The Woodrow Wilson Wildcats compete in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
Woodrow has been called the "High School Home of the Heisman" because it was the first high school in the nation to be the alma mater of two Heisman Trophy winners: Davey O'Brien (1938) and Tim Brown (1987), and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. to have that distinction.
 As a relatively small inner-city Dallas public school that is coeducational and builds its athletic teams from the ethnically and economically diverse students within its tight attendance zone, Woodrow was proud to remain unparalleled among all public and private U.S. high schools as to the number of its graduates who had won the Heisman among until 1995, when Eddie George's Heisman Trophy win allowed Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia (a private school that build teams from "[y]oung men, from around the country and the world") to share the distinction with Woodrow.
 And in 2004, private, Catholic, Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana, California gained its second Heisman Trophy winner in Matt Leinart.
 Nevertheless, Woodrow achieved this distinction first and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. with two Heisman winners.

In 1979 the school played in the AAAA (4A) division of the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the public school athletic league of Texas.
Woodrow Wilson, with 1,450 students chose to play in League 4A, with high schools enrolling around 3,000 students, due to what Lyons called "community pride"; it was eligible to play in the less competitive AAA (3A) league but instead played in 4A.
Notwithstanding Tim Brown's efforts, from about the 1980s until fairly recently, Woodrow's football program struggled.
 However, the Wildcats made the state playoffs in 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, advancing to the second round in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2011.
 Previous Woodrow teams made state semi-finals in 1951 and 1969, and even earlier teams of the 1930s and 1940s were successful and produced such stars as O'Brien, I. B. Hale '35, Mal Kutner '38, Herschel Forester '48, and Bill Forester '49.

Woodrow's basketball team won state back in 1938, and later produced Alton Lister '76, a pro player on five different teams.
 Recent Woodrow graduate Anthony Randolph was one of the nation's top recruits, according to Rivals.com.
 He was a small forward for the LSU Tigers during his freshman year in college.
 Currently, Randolph is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
 He was selected as the 14th overall draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.
 Woodrow's 2011 basketball team lost in the Regional Quarterfinals to Kimball (62-57), after leading most of the game.
 Kimball eventually won the state championship.
 The Wildcats, however finished ahead of Kimball with the number one total team offense in the Dallas Morning News' rankings.

In 1953, Woodrow Wilson won the city and state golf championships with brothers Gene and Ross Teter.

In 2007, Woodrow's athletics program was ranked No.
6 out of all 4-A high schools in the Dallas Morning News All-Sports competition.
 The Wildcats' score of 81 was better than 95 other local 4-A and 5-A high schools.
 That year, seven Woodrow football players made the state all-academic team:  Thomas Simpson, Sam Ashbrook, Ian Mackinnon, and Jared Muston on the first team; and Ryan Gunter, Jack Hlavaty, and Preston Richmond on the second team.

In 2010, Woodrow placed 19th in 4-A All Sports Award competition sponsored by The Dallas Morning News - out of 62 4-A schools.
 Its score of 74 was higher than that of 88 4-A and 5-A schools.
 The girls' volleyball team and the boys' basketball team went deep into state playoffs with the basketball team being ranked 7th in the state.
 The tennis team, girls' swimming and both golf teams also did well in playoffs.
 In 2011 the school moved into the top ten out of 70 ranked schools from Wichita Falls to Texarkana.
 Its
The Woodrow Wilson Wildcats compete in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Wrestling
Woodrow has been called the "High School Home of the Heisman" because it was the first high school in the nation to be the alma mater of two Heisman Trophy winners: Davey O'Brien (1938) and Tim Brown (1987), and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. to have that distinction.  As a relatively small inner-city Dallas public school that is coeducational and builds its athletic teams from the ethnically and economically diverse students within its tight attendance zone, Woodrow was proud to remain unparalleled among all public and private U.S. high schools as to the number of its graduates who had won the Heisman among until 1995, when Eddie George's Heisman Trophy win allowed Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia (a private school that build teams from "[y]oung men, from around the country and the world") to share the distinction with Woodrow.  And in 2004, private, Catholic, Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana, California gained its second Heisman Trophy winner in Matt Leinart.  Nevertheless, Woodrow achieved this distinction first and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. with two Heisman winners.
In 1979 the school played in the AAAA (4A) division of the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the public school athletic league of Texas. Woodrow Wilson, with 1,450 students chose to play in League 4A, with high schools enrolling around 3,000 students, due to what Lyons called "community pride"; it was eligible to play in the less competitive AAA (3A) league but instead played in 4A.
Notwithstanding Tim Brown's efforts, from about the 1980s until fairly recently, Woodrow's football program struggled.  However, the Wildcats made the state playoffs in 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, advancing to the second round in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2011.  Previous Woodrow teams made state semi-finals in 1951 and 1969, and even earlier teams of the 1930s and 1940s were successful and produced such stars as O'Brien, I. B. Hale '35, Mal Kutner '38, Herschel Forester '48, and Bill Forester '49.
Woodrow's basketball team won state back in 1938, and later produced Alton Lister '76, a pro player on five different teams.  Recent Woodrow graduate Anthony Randolph was one of the nation's top recruits, according to Rivals.com.  He was a small forward for the LSU Tigers during his freshman year in college.  Currently, Randolph is a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  He was selected as the 14th overall draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.  Woodrow's 2011 basketball team lost in the Regional Quarterfinals to Kimball (62-57), after leading most of the game.  Kimball eventually won the state championship.  The Wildcats, however finished ahead of Kimball with the number one total team offense in the Dallas Morning News' rankings.
In 1953, Woodrow Wilson won the city and state golf championships with brothers Gene and Ross Teter.
In 2007, Woodrow's athletics program was ranked No. 6 out of all 4-A high schools in the Dallas Morning News All-Sports competition.  The Wildcats' score of 81 was better than 95 other local 4-A and 5-A high schools.  That year, seven Woodrow football players made the state all-academic team:  Thomas Simpson, Sam Ashbrook, Ian Mackinnon, and Jared Muston on the first team; and Ryan Gunter, Jack Hlavaty, and Preston Richmond on the second team.
In 2010, Woodrow placed 19th in 4-A All Sports Award competition sponsored by The Dallas Morning News - out of 62 4-A schools.  Its score of 74 was higher than that of 88 4-A and 5-A schools.  The girls' volleyball team and the boys' basketball team went deep into state playoffs with the basketball team being ranked 7th in the state.  The tennis team, girls' swimming and both golf teams also did well in playoffs.  In 2011 the school moved into the top ten out of 70 ranked schools from Wichita Falls to Texarkana.  Its
Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas)