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|name = Saint Xavier High School
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|latin_name = Academia Sancti Xaverii Cincinnatensis
:'''[[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|GA]] review''' (see [[Wikipedia:What is a good article?|here]] for criteria)
|image = St Xavier HS new logo.jpg
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|caption = New logo, circa 2004
|overcom=This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.
|city = [[Finneytown, Ohio|Finneytown]]
|1a=???
|state = [[Ohio]]
|1acom=The bolding of the sentence, "It is also the world's largest comprehensive Hindu Temple." seems inappropriate in this instance, as it not the name or an alternative name of the subject, and seems sensationalistic.
|country = USA
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|coordinates = {{coord|39|12|30|N|84|30|14|W|region:US_type:edu|display=inline}}
|1bcom=The numbering in the article needs to be fixed. An <nowiki>&nbsp;</nowiki> needs to be placed between numbers and their respective units of measurement. For example, 3000 tons needs to change to <nowiki>3000&nbsp;tons</nowiki>. Also, rather than using the date format 27 November, 2005; use 27 November 2005. Leave out the comma.
|district = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati]]<ref name="Archdiocese">Although located within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, St. Xavier is run by the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus.</ref>
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|authority = [[Society of Jesus]] (Chicago Province)
|2acom=There is something peculiar going on with the references in this article. The references section at the end of the article should be changed to using the <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> format.
|denomination = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
|2b=???
|president = Fr. Walter Deye, S.J.<ref name="Administration">{{cite web|title=2008–2009 St. Xavier High School Administration|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-23|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=730}}</ref>
|2c=y
|principal = Dave B. Mueller<ref name="Administration" />
|3a=y
|rector = Fr. Ed Pigott, S.J.<ref name="Administration" />
|3b=y
|students = 1,575 ([[As of 2008|2008]])<ref name="Xcellent Facts">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1853|title=Xcellent Facts|year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-23|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
|4=y
|faculty = 120 full-time teachers<ref name="Xcellent Facts" />
|5=y
|ceeb = 361-110<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1248|title=St. Xavier School Profile|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-23}}</ref>
|6a=y
|gender = [[Single-sex education|Male]]
|6b=y
|type = [[Private school|Private]], [[University-preparatory school|college preparatory]]
|7=???
|tuition = [[United States dollar|$]]10,280.00 (2008–09)<ref name="Tuition">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=647|title=Tuition and Tuition Assistance|accessdate=2008-09-23|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
|7com=If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article!
|grades = 9–12
|campus size = Over {{convert|110|acre|km2|1}}<ref name="Xcellent Facts" />
|campus type = [[Suburb]]an
|conference = [[Ohio high school athletic conferences#Greater Catholic League|Greater Catholic League]] South
|slogan = [[Men for Others]],<ref name="Enquirer Daugherty 2005">{{cite news|title=Going to St. Xavier not a phase|author=Paul Daugherty|first=Paul|last=Daugherty|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|date=2005-12-01|accessdate=2008-05-05|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1450|quote=A motto there is Men For Others. It's part of the Jesuit tradition, the notion of giving back. They all mention it when you ask what the place meant to them.}}</ref> [[Magis]]
|motto = Vidit Mirabilia Magna, [[Ad maiorem Dei gloriam|Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]]
|mascot = [[Bomber]]
|patron = St. [[Francis Xavier]]
|colors = [[Royal blue]] and [[white]]<ref name="Varsity basketball roster">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=698|title=Cincinnati St. Xavier High School Varsity Basketball Roster 2006&nbsp;– 2007|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2006|accessdate=2007-07-30}}</ref> {{color box|#002366}}{{color box|#ffffff}}
|established = October 17, 1831
|homepage = [http://www.stxavier.org/ www.stxavier.org]
}}
}}


