All Ivy High Schools **UPDATED**

New York: Still #1



For today's post, I thought I'd try to determine which high school and state has sent Columbia it's most "top quality" players over the years.

Using the All Ivy awardees since the league was formed in 1956, let's look at the state feeders, from largest to smallest:

(*NOTE, THE FOLLOWING LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE HONORABLE MENTION ALL IVY AWARDEES AS WELL)


New York (31)


Lee Black ‘62 Manlius School (Dewitt, NY)

Eric Blattman ‘80 Walter Panas HS (Cortlandt Manor, NY)

Tom Boccafola ‘92 Farmingdale HS (Farmingdale, NY)

Mark Calveric ‘94 Saint Francis Prep (Fresh Meadows, NY)

Sean Cannon ‘81 Cardinal Hayes HS (Bronx, NY)

Gary Comstock ‘91 Sachem HS (Farmingville, NY)

Frank Congiusta ‘96 Stuyvesant HS (New York, NY)

Sean D’Arcy ‘81 Saint Joseph’s Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY)

Chuck Dimitroff ‘92 Iroquois Central HS (Elma, NY)

Marty Domres ‘69 Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse, NY)

Richard Flory ‘67 Fordham Prep (Bronx, NY)

Owen Fraser ‘12 Trinity-Pawling School (Pawling, NY)

Len Genova ‘85 Saint Anthony’s HS (South Huntington, NY)

Brad Hutton ‘92 Liverpool HS (Liverpool, NY)

Don Jackson ‘73 Stuyvesant HS (New York, NY)

Doug Jackson ‘76 Milford Academy (New Berlin, NY) *PG year

“Rico” Josephs ‘81 Mamaroneck HS (Mamaroneck, NY)

Bob Kent ’92 Milford Academy (New Berlin, NY) *PG year

Brian Lysiak ‘02 Canisius HS (Buffalo, NY)

Stephen McKoy ‘04 Rye Country Day School (Rye, NY)

Steve Monteith '82 Williamsville South HS (Buffalo, NY)

Bob Paschall ‘90 New Hartford HS (New Hartford, NY)

Art Pulsinelli ‘79 Massapequa HS (Massapequa, NY)

Mike Pysczymucha ‘70 Uniondale HS (Uniondale, NY)

Bill Reggio ‘84 New Hyde Park HS (New Hyde Park, NY)

Paul Roland ‘99 Saint Joseph’s Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY)

Mike Sardo ‘93 Bethpage HS (Bethpage, NY)

Michael Shane ‘71 Carle Place HS (Carle Place, NY)

Craig Valentine ‘96 Newfield HS (Selden, NY)

Jim Witherspoon ‘83 Cardinal Hayes HS (Bronx, NY)

John Witkowski ‘84 Lindenhurst HS (Lindenhurst, NY)


California (21)

Joe Aldrich ‘95 Del Campo HS (Fair Oaks, CA)

Jerry Bailey ‘03 Skyline HS (Oakland, CA)

Michele Bellanca ‘98 Lincoln HS (San Jose, CA)

Jason Bivens ‘99 Saint Mary’s College HS (Berkeley, CA)

Joey Bolder ‘98 El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA)

Corey Cameron ‘09 La Costa Canyon HS (Carlsbad, CA)

Winslow Cervantes ‘86 Daniel Murphy Catholic School (Los Angeles, CA)

Jay DuPertuis ‘98 Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Pat Girardi ‘03 Loyola HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Norman Hayes ‘00 Saint Mary’s College HS (Berkeley, CA)

Matt Himelstein ‘02 Saint Mary’s College HS (Berkeley, CA)

Jim Hudnall ‘95 Santa Fe HS (Santa Fe Springs, CA)

Mike Jennings ‘97 Riverside Poly HS (Riverside, CA)

Mark Milam ‘86 Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA)

M.A. Olawale ‘10 Long Beach Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)

James Porter ‘87 Oak Grove HS (San Jose, CA)

Matt Radley ‘00 Capistrano Valley HS (Mission Viejo, CA)

Nick Rudd ‘05 Miramonte HS (Orinda, CA)

