The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) is a major high school athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Washington & Diocese of Arlington Schools located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The WCAC is regarded as one of the best boys and girls basketball and football conference in the nation, with at least 1 team nationally ranked by USA Today every year. The WCAC also has at least one very strong team in all other sports.
The conference is known for its nationally renowned Basketball, Football, Lacrosse, Track and Field, Wrestling, Soccer, and Baseball programs.[citation needed]It has produced numerous professional athletes in the NFL, NBA, MLS, MLB and MLL.
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WCAC redirects here For the college conference see West Coast Athletic Conference This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Washington Catholic Athletic Conference news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference WCAC is a major high school athletic league for boys girls and co ed Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Washington amp Diocese of Arlington Schools located in the Washington Metropolitan Area The WCAC is regarded as one of the best boys and girls basketball and football conference in the nation with at least 1 team nationally ranked by USA Today every year The WCAC also has at least one very strong team in all other sports Contents 1 Members 2 Sports 3 Football Champions 4 Boys Basketball Champions 5 Girls Basketball Champions 6 Baseball 7 Boys soccer champions 8 Boys Lacrosse champions 9 Wrestling champions 10 Golf champions 11 Boys Tennis champions 12 Boys Ice Hockey champions 13 Boys Swim and Dive Champions 14 Alumni 15 ReferencesMembers EditThe conference is known for its nationally renowned Basketball Football Lacrosse Track and Field Wrestling Soccer and Baseball programs citation needed It has produced numerous professional athletes in the NFL NBA MLS MLB and MLL School Archdiocese Diocese Colors Team name Location Founded EnrollmentArchbishop Carroll High School Archdiocese of Washington Lions Washington DC 1951 400Bishop Ireton High School Diocese of Arlington Cardinals Alexandria VA 1964 800Bishop McNamara High School Archdiocese of Washington Mustangs Forestville MD 1964 870Bishop O Connell High School Diocese of Arlington Knights Arlington VA 1957 1 170 DeMatha Catholic High School Archdiocese of Washington Stags Hyattsville MD 1946 800Elizabeth Seton High School Archdiocese of Washington Roadrunners Bladensburg MD 1959 570Gonzaga College High School Archdiocese of Washington Eagles Washington DC 1821 970Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Archdiocese of Washington Falcons Olney MD 1958 1 200Academy of the Holy Cross Archdiocese of Washington Tartans Kensington MD 1868 530St Paul VI Catholic High School Diocese of Arlington Panthers Chantilly VA 1983 957St John s College High School Archdiocese of Washington Cadets Washington DC 1851 1 200St Mary s Ryken High School Archdiocese of Washington Knights Leonardtown MD 1885 700The Heights School Archdiocese of Washington Cavaliers Potomac MD 1969 540Holy Cross and Elizabeth Seton are girls only while Gonzaga DeMatha and the Heights are all boys Sports EditThe WCAC sponsors competitions in the following sports Baseball Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Football Golf Ice Hockey Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Track amp Field Volleyball WrestlingFootball Champions Edit 1 1960 Carroll 1961 St John s 1962 St John s 1963 St John s 1964 St John s 1965 Carroll 1966 DeMatha 1967 DeMatha 1968 St John s 1969 Carroll 1970 Carroll 1971 Carroll 1972 St John s 1973 Bishop McNamara 1974 St John s 1975 St John s 1976 St John s 1977 Carroll 1978 Carroll 1979 Carroll 1980 Carroll 1981 Bishop McNamara 1982 DeMatha 1983 Carroll 1984 DeMatha 1985 Carroll 1986 