Jesuit High School of Tampa

Jesuit High School of Tampa Serving the students, alumni, parents, supporters, and friends of Jesuit High School. Jesuit is a college preparatory school for boys in grades 9-12. alone.
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This page is dedicated to Jesuit High School of Tampa and serves the alumni, parents, students, supporters, and friends of the school. Jesuit High School was established in 1899 in downtown Tampa. In 1956, it moved to its present location on North Himes Avenue. Jesuit High School is one of 56 Jesuit secondary schools in the United States. It is part of the world-wide Jesuit education enterprise th

at includes 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. Jesuit is a college preparatory school for boys in grades 9-12 on a 40-acre campus in a residential section of the city. The school nickname is the Tigers and enrollment is approximately 850 students. Jesuit's Strategic Plan identifies four priorities: Catholic, Jesuit Identity; Academic Excellence; Student Life and Leadership; and Enrollment at the Service of the Mission. The success of the school is supported by the progress of its approximately 8,000 graduates and by the continued presence of sons and brothers of alumni in the composition of its student body. Students commute to Jesuit from throughout a five-county area of west Florida. For more information about Jesuit High School, go to www.jesuittampa.org.

Friday night, Jesuit football remembered those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago in a beautiful pregame ce...
09/14/2026

Friday night, Jesuit football remembered those lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 25 years ago in a beautiful pregame ceremony as 25 players ran out onto Alumni Field holding American flags, and another four with first responder flags. The 25 players with U.S. flags aligned across the middle of the field as school president Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. gave the powerful invocation and the Jesuit Pep Band played the national anthem.

The Tigers followed up with a 52-7 win over Blake to remain undefeated at 3-0. Hezekiah Davis rushed for 3 touchdowns, Easton Brooks ran for 2 TDs, and Kolt Ohlson blocked a punt for the 3rd time in 3 games!

This Friday, the Tigers host powerhouse Gainesville Buchholz (4-0) in one of the biggest games of the year. At halftime Friday, the historic Jesuit soccer program – the Tigers have more wins in State playoff competition than any school in Florida history – will be recognized. Any Jesuit soccer alumni wishing to participate should email [email protected].

Chuck Leonard '98 was beginning his senior year in the fall of 2001 at Columbia University in New York City, just a few ...
09/11/2026

Chuck Leonard '98 was beginning his senior year in the fall of 2001 at Columbia University in New York City, just a few miles north of the Twin Towers, when the 9/11 terrorist attacks took place.

Leonard, who is the CFO at Jesuit, shared his powerful memories of the traumatic events, and the loss he experienced, with the Jesuit student body this morning at Convocation, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Click below to view his extraordinary presentation.

https://youtu.be/3GIvQMeox-Y

Beautiful moments Thursday night at the Jesuit JV football Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage, facilitated by the Children'...
09/11/2026

Beautiful moments Thursday night at the Jesuit JV football Blue-White intrasquad scrimmage, facilitated by the Children's Cancer Center.

Tony, a brave 8-year-old battling cancer, was a special guest of the Tigers and he lit up Alumni Field. Tony took a handoff from QB Liam Desmond ’29 and scored a 25-yard touchdown; provided color commentary in the press box alongside the Voice of the Tigers, John Pedrero ’81; mingled with the coaches and staff; and gave words of inspiration to team members such as No. 50 Chase Bennett ‘29.

Thank you, Tony, for sharing your courageous spirit with Jesuit football!

For several years under the leadership of Bob Hyde, P '22, '24, '28, the Jesuit Dads' Club has provided service to Feedi...
09/10/2026

For several years under the leadership of Bob Hyde, P '22, '24, '28, the Jesuit Dads' Club has provided service to Feeding Tampa Bay on the first Saturday of each month.

This past Saturday marked their first service outing of the school year at FTB, with more than 40 fathers and sons enjoying a morning of service together!

The Jesuit Pep Band joined students from several high schools in the University of South Florida’s halftime show Saturda...
09/09/2026

The Jesuit Pep Band joined students from several high schools in the University of South Florida’s halftime show Saturday. The USF Herd of Thunder athletic band, as part of its annual HOT Day, invited the high school musicians to perform two pieces with them on the field at Raymond James Stadium during the Bulls’ win over Florida International.

It was the culmination of a full day as a collegiate musician for the Jesuit Pep Band, which included participating in rehearsal with the Herd of Thunder on campus and receiving sectional instruction from the USF School of Music.

Among the pep band members who participated were: Kai Barnes, A.J. Brazel, Nick Cucanan-Potoy, Theodore De Cruze, Gabriel Dewey, Joseph Finster, Lorenzo Fiorini, Leonardo Gamez Tovar, JuanEnrique Godwin, Kristian Groteke, William Hartman, Sol Hernandez, Richard Hirasuna, Christopher Johnson, Preston King, Noah Lett, Ibrahim Mahmoud-Torres, Rhys Marriott, Noah McGuiness, Ryan Menendez, Nick Holst, Alejandro Nadal, Brian Nguyen, Panguitch Oliveros, Luke Paone, Lorenzo Pasquotto, Carlos Rizo, William Salvi, Cory Scardino, Pierpont Scarlata, Lucas Sierra, Mateo Sierra, and Lucas Vattamattam.

A school-record 34 Jesuit seniors from the Class of 2027 were recognized at Convocation by principal Mike Scicchitano fo...
09/09/2026

A school-record 34 Jesuit seniors from the Class of 2027 were recognized at Convocation by principal Mike Scicchitano for their achievement in the National Merit Scholarship Program!