Keenan Shaw ‘06 La Costa Canyon HS (Carlsbad, CA)

Jeremy Taylor ‘99 Trabuco Hills HS (Mission Viejo, CA)

Marcellus Wiley ‘96 Saint Monica Catholic HS (Santa Monica, California)


New Jersey (19)


Ed Backus ‘77 Saint Joseph’s School (West New York, NJ)

Chuck Britton ‘05 Southern Regional HS (Manahawkin, NJ)

Stanley Broussard ’91 Blair Academy (Blairstown, NJ) *PG year

Mike Brown ‘80 Paramus Catholic HS (Paramus, NJ)

Chris Carey ‘04 Pingry School (Short Hills, NJ)

Rick Cavalli ’86 Nutley HS (Nutley, NJ) *also did PG year at Wyoming Seminary (Forty Fort, PA)

Joe Hill ‘94 Woodbridge HS (Woodbridge Township, NJ)

Chip Hillenbrand ‘77 Jefferson Township HS (Oak Ridge, NJ)

Solomon Johnson ‘91 Montclair-Kimberley Academy (Montclair, NJ)

Paul Kaliades ‘73 Snyder HS (Jersey City, NJ)

Bob Kent ’92 Pope John XXIII HS (Sparta, NJ) *also did PG year at Milford Academy (New Berlin, NY)

John Klosek ‘94 Wayne Valley HS (Wayne, NJ)

Ayo Oluwole ‘04 Saint Joseph Regional HS (Montvale, NJ)

Doug Peck ‘02 Cresskill HS (Cresskill, NJ)

Joe Policastro ‘87 North Brunswick HS (New Brunswick, NJ)

Jorge Rodriguez ‘75 Saint Joseph’s School (West New York, NJ)

Paul San Fillippo ‘88 Wall HS (Wall Township, NJ)

John Strauch ‘65 Nutley HS (Nutley, NJ)

Dwight Valentine ‘75 Morris Hills HS (Rockaway, NJ)

Mark Zielinski ‘89 Rutherford HS (Rutherford, NJ)



Ohio (17)

Steve Cargile ‘04 Saint Peter Chanel HS (Bedford, OH)

John Garland ‘77 Struthers HS (Struthers, OH)

Ted Gregory ‘74 Middletown HS (Middletown, OH)

Alex Gross ‘11 Fairmont HS (Kettering, OH)

John Harper ‘96 Garfield Heights HS (Garfield Heights, OH)

Vic Kaminski ‘79 Padua Franciscan HS (Parma, OH)

Miro Lovric ‘83 Saint Ignatius HS (Cleveland, OH)

Lou Miller ‘10 Saint Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Vince Pelini '82 Cardinal Mooney HS (Youngstown, OH)

Drew Quinn ‘09 Saint Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Mike Scavina ‘83 Cardinal Mooney HS (Youngstown, OH)

Darren Schmidt ‘07 University School (Cleveland, OH)

John Sefcik ‘72 Chaney HS (Youngstown, OH)

Pat Sharkey ‘73 Chaminade-Julienne HS (Dayton, OH)

Ron Suber ‘87 Austintown-Fitch HS (Austintown, OH)

Mike Telep ‘75 Byzantine Catholic HS (Parma, OH)

Adam Yeloushan ‘94 Poland Seminary (Poland, OH)


Texas (13)

Adam Brekke '07 Cypress Falls HS (Houston, TX)

Stanley Broussard ’91 Lamar HS (Houston, TX) *also did PG year at Blair Academy in NJ

Kevin Coco ‘04 McNeil HS (Austin, TX)

Javier Loya ‘91 W.H. Burges HS (El Paso, TX)

Mario Loya ‘92 W.H. Burges HS (El Paso, TX)

Philip Murray ‘03 Poteet HS (Mesquite, TX)

Randy Murff ‘97 Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX)

Prosper Nwokocha ‘06 James W. Martin HS (Arlington, TX)

Uche Osadebe ‘07 Clearbrook HS (Friendswood, TX)