DeMatha 1987 Carroll 1988 Carroll 1989 St John s 1990 Bishop McNamara 1991 DeMatha 1992 DeMatha 1993 DeMatha 1994 DeMatha 1995 DeMatha 1996 Gonzaga 1997 Gonzaga 1998 DeMatha 1999 St Paul VI 2000 DeMatha 2001 DeMatha 2002 Gonzaga 2003 DeMatha 2004 DeMatha 2005 DeMatha 2006 DeMatha 2007 DeMatha 2008 DeMatha 2009 Good Counsel 2010 Good Counsel 2011 Good Counsel 2012 Good Counsel 2013 DeMatha 2014 DeMatha 2015 DeMatha 2016 DeMatha 2017 St John s 2018 Gonzaga Capital Ryken Metro 2019 Good Counsel Capital Ryken Metro 2021 St John s Capital Ryken Metro Champions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 24Archbishop Carroll 13St John s 12Good Counsel 5Gonzaga 4Bishop McNamara 3St Mary s Ryken 3St Paul VI 1Boys Basketball Champions Edit 2 1961 DeMatha 1962 DeMatha 1963 DeMatha 1964 DeMatha 1965 DeMatha 1966 DeMatha 1967 Mackin Carroll 1968 DeMatha 1969 DeMatha 1970 DeMatha 1971 DeMatha 1972 DeMatha 1973 DeMatha 1974 DeMatha 1975 DeMatha 1976 DeMatha 1977 St John s 1978 DeMatha 1979 DeMatha 1980 DeMatha 1981 DeMatha 1982 DeMatha 1983 DeMatha 1984 DeMatha 1985 DeMatha 1986 Gonzaga 1987 DeMatha 1988 DeMatha 1989 Carroll 1990 DeMatha 1991 DeMatha 1992 DeMatha 1993 Carroll 1994 DeMatha 1995 McNamara 1996 DeMatha 1997 Gonzaga 1998 DeMatha 1999 Gonzaga 2000 St John s 2001 DeMatha 2002 DeMatha 2003 Gonzaga 2004 O Connell 2005 DeMatha 2006 DeMatha 2007 DeMatha 2008 Gonzaga 2009 DeMatha 2010 DeMatha 2011 DeMatha 2012 St Paul VI 2013 O Connell 2014 St Paul VI 2015 Gonzaga 2016 St John s 2017 Gonzaga 2018 DeMatha 2019 Gonzaga 2020 DeMatha 2022 St Paul VIChampions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 41Gonzaga 8St John s 3Carroll 3O Connell 2St Paul VI 3McNamara 1Girls Basketball Champions Edit1994 O Connell 1995 Good Counsel 1996 Elizabeth Seton 1997 Elizabeth Seton 1998 St John s 1999 St John s 2000 St John s 2001 Elizabeth Seton 2002 St John s 2003 McNamara 2004 St John s 2005 Good Counsel 2006 Good Counsel 2007 Holy Cross 2008 McNamara 2009 Good Counsel 2010 Elizabeth Seton 2011 St John s 2012 Good Counsel 2013 St John s 2014 St Paul VI 2015 St Paul VI 2016 St Paul VI 2017 St John s 2018 St John s 2019 St John s 2020 McNamara 2022 St John sChampions School ChampionshipsSt John s 11Good Counsel 5Elizabeth Seton 4St Paul VI 3Bishop McNamara 3O Connell 1Holy Cross 1Baseball Edit1968 DeMatha 1969 St John s 1970 DeMatha 1971 St John s 1972 Good Counsel 1973 Carroll 1974 Carroll 1975 DeMatha 1976 St John s 1977 St John s 1978 DeMatha 1979 DeMatha 1980 DeMatha 1981 DeMatha 1982 O Connell 1983 DeMatha 1984 DeMatha 1985 DeMatha 1986 Good Counsel 1987 DeMatha 1988 DeMatha 1989 O Connell 1990 Good Counsel 1991 DeMatha 1992 DeMatha 1993 St Paul VI 1994 DeMatha 1995 DeMatha 1996 DeMatha 1997 DeMatha 1998 DeMatha 1999 St John s 2000 Gonzaga 2001 O Connell 2002 DeMatha 2003 DeMatha 2004 DeMatha 2005 St John s 2006 Good Counsel 2007 St Paul VI 2008 DeMatha 2009 St Paul VI 2010 Good Counsel 2011 St John s 2012 St Paul VI 2013 DeMatha 2014 St John s 2015 St John s 2016 St John s 2017 St John s 2018 St John s 2019 St John sChampions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 24St John s 13Good Counsel 5O Connell 3St Paul VI 4Carroll 2Gonzaga 1Boys soccer champions Edit1974 DeMatha 1975 Carroll 1976 Good Counsel 1977 Carroll 1978 Good Counsel 1979 Good Counsel 1980 O Connell 1981 O Connell 1982 O Connell 1983 O Connell 1984 O Connell 1985 Ireton 1986 St John s 1987 DeMatha 1988 Good Counsel 1989 St Paul VI 1990 Ireton 1991 O Connell 1992 Gonzaga St Paul VI 1993 McNamara 1994 Ireton 1995 St Paul VI 1996 O Connell 1997 St Paul VI 1998 O Connell 1999 DeMatha 2000 Gonzaga 2001 Gonzaga 2002 Gonzaga 2003 DeMatha 2004 DeMatha 2005 DeMatha 2006 Gonzaga 2007 Gonzaga 2008 Gonzaga 2009 Gonzaga 2010 DeMatha 2011 DeMatha 2012 Gonzaga 2013 DeMatha 2014 DeMatha 2015 DeMatha 2016 Gonzaga 2017 Gonzaga 2018 The Heights 1st year in league 2019 GonzagaChampions School ChampionshipsGonzaga 