Of the 34 announced today, 10 of those achieved the highest recognition as National Merit Semifinalists – including Juan Amador, who achieved a perfect score on the PSAT! The 24 who were honored as National Merit Commended Students is the most ever at Jesuit, as is the 34 total.

The 2027 National Merit Semifinalists from Jesuit are: Joseph Acosta, Juan Amador, Austin Boyle, Tyler Frank, Rafael Ludovice, Rhys Marriott, Ethan Smith, Will Tuomy, Evan Voor, and Will Weaver.

The 2027 Commended Students from Jesuit are: Ben Beavers, Jack Bedell, A.J. Brazel, Emmanuel Chiaku, Joseph Cusimano, Max Fechtel, Jaime Flores-Sanchez, Oliver Fogarty, Vincent Garcia, Will Guarnieri, Evan Himes, Bryce Holeman, Gavin Kuo, Wilson Marcum, Bobby Miller, Ramil Muraharisetti, Kolt Ohlson, Teddy Reace, Fisher Sadlowski, Mark Schifeling, Justin Slack, Declan Slattery, Jake Stroz, and Brais Tobio.

National Merit recognition is awarded annually based on the PSAT score, a standardized test administered in October of their junior year. This year, some 16,000 Semifinalists nationwide have been honored from the roughly 1.2 million juniors who took the PSAT.

Congratulations to those honored by the National Merit Scholarship Program! For more on the record number of Jesuit students recognized by National Merit, click below!

https://www.jesuittampa.org/about/migrated-news/~board/migrated-news/post/national-merit-record

Ten nights ago, school president Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. launched Excelsior!, the $100 million campaign for the futu...
09/08/2026

Ten nights ago, school president Fr. Vincent Giacabazi, S.J. launched Excelsior!, the $100 million campaign for the future of Jesuit High School – with $69 million already raised!

The announcement of the public phase of this extraordinary campaign was the highlight of an amazing evening at the annual President's Dinner at the JW Marriott downtown.

Excelsior will strengthen Jesuit in Tampa for generations by investing fully in its people, programs, and facilities.

Thank you for your support of the mission of Jesuit High School, forming young men in the Tampa Bay area since 1899.

President's Dinner video: https://youtu.be/gt7PfEYitRs

Photos by Heather Bossowski, P '26, '29

Jesuit golf continued its torrid start to the season Saturday at the AMDG Cup, defeating the state's other Jesuit school...
09/08/2026

Jesuit golf continued its torrid start to the season Saturday at the AMDG Cup, defeating the state's other Jesuit school, Miami Belen Jesuit, to capture the trophy.

The Tigers, who have won 3 of 4 events this season, established this annual Cup match with Belen five years ago. The schools play at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills where the State Tournament is contested, utilizing this event not only for camaraderie and competition with a fellow Jesuit school, but as a practice test on the notoriously tough El Campeon course used by the FHSAA at State.

Each school fielded two 5-man teams, and Jesuit's Blue team led by Michael Muecke '27 (76), Geno Chiellini '28 (77), and Michael Younes '28 (79) claimed victory by 4 strokes over Belen's best foursome. Jesuit's White team was in the hunt just 2 strokes behind Belen led by medalist Patrick Kosoy '30 (74) and Jack Caterinicchia '27 (78).

Congratulations, Jesuit golf!

Phil Porter '73 was recognized Friday night for his tremendous generosity to Jesuit High School!Porter, who played footb...
09/08/2026

Phil Porter '73 was recognized Friday night for his tremendous generosity to Jesuit High School!

Porter, who played football for the Tigers in the early 1970s and briefly for the Georgia Bulldogs, was introduced at midfield at halftime of Jesuit's 24-21 win over Vanguard.

"Jesuit set the table for my life, so I am grateful," Porter said.

Porter's generosity is recognized on campus in two ways. The football locker room is dedicated in his name, and inside the new Dr. Dennis Agliano '60 Press Box is a special plaque in Porter's name that dedicates the Tiger Coaches' Suite in honor of legendary Jesuit football coach "Wild" Bill Minahan.

Along with his wife, Roxanne, others on hand for the occasion included several of Porter's classmates from the Class of 1973 –
David Fernandez, Jim Compton, Bubba Ellis, Tony Coney, John Twomey III, and Ray Charles – as well as Arthur Flatau '72.

Thank you Phil Porter '73 for your generosity to Jesuit!

It was another magical night at Alumni Field!Jesuit rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit Friday vs. Ocala Vanguard t...
09/05/2026

It was another magical night at Alumni Field!

Jesuit rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit Friday vs. Ocala Vanguard to win, 24-21, on a 38-yard field goal by Ben Beavers with 14 seconds to go!

A series of big plays in the 3rd quarter, including two special teams TDs by Owen Pesansky '29 and Jamie Benyard '29, vaulted the Tigers into the lead. After Vanguard tied it, Wil Telegdi '27 led Jesuit into FG range and Beavers won it.

The Tigers improved to 2-0 after last week's weather-cancelled game at Fort Myers Bishop Verot. Next up: Jesuit hosts Blake on Friday at Alumni Field.

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4701 N Himes Avenue
Tampa, FL
33614

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Tuesday 7:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 4pm
Thursday 7:30am - 4pm
Friday 7:30am - 4pm

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