St. Vincent–St. Mary High School

St. Vincent–St. Mary High School
Address
15 North Maple Street Akron , Ohio 44303 United States
Coordinates	41°5′19″N 81°31′21″W / 41.08861°N 81.52250°W / 41.08861; -81.52250
Information
Type	Private, catholic, college preparatory
Motto	Your Foundation, Your Future
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1897 (St. Mary) 1906 (St. Vincent) 1972 (merger)
Oversight	Society of Mary
NCES School ID	01058639[3]
President	Mark Butterworth
Dean	Dan Larlham
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	638 (2017–18)
Average class size	23
Color(s)	Green   Vegas Gold
Athletics	basketball, bowling, baseball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field, wrestling, volleyball
Athletics conference	Ohio High School Athletic Association
Mascot	Leprechaun
Nickname	Fighting Irish
Rivals	Archbishop Hoban Walsh Jesuit
Accreditation	Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association[1] Cognia[2] Ohio Department of Education
Newspaper	The Leprechaun Gold
Yearbook	The Phoenix
Tuition	$13,600 (2024–25)[4]
Website	stvm.com

St. Vincent–St. Mary High School is a private, co-educational, college preparatory Catholic high school in Akron, Ohio, United States. It is sponsored by the Society of Mary and is associated with the Diocese of Cleveland. As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 638 students.^[3]

The current St. Vincent–St. Mary High School was formed by the merger of St. Vincent and St. Mary High Schools in 1972. The newly merged school took on the athletic nickname of St. Vincent, the Fighting Irish.

In 1887, Richard Gilmour, then Bishop of Cleveland, had commissioned Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Mahar, pastor of St. Vincent Church,^[5] the oldest Catholic church in Akron,^[6] to establish a mission in south Akron. St. Mary Parish was founded by Rev. Mahar in 1896.^[7] The high school was founded a year later. St. Mary's athletic teams were formerly known as the Crusaders.^[8]

A high school was opened in September 1906 to provide parishioners' sons with a classical education beyond grade school. The parish had already opened St. Vincent Grade School, Akron's oldest Catholic school still in operation.^[9] At the time of the merger, St. Vincent High School had graduated over 6,000 students.^[10]

In May 2013, St. Vincent–St. Mary alumnus LeBron James donated $1 million to the school for the purpose of renovating their basketball arena. The project included the installation of a new basketball floor, scoreboard, locker rooms, and bleachers, and the seating capacity, which was raised from 1,600 to 1,831. The subsequently renamed LeBron James Arena now also serves as home of the American Basketball Association's Akron Aviators.^[11]

STVM'S biggest rivals include Archbishop Hoban High School and Walsh Jesuit High School.

• Football – 1972, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2012, 2013^[12]
• Boys' basketball – 1929**, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022^{[13][14][15][16][17]}
• Baseball – 1986, 1989^[18]
• Boys' golf – 1927*
• Wrestling – 2001^[19]
• Girls' cross country – 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013^[13]
• Girls' basketball – 1979, 1980, 1995
• Girls' softball – 1979, 1984^[13][20]
• Boys' track – 2011, 2013^[13]
• Girls' track – 2012^[13]

* Title won by St. Mary High School prior to merger with St. Vincent.

** Title won by St. Vincent High School prior to merger with St. Mary

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (November 2015)

• Maverick Carter, sports-marketing businessman
• Parris Campbell, NFL player
• Carla Chapman, basketball player
• Chuck Chuckovits, professional basketball player
• Jalen Hudson, NBA G League player^[21]
• LeBron James, NBA player^[22][23]
• Dru Joyce, professional basketball player and college coach^[24]
• V.J. King, professional basketball player, transferred after his sophomore year^[25]
• William Jurgens, Catholic priest, author, composer, and historian
• Niko Lalos, NFL player
• Jerome Lane, NBA player
• Tony Laterza, college basketball head coach
• Mary McGowan, Ohio politician
• Sandra Pianalto, United States Federal Reserve
• JaKarr Sampson, NBA player
• Frank Stams, NFL player
• Romeo Travis, professional basketball player
• Brian Windhorst, author and reporter for ESPN
• Malaki Branham, NBA player

• School website