Raiders have also won the Union County Championship 5 years in a row (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) however their streak was broken in 2020 with a loss to Westfield High School The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 2008, defeating Timber Creek Regional High School in the tournament final. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys swim team won their only Group B state championship in 2011. The boys have won four Union County Championships (1999, 2002, 2010, 2011). The boys also have won fourteen sectional championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) and are common contenders for the state title. They returned to the state championship for multiple consecutive years most recently in 2019 after winning against Ridgewood High School in the state semi-finals but they fell to Mainland Regional High School. The boys track team won the indoor Group III state title in 2019. The boys track team also won the Group III indoor relay championship in 2019. Administration The school's principal is Dr. David L. Heisey. Core members of the school's administration are the three assistant principals. Notable alumni Many of the alumni listed below have been inducted into the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Hall of Fame. Business, industry and media Amy Ellis Nutt (class of 1973), journalist and New York Times bestselling author, who was the recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for her reporting at The Star-Ledger. Steve Schnur (class of 1979), Worldwide Executive and President of Music for Electronic Arts. Peter C. Schultz (born 1942, class of 1960), co-inventor of the fiber optics now used worldwide for telecommunications. Government and public service Carol Bellamy (born 1942, class of 1959), executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Donald DiFrancesco (born 1944, class of 1962), elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1976 and moved to the New Jersey Senate in 1979, serving as the Senate President for 10 years and as acting governor of New Jersey for 11 months. Peter Emery (1926–2004, class of 1943), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served for 40 years in the House of Commons. Christian J. Lambertsen (1917-2011, class of 1934), environmental medicine and diving medicine specialist who developed the United States Navy frogmen's rebreathers in the early 1940s and created the acronym "SCUBA". Zahid Quraishi, United States district judge of