Mater Dei Catholic High School (Chula Vista, California)
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Mater Dei Catholic High School is a private
, Roman Catholic high school
in Chula Vista, California
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
. Mater Dei Catholic replaced its former school, Marian Catholic High School, in September 2007. The rebuilding/renaming came as a result of the Diocese's decision to upgrade all of its secondary campuses in the last five years. The original campus was located in South San Diego
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The cost of attendance at MDCHS is the average catholic rate compared with most private, Roman Catholic high schools in San Diego, at around $11,040 - $12,960 per year as of the 2010-2011 academic career.
titles and two state titles.
(2003) and Patrick Gates (2004).
to win the 2009 CIF Division III Title. Lopez was named player of the week and received the Player of the Month Award for the Month of March by the San Diego Hall of Champions
. Mater Dei Catholic is the first boys soccer team from San Diego in any division to win the State Regional Title.
The 2010-2011 Lady Crusaders defeated number one seed Madison High to win the SDCIF Division IV Softball title.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Chula Vista, California
Chula Vista, California
Chula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fourteenth largest city in the State of California, and the seventy seventh largest city in the U.S....
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States. Its ecclesiastic territory includes all of San Diego and Imperial Counties in Southern California, with a Catholic population of 1,981,057...
. Mater Dei Catholic replaced its former school, Marian Catholic High School, in September 2007. The rebuilding/renaming came as a result of the Diocese's decision to upgrade all of its secondary campuses in the last five years. The original campus was located in South San Diego
South San Diego
South San Diego is a district in San Diego, California, within a larger region known as the South Bay.-History:Before the arrival of the Spanish explorers, area of South San Diego was largely inhabited by the Digueno people...
.
Background
Marian Catholic was established in 1960. It was the first Catholic co-ed high school in the Diocese. The school mascot is the CrusaderCrusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
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The cost of attendance at MDCHS is the average catholic rate compared with most private, Roman Catholic high schools in San Diego, at around $11,040 - $12,960 per year as of the 2010-2011 academic career.
Athletics
Marian Catholic/Mater Dei has had notable athletic successes in its history. School teams have won 22 San Diego CIFCalifornia Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
titles and two state titles.
Basketball
The 2009 Lady Crusaders beat Bishops School 54-51 to capture the CIF Division IV regional title. They then beat Modesto Christian High School in a come-back win 54-51 to become the CIF State Divion IV Champions, becoming the first team in Crusader history to win a state title.Football
The Crusaders boys football teams won the Division 1A championship in 1988, Division IV champions in 1998–1999 and Division III championships in 2002–2003. The 2003 team set the CIF record for points in a season with 713. They won 27 consecutive games between 2002 and 2004. Standouts include Stanley Daniels (2002), Mickey PimentelMickey Pimentel
Mickey Pimentel is an American football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
(2003) and Patrick Gates (2004).
Soccer
The 2009 Crusader Soccer Team beat Francis Parker High School, 2-0 in the San Diego Section CIF Finals (goals from Sergio Lopez, and Sergio Croswaithe) . Their key player Sergio Lopez scored twice in the last 5 minutes of the Semi-Final Regional game to make the final score 2-1 to push the Crusaders to the State Regional Final where he also tallied another goal along with Cesar Trejo. The Crusaders soccer team beat Salesian High School of Los Angeles, 2-1 in the State Regional finals in Downey, CaliforniaDowney, California
Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter lived and died...
to win the 2009 CIF Division III Title. Lopez was named player of the week and received the Player of the Month Award for the Month of March by the San Diego Hall of Champions
San Diego Hall of Champions
The San Diego Hall of Champions is an American multi-sport museum in San Diego, California. Located in the Federal Building in Balboa Park, the facility recognizes outstanding athletic accomplishments and traditions involving more than forty-two sports...
. Mater Dei Catholic is the first boys soccer team from San Diego in any division to win the State Regional Title.
Softball
The 2009-2010 Lady Crusaders Softball team defeated number one seed Christian High School to win the SDCIF Division IV Softball title.The 2010-2011 Lady Crusaders defeated number one seed Madison High to win the SDCIF Division IV Softball title.
