Seton Hall Preparatory School, generally called Seton Hall Prep, SHP, or "The Prep", is a Roman Catholic all boys' high school located in the suburban community of West Orange in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating under the supervision of the Archdiocese of Newark.[9] Founded in 1856 with an original enrollment of five boys, Seton Hall Prep was originally located on the campus of Seton Hall University, where it became commonly known as "The Prep" as a way to distinguish it from "The University." In 1985, the school moved to its present location which was, at the time, West Orange High School. Seton Hall is the oldest Catholiccollege preparatory school in New Jersey.[10]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 976 students and 74.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The school's student body was 65.2% (636) White, 12.9% (126) Hispanic, 10.8% (105) Black, 5.9% (58) Asian, 5.1% (50) two or more races and 0.1% (1) Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander.[2]
Seton Hall students follow a college preparatory program, with four-year requirements in the English language, mathematics, and theology. After completing a traditional core program during the first two years, students may establish a curriculum geared to their college and career plans from a wide selection of courses in science, history, language, fine arts, English and physical education. Seton Hall plans to offer college-level Advanced Placement (AP) courses in 26 areas during the 2019–20 school year.[11]
Founded in 1856, Seton Hall Preparatory School is the oldest Catholic college preparatory school in New Jersey.
Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark and nephew of Elizabeth Ann Seton, purchased an estate in Madison, New Jersey using money donated by Catholic charities that would become the site of Seton Hall Prep. Five priests and eight laymen formed a Board of Directors to establish a Catholic preparatory school, college, and seminary. The inaugural class of five students first met on December 1, 1856.[10]
Seton Hall President Rt. Rev. Bernard McQuaid purchased an estate in South Orange in 1857, to which the school moved in 1860 to accommodate a larger student body. The Prep would spend the next 125 years on the institution's South Orange campus.
Until 1928, the President of Seton Hall College was also the head of the Preparatory Division. At that time, Rev. D.A. Mulcahy became the high school's first director. The following year, Rev. William Bradley was named director, then principal, and ultimately the school's first headmaster in 1938.
The prep school's population grew further over the next decades, with peaks in enrollment during World War II and in the mid 1970s. The school occupied three main buildings on the university campus: Mooney Hall, Duffy Hall, and Stafford Hall. A significant portion of the student body lived on campus until the last of the boarding students graduated in the mid-1950s.
In the early and mid twentieth century Prep drew its students principally from Essex and Union counties, but as the state's transportation system expanded in the 1960s and 1970s, the school began to draw students from Morris, Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Middlesex counties. This led to growth in the number of students attending the school — in 1975, enrollment surpassed 1,100.[10]
In 1980, Rev. Michael E. Kelly became the first alumnus headmaster. Five years later, the Prep acquired an 11-acre (45,000m2) campus of its own in nearby West Orange.
Expansion continued to be a priority for the Prep as the 21st century arrived. In 1993, the school purchased a 44-acre (180,000m2) tract of land on nearby Prospect Avenue, overlooking the New York City skyline. Seton Hall Prep broke ground for construction of the Edward D. and Helen M. Kelly Athletic Complex (KAC) on this site in 1999. The project would span several years; the final phase of construction would not begin until 2014.[10] In 2013, the John J. Murphy '52 Science Center was opened, adding a new wing of classrooms and science labs to the school.
In 2014, Rev. Kelly became the school's first president. Rev. Msgr. Robert Harahan was appointed headmaster in his place. In 2015, as the now-open KAC was being completed, the school celebrated its 160th anniversary.
In 2019, alum Michael Gallo, class of 1979, was appointed as the first lay headmaster.[13]
Prep life
The Prep offers a co-curricular activities program, with numerous academic, service, performance, cultural, publication, and recreation clubs and activities. Additionally, the Prep offers 16 varsity sports, most with accompanying sub-varsity level teams. The school reports that around 70% of its students participate in athletics at some point during their time at The Prep.[14] The main campus, accessible to Interstate 280 and several bus and train routes, is augmented by a nearby 44-acre (180,000m2) site, the Kelly Athletic Complex (KAC), providing auxiliary athletic facilities, including a 400m all-weather track, a game field for lacrosse and soccer, and practice fields.
Political Organizations — Conservative Society, Democratic Society, Free Thinkers Society.
Athletic Organizations — Pirate Nation, Seton Hall Prep Network (SHPN).
