St. Joseph's Preparatory School


St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Jesuits in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It was founded in 1851.

Athletics

The Prep's athletic teams compete as one of the 16 schools in the Philadelphia Catholic League. The Prep joined the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association in the 2007-2008 school year. The Prep offers the following athletic programs:
Fall: cross country, football, crew, rugby, soccer, squash, Ultimate Frisbee, and golf.
Winter: basketball, bowling, indoor track and field, swimming, wrestling, and ice hockey.
Spring: baseball, crew, volleyball, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, and rugby. The boys senior eight crew team has won the Stotesbury Cup in national competition 12 times; in 1955, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999-2001, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2000, the Prep Varsity 8 won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The Prep football team won back-to-back state championships, winning the Class 4A state championship in 2014 with a 49-41 win against Pine-Richland High School in the finals. Despite losing to La Salle College High School early in the 2015 playoffs, the St. Joseph's Prep football team won the first ever Class 6A PIAA state championship, defeating Pittsburgh Central Catholic by a score of 42-7 at HersheyPark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The team won the program's fourth state title in 2018 with a 40-20 win against Harrisburg High School in the Class 6A tournament final.

Notable alumni