Exhibit 23.1
Report and Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
American Woodmark Corporation:
The audit referred to in our report dated June 13, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of American Woodmark Corporation, included the related financial statement schedule (Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts) as of April 30, 2005 and for the year then ended included in Item 15(a)2 of the Company’s 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audit. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-12631), (Form S-8 No. 333-12623), (Form S-8 No. 333-41900), (Form S-8 No. 333-68434), and (Form S-8 No. 333-122438) of our reports dated June 13, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which reports appear in the 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K of American Woodmark Corporation.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Roanoke, Virginia
July 8, 2005