In 1958–59, 1964–66, and again in 1968, the school's chess team was the New Jersey high school team champion, winning the Father Casimir J. Finley Trophy.[15]
Several of the school's clubs are run almost entirely by students. A notable example is SHPN, a sports news and information network dedicated to the coverage of Prep athletics. Founded by four seniors in 2016,[16] the students involved with the club have produced highlight videos and even full-length documentary vlogs chronicling the successes and failures of the school's athletic program.
Athletics
The Seton Hall Prep Pirates[5] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in the county and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[17] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex, Morris and Union counties.[18] With 1,454 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group II for public schools).[19] The football team competes in the Patriot Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[20][21] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group A (equivalent to Group V for public schools) for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 225 to 723 students.[22]
Football
Seton Hall Prep's football program was its first sport that was run without influence from the university. After gaining independence following the 1907 season, the team, often referred to as "The Olympians," was disbanded and replaced by a rugby team. Football returned to the Prep in 1912 and has remained in place ever since.[23]
In 1926, the Prep shut out St. Benedict's on their way to their first ever championship — the fittingly named Catholic Prep School Championship. Twenty years later, newly appointed headmaster Rev. William J. Duffy brought substantial changes to the Prep's entire athletic program. Faced with an unheard of enrollment of 1,300 students, Rev. Duffy banned postgraduates from competing for any of Seton Hall Prep's teams. As a result of the upheaval that followed, several new coaches were brought into the program, including Anthony J. Verducci in 1950.[23]
In the playoff era that started in 1974, the football team has won the Non-Public A North state sectional championship in 1974 (awarded by the NJSIAA), and won the playoffs in 1976-1978, 1981 and 1985.[24]
In 1954, Verducci became head coach, a position that he would hold until 1988. His tenure was highlighted by 11 of the Prep's 12 NJSIAA Parochial A North championships and seven undefeated seasons. 1976–77 was perhaps the best season in program history, as the team finished 11–0 for the first time in school history and won the first of three straight state championships, having shut out their opponents eight times that season.
The 1977 team finished the season with a 10–0–1 record and outscored their opponents 290–6, including a state record ten shutouts, among them a 15–0 win over Bergen Catholic in the state championship game.[25] The Prep was undefeated again in 1978, as Verducci finished with an 11-0 record and extended his winning streak to 38 games with a 22-10 win against Bergen Catholic in the Parochial A North championship game.[26] The Pirates surrendered only 72 points in their three consecutive championship seasons.[27] Verducci would retire with a 214-75-16 record, including 104 shutouts.[23]
The 1981 team finished the season with an 11-0 record after winning the Parochial A North title with a 20-12 defeat of Bergen Catholic High School in the championship game.[28]
The Pirates' best season since Verducci's retirement came 1997–98, when they went 10–1, losing only to St. Joe's of Montvale in the Parochial A title game. In 2005, the team started 0–2 before winning their next eight games, losing the state championship game to powerhouse Don Bosco.[23]
Seton Hall Prep currently has 30 state baseball championships, including 15 in a 17-year period between 1948 and 1964.[31] The baseball team won the Non-Public Group A North state championship in 1959-1962, 1964, 1969 and 1970, and won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1971 (defeating Holy Cross High School in the tournament final), 1995 (vs. Paul VI High School), 2001 (vs. Christian Brothers Academy), 2003 (vs. Christian Brothers), 2005 (vs. Christian Brothers), 2006 (vs. Bishop Ahr High School), 2007 (vs. St. Joseph High School of Metuchen) and 2016 (vs. Saint Augustine Preparatory School). The program's eight state group titles are tied for second-most in the state.[32] The 1971 team won the Parochial A title with a6-1 win against Holy Cross in the tournament final.[33]
The 2003 team finished the season with a 30-1 record after tying the game with three runs in the bottom of the seventh and scoring the winning run in the 11th to defeat Christian Brothers by a score of 6-5 in the Parochial A championship game.[34]
