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Private school in Hyattsville, Maryland, US
According to the school's website, the music program includes "five concert bands, three choruses, three percussion ensembles, three string orchestras, six levels of music theory, and a History of Rock and Roll class" plus "two jazz ensembles, a pep band for basketball games, a gospel choir, as well as numerous small ensembles."
Athletics
Sports Illustrated recognized DeMatha as the No. 2 high school athletic program in the United States in 2005, and again in 2007.
Jason Bishop (1988) and Eric Bickel (1988) are on-air hosts for The Sports Junkies morning drive-time radio show. It is heard in the Washington, D.C., area on WJFK, 106.7.
Politics
Adrian Boafo (2012) is a politician and member of Maryland House Of Delegates
Kevin Shea (1972) is the former acting Secretary of Agriculture (2021). Shea has led the USDA agency Animal Plant Health Inspection Services since 2012.
Johnny Austin (1962) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA (1966–67) and ABA (1967–68).
Bernard Williams (1965) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA and ABA.
Sid Catlett (1967) is a former NBA player (1971–72).
Adrian Dantley (1973) is a former NBA player (1976–91) and former interim NBA coach. A member of the 1976 gold medal-winning United States Olympics team, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Coy Gibbs (1991) was a former NASCAR driver, former assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, and was the owner of Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross. He is the son of former Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs.
Francois, Susan Rose (December 4, 2008). "Question & Answer". Musings of a Discerning Woman. In 1990, 21 female students graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School. The students came to DeMatha after Regina HS in nearby Adelphi, MD shut down the year before and then Principal John Moylan allowed the 21 would-be seniors to attend DeMatha in a one-time-only deal. Susan Francois '90, sister of Mike '83, and the daughter of a former prominent Prince George's County politician (Francis), was one of those students.
^ Brady, Erik (6 November 2002), "Winningest prep basketball coach Wootten retires", USA Today, retrieved 13 November 2010, Morgan Wootten invoked Ecclesiastes on Wednesday as he announced his retirement from DeMatha Catholic High School, where he won more basketball games than any coach in high school history ... (table includes alumni in NBA) ... James Brown of Fox Sports stood in the back, but he was not there as a member of the media. "I had to be here," said Brown, who played for Wootten in the 1960s
^ McNally, Brian (9 October 2009), "Top 10 notable DeMatha alumni", The Washington Examiner (Washington, DC, USA), archived from the original on 16 August 2011, retrieved 15 November 2010, Adrian Dantley ... Danny Ferry ... Brian Westbrook ... Paul Rabil ... Keith Bogans ... Joe Forte ... Derek Mills ... James Brown ... Sidney Lowe ... Dereck Whitteburg ...
Solomon, George (29 May 2005), "Keeping Up With Jones", The Washington Post, retrieved 13 November 2010, Former Post sportswriter David Aldridge, a DeMatha graduate now working for The Philadelphia Inquirer and TNT, calls himself the school's "patron saint of the uncoordinated."
^ Woodson, Alex (November 2004). "Honor Roll: These five schools have been top breeding grounds for NBA talent". Vibe. 12 (11). New York, NY, USA: Vibe/Spin Ventures LLC: 142. ISSN1070-4701. Legendary Coach Morgan Wootten saw 14 of his former Stags make it to the NBA ... From Detroit Piston great Adrian Dantley ('73) to journeyman Danny Ferry ('85) to 2003 Orlando Magic first-rounder Keith Bogans ('99). DeMatha has been a hoops institution for decades, even producing NBA journalists like network reporter David Aldridge
Argetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne (5 April 2006), "The Reliable Source: GQ Goes Into War Mode With Photos From Iraq", The Washington Post, retrieved 18 November 2010, "We want people to think of us differently," Editor in Chief Jim Nelson explained at the party ... Second surprise: that GQ's boyishly urbane editor is a 1981 grad of DeMatha -- the jock school ? The Greenbelt native laughed. "I grew up in the cult of DeMatha
Mills, Keith (3 May 2007). "Nine join hall of fame". article. PressBoxonline.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2010. Steve Farr: Farr went to Dematha and then American University before signing with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1976. After an eight-year minor league career he was traded to Cleveland in 1983 and picked up by Kansas City in 1985 as a free agent. Farr saved 38 games for the Royals in 1989 and '89 and 78 from 1993 to '95 with the Yankees.
