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{{Infobox school
 | name                    = St. Ignatius College Preparatory
 | seal_image              = SIPrepSF.png
 | seal_size               = 225px
 | image                   = File:St. Ignatius College Preparatory, exterior, San Francisco (March 2024) 01.jpg
 | image_size              = 225px
 | alt                     = Main building of St. Ignatius College Preparatory
 | caption                 = SI's main building in 2024
 | motto_translation       = For the Greater Glory of God
 | address                 = 2001 37th Avenue
 | city                    = [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]
 | state                   = [[California]]
 | zipcode                 = 94116
 | coordinates             = {{coord|37|44|54|N|122|29|46|W|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
 | former_name             = St. Ignatius High School
 | type                    = [[Private school|Private]] [[Catholic]]  Non-profit [[Coeducation]]al [[University-preparatory school|college-prep]] education institution
 | motto                   = Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
 | religion                = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] ([[Jesuit]])
 | established             = {{start date and age| 1855 }}
 | founder                 = The Rev. [[Anthony Maraschi]], SJ
 | president               = The Rev. Edward A. Reese, SJ
 | chairman                = Peter J. Siggins
 | principal               = Michelle Nevin Levine
 | grades                  = 9 - 12
 | gender                  = [[Coeducational]]
 | enrollment              = 1,505<ref name="2022-2023 School Profile">{{cite web|url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1698270252/siprep/q6abtghevqrnctltsr8t/schoolprofile.pdf |title=School Profile|author=St. Ignatius College Preparatory}}</ref>
 | enrollment_as_of        = 2021-2022
 | campus_type             = Urban
 | colors                  = {{color box|red}}{{color box|blue|}}  Red & blue
 | conference              = [[West Catholic Athletic League]]
 | mascot                  = Wildcats
 | rival                   = [[Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory]]
 | publication             = ''The Quill'' (literary) <br /> ''Genesis'' (alumni)
 | newspaper               = ''Inside SI''
 | yearbook                = ''The Ignatian''
 | endowment               = $73 million (2017) <ref>{{cite web |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.siprep.org/giving/ways-of-giving/scholarships |website=siprep.org |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref>
 | tuition                 = $32,950 (2024-2025)<ref>Tuition and Financial Assistance https://www.siprep.org/admissions/apply/tuition Retrieved April 08, 2024</ref>
 | website                 = {{URL|siprep.org}}
}}

'''St. Ignatius College Preparatory''', colloquially referred to by Bay Area locals as '''SI''', is a private, Catholic preparatory school in the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] tradition, serving the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] since 1855. Located in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco|Archdiocese of San Francisco]], in the [[Sunset District, San Francisco|Sunset District]] of San Francisco, St. Ignatius is one of the oldest secondary schools in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]].

==History==
St. Ignatius was founded as a one-room schoolhouse on [[Market Street (San Francisco, California)|Market Street]] by [[Anthony Maraschi]], a Jesuit priest, just after the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1855. Maraschi paid $11,000 for the property which was to become the original church and schoolhouse. The church opened on July 15, 1855, and three months later, on October 15, the school opened its doors to its first students.

SI was the high school division of what later became the [[University of San Francisco]], but it has since split from the university and changed locations five times due to the growth of the student body and natural disaster. In the 1860s, the school built a new site, adjacent to the first, on Market Street in downtown San Francisco. In 1880, SI moved its campus to a location on Van Ness Avenue in the heart of San Francisco, and by 1883, SI had become the largest Jesuit school in the nation.<ref name="Our History">{{cite web|url=https://www.siprep.org/about-us/our-history|title=Our History|access-date=May 16, 2020|author=St. Ignatius College Preparatory }}</ref>

Within 26 years of the relocation, however, St. Ignatius would be completely destroyed. Though the school would survive the tremors of the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] with only moderate damage, the subsequent fires destroyed the school and church, forcing SI to find a new location near [[Golden Gate Park]], a hastily constructed "temporary" wooden building, affectionately known as the "Shirt Factory", which housed the school from 1906 to 1929.<ref name="Our History"/>

In 1927, the high school was separated from the university, becoming St. Ignatius High School. Two years later, SI relocated its campus once more, this time to Stanyan Street, where it remained for 40 years. In the fall of 1969, Father Harry Carlin moved SI to its current Sunset District campus, whereupon the current name, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, was adopted.<ref name="About SI">{{cite web|url=http://www.siprep.org/about|title=About SI|access-date=June 13, 2009|author=St. Ignatius College Preparatory }}</ref>

Though founded as an all-boys school, SI became [[coeducation]]al in 1989 and is now home to over 1,500 male and female students. The school celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2005.<ref name="Our History"/>

==Academics and student body==

St. Ignatius offers 4 accelerated, 27 honors, and 14 [[Advanced Placement]] classes.<ref name="2022-2023 School Profile"/>

1,505 high school and 75 middle school students were enrolled in 2022–2023, with the student to teacher ratio being 16 to 1.<ref name="2022-2023 School Profile" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=Fall 2023 |title=GENESIS |url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1712773648/siprep/lurkist4h8hjszyfl8u8/2023-02-fall.pdf |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.siprep.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

The current diversity in 2022-2023 is:<ref name="2022-2023 School Profile"/>

* 45% White
* 5% Latino
* 17% Asian
* 3% Black
* 23% Multiracial
* 1% Pacific Islander
* 1% Native American/Alaskan
* 5% Did Not Report

==Athletics==

The school has 66 athletic teams with over 70% of students participating. The Wildcats generally participate in the [[Western Catholic Athletic League]] (WCAL) in the [[Central Coast Section]] (CCS) of California, though for some sports, the teams belong to other leagues.{{Citation needed|reason=which sports?|date=June 2022}}

The men's rowing team of St. Ignatius has seen the most national success out of any athletic program at the school, as it has won a total of three [[USRowing#Events|US Rowing Youth National Championships]] in 1997, 2005, and 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/HistoricalResults/NationalResults/NationalChampionshipsResults|title=Results|accessdate=18 December 2023}}</ref> In addition, the crew competed in the [[Henley Royal Regatta]] in England, where it won the prestigious [[Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup]] in 2006.<ref>[[Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup#2000 onwards]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-08-03|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup#2000 onwards|reason= The anchor (2000 onwards) [[Special:Diff/975843308|has been deleted]].}}</ref> More recently, the varsity men's team placed 4th in the [[Scholastic Rowing Association of America|SRAA]] National Championship under the Boys Junior 8+ category in 2022, and won the event in 2024.<ref name="2022 Crew Champs">{{cite web |title=Scholastic National Rowing Championship 2022 Full Race Results
|url=http://results.regattatiming.com/backoffice/webpages/staticRaceResults.jsp?raceId=541 |website=results.regattatiming.com |access-date=12 June 2022}}</ref> The team has also recently returned to Youth Nationals in 2023 and 2024, competing in the Men's U16 8+ in the former, and the Men's U17 8+ and Women's U17 8+ in the latter.

The SI men's [[lacrosse]] team won the state championship{{when|date=June 2022}} and was ranked nationally in 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2022. The Cats have won the WCAL Championship 14 years in a row. In 2017 the Wildcats finished ranked number 5 nationally with a 19–2 record, beating number 6 ranked Chaminade, NY and number 14 ranked Gonzaga, D.C. St. Ignatius has a powerhouse lacrosse program, known nationwide for sending student-athletes to [[Ivy League]] and [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] schools.<ref>[http://www.laxpower.com/hschamps/champs.php?year=2008&gender=B Lacrosse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228153410/http://www.laxpower.com/hschamps/champs.php?year=2008&gender=B |date=2013-12-28 }}, laxpower.com; accessed February 3, 2016.</ref>

The SI women's lacrosse team has historically seen success as well, winning the WCAL title for five years straight from 1997 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Focus on the Faculty: 1990s |url=https://history.siprep.org/focus-on-the-faculty-1990s/ |access-date=8 July 2022}}</ref> The team also won CCS in 2022 and ended the season as the 12th best in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Ignatius Girls Lacrosse Rankings |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/san-francisco/st-ignatius-wildcats/lacrosse/girls/rankings/ |website=maxpreps.com |access-date=8 July 2022}}</ref>

The SI men's soccer team has been nationally ranked by ESPN. The boys won the WCAL championship in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the [[CIF Central Coast Section|CCS]] championship in 2009, 2017, and 2018. They won the inaugural Northern California championship in 2018 and were ranked number 2 nationally to end the season.<ref>[http://www.cifccs.org/history/soccerboys.html Soccer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717030808/http://www.cifccs.org/history/soccerboys.html |date=2006-07-17 }}, cifccs.org; accessed February 3, 2016.</ref>

The SI football team were WCAL champions in 1967, 2006, and 2019, as well as CCS Division III champions in 2006 and 2011. In 2012 SI placed first in the WCAL and competed in the CCS Division I playoffs. In 2024 SI were co-WCAL champions and CCS Open division champions. {{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

The SI men's swim team placed 3rd in CCS Div I and the 200 Freestyle relay team broke the CCS Record in prelims and then was ranked 10th nationally in the All-American rankings in 2014. In 2015, the men placed 4th in CCS Div I with a CCS championship in the 200 Freestyle, and also placed 6th at the Inaugural California State Championship. In 2017, the men placed 6th in CCS Div I with a CCS championship in the 200 Freestyle relay.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://cifccs.org/Playoffs/results/21-22/2022_Swimming_-_Diving_Meet_Results_-002-.pdf|title=CIF-Central Coast Section|website=CIF-Central Coast Section|accessdate=18 December 2023}}</ref>

The SI women's swim team has seen much success in the WCAL Championship in recent years, with the varsity team winning in 2007 and 2019 and the junior varsity team winning in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018, and 2019. In both 2007 and 2008, the women placed 4th in CCS Div I with a CCS championship in the 200 Medley relay. In 2022, the women placed first in CCS Div I, with CCS Championships in the 200 Medley relay, 100 Butterfly, and 200 Freestyle relay, with the 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle relay teams qualifying for the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All American.<ref name="auto1"/>

The SI men's and women's cross country teams recently won the 2019 CCS Division III Championship, while the men's water polo team won the Division II Championship, as well as a Northern California Championship.

St. Ignatius also hosts [[esports]] teams for [[Rocket League]] and [[League of Legends]], with the former winning the state championship and the latter placing 8th in California in 2019. {{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

===Rivalry with Sacred Heart Cathedral===
{{Main|Bruce–Mahoney Trophy}}

St. Ignatius' traditional rival is [[Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory]], also located in San Francisco. The SI''–''SHC rivalry began with a [[Rugby football|rugby]] game on [[St. Patrick's Day]] in 1893.<ref name="Bruce-Mahoney">{{Cite web|url=https://www.siprep.org/athletics/about-athletics/traditions/the-bruce-mahoney-trophy|title=The Bruce-Mahoney Trophy}}</ref> SI and SHC compete against each other in football, basketball, baseball, and [[volleyball]] for the [[Bruce-Mahoney Trophy]], which is named after naval airman, Bill Bruce '35 of St. Ignatius, and Jerry Mahoney of Sacred Heart Cathedral, both alumni who died in [[World War II]]. All-time, SI has dominated over SHC, with a winning record of 54-20-3 for the trophy.<ref name="Bruce-Mahoney"/>

==Notable alumni==
{{more citations needed|section|date=August 2022}}
* Callaghan Thomas Byrne, 1866 – Los Angeles and San Francisco pioneer and developer<ref>{{Cite web |title=CALLAGHAN BYRNE |url=https://goldennuggetlibrary.sfgenealogy.org/labyrne.htm |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=goldennuggetlibrary.sfgenealogy.org}}</ref>
* [[Jeremiah F. Sullivan]] – Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of California]]
* [[Stephen M. White]] – [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from California from 1893 to 1899 (attended, did not graduate)
* [[Edward John O'Dea]] – [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle|Bishop of Seattle]] (attended, did not graduate)
* [[John Joseph Montgomery]], 1873 – aviation pioneer<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Great Jewel of Education: 1880-1905 - St. Ignatius College Prep |url=https://www.siprep.org/about-us/our-history/the-great-jewel-of-education-1880-1905 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=www.siprep.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Richard Slevin]] – second curator of herpetology at the [[California Academy of Sciences]]
* [[Charles H. Strub]], 1902 – dentist and sports entrepreneur
* [[Francis Joseph McCarty]] – experimenter
* [[Daniel J. Callaghan]], 1907 – United States Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Dutch Ruether]] – MLB player, pitcher in three World Series
* [[Frederic B. Butler]], 1913 – United States Army general
* [[William M. Callaghan|William Callaghan]], 1914 – United States Navy admiral, first commanding officer of {{USS| Missouri |BB-63}}<ref name="SaintIgnatius2005">[http://www.siprep.org/uploaded/genesis/documents/Genesis05Spring.pdf History Supplement: Admiral William Callaghan '14], ''Genesis IV: The alumni magazine of Saint Ignatius College Preparatory'' (2005), pp. 34–35. Retrieved on December 30, 2013.</ref>
* [[Joseph Kurihara]] – [[Japanese American internment|Japanese American internee]] who renounced his American citizenship (attended, did not graduate)
* [[Raymond L. Sullivan]], 1924 – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
* [[Joseph E. Tinney]], 1927 – attorney and politician 
* [[André Laguerre]] – managing editor of [[Sports Illustrated]] from 1960 to 1974
* [[Richard Egan (actor)|Richard Egan]], 1939 – actor
* [[Rene Herrerias]], 1944 – college basketball player and head coach
* [[Ivan L. Slavich Jr.]], 1945 – United States Army colonel
* [[Jim Mangan]], 1946 – MLB catcher
* [[Joe McNamee]], 1946 – NBA player
* [[John Jay O'Connor]], 1947 – lawyer and husband of former Supreme Court Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]]
* [[George Moscone]], 1947 – 37th [[Mayor of San Francisco]]
* [[Leo T. McCarthy]], 1948 – 43rd [[Lieutenant Governor of California]]
* [[William H. Briare]], 1948 – 18th [[Mayor of Las Vegas]]<ref>{{cite news |title=William Briare Obituary (2006) - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Review-Journal |url=https://obits.reviewjournal.com/us/obituaries/lvrj/name/william-briare-obituary?pid=142069441 |work=obits.reviewjournal.com}}</ref>
* [[Bradford Dillman]], 1949 – actor
* [[Pat Malley]], 1949 – college football player at [[Santa Clara University]], head coach and athletic director
* [[John Paul Getty Jr.]] – philanthropist (attended, did not graduate)
* [[Gordon Getty]], 1951 – businessman and composer
* [[George Stanley (poet)|George Stanley]], 1951 – award-winning poet and member of the [[San Francisco Renaissance]]
* [[Jerry Brown]], 1955 – 34th and 39th [[Governor of California]]<ref name="CaGov2010">[http://gov.ca.gov/m_about.php Office of the Governor - About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703153459/http://gov.ca.gov/m_about.php |date=2014-07-03 }} Retrieved April 11, 2011</ref>
* [[Fred LaCour]], 1956 – professional basketball player
* [[Adrian Buoncristiani]], 1958 – college basketball coach
* [[Paul Pelosi]] – businessman and husband of [[Nancy Pelosi]] (attended, did not graduate)
* [[Dan Fitzgerald]], 1959 – college basketball coach and athletic director at [[Gonzaga University]]
* [[Gil Haskell]], 1961 – football coach, [[offensive coordinator]] for the [[Seattle Seahawks]] from 2000 to 2008
* [[Mike Nevin]], 1961 – politician 
* [[James F. O'Connell]], 1961 – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the [[University of Utah]]
* [[Tim Tierney (American football)|Tim Tierney]], 1961 – college football player and coach
* [[Abe Jacob]], 1962 – sound designer and audio engineer
* [[Al Saunders]], 1964 – [[academic All-America]]n football player at [[San Jose State University]], NFL head coach for the [[San Diego Chargers]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Meet the Browns' everlasting energy source, Al Saunders |url=https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/meet-the-browns-everlasting-energy-source-al-saunders-17169249 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=www.clevelandbrowns.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Charles Parks (basketball)|Charles Parks]], 1964 – professional basketball player
