Golf Runner-up 2006-2007 Track & Field Runner-up 2005-2007 Varsity Baseball Transbay champions 2005-2006 Varsity Baseball City Champions 2005-2006 Varsity Boys Volleyball Champions 2004-2005 Fencing City Champions 2003-2004 Varsity Football Champions 2001-2006 5 in a row Softball All City Champions 2001-2002 All City Badminton Champions 2000-2001 Varsity Football Champions 2000-2001 Varsity Baseball Champions 2000-2001 All City Badminton Champions 1999-2000 Varsity Football Champions 1999-2001 Varsity Girls Basketball Champions 1995 Varsity Boys' Volleyball 2nd Place Source Washington Hymn The Washington Hymn is the official song of George Washington High School. It was written by student Tillie Miesles, class of 1937. Notable alumni Diane Amos, Pine-Sol lady Maya Angelou, author and poet, awarded the Spingarn Medal, the National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom Marty Balin, former lead singer of the Jefferson Starship Josiah Beeman, US Ambassador Gene Brown, basketball player Phillip Burton, Congressman Rosemary Casals, professional tennis player Ann Curtis, Three time USA swimming medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics, winning two Golds in the 400 meter freestyle & 4 X 100 freestyle relay, and a Silver in the 100 meter freestyle Dorothy Delasin, golfer Keith Fowler, actor, director, producer, educator Danny Glover, actor Ross Giudice, basketball player & coach Steve Gray, basketball player Richard Hongisto, politician Serhiy Kandaurov, footballer Leo Krupnik (born 1979), Ukrainian-born American-Israeli former soccer player and current soccer coach Rachel Kushner, writer, novelist Amanda Lassiter, basketball player in the WNBA Marcio Lassiter, basketball player in the Philippines Gilman Louie, technologist Richard Lui, news anchor for MSNBC Alec Mapa, writer, comedian and actor Hal March, 1950s television personality Del Martin, lesbian activist Johnny Mathis, singer, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Ollie Matson, member of College and Pro Football Halls of Fame, Olympic gold and bronze medalist Sean McGrath, musician, artist Lee Meriwether, model, actress, and Miss America Nathan Oliveira, artist Betty Ong, flight attendant on 9/11 jet American Airlines Flight 11 San Quinn, rap artist John Rothmann, talk radio host Jim Sochor, former college football head coach, UC Davis (1970-1988). Phil Smith, NBA player Gregg Turkington, comedian Paul Vixie, internet pioneer (sendmail, BIND and PAIX) Martin Wong, artist Al Young (dragster driver), world champion drag racer Connie Young Yu, writer, historian, lecturer Arnautoff murals controversy In June 2019 the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to destroy 13 murals made in 1936 by Victor Arnautoff for the George Washington High School, a Works Progress Administration project funded