"Johnny Austin". biographic and statistical information. Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved 13 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland
"Mike Brey". biographic sketch. University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2010. Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, Brey previously spent five seasons as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater, DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Md., under Wootten before taking the assistant's post at Duke. He served as DeMatha head junior varsity coach and varsity assistant beginning in 1982. During the five years, DeMatha combined to finish 139-22
Noie, Thomas R. (Spring 2010). "Calling the Shots" (PDF). GW Magazine. Washington, DC, USA: The George Washington University. Retrieved 13 November 2010. Graduating from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., Coach Brey never thought to attend George Washington, a school where his mother, Betty, served as swim coach and his father, Paul, a former high school athletic director earned his master's degree.
^ Wootten, Morgan; Gilbert, Dave (2003), Coaching basketball successfully (second ed.), Champaign, IL, USA: Human Kinetics, ISBN0-7360-4790-5, p. 210
"Adrian Branch". biographic and statistical information. Basketball Reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic, in Hyattsville, MD
Suderman, Alan (14 December 2009), "Former basketball star, cop suing Montgomery County over heart problems", Washington Examiner (Washington, DC, USA), retrieved 15 November 2010, Steven Hood starred at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville in the mid-1980s and later for James Madison University. He then played almost a decade of professional basketball overseas, court records show.
"Jerrod Mustaf". statistics and biographic data. Basketball Reference.com. Retrieved 15 November 2010. High School: DeMatha Catholic in Hyattsville, Maryland
Schmoldt, Eric (10 November 2007). "Schroyer brings years of lessons". article. trib.com. Retrieved 18 November 2010. Schroyer worked on his game with his father and friends from that point until it was time to go to high school. Living in Walkersville, Md., ... He chose DeMatha High School and legendary coach Morgan Wootten, even though they were 90 minutes down the road.
Lieber, Jill (7 November 1994). "Mike Johnson". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 81, no. 19. New York, NY, USA: Time & Life. pp. NC8. ISSN0038-822X. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010. Detroit linebacker Mike Johnson has always been fascinated by structural design ... That search for harmony is a hallmark of Johnson's off-field interests as well. In his senior year at DeMatha High in Hyattsville, Md., he enrolled in architectural drawing classes and became engrossed in his projects.
Friend, Tom (26 August 1989), "Riggs, Redskins Run Over Dolphins", The Washington Post (Washington, DC, USA), archived from the original on 5 November 2012, retrieved 15 November 2010, Leading by 14 with under five minutes remaining, Washington punter Rick Tuten fielded a low snap from center Ralph Tamm and had his kick smothered by rookie Louis Oliver. Cornerback J.B. Brown of Maryland and DeMatha High School recovered in the end zone.
^ Dunn, Katherine (September 21, 2009). "DeMatha reigns with most NFL players". The Baltimore Sun. In addition to Westbrook, the Stags have sent to the NFL: Quinn Ojinnaka of the Atlanta Falcons, John Owens and Josh Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks, Derek Wake of the Miami Dolphins, and Edwin Williams and Byron Westbrook of the Washington Redskins.
"Paul Rabil". PremierLacrosseLeague. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
Murray, Ken (23 July 1991), "Humphries gets second chance Redskins notebook", Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD, USA), archived from the original on 18 September 2012, retrieved 15 November 2010, Coy Gibbs, the son of Redskins coach Joe Gibbs and former DeMatha High linebacker, will play for the Maryland all-stars in Saturday's Big 33 game against Pennsylvania on Saturday in nearby Hershey.
"Derek Mills". biographic sketch. Tulane University Athletic Department. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010. A native of Washington, D.C., and a graduate of DeMatha Catholic High School, Mills was a four-time NCAA Champion for the Yellow Jackets.
"Morgan B. Wootten". biographical sketch. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2000. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2010. In over forty years of coaching at legendary DeMatha High School, Wootten won more than 1,200 games and is the most successful high school coach in basketball history.
