In its first year, the magazine won Best In Show at the Oregon Fall Press day. It has also won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association's Gold Crown award three years in a row, from 2014 through 2016. Athletics GHS's mascot is the Grant General, in honor of its namesake General and 18th US President, Ulysses S. Grant. State championships Men's football: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1963 (tie with North Salem) Men's gymnastics: 1982 Men's baseball: 1958 Men's basketball: 1969, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2018 Men's soccer team: 2008 Men's tennis: 2005 Men's swimming: 2010 Men's cross country: 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964 Women’s soccer: 2021 Men's track and field: 1930, 1931, 1939, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1988 Women's cross country: 1974, 2012 Notable alumni Kenneth Acker, pro football player Terrell Brandon, former NBA player Matt Braunger, comedian, MADtv, IKEA Heights Beverly Cleary, children's author, National Book Award and Newbery Medal recipient Charles Crookham, former Oregon Attorney General Ian Doescher, author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series. Linda Douglas, actress and model C. Gordon Fullerton, astronaut Tom Grant, musician Donald P. Hodel, former United States Secretary of the Interior and United States Secretary of Energy, former president of Focus on the Family Mike James, professional basketball player June Jones, NFL player, college and pro football head coach Thomas Lauderdale, pianist of band Pink Martini Lorry I. Lokey, founder of Business Wire, philanthropist Connie McCready, former mayor of Portland Jinkx Monsoon, actor and drag queen Mike Moser, basketball player Darryl Motley, MLB Kansas City Royals outfielder Janee Munroe, violist Bob Packwood, lawyer, former U.S. Senator Mark Radford, former NBA player Harry Wayland Randall, former member of International Brigades that fought in Spanish Civil War George Shaw, NFL quarterback Al Siebert, author and educator Jefferson Smith, founder of Bus Project, former member of Oregon House of Representatives Sally Struthers, film and Emmy Award-winning actress of All in the Family Ndamukong Suh, NFL player, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams Robina Suwol, children's health advocate Vecepia Towery, winner of Survivor: Marquesas Caroline Walker, set world record in marathon while attending GHS Dominic Waters (born 1986), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League Edward Curtis Wells, businessman Dan Wieden, CEO of Wieden+Kennedy References External links 1924 establishments in Oregon Educational institutions established in 1924 Grant Park, Portland, Oregon High schools in Portland, Oregon Portland Public Schools (Oregon) Public high schools in