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 of the co-ed schools in the WCAL, along with Presentation High School-San Jose. Notre Dame-Belmont, Sacred Heart Preparatory-Atherton, and Menlo School-Atherton compete in select WCAL sports, but mainly partake in the West Bay Athletic League.High schools
Rivalries
- Archbishop Mitty with Saint Francis
- Archbishop Mitty with Bellarmine
- Sacred Heart Cathedral with Archbishop Riordan
- Saint Francis with Bellarmine
- St. Ignatius with Sacred Heart Cathedral.
- Junipero Serra with Saint Ignatius
- Junipero Serra with Saint Francis
- Valley Christian with Archbishop Mitty
Notable alumni
- Barry Bonds, outfielder
- Pat Burrell, outfielder
- Eric Byrnes, outfielder
- Dolph Camilli, first baseman
- Mark Canha, outfielder, Oakland Athletics
- Joe Cronin, shortstop
- Kevin Frandsen, third baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
- Jim Fregosi, infielder/manager
- Mitch Haniger, outfielder, Seattle Mariners
- Harry Heilmann, outfielder
- Gregg Jefferies, infielder/outfielder
- Matt Klein, outfielder, San Francisco Giants
- Joe Kmak, catcher
- Tommy Medica, first baseman, Miami Marlins
- Daniel Nava, outfielder, Boston Red Sox
- Mike Vail, infielder/outfielder
- Aaron Gordon, forward
- Tyler Johnson, guard
- Chris Munk, power forward
- Kevin Restani, power forward
- Raymond Townsend, point guard
- David Bakhtiari, offensive tackle, Green Bay Packers
- Tom Brady, quarterback, New England Patriots
- Rhett Ellison, tight end, Minnesota Vikings
- Dan Fouts, quarterback
- Kevin Gogan, guard
- Jason Hill, wide receiver, New York Jets
- Derek Loville, running back
- Igor Olshansky, defensive lineman
- Dan Pastorini, quarterback
- Steve Sewell, running back
- Lynn Swann, wide receiver
- Will Ta'ufo'ou, fullback, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Eric Wright, cornerback, San Francisco 49ers
Olympic athletes
- Brandi Chastain, Olympic gold medalist and Women's World Cup champion soccer player, Archbishop Mitty High School
- Polina Edmunds, figure skater, Archbishop Mitty High School
- Ariel Hsing, Table Tennis, Valley Christian High School
- Kevin McMahon, hammer throw, Bellarmine College Preparatory
- 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
- Shannon_Rowbury, Track and Field, Olympic Profile: 2008: 7th in the 1500; 2012: 4th in the 1500; 2016: 4th in the 1500; Sacred Heart Cathedral
- Kerri Walsh-Jennings, winner of three consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medals, Archbishop Mitty High School