12DeMatha 11O Connell 8Good Counsel 4St Paul VI 4Ireton 3Carroll 2The Heights 1St John s 1McNamara 1Boys Lacrosse champions Edit1987 Bishop Ireton 1988 Dematha 1989 Dematha 1990 Dematha 1991 Dematha 1992 Gonzaga 1993 Gonzaga 1994 Dematha 1995 Dematha 1996 Dematha 1997 Gonzaga 1998 Gonzaga 1999 Dematha 2000 Dematha 2001 Dematha 2002 Dematha 2003 Dematha 2004 Dematha 2005 Dematha 2006 Dematha 2007 St Mary s Ryken 2008 Dematha 2009 Dematha 2010 Gonzaga 2011 Gonzaga 2012 Gonzaga 2013 Gonzaga 2014 Gonzaga 2015 Gonzaga 2016 Gonzaga 2017 St John s 2018 Gonzaga 2019 GonzagaChampions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 17Gonzaga 13Bishop Ireton 1St Mary s Ryken 1St John s 1Wrestling champions Edit1975 Carroll 1976 Bishop McNamara 1977 Good Counsel 1978 Good Counsel 1979 St John s 1980 Good Counsel 1981 Good Counsel 1982 O Connell 1983 O Connell 1984 Bishop McNamara 1985 O Connell 1986 Dematha 1987 Dematha 1988 Dematha 1989 Dematha 1990 Dematha 1991 Dematha 1992 Dematha 1993 Dematha 1994 Dematha 1995 Dematha 1996 Dematha 1997 Dematha 1998 Dematha 1999 Dematha 2000 Dematha 2001 Dematha O Connell 2002 Dematha 2003 Dematha 2004 Dematha 2005 Dematha 2006 Dematha 2007 Dematha 2008 Dematha 2009 O Connell 2010 Dematha 2011 Good Counsel 2012 Dematha 2013 Good Counsel 2014 Good Counsel 2015 Good Counsel 2016 Good Counsel 2017 St John s 2018 St John s 2019 St John s 2020 St Mary s RykenChampions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 25Good Counsel 9O Connell 5St John s 4Bishop McNamara 2Carroll 1St Mary s Ryken 1Golf champions Edit1973 Good Counsel 1974 Good Counsel 1975 Good Counsel 1976 St John s 1977 St John s 1978 St John s 1979 St John s 1980 Bishop McNamara 1981 Dematha 1982 Good Counsel 1983 Dematha 1984 Dematha 1985 Dematha 1986 Bishop McNamara 1987 Good Counsel 1988 Bishop McNamara 1989 Dematha 1990 Good Counsel 1991 Gonzaga 1992 Good Counsel 1993 Dematha 1994 Dematha 1995 Dematha 1996 Dematha 1997 Dematha 1998 Dematha 1999 Dematha 2000 O Connell 2001 St Paul VI 2002 Gonzaga 2003 St Paul VI 2004 Dematha 2005 Gonzaga 2006 Gonzaga 2007 Gonzaga 2008 Dematha 2009 St Paul VI 2010 Gonzaga 2011 Gonzaga 2012 Gonzaga 2013 Gonzaga 2014 St Paul VI 2015 Gonzaga 2016 Gonzaga 2017 Gonzaga 2018 Gonzaga 2019 GonzagaChampions School ChampionshipsGonzaga 14Dematha 14Good Counsel 7St Paul VI 4St John s 4Bishop McNamara 3O Connell 1Boys Tennis champions Edit1979 Archbishop Carroll 1982 O Connell 1983 St John s 1984 St John s 1985 Gonzaga 1986 Gonzaga 1987 Gonzaga 1988 Gonzaga 1989 Gonzaga 1990 Gonzaga 1991 Gonzaga 1992 Gonzaga 1993 Gonzaga 1994 Gonzaga 1995 Gonzaga 1996 Dematha 1997 Dematha 1998 Dematha 1999 Dematha 2000 Dematha 2001 Good Counsel 2002 Dematha 2003 Dematha 2004 Dematha 2005 Gonzaga 2006 Gonzaga 2007 Dematha 2008 Gonzaga 2009 Dematha 2010 Gonzaga 2011 Gonzaga 2012 Gonzaga 2013 Gonzaga 2014 Gonzaga 2015 O Connell 2016 Gonzaga 2017 Gonzaga 2018 Good Counsel 2019 GonzagaChampions School ChampionshipsGonzaga 22Dematha 10O Connell 2St John s 2Good Counsel 2Archbishop Carroll 1Boys Ice Hockey champions Edit2017 DeMatha 2018 DeMatha 2019 DeMatha 2020 DeMatha 2022 St John sChampions School ChampionshipsDeMatha 4St John s 1Boys Swim and Dive Champions Edit2018 Gonzaga 2019 Gonzaga 2020 GonzagaChampions School ChampionshipsGonzaga 3Alumni EditArchbishop Carroll John Thompson Jr 1961 Former NBA player and men s basketball coach at Georgetown University Eddie Jordan 1973 Former NBA player and coach current assistant coach with the Charlotte Hornets Lawrence Moten attended but did not graduate Former NBA player Ruben Boumtje Boumtje 1997 Former NBA player Jamal Williams 1995 Former NFL player Jevon Langford 1992 Former NFL player Kris Joseph 2008 former NBA player Jeremiah Attaochu 2011 Current NFL player Mike Lonergan 1984 Former basketball head coach Catholic University of America University of Vermont George Washington UniversityBishop Ireton