Video: Punahou's legacy of success
Honolulu school has won a whopping 505 state titles.
When it comes to winning championships, Punahou (Honolulu) is the clear champion.
The alma mater of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, Punahou has won 505 state titles, based on information from the school's website. A whopping 52 state crowns have come in girls swimming. The Buff 'N Blue have won over 30 titles in seven other sports.
Using state association websites or individual school sites, MaxPreps has determined the schools that have won the most state championships in each state. Non-athletic competitions (drama, speech, etc.) were not included in the calculations. Mythical state titles and championship won in club sports also were not included. Only championships claimed in state association playoffs were counted.
Not every state has a complete history of past champions on their website. As a result, MaxPreps has no results for Mississippi or Massachusetts. Two states, California and New York, operate as a federation, not a state association, and thus have not held state championships in every sport that is available at the section or association level.
Schools are listed with the total number of state championships, the sport with the most state titles and any other sport with at least 10 state championships. To correct an error or provide feedback, please email Kevin Askeland at kevinaskeland65@gmail.com.
State-by-State Championship Leaders
Alabama
Mountain Brook (Birmingham)
Total: 166
Best Sport: Girls Tennis — 29
Others: Boys Tennis — 26; Girls Cross Country — 23;
Girls Indoor Track — 20; Boys Cross Country — 14; Girls Track — 11; Girls Golf — 10
Alaska
Dimond (Anchorage)
Total: 126
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 17
Others: Volleyball — 15; Boys Swimming — 14; Boys Skiing — 12
Arizona
Xavier College Prep (Phoenix)
Total: 130
Best Sport: Girls Golf — 36
Others: Girls Swimming — 28; Volleyball — 20; Girls Cross Country — 10; Girls Soccer — 10
Arkansas
Central (Little Rock)
Total: 134
Best Sport: Boys Track and Field — 50
Others: Football — 32; Boys Tennis — 14; Boys Basketball — 14
California
Long Beach Poly
Total: 36
Best Sport: Girls Track and Field — 15
Others: Boys Track and Field — 10
Notes: California is a Federation that does not hold state championships in all sports, but it has held state championships in track and field for nearly 100 years and volleyball, basketball, cross country and wrestling for over 30 years.
Colorado
Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village)
Total: 200
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 42
Others: Girls Tennis — 36; Girls Swimming — 26; Girls Golf — 11; Boys Swimming — 11; Girls Lacrosse — 10
Connecticut
New Canaan
Total: 183
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 34
Others: Girls Tennis — 21; Girls Swimming — 18; Boys Swimming — 13; Football — 12; Boys Golf — 12
Delaware
Salesianum (Wilmington)
Total: 155
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 43
Others: Boys Swimming — 28; Boys Golf — 13; Boys Soccer — 18; Boys Track — 17; Boys Indoor Track — 10; Boys Lacrosse — 10
Florida
Bolles (Jacksonville)
Total: 131
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 40
Others: Girls Swimming — 31; Football — 11; Girls Cross Country — 10
Georgia
Westminster (Atlanta)
Total: 223
Best Sport: Girls Cross Country — 31
Others: Boys Cross Country — 26; Boys Swimming — 26; Girls Swimming — 23; Boys Tennis — 20; Girls Tennis — 20; Boys Soccer — 14; Girls Soccer — 13
Hawaii
Punahou (Honolulu)
Total: 505
Best Sport: Girls Swimming — 52
Others: Boys Tennis — 49; Boys Swimming — 48; Girls Tennis — 45; Boys Volleyball — 36; Girls Track — 36; Boys Track — 35; Girls Cross Country — 31; Boys Soccer — 21; Baseball — 13; Girls Water Polo — 13; Boys Basketball — 12; Boys Golf — 12; Girls Golf — 11; Boys Cross Country — 11; Girls Basketball — 11; Girls Soccer — 11; Boys Canoe Paddling — 10
Idaho
Bishop Kelly (Boise)
Total: 106
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 18