Matt Pollard ‘90 Highland Park HS (Dallas, TX)

David Ramirez ‘97 Edinburg North HS (Edinburg, TX)

Barry Sorrels ‘75 Lake Highlands HS (Dallas, TX)

Erick Tyrone ‘03 Pflugerville HS (Pflugerville, TX)


Massachusetts (12)


Robert Asack ‘62 Taunton HS (Taunton, MA)

Anthony Day ‘63 Mansfield HS (Mansfield, MA)

Ed Dunn ’73 Cathedral HS (Springfield, MA) *also did PG year at Wilbraham Academy in Wilbraham, MA

Mike Evans ‘74 Classical HS (Springfield, MA)

Thomas Haggerty ‘62 South HS (Worcester, MA)

Chris Jenkins ‘83 Xaverian Brothers School (Westwood, MA)

Ed Miller ‘72 Xaverian Brothers School (Westwood, MA)

Jesse Parks ‘73 Classical HS (Springfield, MA)

Chris Riga ’87 Westfield HS (Westfield, MA) *also did PG year at Mt. Hermon in MA

Archie Roberts ‘65 Holyoke HS (Holyoke, MA) *also did a PG year at Deerfield in MA

Russell Warren ‘62 Northampton HS (Northampton, MA)

Robert Wroe ‘71 Foxboro HS (Foxboro, MA)



Connecticut (11)

Richard Bernard ‘92 Fairfield Prep (Fairfield, CT)

Joe Cabrera ‘82 Greenwich HS (Greenwich, CT) *also did PG year at Choate-Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT)

Ryan Gabriele ‘97 Bristol Eastern HS (Bristol, CT)

Doug Jackson ’76 Bristol Central HS (Bristol, CT) *also did PG year at Milford Academy (New Berlin, NY)

Andrew Kennedy ‘11 Staples HS (Westport, CT)

Ryan Kiernan ‘01 Greenwich HS (Greenwich, CT)

Austin Knowlin ‘10 Newington HS (Newington, CT)

Tom Masso ‘77 Stratford HS (Stratford, CT)

Austin Milliken ‘97 Choate-Rosemary Hall (Wallingford, CT)

Steve Noble ‘75 Kolbe HS (Bridgeport, CT)

Jeff Roether ‘04 Southington HS (Southington, CT)



Pennsylvania (10)

Rick Cavalli ’86 Wyoming Seminary (Forty Fort, PA) *PG year

Bob Federspiel '61 LaSalle HS (Glenside, PA)

David Klingerman ‘72 Bloomsburg HS (Bloomsburg, PA

Tony Petras ‘95 Old Forge HS (Old Forge, PA)

Anthony Radano ‘61 Monsignor Bonner HS (Drexel Hill, PA)

Andy Shalbrack ‘10 Saint Joseph’s Prep (Philadelphia, PA)

Galen Snyder ‘91 Pennsbury HS (Fairless Hills, PA)

Matt Sodl ‘88 Whitehall HS (Whitehall, PA)

Tim Towler ‘77 Overbrook HS (Philadelphia, PA)

Mike Yeager ‘76 Bishop Egan High School (Levittown, PA)



Florida (6)

Bart Barnett ‘90 Bay HS (Panama City, FL)

Terry Brown ‘88 Boyd Anderson HS (Lauderdale Lakes, FL)

Don Lewis ‘84 Christopher Columbus HS (Miami, FL)

Dan Upperco ‘85 Boone HS (Orlando, FL)

Bob Watson ‘76 Winter Park HS (Winter Park, FL)

Rory Wilfork ‘97 Miami Norland HS (Miami, FL)



Michigan (5)

Matt Barsamian ‘07 Rochester Adams HS (Rochester, MI)

Bert Bondi ‘99 De La Salle Collegiate HS (Warren, MI)

Mike Cavanaugh ‘96 Bishop Foley HS (Madison Heights, MI)

Tony McGill ‘98 Wayne Memorial HS (Wayne, MI)

Chris Tillotson ‘99 Dondero HS (Royal Oak, MI)



Illinois (4)

