Athletics at DePaul Prep

Gear Up Winter Sports for 2020-21

If your student plans to participate in our athletics program for the Winter season, the following forms must be completed and the following steps must be taken:

student athlete requirements

1. All parents must register their student-athletes via the parent portal between Monday, October 26 - Monday, November 16 (form found under "Parent Portal") This must be done prior to tryouts.

2. DePaul Prep must have an up-to-date IHSA Pre-Participation Examination Form (this is in addition to the State of IL Health Exam/Physical form) on file before team tryouts. The IHSA form must be filled out, signed by 1) a physician, physician's assistant or advanced nurse practitioner, 2) your student, and 3) a parent/guardian. Families will upload this to their Magnus Health profile when appropriate.

download: iHSA PRE-PARTICIPATION examination FORM

DePaul Prep is proud to be an Under Armour school. Our athletes sport Under Armour wear and gear exclusively.

DePaul Prep is proud to partner with AthletiCo, our official provider of physical therapy and athletic training.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellations, changes, and guideline updates to sports seasons, the schedules for this coming school year are fluid. We will be updating our schedules on the website as soon as we have contracted contests but this year that is going to be done as it comes to us and not all at once. In a normal school year, you can typically expect most of, if not all, the team schedules to be posted by the start of the school year.

Please continue to check with your head coach for all practice and competition schedules.

Please read a letter from Director of Athletics, Pat Mahoney, on the IHSA's latest update regarding the upcoming sport seasons. Click here.

2020-21 Winter Sport Start Dates & Info

Sport	Coach	Coach Email	Start Date & Time	Location	Notes
Boys Basketball	Coach Kleinschmidt	tkleinschmidt@depaulprep.org	11/16/20	DePaul College Prep Fr. Gordon Campus	Bring basketball shoes, wear appropriate attire, water bottle and towel.
Girls Basketball	Coach Zarymbski	szarymbski@depaulprep.org	11/16/20	DePaul College Prep Fr. Gordon Campus	Bring basketball shoes, wear appropriate attire, water bottle and towel.
Boys and Girls Bowling	Coach Hohrein	jhohrein@depaulprep.org	11/16/20	TBD	Bring bowling shoes, ball, water bottle and proper bowling attire.
Cheerleading, all levels	Ms. Crawford	jcrawford@depaulprep.org	11/16/20	DePaul College Prep	Wear workout attire & gym shoes, bring water

IHSA Start Dates: Spring 20-21

Sport	Start Date	Tryout/Cut
Football	Feb 15, 2021	No
Boys Soccer	Feb 15, 2021	No
Girls Volleyball	Feb 15, 2021	Yes

IHSA Start Dates: Summer 20-21

Sport	Start Date	Tryout/Cut
Baseball	April 19, 2021	No
Boys / Girls Track & Field	April 19, 2021	No
Softball	April 19, 2021	No
Girls Soccer	April 19, 2021	No
Boys Volleyball	April 19, 2021	No
Boys / Girls Lacrosse	April 19, 2021	No
Wrestling	April 19, 2021	No

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I want students to have positive experiences and develop lifelong friendships and relationships; friendships and relationships are much more important than wins and losses. When you develop those and close bonds, wins are more likely to come.

Pat Mahoney
Director of Athletics

Philosophy

At DePaul College Prep, there is a proud tradition and history of athletic excellence, team spirit and camaraderie among our student-athletes and supporters. Our philosophy at DePaul College Prep is that the athletics program provides an educational experience that is an important and meaningful asset to the great work in our classrooms. Our student athletes learn to excel with integrity, respect, hard work and leadership, while setting personal goals in a collaborative team environment.

DePaul Prep boys teams participate in the Chicago Catholic League and the girls teams participate in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference. Our athletes are some of the best and brightest in the country, and are always proud to be a Ram.

At DePaul College Prep, we pride ourselves on our athletes’ balance of excellence on the field and in the classroom, with some of the following objectives:

To develop high level of sportsmanship among all our players.
To cultivate school spirit, morale and loyalty.
To develop an understanding, respect, and support of our athletic conferences, the Chicago Catholic League and Girls Catholic Athletic Conference.
To help our players understand the appropriate attitudes that should be displayed when winning and losing both on and off the field.
To encourage our players to support and respect all other athletes within the athletic program.
To help the players display a sense of class and respect for our opponent.
To develop concepts of goal attainment through hard work and rigorous self-discipline.
To Win!

Athletics News

Boys Cross Country
Boys Soccer
Cheerleading
Football
Girls Cross Country
Girls Volleyball

IHSA Return to Activities Update

Jul 30 2020

The IHSA Board of Directors voted to postpone the “contact” sports which were to take place this fall until the 2021 calendar year. “Contact” sports include football, soccer, and volleyball. They also voted to allow cross country and golf to take place with certain modifications, as scheduled with an August 10th start date. Please be advised this plan still needs Illinois Department of Public Health final approval prior to being instituted.

Please refer here for further information on anticipated start and end dates for specific sports.