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Crespi Carmelite High School
Official logo of Crespi Carmelite High School
Address
5031 Alonzo Avenue Encino, Los Angeles, California 91316 United States
Coordinates	34°9′43.5″N 118°31′17″W / 34.162083°N 118.52139°W / 34.162083; -118.52139
Information
Type	Private, Day, College-prep
Motto	Zelo Zelatus Sum Pro Domino Deo Exercituum. (With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of Hosts.)
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic Carmelites
Patron saint(s)	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Established	1959
Founder	Fr. Gus Carter, O.Carm
President	Kenneth Foersch
Principal	Liam Joyce
Staff	70
Grades	9–12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	500 (2024)
Campus size	8 Acres
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Brown, White and Gold
Slogan	"Celt Pride"
Athletics conference	CIF Southern Section Mission League
Sports	14 sports
Nickname	Celts
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Western Catholic Educational Association
Newspaper	The Celt
Yearbook	Los Encinos
Tuition	$22,072 (2024–2025)
Feeder schools	Greater Los Angeles Area
Alumni	7000
Website	crespi.org

Crespi Carmelite High School, shortly known as Crespi, is a private Catholic all-boys four-year college preparatory high school located in Encino District, Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles].

The school was named for Friar Juan Crespí, and was founded in 1959 by the Carmelite religious order, and has been run by the Carmelites since that time.

Academics

Crespi Carmelite High School offers a college-preparatory education. As of 2022–2023 the academic program has 19 Advanced Placement courses.

Athletics

Over the years Crespi has won fourteen CIF Southern Section division team titles – Baseball (Division III in 2003; Division II in 2009 and 2023), Basketball "Back to Back" State titles (CIF Division IV State Title 2015 and Division I State Title 2016) (Section Division IV-AA in 2001, 2010, and 2015), Football (Big Five in 1986; Division X in 2004 and 2005), Track & Field (Division 2-A in 1973; Division III in 2008), Water Polo (Division 2-A in 1981, Division 6 in 2019), and Swimming Division 3 in 2021).

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2021)

Athletes

• Stephen Amritraj, ATP
• Bryan Bennett, CFL
• Joe Carrabino, Australia NBL
• Randy Cross, NFL
• William Curran, NFL
• Rick Dempsey, MLB
• Christian Fauria, NFL
• Joseph Fauria, NFL
• Sione Fua, NFL
• Sean Gilmartin, MLB
• Hroniss Grasu, NFL
• Chris Harper, CFL
• Ryon Healy, MLB
• Max Heidegger, the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague
• Scott Heineman, MLB
• Brian Horwitz, MLB
• Marcin Jagoda, beach volleyball
• Babe Laufenberg, NFL
• Devin Lucien, NFL
• De’Anthony Melton, NBA
• Paul Mokeski, NBA
• Marcus Moore, CFL
• London Perrantes (born 1994), NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Trevor Plouffe, MLB
• Jeff Suppan, MLB
• Marvell Tell, NFL
• Charles Washington, NFL
• Harry Edward Welch, Jr., high school football coach
• Russell White, NFL
• Shaun Williams, NFL

• Brandon Williams (basketball, born 1999), NBA

Business/CEO

• Michael Lang, former CEO of Miramax, currently CEO of Pixel United
• Brodie Van Wagenen, general manager for the New York Mets, MLB (2018–2020)
• Travis Robinson, CEO for Spicy Viking International Hot Sauce, 2020–present

Arts and entertainment

• Michael Angarano, actor
• Martin Donovan, actor
• Matthew Nelson, singer-songwriter, musician and recording artist
• Gunnar Nelson, singer-songwriter, musician and recording artist
• Sergio Sylvestre, pop singer, 2015 winner of the popular Italian TV show Amici di Maria de Filippi

• Chris McGee, American Sports Broadcaster, Studio Analyst for Spectrum SportsNet

References

1. WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
2. "Curriculum Guide 2022-2023" (PDF). Crespi Carmelite High School. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
3. "CIF-Southern Section All Sports Press Guide and Record Book" (PDF). 2019-07-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
4. "Marvell Tell III, Crespi, Safety". 247Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2019.

External links

• Crespi Carmelite High School

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