Others: Girls Golf — 12; Boys Golf — 11; Girls Cross Country — 11; Girls Track — 11; Softball — 11
Illinois
New Trier (Winnetka)
Total: 114
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 24
Others: Boys Tennis — 21; Girls Swimming — 14
Indiana
Carmel
Total: 150
Best Sport: Girls Swimming — 33
Others: Boys Swimming — 19; Girls Cross Country — 18; Boys Cross Country — 16; Boys Tennis — 11; Girls Tennis — 10; Girls Soccer — 10
Iowa
Ames
Total: 83
Best Sport: Boys Track — 24
Others: Boys Indoor Track — 11
Kansas
Aquinas (Overland Park)
Total: 107
Best Sport: Boys Soccer — 16; Girls Soccer — 16
Others: Girls Golf — 12; Girls Cross Country — 11; Boys Cross Country — 11
Kentucky
St. Xavier (Louisville)
Total: 182
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 55
Others: Boys Tennis — 27; Boys Cross Country — 23; Boys Golf — 21; Boys Soccer — 16; Football — 14; Boys Track — 11
Louisiana
Jesuit (New Orleans)
Total: 159
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 37
Others: Baseball — 24; Boys Tennis — 23; Wrestling — 23; Boys Soccer — 12
Maine
Scarborough
Total: 125
Best Sport: Boys Indoor Track — 20
Others: Girls Indoor Track — 17; Boys Track — 14; Girls Track — 10; Girls Soccer — 10; Boys Cross Country — 10
Maryland
Severna Park
Total: 86
Best Sport: Field Hockey — 23
Others: Girls Lacrosse — 14
Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association does not have complete history of past champions on its website.
Michigan
Marquette
Total: 254
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 33
Others: Girls Cross Country — 31; Boys Swimming — 26; Girls Track and Field — 24; Boys Cross Country — 22; Boys Golf — 15; Boys Skiing — 14; Girls Skiing — 12; Girls Tennis — 12; Boys Track and Field — 12; Girls Gymnastics — 12.
Note: Michigan holds separate state championships for the upper peninsula and lower peninsula in a number of sports. Most of Marquette's state titles are upper peninsula championships.
Minnesota
Edina
Total: 172
Best Sport: Girls Tennis — 36
Others: Boys Tennis — 24; Girls Swimming — 16; Boys Ice Hockey — 13; Girls Golf — 12; Boys Skiing — 11; Boys Swimming — 11
Mississippi
The Mississippi High School Activities Association does not have a complete listing of past champions on its website.
Missouri
Rockhurst (Kansas City)
Total: 66
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 18
Others: Boys Golf — 14; Boys Swimming — 11.
Montana
Bozeman
Total: 159
Best Sport: Girls Tennis — 19
Others: Boys Swimming — 17; Girls Golf — 16; Boys Tennis — 14; Boys Cross Country — 13; Girls Swimming — 13; Girls Cross Country — 13; Boys Basketball — 10
Nebraska
Creighton Prep (Omaha)
Total: 139
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 35
Others: Football — 24; Boys Swimming — 22; Baseball — 15; Boys Golf — 13; Boys Basketball — 13
Nevada
Reno
Total: 132
Best Sport: Football — 19
Others: Boys Basketball — 13; Boys Cross Country — 11; Boys Track — 10
New Hampshire
Nashua South (Nashua) (previously Nashua)
Total: 153
Best Sport: Boys Indoor Track — 22
Others: Boys Track — 19; Girls Basketball — 15; Football — 13; Baseball — 12; Boys Basketball — 11
New Jersey
Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft)
Total: 152
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 30
Others: Boys Tennis — 24; Boys Indoor Track — 24; Boys Track — 21; Boys Golf v 13; Boys Swimming — 10
New Mexico
Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque)
Total: 170
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 24
Others: Boys Tennis — 23; Girls Swimming — 19; Boys Track — 17; Boys Cross Country —15; Girls Soccer — 11
New York
Because New York is a Federation of several associations, including the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, the Public Schools Athletic League, the New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association and the Catholic High School Athletic Association, there are very few sports where true state championships are conducted by the Federation. Christ the King holds 19 Federation championships in girls basketball (15) and boys basketball (4) combined.
