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 Catholic schools and one nondenominational 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

Institution	Location	Established	Enrollment	Gender	Team name	Joined
Archbishop Mitty High School	San Jose	1964	1,750	Coed	Monarchs	n/a
Archbishop Riordan High School	San Francisco	1949	700	Male	Crusaders	1967
Bellarmine College Preparatory	San Jose	1851	1,625	Male	Bells	n/a
Notre Dame High School	Belmont	1851	450	Female	Tigers	n/a
Presentation High School	San Jose	1962	800	Female	Panthers	n/a
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory	San Francisco	1987	1,300	Coed	Fightin' Irish	1967^[1]
Saint Francis High School	Mountain View	1955	1,750	Coed	Lancers	n/a
St. Ignatius College Preparatory	San Francisco	1855	1,450	Coed	Wildcats	1967^[1]
Junípero Serra High School	San Mateo	1944	1,000	Male	Padres	n/a
Valley Christian High School	San Jose	1956	1,400	Coed	Warriors	2003^[2]

Rivalries

Archbishop Mitty with Saint Francis
Archbishop Mitty with Bellarmine
Saint Francis with Bellarmine
St. Ignatius with Sacred Heart Cathedral

Notable alumni

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Mitch Haniger, outfielder Seattle Mariners (Archbishop Mitty High School)
Mark Canha, first baseman/outfielder, Oakland Athletics (Bellarmine College Preparatory)
Daniel Descalso, infielder, Arizona Diamondbacks (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)
Igor Olshansky, defensive lineman (Saint Ignatius College Preparatory)

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

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