DeMatha Catholic High School

DeMatha Catholic High School
Address
DeMatha Catholic High School
4313 Madison Street
Hyattsville, Maryland 20781
United States
Coordinates 38°57′29″N 76°56′32″W / 38.95806°N 76.94222°W / 38.95806; -76.94222Coordinates: 38°57′29″N 76°56′32″W / 38.95806°N 76.94222°W / 38.95806; -76.94222
Information
Type Private, College-prep
Motto Faith Filled Gentlemen & Scholars
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s) St. John of Matha
Established 1946
Founder Trinitarian Order
Principal Daniel McMahon
Faculty 85
Grades 9–12
Gender Boys
Enrollment 800
Student to teacher ratio 12:1
Campus size 10 acres (40,000 m2)
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Red and blue          
Song DeMatha Forever!
Fight song One DeMatha
Athletics conference Washington Catholic Athletic Conference
Nickname Stags
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Average SAT scores 560 verbal
575 math
560 writing
Publication "Red & Blue Review" and "DeMatha Express"
Newspaper The DeMatha Stagline
Tuition $16,995
Website www.dematha.org

DeMatha Catholic High School, named after Saint John of Matha, is a four-year Catholic high school for young men located in Hyattsville, Maryland, USA. A member of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, DeMatha is under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.

History

DeMatha was founded by the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, or Trinitarians, in 1946 in Hyattsville, Maryland, about 2 miles south of University of Maryland, College Park.

Academics

The United States Department of Education recognized DeMatha as a Blue Ribbon School in 1984 and 1991.[2]

Music program

DeMatha's music program was founded in 1970 by John Mitchell; about 40% of students participate. The music department is based at the McCarthy Activity Center, which opened in 2009. According to the school's website, the music program includes "five concert bands, three choruses, three percussion ensembles, three string orchestras, six levels of music theory, and a History of Rock and Roll class" plus "two jazz ensembles, a pep band for basketball games, a gospel choir, as well as numerous small ensembles."[3]

Athletics

Sports Illustrated recognized DeMatha as the #2 high school athletic program in the United States in 2005[4], and again in 2007[5].

Morgan Wootten Gymnasium

Notable alumni

Arts and entertainment

Television

Politics

Publishing

  • Michael Mewshaw (1961) is an author.[10]
  • Thomas S. Hibbs (1978) is an American philosopher and author, dean and distinguished professor of philosophy at Baylor University.
  • Jim Nelson (1981) is an editor, currently the Editor-in-Chief of GQ magazine.[11]

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Lacrosse

NASCAR

Soccer

  • Jordan Graye (2005) is a professional soccer player for the Major League Soccer team Houston Dynamo.
  • Drew Yates (2006) is a professional soccer player for the USL Harrisburg City Islanders.
  • Bill Hamid (2008) is a professional soccer player for the Major League Soccer team D.C. United.
  • Chris Odoi-Atsem (2013) is a professional soccer player for the Major League Soccer team D.C. United.

