Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)
Mater Dei High School is a private, Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Santa Ana, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.Notable alumni
Sports
- Matt Barkley, NFL quarterback
- McQuin Baron, Olympic Water Polo Player
- Colt Brennan, NFL quarterback
- Schea Cotton, basketball player
- Thomas Duarte, NFL tight end
- LeRon Ellis, NBA power forward and center
- Danny Espinosa, MLB second baseman
- Spencer Freedman, college basketball player for the Harvard Crimson
- Reggie Geary, NBA guard
- Tiki Ghosn, Mixed martial arts fighter
- Matt Grootegoed, NFL linebacker
- Mike Hessman, Major League Baseball player
- Vince Hizon, American-born former Philippine Basketball Association player
- Khaled Holmes, NFL center
- Mike Hopkins, NCAA basketball player and coach
- John Huarte, Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback
- Sara Hughes, professional beach volleyball player
- Chris Jackson, NFL wide receiver
- Stanley Johnson, NBA forward
- Taylor King, professional basketball player
- Matt Leinart, Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback
- Todd Marinovich NFL Quarterback
- Ryan McMahon, MLB player
- Bobby Meacham, MLB shortstop and coach
- Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, WNBA guard
- Katin Reinhardt, professional basketball player
- Robbie Rogers, MLS winger
- Jamal Sampson, NBA forward-center
- Katie Lou Samuelson, guard/forward in the WNBA
- Sergio Santos, MLB relief pitcher
- Miles Simon, basketball analyst for ESPN and former NBA guard
- D. J. Strawberry, NBA point guard
- Matt Treanor, MLB catcher
- Michael Wang, NCAA basketball player
- David Wear, NCAA basketball forward
- Travis Wear, NBA basketball forward
- Larry Williams, NFL football player
- Max Wittek, former NCAA football quarterback
- Greg Woepse, silver medalist at the 1979 Pan Am Games in the pole vault
Other
- John A. Davis, film director/animator
- Mike Gallagher Congressman, Wisconsin Congressional District 8
- Bob Gunton, actor
- Ashley Hartman, actress
- Jeff Lewis, real estate agent and investor
- Steve Oedekerk, film actor, comedian, director, film editor, film producer, and screenwriter
- Aimee Phan, author
- Mike Pniewski, actor, speaker
- Jaime Soto, Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento
- Victory Tischler-Blue, singer, film producer, director, photographer, and member of the all-female band The Runaways
- Jennifer Warnes, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
- Juan Zarate, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism during the Bush Administration