== Comments ==
'''Saint Xavier High School''' ({{pronEng|ˈzeɪvjɚ}}, often abbreviated '''St. X''') is a private, [[Single-sex education|all-male]], [[University-preparatory school|college-preparatory]] [[high school]] in [[Finneytown, Ohio|Finneytown]], a community just outside [[Cincinnati, Ohio|Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], [[United States]]. Founded in 1831, St. Xavier is the oldest high school in Cincinnati<ref name="Enquirer Amos">{{Cite news|author=Denise Smith Amos|first=Denise Smith|last=Amos|url=http://www.jesuits-chi.org/about/news/2006/news_2006_10_6_st_x_175.pdf|title=St. Xavier: A course in pride|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2006-10-06|accessdate=2006-11-20}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061006/NEWS0102/610060358/ http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=822&newsID=252&exCompID=538 --></ref> and one of the oldest in the nation, preceding many universities in foundation. The independent, non-diocesan school is operated by the [[Chicago]] Province of the [[Society of Jesus]] and is one of four all-male [[Catholic school|Catholic high school]]s in the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati|Archdiocese of Cincinnati]]; as of 2006, it has 1,500 enrolled students, making it the largest Catholic high school in Cincinnati and the surrounding region.<ref name="Enquirer Amos-Kranz">{{cite news|author=Denise Smith Amos|first=Denise Smith|last=Amos|coauthors=Cindy Kranz|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=110BAF8B51DB6170&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Private school tuition climbing|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2006-03-31|page=A1|accessdate=2006-04-01|format=fee required|quote=St. Xavier, the region's largest Catholic high school, will charge $9,475 next year, a 5.3 percent increase. Average Catholic high school tuition in 2005–06: $7,099.}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060331/NEWS0102/603310389 --></ref>
1A. The bolding was done by some IP address today. It wasn't there before today

1B. I'm slightly confuse. You said that 300 tons needs to be changed to 3000 tons? The dates have been changed.
==History==
2A. Changed to reflist format, what is peculir with the refs
[[Image:St. Xavier Church and High School, 1831.jpg|thumb|left|St. Xavier High School at its inception, with [[St. Francis Xavier Church]] at its side.]]
2B. Most of the sources are reliable and those that can be contoversial have a backup. Also many of the sources are from the actual Akshardham website which is a 1st resource. Again contoversial things have been backed with another ref. What else is needed.

St. Xavier, once a part of [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]], traces its roots to the [[Athenaeum of Ohio|Athenaeum]] at Seventh Street and Sycamore Street<ref name="Commencement 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/st.%20x%20commencement%202005.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|title=Class of 2005 Commencement|accessdate=2007-01-25|date=2005-06-01}}</ref> in Downtown Cincinnati. The institute, which included a [[seminary]] and lay college, was dedicated by the first bishop of Cincinnati, Rev. [[Edward Fenwick|Edward D. Fenwick]], [[Dominican Order|O.P.]], on October 17, 1831. Just a week later, the city's first public high school, [[Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Woodward College]], opened its doors.

In 1840, the [[Society of Jesus]] began operating the Athenaeum's lay college, which it renamed '''St. Xavier College''', after St. [[Francis Xavier]]. The [[Lazarists|Congregation of the Mission]] (Vincentians) took over the seminary in 1841,<ref name="Athenaeum history">{{cite web|title=History of the Athenaeum of Ohio and Mount St. Mary's Seminary|publisher=[[Athenaeum of Ohio]]|date=2005-04-14|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.mtsm.org/about/history.htm}}</ref> and the college was granted a state charter the following year. St. Xavier College originally offered a six-year education based on [[Jesuite College]] in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], but later switched to an American-style eight-year program<ref name="Kolvenbach">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1506|title=Jesuit Superior General Graces 175<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Celebration|accessdate=2006-10-05|author=Peter Hans Kolvenbach|first=Peter Hans|last=Kolvenbach|authorlink=Peter Hans Kolvenbach|date=2006-10-04}}</ref> and added a tuition-free [[Primary education|elementary school]].<ref name="Enquirer Amos" /> Some students took [[typing]] classes at the [[St. Xavier Commercial School]] nearby. In 1844, the school's elementary division opened a [[boarding school]] campus in [[Walnut Hills, Ohio|Walnut Hills]] but was forced to close its doors two years later and return downtown.<ref name="Partners Hauck">{{cite news|url=http://www.jesuits-chi.org/publications/Partners/partners_fall_2006/FA06%20Cincinnati.pdf|title=The Legacy of St. Francis Xavier Is Alive and Well in Cincinnati: St. Xavier High School|author=Karl Hauck|first=Karl|last=Hauck|coauthors=Mark D. Motz|work=Partners Magazine|publisher=Chicago Province, Society of Jesus|date=Fall 2006|accessdate=2007-06-08|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref> In 1854, "falling enrollment, threat of [[bankruptcy]], and [[cholera]]" brought about proposals to close St. Xavier.<ref name="Enquirer Amos" />

