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**Bishop Eustace Preparatory School**
	Bishop Eustace Preparatory School
Address
	5552 Route 70; Pennsauken, New Jersey, (Camden County), 08109-4798; United States
Coordinates	39°55′49″N 75°03′54″W / 39.9302°N 75.0650°WCoordinates: 39°55′49″N 75°03′54″W / 39.9302°N 75.0650°W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	The Tradition Is That of a Winner
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Established	1954
School district	Diocese of Camden
Principal	Cyril Bleistine
Vice principal	Joseph DiAmore
Headmaster	Br. James Beamesderfer, SAC
Faculty	53.0 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	757 (2005-06)
Average class size	21
Student:teacher ratio	13:1
Campus size	32 acres
Color(s)	Black; White
Slogan	"Quod Deus Vult"
Athletics conference	Olympic Conference
Mascot	Crusader
Team name	Crusaders
Rival	Camden Catholic High School, Paul VI High School, Holy Cross High School
Accreditation(s)	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Publication	Phoenix (literary magazine)
Newspaper	Eustacian
Yearbook	Crusader
Tuition	$14,100
Dean of Students	Alice Penza
Director of Student Activities	Marylou L. Williams
Athletic Director	Victoria Wishnick
Website	http://www.eustace.org

Bishop Eustace Preparatory School is a coeducational private high school in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, which was founded in 1954 by the priests and brothers of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (The Pallottines). The school was named after Bishop Bartholomew J. Eustace, first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, where Pennsauken is located. The school is a coeducational institution (prior to 1972, it was all-male) serving grades 9 to 12.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 757 students and 53.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.3.^[2]

The school is a member of the Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools.

[edit] Athletics

The Bishop Eustace Preparatory School Crusaders compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference consisting of nineteen public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County. The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association The boys swimming team won the 2007 Non-Public Group B championship with a 98-72 win over Pingry School.^[4]

The school was recognized as the Group B winner of the NJSIAA ShopRite Cup in 2005-06. The award recognized the school for achieving 3rd in Girls Cross Country, a tie for 3rd in Football, 2nd in Boys Swimming, 2nd in Girls Indoor Track Relays, 2nd in Girls Indoor Track Championships, 1st in Baseball, a Tie for 3rd in Softball, a tie for 3rd in Boys Tennis and 2nd in Girls Outdoor Track.^[5]

In 2002, the baseball team won the Parochial South B title with a win over St. Rose High School, by a 3-1 final score,^[6], and became the Group B State Champions with a 5-1 win over Montclair Kimberley Academy.^[7] The team repeated the South B title in 2004 with 6-4 win over St. Rose,^[8] and repeated as Parochial group B champion with a 12-2 win over Newark Academy.^[9] The 2006 team won the South B sectional championship with a 7-3 win against Sacred Heart High School in the final game.^[10]

The girls soccer team won the 2003 South Parochial B title by edging Holy Spirit High School 2-1^[11] The team repeated for the South B state championship in 2004 with a 5-0 win over Holy Spirit.^[12] The team won the 2006 South B title with a 1-0 win vs. Gloucester Catholic High School.^[13] In 2007, the team won the South B state sectional championship with a 2-0 win over Holy Cross High School in the tournament final.^[14]^[15]

The boys soccer team won the 2001 Parochial South B title, topping St. Rose High School 3-0.^[16]

The 2002 girls basketball won the Parochial South B championship with a 47-37 win vs. St. Rose High School.^[17]

The girls field hockey team won the Central, Group I state tournament with a 2-1 win over New Egypt High School.^[18]

The Bishop Eustace 2007-2008 wrestling team won their second state championship, led by junior Chris Selvoski, sophomore TJ Shea, and freshmen Tyler Orfe and Jason Gallagher.^{[citation needed]} The 2008-2009 wrestling team repeated as state champions. They were led by senior Chris Selvoski, juniors TJ Shea, Kevin Wagner, who had a school record pin in 8 seconds against Hudson Catholic 103, Tim Lenihan, sophomores Tyler Orfe and Jason Gallagher.

In 2007 and 2008, the Bishop Eustace Varsity Girls Crew won first place in the Stotesbury Varsity 8 category. In 2007, the Varsity 8 competed in the Henley Women's Regatta in England.

In 2009, the Bishop Eustace Varsity 8 Cocky Girls Crew Team won the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Again...