Volleyball
The 1979–1981 girls volleyball team won three consecutive SD-CIF Div 2A titles. The 1979 team placed 3rd in state and the 1980 team finished in second place. Three members of those teams were awarded SD-CIF Player of the Year: Julie Baker (1979), Susan Compton (1980) and Alisha Eischen (1981 and 1982). They won the Metro division six straight years, from 1979–1984. The volleyball team still holds the section record for consecutive wins (46) from 1980 until 1982.Notable alumni
- Susan Compton (1981). SD-CIF Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Player of the Year (1980). NCAA Tournament First TeamNCAA Women's Volleyball ChampionshipThe NCAA has contested team championships in women's volleyball since 1981. The following is a list of the champions of each division with their record for the year in which they won the championship, and the runner up, city, site and other final four participants for division I...
selection (1984), with Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. - Stanley DanielsStanley Daniels (American football)Stanley E. Daniels, II is an American football guard for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
NFL player - John Carlos FreyJohn Carlos FreyJohn Carlos Frey in Tijuana, Mexico, is an Mexican-American director and actor known for his documentaries and activism on the plight and treatment of immigrants on the US-Mexican border. Frey's works include the 2002 film The Gatekeeper, which he directed and starred; and documentaries The...
(1981), activist, screenwriter, film director and actor. - George MilkeGeorge MilkeGeorge E. Milke was a pitcher who is most notable for winning the 1974 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a sophomore at University of Southern California. He is one of seven players from University of Southern California to win that award...
. Former Major League Baseball pitcher for the New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League... - Mickey PimentelMickey PimentelMickey Pimentel is an American football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
(2003) American football linebacker for the Atlanta FalconsAtlanta FalconsThe Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
of the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. - Jesse Rodriguez (1969). Former Superior CourtSuperior Courts of CaliforniaThe Superior Courts of California are the superior courts in the U.S. state of California with general jurisdiction to hear and decide any civil or criminal action which is not specially designated to be heard in some other court or before a government agency...
judge (1989–2003). Assistant District AttorneyDistrict attorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
for San Diego CountySan Diego County, CaliforniaSan Diego County is a large county located in the southwestern corner of the US state of California. Hence, San Diego County is also located in the southwestern corner of the 48 contiguous United States. Its county seat and largest city is San Diego. Its population was about 2,813,835 in the 2000...
. - Mary SalasMary SalasMary Salas is a California politician. She is a former California Assembly member who represented the 79th Assembly District, which includes the communities of National City, Coronado, Imperial Beach and parts of Chula Vista and San Diego. Salas was elected to her office in November 2006 on the...
(1966). Former California State AssemblyCalifornia State AssemblyThe California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. There are 80 members in the Assembly, representing an approximately equal number of constituents, with each district having a population of at least 420,000...
member, 79th District (2006-2010). - Robert Clark YoungRobert Clark YoungRobert Clark Young is an American author of novels, essays, short stories and journalism. Recurring themes in Young's fiction include the relation between alcoholism, the abuse of power, and institutional dysfunction in American life, while his nonfiction has recently focused on eldercare topics...
(1978). Author, anti-war activist.
Distinguished alumni Hall of Fame
The Mater Dei / Marian Alumni Association introduced the Distinguished Crusader Hall of Fame in 2011. The annual class of inductees is listed below:2011
- Harris Quesnell (1964)
- Sr. Suzanne Soppe (1966)
- The Honorable Jesus Rodriguez (1969)
- Fr. Robert Brocato (1969)
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Egger, Sr. (Meritorious Induction)
Crusader Hall Of Fame
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San Diego State University San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system... Ladies Golf Team (MVP 1988-89). Assistant SDSU Coach 89-90. Interim Coach end of 90 season. Member PGA since 1996. Played in two US Women’s Opens and one LGPA Championship. LPGA Teaching Pro, Golf Pro at Fenway Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York Scarsdale, New York Scarsdale is a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the northern suburbs of New York City. The Town of Scarsdale is coextensive with the Village of Scarsdale, but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several villages... . University of San Diego The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs... . Played and Coached Basketball in Switzerland for 10 years. Two times Suisse LNA Ligue Nationale de Basketball (Switzerland) Ligue Nationale de Basketball A ' is the top professional basketball league in Switzerland. The national league is divided into two divisions, the A and the B, with a system of promotion and relegation between them.- League A Teams :... Champs. Two times Raimundo Saporta European Cup Saporta Cup Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European professional club basketball competition, where the National Cup winners from all over Europe played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA Europe... Quarter-finalist. |
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