St. Xavier High School formally split with Xavier University in 1919, fully separating financially in 1934. Fr. Aloysius J. Diersen, S.J. served as the high school's first president.<ref name="Partners Hauck" /> The school began its move from the original location in downtown Cincinnati in April 1955 when its president, Fr. John J. Benson, S.J., purchased a 61 acre plot in Finneytown. In September 1960, St. Xavier High School moved into its newly-built facilities, which cost more than $4 million to build. At the time, the new facilities were called the ''Finneytown [[Hilton Hotels|Hilton]]''. The original high school building was later torn down and is now the site of a [[parking lot]].

Since its move away from downtown, St. Xavier's facilities have expanded dramatically. In 1969, the school added a [[natatorium]], featuring an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]]-size swimming pool.<ref name="Enquirer Amos" /> St. Xavier's worship space was replaced by Xavier Hall, a multipurpose facility, in 1986. In 1998, a $12.6 million expansion project moved science classes from the basement into a new, three-story wing and added the Holy Companions Chapel and a dedicated [[Intramural sports|intramural]] gym.<ref name="Winternitz">{{cite book|title=Insiders' Guide to Cincinnati|author=Felix Winternitz|first=Felix|last=Winternitz|coauthors=Sacha DeVroomen Bellman|publisher=Globe Pequot|year=2006|isbn=0762741805|page=349|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=y8S1LFG_KAEC&pg=PA349|quote=A $12.6 million addition includes a science wing, chapel, and gym.}}</ref> During the 2003–04 school year, St. Xavier renovated the [[High school football|football]] stadium around Ballaban Field, which was built in the late 1960s.<ref name="Partners Hauck" /> Along with the stadium, the school opened a 500-seat<ref name="New stadium">{{cite press release|title=St. Xavier Opens New Stadium|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2003-09-22|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1343}}</ref> theater space, as well as a [[black box theater]], art studios, and renovated music rooms. A new [[Track and field athletics|track]] field replaced the track that once surrounded Ballaban Field. St. Xavier also converted the former [[Girls' Town of America]]<ref name="Pulfer">{{cite news|author=Mike Pulfer|first=Mike|last=Pulfer|url=http://www.forgottenoh.com/News/gsarticle.html|title=Goodbye to Girls' Town|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2001-03-14|page=F1|accessdate=2006-11-28}}<!-- http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0FC70D3639C5846B&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 --></ref> location across the street into its "South Campus", which includes new [[baseball]] and [[Association football|soccer]] fields.<ref name="Boylan">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1359|title=St. Xavier Athletic Director Announces Retirement from St. X|accessdate=2006-11-28|date=2004-05-06}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float: left;"
|+ '''Enrollment history'''
|-
! Year !! Enrollment
|-
| 1840 || align="right" | 76<!-- Enquirer Amos -->
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
| 1899 || align="right" | 425<!-- Enquirer Amos -->
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
| 1919 || align="right" | 474<!-- Enquirer Amos -->
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
| 1921 || align="right" | 520<!-- Ryan -->
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
| 1958 || align="right" | 923<!-- Bunting -->
|-
| colspan="2" |
|-
| 1977<!-- 1977-78 --> || align="right" | 1,088<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1978<!-- 1978-79 --> || align="right" | 1,146<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1979<!-- 1979-80 --> || align="right" | 1,124<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1980<!-- 1980-81 --> || align="right" | 1,157<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1981<!-- 1981-82 --> || align="right" | 1,234<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1982<!-- 1982-83 --> || align="right" | 1,240<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1983<!-- 1983-84 --> || align="right" | 1,267<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1984<!-- 1984-85 --> || align="right" | 1,267<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1985<!-- 1985-86 --> || align="right" | 1,259<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1986<!-- 1986-87 --> || align="right" | 1,272<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1987<!-- 1987-88 --> || align="right" | 1,283<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1988<!-- 1988-89 --> || align="right" | 1,274<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1989<!-- 1989-90 --> || align="right" | 1,256<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1990<!-- 1990-91 --> || align="right" | 1,272<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1991<!-- 1991-92 --> || align="right" | 1,279<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1992<!-- 1992-93 --> || align="right" | 1,327<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1993<!-- 1993-94 --> || align="right" | 1,379<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1994<!-- 1994-95 --> || align="right" | 1,408<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1995<!-- 1995-96 --> || align="right" | 1,405<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1996<!-- 1996-97 --> || align="right" | 1,410<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1997<!-- 1997-98 --> || align="right" | 1,407<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1998<!-- 1998-99 --> || align="right" | 1,412<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 1999<!-- 1999-00 --> || align="right" | 1,428<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2000<!-- 2000-01 --> || align="right" | 1,419<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2001<!-- 2001-02 --> || align="right" | 1,418<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2002<!-- 2002-03 --> || align="right" | 1,476<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2003<!-- 2003-04 --> || align="right" | 1,451<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2004<!-- 2004-05 --> || align="right" | 1,444<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2005<!-- 2005-06 --> || align="right" | 1,458<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2006<!-- 2006-07 --> || align="right" | 1,492<!-- ODE enrollment -->
|-
| 2007<!-- 2007-08 --> || align="right" | 1,575<!-- Xcellent Facts 2007 -->
|-
| 2008<!-- 2008-09 --> || align="right" | 1,575<!-- Xcellent Facts 2008 -->
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="2" | <ref name="Enquirer Amos" /><ref name="Ryan">{{cite book|title=Directory of Catholic Colleges and Schools|editor=James H. Ryan|publisher=[[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|National Catholic Welfare Council]]|year=1921|page=660|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=GxQCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA660|quote=Students—Total, Boys, 520.}}</ref><ref name="Bunting">{{cite book|title=Private Independent Schools: The American Private Schools for Boys and Girls|author=Peter Bunting|first=Peter|last=Bunting|publisher=J. E. Bunting|year=1958|page=94|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0ZMVAAAAIAAJ&q="St.+Xavier+High+School"|quote=St. Xavier High School ... Grades 9–12. ... 923 students. Scholarships total $5000 annually.}}</ref><ref name="ODE enrollment">{{cite web|url=http://ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=27493|title=Nonpublic Fall Enrollment (1978-2007) by building/grade/gender|author=[[Ohio State Board of Education|Ohio Department of Education]]|date=2004-06-17|accessdate=2007-05-22|format=[[Microsoft Excel|Excel]]}}<!-- http://ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?page=3&TopicRelationID=3&ContentID=12261&Content=27496 --></ref><ref name="Xcellent Facts 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=733|title=Xcellent Facts|year=2007|accessdate=2007-09-07|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref><ref name="Xcellent Facts" />
|}