Track and field

Notable staff

References

  1. ↑ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. ↑ Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine., National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Music Program". DeMatha Catholic High School. November 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.si.com/vault/issue/720978/65
  5. ↑ http://hyattsvillelife.com/dematha-is-much-more-than-an-athletic-powerhouse/
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Brady, Erik (6 November 2002), "Winningest prep basketball coach Wootten retires", USA Today, retrieved 13 November 2010, Morgan Wootten invoked Ecclesiastes on Wednesday as he announced his retirement from DeMatha Catholic High School, where he won more basketball games than any coach in high school history ... (table includes alumni in NBA) ... James Brown of Fox Sports stood in the back, but he was not there as a member of the media. "I had to be here," said Brown, who played for Wootten in the 1960s
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 McNally, Brian (9 October 2009), "Top 10 notable DeMatha alumni", The Washington Examiner (Washington, DC, USA), retrieved 15 November 2010, Adrian Dantley ... Danny Ferry ... Brian Westbrook ... Paul Rabil ... Keith Bogans ... Joe Forte ... Derek Mills ... James Brown ... Sidney Lowe ... Dereck Whitteburg ...
  8. ↑ Solomon, George (29 May 2005), "Keeping Up With Jones", The Washington Post, retrieved 13 November 2010, Former Post sportswriter David Aldridge, a DeMatha graduate now working for the Philadelphia Inquirer and TNT, calls himself the school's "patron saint of the uncoordinated."
  9. 1 2 3 4 Woodson, Alex (November 2004). "Honor Roll: These five schools have been top breeding grounds for NBA talent". Vibe. New York, NY, USA: Vibe/Spin Ventures LLC. 12 (11): 142. ISSN 1070-4701. Legendary Coach Morgan Wootten saw 14 of his former Stags make it to the NBA ... From Detroit Piston great Adrian Dantley ('73) to journeyman Danny Ferry ('85) to 2003 Orlando Magic first-rounder Keith Bogans ('99). DeMatha has been a hoops institution for decades, even producing NBA journalists like network reporter David Aldridge
  10. ↑ Nemeth, Sarah (19 October 2006), "If you could see him now: World-traveling author swoops into Hyattsville", The Gazette (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), retrieved 13 November 2010, Mewshaw graduated from DeMatha High School in 1961 and is visiting the school tonight to inspire students.
  11. ↑ Argetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne (5 April 2006), "The Reliable Source: GQ Goes Into War Mode With Photos From Iraq", The Washington Post, retrieved 18 November 2010, "We want people to think of us differently," Editor in Chief Jim Nelson explained at the party ... Second surprise: that GQ's boyishly urbane editor is a 1981 grad of DeMatha -- the jock school ? The Greenbelt native laughed. "I grew up in the cult of DeMatha
  12. ↑ Mills, Keith (3 May 2007). "Nine join hall of fame". article. PressBoxonline.com. Retrieved 15 November 2010. Steve Farr: Farr went to Dematha and then American University before signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1976. After an eight-year minor league career he was traded to Cleveland in 1983 and picked up by Kansas City in 1985 as a free agent. Farr saved 38 games for the Royals in 1989 and '89 and 78 from 1993 to '95 with the Yankees.
  13. ↑ "DeMatha grad to pitch for Toronto: Blue Jays call up former Stags' left-hander Brett Cecil; First start set for Tuesday", The Gazette (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), 1 May 2009, retrieved 14 November 2010, In his third season of professional baseball, DeMatha High School graduate Brett Cecil is headed to the big leagues. The Toronto Blue Jays announced Friday morning that they are bringing the 22-year-old left-handed pitcher up from their Class AAA affiliate in Las Vegas.
  14. ↑ "Johnny Austin". biographic and statistical information. Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved 13 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland
  15. ↑ "Mike Brey". biographic sketch. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 13 November 2010. Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, Brey previously spent five seasons as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater, DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., under Wootten before taking the assistant's post at Duke. He served as DeMatha head junior varsity coach and varsity assistant beginning in 1982. During the five years, DeMatha combined to finish 139-22
  16. ↑ Noie, Thomas R. (Spring 2010). "Calling the Shots" (PDF). GW Magazine. Washington, DC, USA: The George Washington University. Retrieved 13 November 2010. Graduating from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., Coach Brey never thought to attend George Washington, a school where his mother, Betty, served as swim coach and his father, Paul, a former high school athletic director earned his master's degree.
  17. 1 2 Wootten, Morgan; Gilbert, Dave (2003), Coaching basketball successfully (second ed.), Champaign, IL, USA: Human Kinetics, ISBN 0-7360-4790-5, p. 210
  18. ↑ "Adrian Branch". biographic and statistical information. Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved 13 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic, in Hyattsville, MD
  19. ↑ Suderman, Alan (14 December 2009), "Former basketball star, cop suing Montgomery County over heart problems", Washington Examiner (Washington, DC, USA), retrieved 15 November 2010, Steven Hood starred at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville in the mid-1980s and later for James Madison University. He then played almost a decade of professional basketball overseas, court records show.
  20. ↑ "Jerrod Mustaf". statistics and biographic data. Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved 15 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland
  21. ↑ Schmoldt, Eric (10 November 2007). "Schroyer brings years of lessons". article. trib.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010. Schroyer worked on his game with his father and friends from that point until it was time to go to high school. Living in Walkersville, Md., ... He chose DeMatha High School and legendary coach Morgan Wootten, even though they were 90 minutes down the road.
  22. ↑ Lieber, Jill (7 November 1994). "Mike Johnson". Sports Illustrated. New York, NY, USA: Time & Life. 81 (19): NC8. ISSN 0038-822X. Retrieved 15 November 2010. Detroit linebacker Mike Johnson has always been fascinated by structural design ... That search for harmony is a hallmark of Johnson's off-field interests as well. In his senior year at DeMatha High in Hyattsville, Md., he enrolled in architectural drawing classes and became engrossed in his projects.
  23. ↑ Friend, Tom (26 August 1989), "Riggs, Redskins Run Over Dolphins", The Washington Post (Washington, DC, USA), retrieved 15 November 2010, Leading by 14 with under five minutes remaining, Washington punter Rick Tuten fielded a low snap from center Ralph Tamm and had his kick smothered by rookie Louis Oliver. Cornerback J.B. Brown of Maryland and DeMatha High School recovered in the end zone.
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maske, Mark (18 September 2009), "NFL News Feed: DeMatha Has Most NFL Players", The Washington Post, retrieved 18 November 2010, According to the announcement, seven DeMatha alums were on opening-weekend NFL rosters, including the Washington Redskins' Byron Westbrook and Edwin Williams. The other DeMatha products were Philadelphia's Brian Westbrook, Atlanta's Quinn Ojinnaka, Miami's Derek Wake and Seattle's John Owens and Josh Wilson.
  25. ↑ Murray, Ken (23 July 1991), "Humphries gets second chance Redskins notebook", Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD, USA), retrieved 15 November 2010, Coy Gibbs, the son of Redskins coach Joe Gibbs and former DeMatha High linebacker, will play for the Maryland all-stars in Saturday's Big 33 game against Pennsylvania on Saturday in nearby Hershey.
  26. ↑ "Derek Mills". biographic sketch. Tulane University Athletic Department. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010. A native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School, Mills was a four-time NCAA Champion for the Yellow Jackets.
  27. ↑ "Morgan B. Wootten". biographical sketch. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2000. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2010. In over forty years of coaching at legendary DeMatha High School, Wootten won more than 1,200 games and is the most successful high school coach in basketball history.
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