Beat Dumas, 11-2, In Finals Friday |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1695891/m1/1/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=Brenham Banner-Press |page=1 |via=The Portal to Texas History by the University of North Texas |quote=Scoring six runs in the first inning, the Brenham Cubs went on to easily defeat Dumas, 11-2, and win the Class 3A State Baseball Championship in the finals played Friday night at Austin's Nelson Field.}} 1975 (3A), 1976 (3A), 1986 (4A), 1987 (4A), 1988 (4A), 2010 (4A){{Cite web |title=2009-2010 Champions Yearbook |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/files/champions-yearbooks/2009-2010-Champions-Athletics-1.pdf |access-date=March 21, 2025 |website=www.uiltexas.org}}
- Girls' golf
- 1983 (4A){{Cite web |title=UIL State Girls Golf Champions |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/historical-archives/athletics/archives/golf/girls_champions.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org}}
- Softball
- 1996 (4A),{{Cite web |title=UIL State Softball Records |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/historical-archives/athletics/archives/softball/tournament_records.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org}} 2005 (4A)
- Boys' track
- 1952 (1A),{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Track & Field Historical Archives |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/track-field/archive-teams |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org |language=en}} 1953 (1A), 1977 (3A)
- Girls' track
- 1979 (3A), 1980 (3A), 1987 (4A)
==State Finalist==
- Football
- 2002 (4A/D2),{{Cite web |title=UIL State Football Champions |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/historical-archives/athletics/archives/football/champions.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org}} 2009 (4A/D2),{{Cite news |date=December 20, 2009 |title=Brenham falls in 4A final |url=https://www.chron.com/sports/slideshow/brenham-falls-in-4a-final-19917.php |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=Chron.com}} 2013 (4A/D2){{Cite web |last= |first= |title=2013-2014 State Champions — Archives |url=https://www.uiltexas.org/archives/champions/2013-2014 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.uiltexas.org |language=en}}
Academics
= Advanced Placement =
Brenham High School offered the following College Board Advanced Placement courses in the 2024-2025 school year:{{Cite web |title=Brenham High School |url=https://apcourseaudit.inflexion.org/ledger/school/ai/440835 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321172925/https://apcourseaudit.inflexion.org/ledger/school/ai/440835 |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=AP Course Audit}}
- AP 2-D Art and Design
- AP 3-D Art and Design
- AP Art History
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB
- AP Chemistry
- AP Computer Science A
- AP Computer Science Principles
- AP Drawing
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP English Literature and Composition
- AP Environmental Science
- AP Human Geography
- AP Macroeconomics
- AP Precalculus
- AP Psychology
- AP Seminar
- AP Spanish Language and Culture
- AP Statistics
- AP U.S. Government and Politics
- AP United States History
- AP World History: Modern
Notable alumni
- Malcom Brown (Class of 2012), professional football player{{Cite web |last=Prathivadi |first=Keshav |last2=Burkhart |first2=Ross |date=February 4, 2019 |title=Dismissed to dominant: Malcom Brown’s journey to Super Bowl LIII |url=https://thedailytexan.com/2019/02/04/dismissed-to-dominant-malcom-browns-journey-to-super-bowl-liii/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The Daily Texan |quote=Before Malcom Brown’s successful run at Texas and subsequent leap to the NFL, his immaturity as a freshman at Brenham High School almost cost him his career before it even began.}}
- Cecil Cooper (Class of 1967), professional baseball player{{Cite web |last=Aron |first=Eric |title=Cecil Cooper |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cecil-cooper/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Society for American Baseball Research |language=en-US |quote=Cooper followed his brothers, playing ball for three years at the all-black Pickard High School, and transferring his senior year to the integrated Brenham High School.}}
- Lois Kolkhorst (Class of 1982), state politician, state representative from Brenham from 2001-2015, and state senator since 2015{{Cite web |last=Allbright |first=Claire |date=2019-05-21 |title=Lois Kolkhorst, a rising star in the Texas GOP, won’t back down |url=https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/lois-kolkhorst-a-rising-star-in-the-texas-gop-won-t-back-down/article_b679be72-7782-11e9-880b-93562aebd0f8.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250321160435/https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/lois-kolkhorst-a-rising-star-in-the-texas-gop-won-t-back-down/article_b679be72-7782-11e9-880b-93562aebd0f8.html |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The Victoria Advocate |language=en |quote=Born in Brenham in 1964, Kolkhorst attended Brenham High School and graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in advertising and public relations in 1988.}}