At St. Xavier's entrance stands a statue of [[Francis Xavier|St. Francis Xavier]]&nbsp;– the school's patron saint and namesake, as well as a founding member of the Jesuit order&nbsp;– that once stood above the entry to the school's old location downtown. The sculpture "Open End", a 1983 work by [[Australia]]n sculptor [[Clement Meadmore]], was donated to St. Xavier by [[Prudential Financial|Prudential Insurance Company]] and resides outside an entrance to the school's Berning Gymnasium. It stood outside the Cincinnati Commerce Center at Sixth and Vine Streets downtown until it was relocated to St. Xavier in 1999.<ref name="Enquirer Pina">{{cite news|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/1999/06/23/loc_sculpture_leaving.html|title=Sculpture leaving Sixth and Vine|author=Phillip Pina|first=Phillip|last=Pina|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=1999-06-23|page=B1|accessdate=2007-10-16}}</ref>

St. Xavier's sports teams were originally nicknamed the "[[Conquistador]]s", or "Conquerors". Eventually, the teams began to be known as the "Bombers".<ref name="Conquerors">{{cite news|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark|title=By Any Other Name|work=St. Xavier Magazine|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=Spring 2007|page=18–19}}</ref> Competing explanations of the name change credit American success in [[World War II]], "bombs" thrown by [[George Ratterman]] to Charley Wolf in football games,<ref name="Conquerors" /> and a corruption of the nickname given to Jesuit missionaries in World War II, the "Balmers".<ref name="Balmers">{{cite news|author=David Mueller|last=Mueller|first=David|title=Principal's Message|work=St. Xavier Magazine|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=Spring 2007|page=9}}</ref> Though there is further disagreement over exactly when the move took place, alumni accounts place it sometime in the 1930s or 1940s.<ref name="Bombers alumni">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgID=1101|title=Bombers Recall How Name Came About|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-04-03|year=2007}}</ref>

