Brophy College Preparatory - Athletics

Athletics

Brophy fields 26 teams in 11 sports competing in Arizona's Class 5A Division I. The swim team is considered one of the best in the nation and has won 26 out of the past 27 state titles in addition to producing several Olympic medalists. The 2004-05 Brophy swim team won the national high school championship with captains Chris Voigt, Alexander Righi, Ryan Key, and David Pursley.

Brophy football won the 2005 and 2007 5A-I Football State Championship. The 2005 football team finished ranked 3rd in the west and 21st in the nation by USA Today and ranked 23rd in the country by Sports Illustrated. The baseball and volleyball programs also took their state championships respectively in 2006.

In the 2007-2008 season, the Brophy Bronco Soccer Team won the 5A-1 State Championship and finished the season with a # 2 rank on the west coast and a #8 rank in the nation. During the 2010-2011 season, the Brophy soccer won its second 5A-1 State Championship in four years ending the season as National Runners-up.

The Brophy Lacrosse team has won the Arizona Division I State Championship four times, in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.

In addition, Brophy is one of three high schools in Arizona that has a rowing team. They have rowed at some of the best known regattas in the United States, such as Head of the Charles. They compete in the South West Junior region. They have won the 2011 and 2012 Arizona State Junior Rowing Championships.

In the 2010-2011 year, Brophy added a rugby club team, the Brophy College Preparatory Rugby Football Club, becoming one of only several schools in the state to sponsor its own rugby team. In 2012 Brophy won the 5A Varsity Hockey Championship for the first time.

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