Allentown Central Catholic High School
Allentown Central Catholic High School is a parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
As of 2006, the school's total enrollment is 934 students, with a nearly equal number of female and male students. The school competes athletically in the Lehigh Valley Conference in District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. It plays its home football and some of its soccer games at J. Birney Crum Stadium, a 15,000 capacity stadium in the city.
School accomplishments
Academic accomplishments
- First place, Scholastic Scrimmage, 2005 and 2006.
Athletic accomplishments
Allentown Central Catholic is particularly known for its highly successful girls basketball team, which has won the Pennsylvania state championship in four of the past five years. The school's Pennsylvania state championships include:
- Pennsylvania state champions, boys basketball, 1984, 1986.
- Pennsylvania state champions, girls basketball, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
- Pennsylvania state champions, football, 1993, 1998.
- Pennsylvania state champions, girls cross country, 2002.
- Pennsylvania state champions, girls volleyball, 2002.
Notable alumni
- Michelle Marciniak, women's basketball coach, University of South Carolina, and former professional basketball player, WNBA's Portland Fire and Seattle Storm.
- Billy McCaffrey, former college basketball shooting guard, Duke University and Vanderbilt University.
- Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.
- Tony Stewart, current professional football player, Oakland Raiders.
- Christine Taylor, actress and wife of actor Ben Stiller.