In 2004, the Bomber was briefly supplanted by the "Blue Monster", a mascot similar to Xavier University's Blue Blob.{{fact|date=September 2008}} It has not been used as a mascot since, but the moniker now refers to student fans of St. Xavier's sports teams.<ref name="Chamberlain CovCath">{{cite web|title=Bombers Shut Out Covington Catholic|author=Spencer Chamberlain|first=Spencer|last=Chamberlain|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2005-09-26|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1427}}</ref>
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===Enrollment history===
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St. Xavier's student body has grown steadily over the years, despite some periods of low enrollment:<ref name="Enquirer Amos" /><ref name="ODE enrollment" />

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==Academics==
As of 2008, St. Xavier has 1,575 enrolled students, and the school faculty consists of 120 full-time teachers, including six Jesuit priests and a sister from the [[Congregation of Divine Providence]].<ref name="Xcellent Facts" /><ref name="Social Studies">{{cite web|title=Department of Social Studies|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2007|accessdate=2008-09-23|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1830}}</ref> For the 2008–09 school year, tuition is [[United States dollar|$]]10,280.00;<ref name="Tuition" /> according to St. Xavier, this amount is $2,737 less than the cost of educating a student at the school.<ref name="Mag Annual Fund">{{cite news|title=Success for Annual Fund|work=St. Xavier Magazine|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=Spring 2007|page=3}}</ref>

===Admissions===
Students apply to St. Xavier High School by taking an entrance test and submitting an elementary school transcript, teacher recommendations, and an enrollment application. Other factors, such as [[Legacy preferences|legacy]], are also taken into account. St. Xavier uses the [[High School Placement Test]] (HSPT) in its admissions process.<ref name="HSPT">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=681|title=Entrance Exam|accessdate=2003-09-23|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref> Approximately half of applicants are admitted as freshman each year.<ref name="Profile" /> About a quarter of these students are admitted due to alumni or current students in their families (see [[Legacy preferences]]).<ref name="Legacy">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1193|title=Myth & Mystery: The St. X Admissions Process|accessdate=2006-09-23|author=David B. Mueller|last=Mueller|first=David B}}</ref> Entering students come from many parts of the city, including the East Side and West Side of Cincinnati, Southeastern Indiana, and [[Northern Kentucky]]. The Class of 2011 includes students from 93 elementary schools.<ref name="Xcellent Facts 2007" />

In addition to students from the [[Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky metropolitan area|Greater Cincinnati]] area, St. Xavier admits students from overseas through various [[Student exchange program|foreign exchange program]]s, such as [[AFS Intercultural Programs|American Field Service]]. Over the years, foreign exchange students have come from many countries, including [[Brazil]], [[Germany]], [[Montenegro]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[South Korea]], [[Spain]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref name="Mueller 2006-06">{{cite web|title=Principal Notes For June 2006|author=Dave Mueller|first=Dave|last=Mueller|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2006-06-01|accessdate=2008-09-26|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1482}}</ref><ref name="Mueller 2008-03">{{cite web|title=March 2008 Notes from Principal David Mueller|author=Dave Mueller|first=Dave|last=Mueller|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-09-27|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=4101}}</ref> In particular, partner school [[Collegi Casp|Col·legi Casp–Sagrat Cor de Jesús]]<!-- [[:ca:Col·legi Casp-Sagrat Cor de Jesús]] --> in [[Barcelona]] has sent students to St. Xavier for over a decade.<ref name="Casp">{{cite web|title=From Barcelona to the Bombers|author=Mark Motz|first=Mark|last=Motz|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2005-09-08|accessdate=2008-09-27|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1422}}</ref> St. Xavier students may receive credit for work completed at the school's other partners, [[Canisius-Kolleg Berlin]] and [[Xavier University (Cincinnati)|Xavier University]].<ref name="Handbook academic">{{cite book|chapter=Academic Policies|title=St. Xavier High School 2008–09 Student Handbook|author=St. Xavier High School|publisher=Premier|year=2008|chapterurl=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=825|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=677}}</ref>

