Notable Alumni
- Mike Adamle, American football player and sportscaster
- Damien Anderson, American football player (St. Louis Rams)
- Darnell Autry, American football player and actor (Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles)
- Louis Ayeni, American football player (Indianapolis Colts)
- Brett Basanez, American football player (Chicago Bears)
- D'Wayne Bates, American football player (Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings)
- Sybil Bauer, swimmer, gold medalist at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m backstroke
- Kevin Bentley, American football player (Cleveland Browns and Seattle Seahawks)
- Scott Brownley, former American football player, now stand up comedian
- Luis Castillo, American football player (San Diego Chargers)
- Barry Cofield, American football player (Washington Redskins)
- Luke Donald, golfer
- John L. "Paddy" Driscoll, American football player
- Evan Eschmeyer, former basketball player (New Jersey Nets)
- Trai Essex, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- Pat Fitzgerald, former two-time All-American football player, current Northwestern head football coach
- Barry Gardner, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
- Joe Girardi, former baseball player, former manager of the Florida Marlins and current manager of the New York Yankees
- Jim Golliday, track
- Brian Gowens, American football player (Chicago Bears)
- Otto Graham, American football and basketball player (Cleveland Browns and Rochester Royals)
- Matt Grevers, American swimmer, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics
- J. A. Happ, pitcher, Houston Astros
- Napoleon Harris, American football player (Oakland Raiders) and (Minnesota Vikings)
- Noah Herron, American football player (Green Bay Packers)
- Chris Hinton, American football player (Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons)
- Mike Kafka, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)
- John Kidd, American football player (Buffalo Bills, San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and New York Jets)
- George Kontos, baseball player (San Francisco Giants)
- Mark Loretta, baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers)
- Todd Martin, tennis player
- Sherrick McManis, American football player (Chicago Bears)
- Brad North, soccer player (DC United)
- Matt O'Dwyer, American football player (New York Jets, Cincinnati Bengals)
- Gene Oliver, Baseball player
- Marty Riessen, Tennis player
- Nick Roach, American football player (Chicago Bears)
- Betty Robinson, Track and Field, gold medalist in the 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Jeff Roehl, American football player
- Tyrell Sutton, American football player (Carolina Panthers)
- Steve Tasker, American football player (Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills)
- Rick Telander, sportswriter, author of "Heaven is a Playground"
- Corey Wootton, American football player (Chicago Bears)
- Jason Wright, American football player (Cleveland Browns)
- John Shurna, Basketball player, all-time scoring leader of the Wildcats.
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