[edit] Notable alumni

Kelli James (1970-) former field hockey striker who earned a total number of 144 caps for the United States women's national field hockey team, and United States Olympian.^[19]
Billy Lange, head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy started his coaching career at Bishop Eustace in 1995-96.^[20]
Bill Melchionni - 76ers and Nets basketball player.^[21]
Blaine Neal - Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals^[22], and United States Olympic bronze medalist
Billy Rowell - Ninth overall pick in 2006 Major League Baseball Draft.^[23] -Bust
Kate Shindle - 1998 Miss America.^[24]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Administrative Staff, accessed March 17, 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 23, 2008.
^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
^ 2007 Boys Team Swimming - Non-Public - B, NJSIAA. Bishop Eustace will move into Non-Public Group A for the 2009-2010 sports seasons because of Gloucester Catholic moving into Non-Public Group B. They will return to Non-Public Group B for the 2010-2011 sports seasons. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ Third Annual ShopRite Cup: 2005‐2006 Final Standings, NJSIAA. Accessed June 2, 2008.
^ 2002 Baseball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2002 Baseball - Parochial Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2004 Baseball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2004 Baseball - Parochial Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2006 Baseball - Non-Public, South B, NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.
^ 2003 Girls Soccer - South Parochial B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2004 Girls Soccer - South B, NJSIAA. May 28, 2007.
^ 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2006.
^ 2007 Girls Soccer - South B, NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.
^ Lewis, John. "Valiant Lancers fall short", Burlington County Times, November 9, 2007. "The Holy Cross girls soccer team battled hard, as their coach thought it would. The Lancers gave themselves a chance to avoid their fate — a 2-0 loss to Bishop Eustace Prep School in yesterday's South Jersey Non-Public B championship — but that fate was sealed when the Crusaders put in their second goal of the night."
^ 2001 Boys Soccer - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2002 Girls State Basketball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ 2006 Field Hockey Tournament - Central, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.
^ Kelli James, USA Field Hockey. Accessed December 19, 2007.
^ Billy Lange profile, CSTV. Accessed July 17, 2007. "A native of Haddon Heights, N.J., Lange played basketball at Bishop Eustace (N.J.) High School for his father, Bill Lange Sr., and at Rowan College before moving into the coaching ranks in 1995. In his first and only season as the head coach, taking over for his father who was in a life-threatening accident just one week into the season, Lange led Bishop Eustace to a 20-6 record and an appearance in the state New Jersey State Championship game."
^ The Game I'll Never Forget: Bill Melchionni, Basketball Digest, January 2001.
^ Major League baseball player profile: Blaine Neal, accessed December 10, 2006.
^ Behre, Bob. "In full swing", The Star-Ledger, June 25, 2006. Accessed May 28, 2007."Billy Rowell amassed 27 home runs and 116 RBI during his magnificent sophomore and junior seasons.... "I was a pull monster," the Bishop Eustace shortstop said.... Rowell, a 6-5, 215-pound specimen, was drafted ninth overall by the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player's Draft on June 6."
^ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?
- Ed Magras - 2010 Man of the Year.
p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32F096FA2E5E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "A S. JERSEY GIRL TAKES THE CROWN AS MISS AMERICA \ BUT SHE'S MISS ILLINOIS."], The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 1977. "Moorestown native and Bishop Eustace graduate Katherine Shindle was named Miss America 1998 last night, topping an all-vocalist field of five finalists in the 77th annual competition."

[edit] External links

[Administrative_Staff-0] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Administrative Staff, accessed March 17, 2007.

[NCES-1] Bishop Eustace Preparatory School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 23, 2008.

[MSA-Commission_on_Secondary_Schools-2] MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

[3] 2007 Boys Team Swimming - Non-Public - B, NJSIAA. Bishop Eustace will move into Non-Public Group A for the 2009-2010 sports seasons because of Gloucester Catholic moving into Non-Public Group B. They will return to Non-Public Group B for the 2010-2011 sports seasons. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[4] Third Annual ShopRite Cup: 2005‐2006 Final Standings, NJSIAA. Accessed June 2, 2008.

[5] 2002 Baseball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[6] 2002 Baseball - Parochial Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[7] 2004 Baseball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[8] 2004 Baseball - Parochial Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[9] 2006 Baseball - Non-Public, South B, NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.

[10] 2003 Girls Soccer - South Parochial B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[11] 2004 Girls Soccer - South B, NJSIAA. May 28, 2007.

[12] 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2006.

[13] 2007 Girls Soccer - South B, NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.

[14] Lewis, John. "Valiant Lancers fall short", Burlington County Times, November 9, 2007. "The Holy Cross girls soccer team battled hard, as their coach thought it would. The Lancers gave themselves a chance to avoid their fate — a 2-0 loss to Bishop Eustace Prep School in yesterday's South Jersey Non-Public B championship — but that fate was sealed when the Crusaders put in their second goal of the night."

[15] 2001 Boys Soccer - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[16] 2002 Girls State Basketball - Parochial South B, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[17] 2006 Field Hockey Tournament - Central, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed May 28, 2007.

[18] Kelli James, USA Field Hockey. Accessed December 19, 2007.

[19] Billy Lange profile, CSTV. Accessed July 17, 2007. "A native of Haddon Heights, N.J., Lange played basketball at Bishop Eustace (N.J.) High School for his father, Bill Lange Sr., and at Rowan College before moving into the coaching ranks in 1995. In his first and only season as the head coach, taking over for his father who was in a life-threatening accident just one week into the season, Lange led Bishop Eustace to a 20-6 record and an appearance in the state New Jersey State Championship game."

[20] The Game I'll Never Forget: Bill Melchionni, Basketball Digest, January 2001.

[21] Major League baseball player profile: Blaine Neal, accessed December 10, 2006.

[22] Behre, Bob. "In full swing", The Star-Ledger, June 25, 2006. Accessed May 28, 2007."Billy Rowell amassed 27 home runs and 116 RBI during his magnificent sophomore and junior seasons.... "I was a pull monster," the Bishop Eustace shortstop said.... Rowell, a 6-5, 215-pound specimen, was drafted ninth overall by the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player's Draft on June 6."

[23] [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?

Ed Magras - 2010 Man of the Year.

p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32F096FA2E5E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "A S. JERSEY GIRL TAKES THE CROWN AS MISS AMERICA \ BUT SHE'S MISS ILLINOIS."], The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14, 1977. "Moorestown native and Bishop Eustace graduate Katherine Shindle was named Miss America 1998 last night, topping an all-vocalist field of five finalists in the 77th annual competition."

[25] Ed Magras - 2010 Man of the Year.

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Contents

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

[edit] External links