===Curriculum and scheduling===
All students at St. Xavier are part of the school's [[University-preparatory school|college preparatory]] program, with 23.0 credit units required for graduation. St. Xavier offers a wide variety of courses as part of the program, which is accredited by the [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]], [[Jesuit Secondary Education Association]] (of which the school is a member), and [[Ohio State Board of Education|Ohio Department of Education]].<ref name="Profile" /> The school's Foreign Language Department, for example, offers [[Advanced Placement Program|Advanced Placement]]–level instruction in [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Latin]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]], as well as classes in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] and instruction in [[Chinese language|Chinese]].<ref name="Chinese">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1111|title=Students Undertaking Chinese Language|accessdate=2007-02-04|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2006}}</ref> Other high-level courses include Advanced 2D Design Portfolio and [[Multivariable calculus|Multivariable Calculus]], as well as AP courses in Computer Science, English Literature and Composition, Calculus, Physics, Psychology, and European History.<ref name="Profile" /> In all, the school offers 24 Advanced Placement courses in seven subject areas.<ref name="Xcellent Facts" /> As a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] school, St. Xavier requires students to study various aspects of religion and theology each year. Students are also required to take [[physical education]], [[public speaking]] (Oral Communications), and computer usage (Information Processing) classes, as part of an emphasis on ''[[cura personalis]]'' ("well-rounded individuals").

The school year is divided into two semesters for grading and course scheduling purposes, but exams are administered quarterly (see [[Academic term#Primary and secondary schools|Academic term]]).<ref name="Handbook academic" /> St. Xavier meets on a traditional, nine-period schedule, in which students attend each class daily. However, the order in which the classes are attended vary from day to day, so that every student's science class may extend into one of the lunch periods, "Flex Times", one day each week. Additionally, two days dubbed "X and Y days" are often set aside for [[block scheduling]], to allow for classroom material that would not otherwise fit into a normal-length class period.<ref name="Daily orders">{{cite web|title=Daily Orders|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-23|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=658}}</ref> During any [[free period]]s a student may have, St. Xavier's "open campus" policy permits the student to use various school facilities, including [[study hall]] or outdoor areas.<ref name="Handbook attendance">{{cite book|chapter=Attendance and Discipline Policies|title=St. Xavier High School 2008–09 Student Handbook|author=St. Xavier High School|publisher=Premier|year=2008|chapterurl=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=827|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=677}}</ref> Moreover, seniors are afforded "off-campus privilege", for instance allowing them to eat lunch at nearby restaurants, rather than at the school cafeteria.

===Resources===
St. Xavier maintains 11 computer labs with over 330 computers equipped with [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Iomega Zip drive|Zip drive]]s.<ref name="Xcellent Facts" /> By 2001, St. Xavier had become one of the first Catholic schools in Cincinnati to use [[SMART Board interactive whiteboard|SMART Board]]s in classrooms, [[Edline]] for parent-student-teacher communication, and Gaggle.net for student-to-student [[e-mail]]. In 2005, the school employed SMART Board or SMART Cart systems in 25 classrooms.<ref name="Conlon interview">{{cite interview|subject=Julie Conlon|first=Julie|last=Conlon|title=Interview With Julie Conlon, CIO|date=2005-01-05|accessdate=2008-09-23|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1363}}</ref> The school's library, named for alumnus and [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio state representative]] John D. "Jay" Carroll III,<ref name="Carroll">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=950|title=John D. "Jay" Carroll III|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-03-19}}</ref> contains 23,000 volumes.<ref name="Library">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=537|title=The Jay Carroll '73 Library|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-03-19}}</ref>

