The department of Athletics is committed to enriching campus life through a program of interscholastic athletics and to promoting the development of qualities in the student-athlete that will serve the participating individual and the community. Towards that end, the Department offers competition for men and women as part of the educational program of the school. Currently the department offers 26 programs consisting of 64 teams, with a staff of over 100 coaches. In any given year, over 900 students participate on an AMHS athletic team. The level of national and state recognition is historic: