The Interstate Athletic Conference is an all-boys high school sports league made up of six private high schools in the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, area, competing in twelve varsity

Varsity team

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 sports: baseball

Baseball

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, basketball

Basketball

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, cross country

Cross country running

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, football

American football

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, golf

Golf

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, ice hockey

Ice hockey

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, lacrosse

Lacrosse

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, soccer, swimming

Swimming (sport)

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 and diving

Diving

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, tennis

Tennis

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, track and field

Track and field

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, and wrestling

Wrestling

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. The IAC is widely regarded as one of the most competitive and talent-deep lacrosse leagues in the nation.

Members

The conference members include: Georgetown Preparatory School

Georgetown Preparatory School

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, St. Albans School

St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)

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, Landon School

Landon School

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, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, Episcopal High School

Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Virginia)

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, and The Bullis School

The Bullis School

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.
Sidwell Friends School

Sidwell Friends School

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 was also an original member of this conference but in 1999 joined the MAC.

History

• 1970: Georgetown Prep's football team is banned from the league. This ban lasts 11 years.
• 2004: League Headmasters meet and decide to remove Georgetown Prep's football team, citing the schools larger number of male students and higher football aspirations than the league's other schools

Some Notable Athletes and Coaches over the Years

Landon

• Fred Hetzel
  Fred Hetzel
  Fred W. Hetzel is a retired American basketball player.-Early life in D.C.:Hetzel initially attended Woodrow Wilson High School in D.C. and played for the Tigers in the 1958 season. He then transferred to Landon School in the Bethesda, MD. suburbs and was a 3 time All Met. As a Soph, he averaged...
  
  , Basketball
• Wil Hetzel, Basketball
• Matt Ward '02, winner of the Tewaaraton trophy
  Tewaaraton Trophy
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• Donald Dell, Basketball, Tennis
• Maury Povich
  Maury Povich
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  , Basketball
• Ken Jenkins, Football
• Coach Rob Bordley, Lacrosse

Sidwell Friends

• Eddie Tapscott, Basketball, Football
• Charlie Watkins, Basketball, Football
• Kara Lawson, Freshman Basketball

Episcopal

• Antric Klaiber, Basketball
• Tim Hightower
  Tim Hightower
  -Arizona Cardinals:Hightower scored 10 touchdowns during his rookie season, and another 3 in the post season while averaging a meager 2.8 yards per carry. He would rush for a total amount of 399 yards in 2008. Hightower would then become the only Cardinal rookie running back ever to have scored a...
  
   '04
• Arinze Onuaku
  Arinze Onuaku
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   '05
• Danny Coale '07

St. Albans

• Jonathan Ogden
  Jonathan Ogden
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   '92
• Anwar McQueen, Basketball
• Lester Lyles
  Lester Lyles
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  , Football, Basketball
• Jesse Hubbard
  Jesse Hubbard
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   '94, Lacrosse
• Al Gore
  Al Gore
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  , Basketball, Football
• Billy Green, Basketball
• Roger Stansbury, Basketball
• Coach Bob Brown, Basketball and Baseball
• Coach Brooks Johnson, Athletic Director
• Coach Red Auerbach
  Red Auerbach
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  , Basketball
• Luke Russert, Golf
• Ray Brown, Track & Field
• Larry Shipp, Track & Field

Bullis

• Dan Goldie
  Dan Goldie
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  , Tennis
• Lenny Bernstein, Wrestling
• Aaron Jackson, Football
• Jim Bakthiar, Football
• Tanard Jackson
  Tanard Jackson
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   '03

Georgetown Prep

• Dave Mulquin ’77
• Mike Mulquin '79 Basketball
• David Saunders, Track and Field
• John Ricca, Football
• Coach Franny Gleason Basketball
• Coach Kevin Giblin, Lacrosse
• Marcus Mason
  Marcus Mason
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   '03
• Roy Hibbert
  Roy Hibbert
  Roy Denzil Hibbert is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He plays at the center position, and graduated from Georgetown University in 2008. He was drafted 17th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors and was immediately traded to the Pacers...
  
  Basketball, '04

St. Stephens and St. Agnes

• Chris Meloni '79
• Andy Hitt, Football
• Coach Herb Soles Wrestling
• Richard Pleasants '78
• Coach Al "Sleepy" Thompson Football/Athletic Director
• Coach David Hooper Wrestling