North Carolina
Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh)
Total: 69
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 13
North Dakota
Bismarck
Total: 156
Best Sport: Boys Track — 34
Others: Wrestling — 29; Boys Cross Country — 18; Girls Cross Country — 18; Boys Basketball — 13; Football — 13
Ohio
St. Edward (Lakewood)
Total: 59
Best Sport: Wrestling — 37
Others: Boys Ice Hockey — 11
Oklahoma
Jenks
Total: 169
Best Sport: Boys Swimming — 18; Girls Tennis — 18
Others: Boys Cross Country — 15; Boys Tennis — 14; Girls Cross Country — 14; Girls Golf — 14; Girls Swimming — 11
Oregon
Jesuit (Portland)
Total: 159
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 22
Others: Boys Soccer — 15; Girls Cross Country — 14; Girls Tennis — 14; Girls Soccer — 13; Boys Golf — 10
Pennsylvania
North Allegheny (Wexford)
Total: 59
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 13
Rhode Island
La Salle Academy (Providence)
Total: 289
Best Sport: Boys Cross Country — 36; Boys Indoor Track — 36
Others: Boys Track — 35; Football — 16; Girls Indoor Track — 15; Girls Soccer — 13; Girls Track — 13; Girls Basketball — 13; Girls Gymnastics — 12; Boys Tennis v 10; Girls Tennis — 10; Boys Soccer — 10
South Carolina
Bishop England (Charleston)
Total: 145
Best Sport: Volleyball — 28
Others: Girls Tennis — 23; Boys Soccer — 17; Girls Track — 12; Girls Soccer — 11
South Dakota
Stevens (Rapid City)
Total: 113
Best Sport: Girls Track — 20
Others: Girls Cross Country — 16; Boys Track — 15; Boys Cross Country — 13
Tennessee
Baylor (Chattanooga)
Total: 152
Best Sport: Wrestling — 24
Others: Boys Golf — 18; Girls Golf — 18; Boys Tennis — 16; Girls Tennis — 13; Softball — 13
Texas
Highland Park (Dallas)
Total: 80
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 19
Others: Boys Golf — 17; Girls Cross Country — 14; Girls Swimming — 10
Utah
Brighton (Salt Lake City)
Total: 116
Best Sport: Girls Swimming — 24
Others: Boys Swimming — 23; Girls Tennis — 15; Boys Tennis — 14; Boys Wrestling — 14
Vermont
Essex (Essex Junction)
Total: 217
Best Sport: Girls Track — 27
Others: Girls Gymnastics — 19; Girls Cross Country — 18; Boys Cross Country — 17; Boys Track — 17; Boys Ice Hockey — 15; Wrestling — 14
Virginia
Blacksburg
Total: 87
Best Sport: Girls Cross Country — 18
Others: Boys Soccer — 13; Girls Track — 12
Washington
Mercer Island
Total: 88
Best Sport: Girls Tennis — 33
Others: Boys Tennis — 28
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Total: 139
Best Sport: Boys Tennis — 21; Wrestling — 21
Others: Girls Tennis — 17; Volleyball — 11; Boys Golf — 11; Girls Track — 11
Wisconsin
Total: 92
Best Sport: Boys Golf — 15; Boys Swimming — 15; Girls Swimming — 15
Wyoming
Campbell County (Gillette)
Total: 210
Best Sport: Girls Cross Country — 22
Others: Girls Swimming — 19; Girls Basketball — 17; Boys Basketball — 16; Wrestling — 16; Boys Swimming — 16; Boys Track — 16; Girls Track — 12; Girls Gymnastics — 11
