West Catholic Athletic League

The West Catholic Athletic League or WCAL is a highly competitive high school athletic conference in the Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. The boys division is made up of seven private Catholic schools and one non-denominational Christian school in the Western and Southern portions of the San Francisco Bay Area. The girls division includes all the co-ed schools in the WCAL with Notre Dame-Belmont, Presentation High School-San Jose, and Sacred Heart Preparatory of Atherton taking the place of the three all-boys schools: Archbishop Riordan, Bellarmine, and Junípero Serra.

High schools

• Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose
• Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco - boys
• Bellarmine College Preparatory, San Jose - boys
• Notre Dame High School, Belmont - girls
• Presentation High School, San Jose - girls
• Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco
• Saint Francis High School, Mountain View
• Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco
• Junípero Serra High School, San Mateo - boys
• Valley Christian High School, San Jose

Alumni

Major League Baseball (MLB)

• Mark Canha, first baseman/outfielder, Oakland Athletics (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
• Daniel Descalso, infielder, St. Louis Cardinals (Saint Francis High School)
• Kevin Frandsen, third baseman, Philadelphia Phillies (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
• Matt Klein, outfielder, San Francisco Giants (St. Francis High School)
• Tommy Medica, first baseman, Miami Marlins (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
• Daniel Nava, outfielder, Boston Red Sox (Saint Francis High School)

Former MLB players

• Barry Bonds, outfielder (Junípero Serra High School)
• Pat Burrell, outfielder (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
• Eric Byrnes, outfielder (St. Francis High School)
• Dolph Camilli, first baseman (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory)
• Joe Cronin, shortstop (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory)
• Harry Heilmann, outfielder (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory)
• Joe Kmak, catcher (Junípero Serra High School)
• Gregg Jefferies, infielder/outfielder (Junípero Serra High School)
• Mike Vail, infielder/outfielder (Archbishop Mitty High School)

National Basketball Association (NBA)

• Aaron Gordon, forward (Archbishop Mitty High School)

• Tyler Johnson (basketball), guard (Saint Francis High School)

Former NBA players

• Chris Munk, power forward (Archbishop Riordan High School)
• Kevin Restani, power forward (Archbishop Riordan High School)
• Raymond Townsend, point guard (Archbishop Mitty High School)

National Football League (NFL)

• Tom Brady, quarterback, New England Patriots (Junípero Serra High School)
• Jason Hill, wide receiver, New York Jets (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory)
• Eric Wright, cornerback, San Francisco 49ers (Archbishop Riordan High School)
• Rhett Ellison, tight end, Minnesota Vikings (Saint Francis High School)
• David Bakhtiari, offensive tackle, Green Bay Packers (Junípero Serra High School)
• Will Ta'ufo'ou, fullback, Jacksonville Jaguars (Saint Francis High School)

Former NFL players

• Dan Fouts, quarterback (Saint Ignatius College Preparatory)
• Kevin Gogan, guard (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory)
• Derek Loville, running back (Archbishop Riordan High School)
• Dan Pastorini, quarterback (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
• Steve Sewell, running back (Archbishop Riordan High School)
• Lynn Swann, wide receiver (Junípero Serra High School)

Olympic athletes

• Brandi Chastain, Olympic gold medalist and Women's World Cup champion soccer player
• Polina Edmunds, figure skater, Archbishop Mitty High School
• Kerri Walsh-Jennings, winner of three consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medals, Archbishop Mitty High School
• Pablo Morales, Olympic gold and silver medalist of the 1984 and 1992 Summer Games, Pan Pacific gold and bronze medalist in '85, '87, and '89, World Champion in '86, and a silver in the Pan American Games of '83, Bellarmine College Preparatory

- Ariel Hsing, Table Tennis, Valley Christian High School

External links

• Official Website