VERBUM DEI ATHLETICS
Why be good when you can be ELITE?
At Verbum Dei Jesuit, athletics is about more than sports — it's about becoming the best version of yourself. Student-athletes push themselves to grow in skill, strength, and spirit, and compete as part of a 60+ year tradition of excellence.
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
Basketball
CIF Southern Section Championships
- 1969-1974 (six consecutive titles), 1979, 1999, 2002, 2003
National Championships
-
1973, 1974, 1975
AT A GLANCE
A real athletic tradition, backed by real academics.
14
CIF Southern Section Championships
3
State Championships
3
National Championships
8
Varsity Sports
60+
Year of Tradition
100%
College Acceptance Rate
HALL OF FAME
A tradition worth being proud of.
Basketball
CIF Southern Section Championships
- 1969-1974, 1979, 1999, 2002, 2003
National Championships
- 1973, 1974, 1975
Football
CIF Southern Section Championships
- 1981, 1982, 2006
Track & Field
CIF Southern Section Championships
- 1993, 1997, 1998
Players of the Year
CIF Southern Section
- Keith Batiste - 1969
- Raymond Lewis - 1970, 1971
- Lewis Brown - 1972, 1973
- David Greenwood - 1975
- Cliff Pruit - 1979
- Andre Miller - 1994
- Marlon Palmer - 1999
- Richard Chaney - 2002
- Amir Johnson - 2003
- Mike Pegan - 2004
See the Full Hall of Fame
Champions, Players of the Year, and a photo history of Verbum Dei athletics.
WHY VERBUM DEI ATHLETICS
Athletics, backed by an education nothing in LA offers.
60+ Year Tradition
Decades of CIF, state, and national-level competition built by coaches who mentor as much as they coach.
The Only 4-Year Combination in LA
Verbum Dei is the only high school in Los Angeles offering a four-year integrated academic and Corporate Work Study experience alongside athletics — competing here means building a resume, not just a season.
100% College Acceptance
Every Verbum Dei graduate is accepted to an accredited four-year college or university — student-athletes compete without ever losing sight of what's next.