Jeff Adams '12 Lyons Township HS (La Grange, IL)

Sean Nichols ‘94 Chicago Vocational School (Chicago, IL)

George Tomasek ‘75 Thornbridge HS (Dolton, IL)

Des Werthman ‘93 Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL)



Indiana (4)

Mike Brune ‘09 Concordia Lutheran HS (Fort Wayne, IN)

Craig Hormann ‘08 Lawrence Central HS (Indianapolis, IN)

Charles Johnson ‘72 Arsenal Tech HS (Indianapolis, IN)

Jon Rocholl ’09 R. Nelson Snider HS (Fort Wayne, IN)



Missouri (3)

Matt Linit ‘99 Hickman HS (Columbia, MO)

Kirby Mack ’00 John Burroughs School (Saint Louis, MO)

Johnathan Reese ‘02 Saint Louis Country Day School (St. Louis, MO)


Tennessee (3)

Rashad Biggers ’04 Marshall County HS (Lewisburg, TN)

Phillip Mitchell ‘09 Webb School of Knoxville (Knoxsville, TN)

Sam Warren ‘02 Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN)



Virginia (3)

Claude Benham '57 Newport News HS? *(Benham came from Newport News, but I am not sure of his exact high school name).

Neal Kravitz ‘00 W.T. Woodson HS (Fairfax, VA)

Adam Mehrer ‘11 Clover Hill HS (Midlothian, VA)


Colorado (2)


Wade Fletcher ‘05 Dakota Ridge HS (Littleton, CO)

Kevin Robinson ‘93 East HS (Denver, CO)



Georgia (2)

Rashaan Curry ‘99 Archer HS (Lawrenceville, GA)

Bruce Stephens ‘78 Central HS (Columbus, GA)



New Hampshire (2)

Brian Bassett ‘95 New Hampton School (New Hampton, NH

Bruce Mayhew ‘91 Concord HS (Concord, NH)



Vermont (2)


Eric Keck ‘95 Green Mountain Valley School (Waitsfield, VT)

Mike Mckenzie ‘73 Rice Memorial HS (South Burlington, VT)



Arizona (1)

Matt Less ‘90 Casa Grande HS (Casa Grande, AZ)


Kansas (1)

John Alex ‘89 Shawnee Mission West HS (Shawnee Mission, KS)


Kentucky (1)

Terry Smith ‘73 Newport Catholic HS (Newport, KY)


Louisiana (1)


Ralph Hudson ‘96 Saint Augustine HS (New Orleans, LA)


Maine (1)


Richard Hassan ‘62 Bridgton Academy (North Bridgton, ME)


Minnesota (1)


Brandon Bowser ‘06 Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, MN)


Nebraska (1)

Travis Chmelka ‘04 Fremont HS (Fremont, NE)


New Mexico (1)


Paul Childers ‘89 Del Norte HS (Albuquerque, NM)


North Carolina (1)


Jim Armstrong ‘99 Dixon HS (Holly Ridge, NC)


Oklahoma (1)


Roy Hanks ‘98 Sapulpa HS (Sapulpa, OK)


Rhode Island (1)

George Georges ‘74 Moses Brown School (Providence, RI)


Wisconsin (1)

Jamie Schwalbe ‘95 Hamilton HS (Sussex, WI)




Outside the U.S.



Canada (1)

Tad Crawford ‘07 M.M. Robinson HS (Burlington, Ontario)


Finland (1)

Michael Quarshie ‘05 Simonkyla Upper Secondary School (Helsinki, Finland)


I was actually somewhat surprised to see New York so far ahead, especially since the All Ivy awards began in 1956 and the trend during most of those years has been drifting away from New York-centered recruiting at Columbia. But it's worth noting that all of the recent New York state Columbia All Ivy players have been from outside the New York City area.

Not surprising was the recent surge in California-bred All Ivies and the good numbers from Ohio.

At first, I was discouraged by the numbers from New Jersey. But when I added the Honorable Mention players, there was a decided boost.

Pennsylvania's totals are a bit discouraging. Columbia needs to keep trying to make inroads in thar Ivy-rich area.