Following the 2007 season, the Pirates were ranked as the top team in the country by a number of media outlets. They were led by pitcher Rick Porcello, who was considered by some to be the best high school prospect in the country, ahead of future MLB all-stars such as Jason Heyward and Madison Bumgarner.[35] Porcello was selected by the Detroit Tigers as the 27th pick overall in the first round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.[36] He signed a contract with the Tigers in August for $7 million, the richest deal ever for a high school player.[37] In its May 28, 2007 update, Baseball America ranked Seton Hall Prep third in the country, the only New Jersey school on its Top 50 ranking.[38] The team won the North A state sectional championship with a 3–0 shutout of Immaculata High School in the tournament final.[39] They would later win the North A state championship with a 10–1 win against St. Joseph High School.[40] Porcello would go on to pitch for the Tigers and the Boston Red Sox, with whom he won the 2016 American LeagueCy Young Award.[41]
Porcello is not the only former Pirate to be drafted by a major league team. In 2003, second baseman Eric Duncan was selected in the first round by the New York Yankees. Like Porcello, Duncan was considered one of the country's best high school prospects and was taken 27th overall. Another pitcher on the 2007 team, Evan Danieli, was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 33rd round in 2007; he opted to attend Notre Dame instead of signing and was later drafted in the 24th round of the 2010 draft by the Atlanta Braves. Other draftees include students who graduated in 1969, 1983, 2001 (Joe Martinez), 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2015.[31][42]
The team won the Greater Newark Tournament in 1971, 1983, 1990, 1997-2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2013-2017. The program's 17 titles are the most in tournament history.[43] The team won the 2017 Greater Newark Tournament title won the program's fifth straight championship, defeating Nutley High School 4-2 in the finals.[44]
Basketball
Seton Hall Prep was a basketball powerhouse for many years, winning the Iron Hills Conference title 20 consecutive times before joining the Super Essex Conference in 2010.[45] The Pirates have won 14 Non-Public A state titles. The team has only had three head coaches since 1948: Frank "Finn" Tracey, Prep legend Bob Farrell, and current head coach Kevin Williams.
Coach Bob Farrell achieved his 700th career win during the 2007–08 season, the same night that then-senior Ashton Gibbs broke Keven McDonald's all-time over 30-year-old scoring record of 1,774 points. Gibbs attended the University of Pittsburgh and saw considerable playing time as a freshman, including in the Elite Eight loss to Villanova University on March 28, 2009.[50] Farrell finished his coaching career in 2011 with 777 wins.[45]
The boys' cross country team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1946, 1948-1950, 1960 and 1961.[52]
Lacrosse
The lacrosse team won the Group IV state championship in 2004, defeating Christian Brothers Academy in the championship game.[53]
In 2019, the team won its seventh consecutive Essex County Tournament title, defeating Glen Ridge High School by a score of 12–4 in the final game of the tournament.[54] Including the win in 2019, the program has won the Essex County Tournament in 10 of the 17 years it has been played since it was established in 2004.[55]
The team has also had many Division 1 lacrosse players come through their program,[56] including professional Jules Heningburg.
The soccer team won the 2005 North A state sectional championship with a 5–0 win over Don Bosco Preparatory High School. In 2007 the team achieved a number one statewide ranking from The Star-Ledger and a number five ranking in a national coaches' poll. The 2007 team won the North A state sectional championship with consecutive 3-2 wins over No. 1 ranked Don Bosco, and then the new No. 1 team and rival Delbarton in the North Jersey Final.[58] The team moved on to win the Non-Public A state championship with a 2–0 win over Christian Brothers Academy.[59] They finished the season at 22–1, with several school records: 16 shutouts, 22 wins and 95 goals.[citation needed]
In 2009, the Seton Hall Prep soccer won another state championship; defeating Christian Brothers Academy 1–0. SHP finished the season ranked number 1 in the state and ranked 8th in the nation.[citation needed] In 2010, the Seton Hall Prep soccer team was ranked first in the nation but failed to secure a championship.[citation needed]
In 2019, Seton Hall Prep soccer won another Non-Public A state title after beating St. Augustine, by a score of 1–0 in the finals. The Pirates also won the sectional title after defeating Pingry School 5–3, and won the Essex County Tournament after besting Montclair High School by a score of 1–0. In addition to county and state championships, the boys soccer team won the Super Essex Conference by finishing first in regular season play and thus completed the triple crown. Beyond trophies, the 2019 season was highlighted by program records where the team tied the school record of 22 wins in one season and set a new record with 20 shutout games.[60]
Track
A number of former Pirates have competed on the international level for the United States and Jamaica.