* [[Bob Portman]], 1965 – college basketball player at [[Creighton University]], NBA player, forward for the [[Golden State Warriors]]
* [[Laurence Yep]], 1966 – author
* [[Robert Francis Christian]], [[Dominican Order|O.P.]], 1966 – auxiliary bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco|Archdiocese of San Francisco]]
* [[Marshall Kilduff]], 1967 – investigative reporter
* [[Paul Otellini]], 1968 – President and CEO of [[Intel]]
* [[Dan Fouts]], 1969 – NFL player, quarterback for the [[San Diego Chargers]], NFL Hall of Fame, six time [[Pro Bowl]]er<ref name="C Trib">{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/01/26/bay-area-school-generates-athletes/|title=Bay Area school generates athletes|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 26, 2002|access-date=February 13, 2014|author=Hirsley, Michael}}</ref>
* [[Gerald Posner]], 1971 – investigative journalist
* [[Len Salvemini]], 1971 – professional soccer player 
* [[Mark Stahl (soccer)|Mark Stahl]], 1971 – professional soccer player
* [[Kevin Shelley]], 1973 – [[California Secretary of State]] from 2003 to 2005
* [[Dan Salvemini]], 1975 – professional soccer player and member of 1980 US Olympic team
* [[Kevin Rodney Sullivan]], 1976 – film and television actor and director
* [[James Houghton (artistic director)|James Houghton]], 1976 – Director of Drama at the [[Juilliard School]]
* [[Kevin V. Ryan]], 1976 – [[United States Attorney for the Northern District of California]] from 2002 to 2007
* [[Eugene Gloria]], 1977 – poet
* [[Bartlett Sher]], 1977 – Tony Award-winning stage director, known for directing the 2008 Broadway revival of [[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]
* [[Anthony Cistaro]], 1981 – actor 
* [[Francis Jue]], 1981 – actor
* [[Luke Brugnara]], 1981 – businessman, casino mogul
* [[Jonathan Moscone]], 1982 – theater director
* [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]], 1983 – television producer and screenwriter
* [[Luke Brugnara]], 1983 – commercial real estate investor and developer 
* [[Derek Lam]], 1984 – fashion designer
* [[Levy Middlebrooks]], 1984 – professional basketball player
* [[Stephen McFeely]], 1987 – screenwriter and producer
* [[Al Madrigal]], 1989 – comedian, writer, actor, and producer
* [[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]], 1992 – 44th Mayor of San Francisco
* [[Gwendoline Yeo]], 1994 – [[Singaporean]] actress
* [[Anthony Buich]], 1996 – professional football player
* [[Dan Kaminsky]], 1996 – computer security researcher
* [[Beth Spotswood]], 1996 – writer
* [[Igor Olshansky]], 2000 – NFL player, defensive lineman for the [[Miami Dolphins]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallascowboys.com/team/team_biosPlayers.cfm?playerID=DE3D59AB-D9BB-9712-09707C7332DD002B|title=Igor Olshansky profile|access-date=January 13, 2011|quote=(Olshansky) first-team all-league at SI.}}</ref>
* [[Luke Whitehead]] – professional basketball player (attended, did not graduate)
* [[Honey Mahogany]], 2002 – activist, politician, drag performer, and singer
* [[Darren Criss]], 2005 – musician, actor, singer-songwriter, and composer
* [[Jeff Cosgriff]], 2006 – professional soccer player
* [[Jill Costello]], 2006 – activist for lung cancer awareness and research
* [[Molly McGrath]], 2007 – sportscaster and studio host at [[ESPN]]
* [[Zac Lee]], 2005 – professional football player
* [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)#Personal life|Eleanor Columbus]], 2007 – film producer
* [[Jamize Olawale]], 2008 – NFL player, fullback for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]
* [[Brendan Daly (rugby union)|Brendan Daly]], 2009 – professional rugby player 
* [[Colin Woodell]], 2010 – actor
* [[Illenium|Nicholas Miller]], 2009 – professional DJ ([[Illenium|ILLENIUM]])
* [[Jacqueline Toboni]], 2010 – actress
* [[Matt Krook]], 2013 – MLB player, pitcher for the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/matt-krook-is-a-rare-dual-threat-for-st-ignatius-baseball/article_b9859f8f-f7aa-57e9-8be8-c6a0b89342b4.html|title=Matt Krook is a rare dual-threat for St. Ignatius baseball|first=Examiner|last=Staff|website=San Francisco Examiner|date=26 March 2013 }}</ref>
* [[Andrew Vollert]], 2013 – NFL player, tight end for 5 NFL teams
* [[Teddye Buchanan]], 2020 – NFL player, linebacker for the [[Baltimore Ravens]]<ref>[https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Pass-and-catch-duo-taking-St-Ignatius-to-new-14827406.php Pass-and-catch duo taking St. Ignatius to new heights]</ref>

==See also==
*[[High schools in California#San Francisco County|San Francisco high schools]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.siprep.org/ St. Ignatius College Preparatory ]

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