===Recognition===
Each year, a number of St. Xavier students receive honors from [[standardized test]]ing programs. From 1970 to 2008, 962<!-- 946 [1970-2008] + 16 [2009] --> students were named semifinalists or finalists in the [[National Merit Scholarship Program]].<ref name="Profile" /><ref name="NMSC Semifinal 2009">{{cite web|title=St. X Tops in NMS Semifinalists|author=St. Xavier High School|month=September|year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-23|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1521}}</ref> In 2006, 137 students received Scholar Awards for their high scores on Advanced Placement tests; of them, three were named National AP Scholars, the highest distinction awarded.<ref name="100 AP">{{cite news|title=St. X Home to More Than 100 AP Scholars|work=St. Xavier Magazine|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=Spring 2007|page=6}}</ref> In addition, 16 were named finalists<ref name="NMSC Final">{{cite web|author=St. Xavier High School|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=887|title=Every National Merit Semifinalist Advances|accessdate=2007-02-12}}</ref> and 24 named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program.<ref name="Awards">{{cite web|author=Mark Motz|first=Mark|last=Motz|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1513|title=St. Xavier Students Earn More Academic Awards|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2006-10-16|accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref> In 2007, five won the National Merit program's highest distinction.<ref name="Post Merit 2007">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11A78B99180C99D8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Students named as merit winners|author=Staff writer|work=[[The Cincinnati Post]]|publisher=[[E. W. Scripps Company]]|date=2007-07-17|pages=A2|accessdate=2007-07-19|format=fee required}}<!-- http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070717/NEWS01/707170346 --></ref>

Virtually all of the school's students graduate and enter a [[Higher education|post-secondary institution]] after graduation.<ref name="Profile" /> According to ''[[BusinessWeek]]'', nearly a third of the Class of 2004 pursued a [[Academic major|major]] in [[business]].<ref name="BW B-Schools">{{cite news|title=The Best Undergraduate B-Schools|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_19/b3983401.htm|work=[[BusinessWeek]]|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|date=2006-05-08|accessdate=2006-11-20}}</ref> In 2007, St. Xavier published a directory of over 16,000 living alumni, listing "511 living graduates as medical doctors or dentists, 624 as attorneys, and 610 as engineers".<ref name="Xcellent Facts 2007" />

==School traditions==
The largest of the 50 all-male high schools run by the Society of Jesus in the United States,<ref name="Xcellent Facts" /> St. Xavier shares many Jesuit traditions with other secondary institutions run by the order. For example, graduating students are expected to have acquired the five characteristics defined in the "[[Graduate at Graduation]]" profile: Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Justice.<ref name="Grad at Grad">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=952|title=Profile of a Graduate at Graduation|accessdate=2006-10-24|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref> Many Jesuit high schools have "Grad at Grad" expectations, although the characteristics and their descriptions vary from school to school.

St. Xavier students are also taught the phrase ''[[Ad maiorem Dei gloriam|Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]]'', the motto of the Society of Jesus, and are often instructed to write the [[Acronym and initialism|initialism]] "AMDG" at the top of submitted papers and tests, to remind them that even their schoolwork is "For the Greater Glory of God". The seals of both St. Xavier and Xavier University bear the motto ''Vidit Mirabilia Magna'' ([[Latin]]: "He has seen great wonders"), taken from a passage of the [[Breviary#Roman Breviary|Roman Breviary]] applied to St. Francis Xavier.<ref name="XU seal">{{cite book|chapter=Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Xavier Alma Mater and Seal|chapterurl=http://www.xavier.edu/registrar/catalogs/14_Misc_2006-08.pdf|title=Xavier University 2006–2008 Catalog|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=Office of the Registrar, Xavier University|month=August|year=2006|accessdate=2008-10-09|page=461|url=http://www.xavier.edu/registrar/catalogs/2006-2008_catalog.html}}</ref><ref name="CURSUS c6995">{{cite web|title=Critical Edition of Respond c6995|work=CURSUS Project|location=[[Norwich]]|publisher=[[University of East Anglia]]|accessdate=2008-10-09|url=http://www.cursus.uea.ac.uk/ed/c6995|quote=Iste cognovit iustitiam et vidit mirabilia magna et exoravit altissimum et inventus est in numero sanctorum.}}</ref> As in other Jesuit secondary schools, [[School punishment#Detention|detention]] is invariably called "JUG"; the common explanation is that "JUG" stands for "Justice Under God".