The boys indoor / winter track team won the Non-Public state championship in 1938, 1939 and 1970, in Non-Public Group III/IV in 1940 in Non-Public A in 1980 and 2023; The program's 9 state championships are tied for sixth-most in the state.[61]
The track team won the Non-Public Group A spring / outdoor track state championship in 1950, 1959, 1960, 1970, 1984, 1986 and 2007.[62][63]
The boys track team won the Non-Public indoor relay state championship in 1970 and 1971.[64]
Hockey
For decades, the Pirates have been among the elite of New Jersey high school hockey programs, along with long-standing rivalries with Bergen Catholic and Delbarton (which had even been mentioned in an episode of HBO's The Sopranos). Their home ice is South Mountain Arena at the Richard J. Codey Ice Rink in West Orange, the former practice facility of the NHL's New Jersey Devils. The ice hockey team won the Non-Public state championship in 1997-1999 and 2004, and won the overall state championship in 1998, 1999 and 2004. The team won the Gordon Cup in 1978, 1983, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000-2002, 2006[65] Former coach Peter Herms, who had coached the team for 14 years until his resignation in 2010, was inducted into the inaugural class of the New Jersey High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. Herms, along with co-coach John Warchol (who is also a member of the inaugural class of the Hall of Fame), led Seton Hall to six Gordon Cups, four NJSIAA Non-Public titles, and three Tournament of Champions titles, which were won in 1998, 1999 and 2004.[66] The 1997-98 team was inducted into the New Jersey High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.[67]
Swimming
Swimming is arguably the Prep's most dominant sport. In 2019, Seton Hall won its 22nd consecutive Essex County Championship.[68] Since 1980, the swim team has won 27 out of a possible 28 county championships (there was no championship meet in 1984, and from 1987 to 1997, team scoring was not used, and thus a team champion was not named).[69] The Pirates have won a conference title every year since 1994, with two exceptions, 1997 and 2009. On February 26, 2022, Seton Hall Prep won the first NJSIAA Non-Public A state championship in school history, defeating Christian Brothers Academy by 93-77 in the finals.[70]
Seton Hall Prep swimmers have been the recipient of the Cullen Jones Award, given annually to the most valuable swimmer at the Essex County Championships, seven times since the award's creation in 2009, Including a student who won the honor three consecutive times from 2017 to 2019, the award's second three-time winner.[71]
Wrestling
The wrestling team won the Non-Public Group A North state sectional championship in 1981-1983, 1987 and 1989, and won the Non-Public A state championship in 1983.[72]
Six Seton Hall Prep wrestlers have won individual state championships.
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References
↑ Home Page, Seton Hall Preparatory School. Accessed January 9, 2023. "Our motto, Hazard Zet Forward, encourages our students to persevere despite the difficulties."
1 2 3 Activities, Seton Hall Preparatory School. Accessed January 9, 2023. "The Pirate newspaper, the Tower yearbook, and the Spectrum literary magazine are school publications staffed entirely by students and overseen by a faculty moderator."
1 2 Tuition, Seton Hall Preparatory School. Accessed June 7, 2023.
↑ Rowe, John. "BC blanked in Parochial A", The Record, December 4, 1977. Accessed December 13, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "At Seton Hall success is spelled: D-E-F-E-N-S-E. Seton Hall made New Jersey high school football history yesterday as it blanked Bergen Catholic, 15-0, to win the Parochial A, North Jersey Section 1 title. The winners allowed only six points in going 10-0-1 to become the first State team to record 10 shutouts in a season."
↑ Noble, Marty. "BC loses, 22-10", The Record, December 3, 1978. Accessed February 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Had the defeat come in a different setting or against a different opponent, perhaps then, it could have been rationalized or accepted more readily. But the setting had been the final of the North Jersey, Parochial A football playoffs. The opponent had been Seton Hall. And victory had been the only acceptable result. So yesterday, when Bergen Catholic lost 22-10 to Seton Hall, there was no rationalizing."
↑ "Seton Hall Prep Downs Bergen Catholic", The New York Times, December 6, 1981. Accessed January 11, 2021. "Pete Reavey, a senior quarterback, ran for 126 yards and one touchdown to lead Seton Hall Prep to a 20-12 victory over Bergen Catholic yesterday in the North Jersey, Parochial A state final.... Bob Barsky of Seton Hall (11-0) scored twice on runs. Seton Hall, which has won 10 state football titles, handed Bergen Catholic (9-2) both its losses this season."
↑ Reinhard, Paul. "Anything Is Possible For Jarrod", The Morning Call, July 30, 1991. Accessed October 24, 2011. "Well, by the time he graduated from Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, N.J., Johnson had blossomed into a 243-pound center. 'It's good I didn't gain another 100 pounds between my freshman and senior years in college,' he quipped yesterday during a telephone conversation. Johnson, an East Orange, N.J., native who as a young boy rooted for the Pittsburgh Steelers after watching them win Super Bowl IX, became an outstanding center at Lehigh University."
