Xaverian High School
Xaverian High School is a private, college-preparatory school located in Brooklyn, New York The school was founded in 1957 by the Xaverian Brothers.[2] The school is a member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA). Xaverian is governed by a president and board of trustees. It is operated independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn.
Athletics
Xaverian High School's athletics team is known as the Clippers. Students who play sports for Xaverian are known as the X-Men. These sports include: track and field, football, lacrosse, swimming, basketball, wrestling, baseball, bowling, golf, track, and hockey. The Clippers have won more than 150 championships amongst sports teams It is evident that that administration is highly flawed and that they are to the school that once were.
Notable alumni
- Rich Aurilia, professional baseball player, 1989[3][4]
- Michael Badalucco, Emmy-winning actor, 1972[5][6]
- Pedro Beato, baseball player[7]
- Scott Baio, actor[8]
- Jason Calacanis, Internet entrepreneur (Chairman & Co-Founder, Weblogs, Inc. Network), 1988[9]
- Bill Corbett, writer and performer on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
- Levance Fields, college basketball player, 2005[10]
- Pedro Hernández, major league baseball player[4]
- Ruddy Lugo, major league baseball player[4]
- Chris Mullin, VP of Basketball Operations for the Golden State Warriors, 1981[11]
- Chris Taft, NBA Player, 2003[12]
- Tom Abinanti is an American politician, lawyer, and member of the New York State Assembly from Greenburgh, New York. Abinanti graduated from Xaverian High School in 1964.
References
- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
- ^ "Xaverian High School". Private School Review. 2007. http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/20562. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
- ^ Raimondi, Marc (May 31, 2007). "Aurilia enjoys New York homecoming". SportsNet New York, LLC.. http://www.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070531&content_id=1430417&vkey=1. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ a b c "Xaverian (Brooklyn, NY) Baseball". The Baseball Cube. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/hs_alumni.asp?H=230. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ Curtis, Lisa J. (July 1, 2002). "Hero Worship". The Brooklyn Paper. http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/25/26/25_26xaverian.html. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "U.S. Catholic Bishops – Catholic Communication Campaign". Uniteed States Conference of Catholic Bishops. 2003. http://www.atlanticvideo.com/clients/ccom/personallyspeaking/vidClip2003.htm. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "Pedro Beato". The Baseball Cube. October 27, 1986. http://thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Pedro-Beato.shtml. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
- ^ "IMDb: Biography for Scott Baio". Internet Movie Database Inc.. 2007. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000281/bio. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
- ^ "Featured Discussion Leaders". The Media Center. 2007. Archived from the original on May 4, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070504112726/http://www.mediacenter.org/content/5140.cfm. Retrieved June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Player Bio: Levance Fields :: Men's Basketball". PittsburghPanthers.com. 2007. http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/fields_levance00.html. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ "Chris Mullin Named Hall of Fame Finalist". NBA Media Ventures, LLC.. 2007. http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/Mullin_HOF_Finalist.html. Retrieved June 15, 2007.
- ^ Wilcox, Chris (December 24, 2004). "Chris Taft profile". NBA Draft.net. http://www.nbadraft.net/profiles/christaft.asp. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
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