Charlie Raphael Former professional soccer playerBishop McNamara Waine Bacon Former NFL player Todd Bozeman Current basketball coach at Morgan State University Jerome Couplin III Current NFL player Brandon Coleman Current NFL player Tyoka Jackson Former NFL player Ty Lawson Current NBA player Talib Zanna Current NBA playerBishop O Connell Kendall Marshall Current NBA player Eric Metcalf Former NFL player Terrence Wilkins Former NFL player Melo Trimble Current professional basketball player Gibran Hamdan Former NFL player John Arsala Former professional soccer player Nataly Arias Former professional soccer player Kate Ziegler World champion swimmerDeMatha Markelle Fultz Current NBA player Brett Cecil Current MLB player Steve Farr Former MLB player Johnny Austin Former NBA player Keith Bogans Current NBA player Adrian Branch Former NBA player Mike Brey Current basketball coach at Notre Dame Kenny Carr Former NBA player Sid Catlett Former NBA player Adrian Dantley Former NBA player Danny Ferry Former NBA player Joseph Forte Former NBA player Sidney Lowe Former NBA player Jerrod Mustaf Former NBA player Victor Oladipo Current NBA player Charles Whitney Former NBA player Bernie Williams Former NBA player JB Brown Former NFL player Mike Johnson Former NFL player Quinn Ojinnaka Former NFL player current wrestler John Owens Former NFL player Tony Paige Former NFL player Steve Smith Former NFL player Cameron Wake Current NFL player Brian Westbrook Former NFL player Edwin Williams Former NFL player Josh Wilson Former NFL player Rodney McLeod Current NFL player Jordan Graye Current MLS player Derek Mills Olympic Gold Medalist Jerami Grant Current NBA player Jerian Grant Current NBA player Cyrus Kouandjio Current NFL player Arie Kouandjio Current NFL player Paul Rabil Current MLL player Co Founder PLL Chase Young Former Ohio State Football Player Bill Hamid Current MLS player member of USMNTGonzaga Cam Johnson Current NFL player Johnson Bademosi Current NFL player Jon Morris Former NFL player John Thompson III Former basketball coach at Georgetown University Roman Oben Former NFL player Curome Cox Current NFL player Mike Banner Former MLS player Joey Haynos Current NFL player Colin Cloherty Current NFL player A J Francis Current NFL player Malcolm Johnson Former NFL player Kevin Hogan Current NFL player Kris Jenkins basketball Current Euroleague playerGood Counsel Zach Hilton Former NFL player Joe Lefeged Former NFL player Steve Howes Former basketball coach at Catholic University of America Current Athletic Director at Good Counsel Tarik Walker Former Professional Soccer Player amp President FC USA Baltimore MD Marty Hurney Former NFL General Manager Chas Gessner Former NFL player Roger Mason Former NBA player Jelani Jenkins Current NFL player Stefon Diggs Current NFL player Blake Countess Current NFL player Kendall Fuller Current NFL playerSt Paul VI Erick Green Current professional basketball player Eddie Royal Former NFL player graduated from Westfield High School Mike Venafro Former MLB PitcherSt John s Gene Augusterfer Former NFL player Scott Glacken Former NFL player Tommy Marvaso Former NFL player Mike Kruczek Former NFL player Jay Williams Former NFL player Chris Harrison Former NFL player Marques Ogden Former NFL player Conrad Bolston Former NFL player Bobby Lewis Former NBA player Chris Wright Former NBA player Marissa Coleman Current WNBA player Perry Currin Former MLB player L J Hoes Current MLB player Nicholas Howard Current MLB player Kevin Plank Founder CEO and Chairman of the Board of Under ArmourReferences Edit 50 Years List of WCAC Football Champions dc thesportsfannetwork com Archived from the original on 2011 12 08 Retrieved 2011 03 15 Boys Catholic Champions Since 1969 PDF www dematha org Archived from the original PDF on 2015 09 23 Retrieved 2011 03 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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