1 2 Baseball Tradition, Seton Hall Preparatory School Athletics. Accessed June 10, 2019.
↑ "Seton Hall Prep claims top schoolboy combine", Herald News, June 14, 1971. Accessed February 18, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Seton Hall Prep has established itself as the number one baseball team in New Jersey high school circles with victories in the title games of the state and Greater Newark Tournaments this weekend. The Pony Pirates (26-4) staked their claim to state supremacy by beating Holy Cross of Riverdale[sic], 6-1, Saturday in the Parochial A championship contest and then defeating Group 2 title winner Haddonfield, 7-2, Sunday in the final of the GNT at Verona High School Field."
↑ Warner, Kelly. "Last bounce leaves CBA empty-handed again", Asbury Park Press, June 11, 2003. Accessed January 17, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "A third straight attempt at an NJSIAA Parochial A championship finally looked to end in thunderous cheers and a hoisting of the trophy high above their heads. And then, with one crack of the bat, the momentum that had carried CBA through 18 outs, took a monstrous swing in the other direction. Seton Hall Prep scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the game and Rich Goulian scored the game-winning run in the 11th inning on Eric Dunce's mishandled double for a 6-5 victory yesterday at Toms River High School South.... The Pirates (30-1) have won two Parochial A titles in the last three years, while the Colts (21-7) have lost three straight by one run, including a 4-3 loss to the Pirates in 2001."
↑ Hill, Ben. "Seton Hall Prep features top draft talent: Porcello, Danieli expected to be prominent selections", Major League Baseball., May 28, 2007. Accessed May 31, 2007. "Yet, in the northeast portion of the Garden State resides Seton Hall Prep, a Catholic boys school that currently fields what is widely considered to be the best high school team in the entire country.... This season's team is especially notable in that it includes four players who have earned Division I baseball scholarships, two of whom -- pitchers Rick Porcello and Evan Danieli -- are expected to be prominent selections in the First-Year Player Draft on June 7. Porcello, in fact, is the consensus pick as the top high school pitcher in the country, and possibly the best right-hander available in this year's draft pool.
↑ Kipp, Guy. "Baseball: Seton Hall Prep Wins Greater Newark Tournament, Defeats Millburn, 4-2, in Final", TAP into Nutley, May 21, 2017. Accessed January 21, 2021. "Second-seeded Seton Hall Prep won its fifth consecutive Greater Newark Tournament title on Saturday with a 4-2 victory over top-seeded Millburn behind the combined pitching of Jack Mahala and Nick Maldonado. The Millers were seeking their first GNT title since 1984."
↑ Staff."Wolff-led Seton Hall Prep lax wins 7th straight ECT crown", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 4, 2019, updated August 22, 2019. "The senior attack, bound for Trinity in the fall, came through with five goals and picked up a pair of assists while Connell Kumar and Ryan Kemp each hit twice to send top-seeded Seton Hall Prep, No. 1 in The NJ.com Top 20, to a 12-4 victory over second-seeded Glen Ridge in the championship of the Essex County Tournament at West Essex in North Caldwell. It marked the seventh straight ECT crown for Seton Hall (17-1) and 10th overall in the last 16 years. Glen Ridge (8-4), which saw its seven-game winning streak halted, was seeking its first county title since 2012."
↑ Greco, Richard. "No. 2 Seton Hall Prep wins Non-Public A title in overtime thriller", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 10, 2019. Accessed February 18, 2021. "Yes, it is just the third time that the Pirates have won the prestigious Non-Public A title, but it also tied a school record with 22 wins. Its backline of Pereria, Niehenke, Nicolas Sprague and Alex Trestka, as well as goalkeeper Tomas Hut, picked up their 20th clean sheet - rounding out a school record they already owned."
↑ Bruno, Paul. "NJ boys ice hockey: Herms resigns as Seton Hall Prep coach", The Star-Ledger, July 22, 2010. Accessed November 7, 2017. "Seton Hall Prep coach Peter Herms, arguably the best ice hockey player ever to come out of the school, announced his resignation yesterday after 14 seasons as head coach at the West Orange school.... Named to The Star-Ledger's first All-State team as a sophomore in 1979, Herms was inducted into the inaugural class of the New Jersey High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in March. Herms, along with co-coach John Warchol, helped guide Seton Hall to six Gordon Cup championships, four NJSIAA Non-Public titles and three Tournament of Champions crowns (1998, '99 and 2004)."
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