- Roosevelt Leaks (Class of 1971), professional football player{{Cite web |last=Wimmer |first=Chris |date=2017-09-21 |title=Out of nowhere: The 1969 season of Roosevelt Leaks |url=https://www.brenhambanner.com/brenham360/out-of-nowhere-the-1969-season-of-roosevelt-leaks/article_972bac82-5e8e-5c71-91b8-54ae8d9c4730.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Brenham Banner-Press |language=en |quote=We’re going to relive the season that started it all for one of Brenham’s greatest players, Roosevelt Leaks.}}
- Chuck Machemehl (Class of 1964), professional baseball player{{Cite web |title=Chuck Machemehl Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/machech01.shtml |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en |quote=High School: Brenham HS (Brenham, TX)}}
- Frank Malina (Class of 1930), aeronautical engineer, rocket researcher, artist{{Cite web |title=Frank J. Malina |url=https://nmspacemuseum.org/inductee/frank-j-malina/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=New Mexico Museum of Space History |language=en-US |quote=A graduate of Brenham High School, Malina earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University in 1934, then received a scholarship for Graduate Studies at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).}}
- Teaira McCowan (Class of 2015), WNBA player{{Cite web |last=Ochoa |first=Abigail |date=2020-07-18 |title=Brenham's Teaira McCowan leads 2010s All-Decade High School Girls Basketball Team |url=https://theeagle.com/sports/article_1ab812aa-c96f-11ea-9373-ab8875f384b7.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250321161041/https://theeagle.com/sports/article_1ab812aa-c96f-11ea-9373-ab8875f384b7.html |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The Eagle |language=en |quote=Teaira McCowan has represented Brenham on the biggest stages in women’s basketball. McCowan began controlling the boards for the Cubettes early in her career as she quickly became a staple for a young team that claimed the program’s first district title in nine years during her inaugural season.}}
- Gus Franklin Mutscher (Class of 1950), state politician, former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives (1969-1972){{Cite web |last=Dey |first=Sneha |date=2023-02-27 |title=Gus Mutscher, Texas House speaker who resigned amid the Sharpstown stock fraud scandal, dies at 90 |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/27/gus-mutscher-texas-speaker-house/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |quote=He graduated from Brenham High School and attended Blinn Junior College in Brenham on a baseball scholarship.}}
- Joe Routt, professional football player, Bronze Star Medal recipient, posthumous hall of fame inductee (College Texas Sports: 1952, National Football: 1962){{Cite web |last=Wimmer |first=Chris |date=2017-10-19 |title=True Texan: Brenham, Aggie legend Joe Routt |url=https://www.brenhambanner.com/brenham360/true-texan-brenham-aggie-legend-joe-routt/article_8278ddbc-cedf-565c-adbb-86a827d619e4.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Brenham Banner-Press |language=en |quote=Capt. Routt was the commander of Company A of the 405th Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. He was from Chappell Hill and was a graduate of Brenham High School and Texas A&M. He was a Texan through and through.}}
- Ricky Seilheimer (Class of 1978), professional baseball player{{Cite web |title=Ricky Seilheimer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seilhri01.shtml |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en |quote=High School: Brenham HS (Brenham, TX)}}
- Limas Sweed (Class of 2003), professional football player{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2008 |title=Steelers select WR Limas Sweed in the second round |url=https://www.steelers.com/news/steelers-select-wr-limas-sweed-in-the-second-round-957115 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=www.steelers.com |language=en-US |quote=Attended Brenham (Tex.) High School, playing football for head coach Glen West}}
- Wilson Whitley (Class of 1973), professional football player{{Cite web |last=Pothul |first=Ed |date=2015-06-05 |title=WILSON WHITLEY ON TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME BALLOT |url=https://kwhi.com/2015/06/04/wilson-whitley-on-texas-sports-hall-of-fame-ballot/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=KWHI.com |language=en-US |quote=Former Brenham Cub football star, the late Wilson Whitley is on the ballot for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2016.}}
- Courtland Sutton (Class of 2014), professional football player{{Cite web |last=Goodbread |first=Chase |date=January 3, 2018 |title=From farm to NFL's table: Hard work paying off for SMU's Courtland Sutton |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/back-2-campus/idol-hands |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=NFL.com |language=en-US |quote=Sutton's hometown of Brenham, located just south of College Station, halfway between Austin and Houston, is known as the baseball capital of the state. Former Milwaukee Brewers slugger Cecil Cooper is from here, and the Brenham High Cubs have proudly notched seven state titles. [...] And long before Sutton became a three-sport athlete for the Cubs, he was introduced to farm work by his father, Ryian Marshall.}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://schools.brenhamisd.net/page/bhs.NEWhome}}
{{Brenham, Texas}}
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Category:Public high schools in Texas