The school holds school-wide Masses on [[Holy Day of Obligation|Holy Days of Obligation]] and other important events, as well as optional daily Mass in Holy Companions Chapel at the center of campus. Two days a year, students, though required to come to school, do not attend classes. Instead, they attend morning Mass and are then encouraged to spend the day at school as they see fit. The autumn occasion, Spirit Day, is celebrated on the Mass of the [[Holy Spirit]], a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] that other Jesuit institutions also observe. During the spring occasion, MusicFest, students hold a grill-out on the school parking lot while student bands perform on a nearby stage. MusicFest began in 1986 as part of Music Appreciation Week.<ref name="MusicFest 2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1478|title=Musicfest Rocks St. X for 20<sup>th</sup> Year|date=2006-05-19|accessdate=2007-03-19|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>

===Alma mater===
The [[alma mater]]s of St. Xavier and another Jesuit high school, [[Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)|St. Ignatius High School]] in Cleveland, are identical except for the last two lines, which refer to the school name and colors.<ref name="Commencement 2005" /><ref name="Ignatius alma mater">{{cite web|url=http://www.ignatius.edu/genlinfo/almamater.shtm|title=Alma Mater & Fight Song|author=St. Ignatius High School|accessdate=2007-04-28}}</ref> The alma mater was composed in 1937 by the St. Ignatius band director, Jack Hearns Sr. In 1958, the school gave St. Xavier permission to adapt the song;<ref name="Ignatius Hearns">{{cite news|url=http://alumni.ignatius.edu/controls/file_library/file_download.aspx?sid=237&gid=1&pgid=14&cid=80&catid=2&fileid=2&mid=0&moid=80&name=St.Ign_Fall04Rev6_632551318419833750.pdf|title=The making of the Saint Ignatius Alma Mater|work=St. Ignatius Magazine|date=Fall 2004|accessdate=2007-04-28|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|author=St. Ignatius High School}}</ref> this adaptation is sung after St. Xavier school assemblies, athletic events, and graduation:

:''Our famed alma mater graces''
:''Every shrine within our hearts''
:''With her unforgotten faces''
:''And the faith that she imparts.''
:''Years in passing cannot sever''
:''Ties of old days from the new.''
:''We are Xavier men forever''
:''As we hail the white and blue.''

==Extracurricular activities==
===Athletics===
[[Image:St. Xavier aerial.jpg|thumb|right|300px|An aerial view of St. Xavier's large campus, flanked by the school's many athletic facilities and the surrounding community. Visible are the school's new South Campus ''(lower left)'', the unaffiliated [[Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science]] ''(center left)'', St. Xavier Stadium ''(upper center)'', and the school track field ''(upper right)''.]]

Perhaps as well-regarded as its academics, the school's large athletic program is ranked 13<sup>th</sup> in the nation.<ref name="SI Armstrong">{{cite news|title=Top 25 athletic programs for 2007-08|author=Kevin Armstrong|first=Kevin|last=Armstrong|coauthors=Caitlin Moscatello|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|date=2008-05-20|accessdate=2008-06-05|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/highschool/05/19/high.school.top.10/}}</ref> St. Xavier offers 14 Division I athletic programs: [[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[bowling]], [[Cross country running|cross country]], [[High school football|football]], [[golf]], [[hockey]], [[lacrosse]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[swimming]] and [[diving]], [[tennis]], [[Track and field athletics|track and field]], [[volleyball]], and [[wrestling]].<ref name="Xcellent Facts" /> Teams representing St. Xavier are nicknamed the "'''Bombers'''". Originally named the "[[Conquistador]]s", or "Conquerors", the teams are members of the [[Ohio high school athletic conferences#Greater Catholic League|Greater Catholic League]] (GCL). The school is one of four all-male institutions that participates in the GCL's South Division, competing with nearby [[Elder High School|Elder]], [[La Salle High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|La Salle]], and [[Moeller High School|Moeller]] high schools. St. Xavier athletic events are often broadcast on [[Waycross Community Media]].

The school's Finneytown campus features athletic facilities comparable to most colleges, highlighted by a new football stadium and a modernized [[Charles Keating|Keating]] [[Natatorium]]. The natatorium houses an Olympic-size swimming pool, which the school shares with the [[Cincinnati Marlins]]. The football stadium, named after the school, was built during the 2003–04 school year around Ballaban Field.<ref name="Partners Hauck" />

St. Xavier has won a state championship in many of the sports in which it fields a team. The most decorated among these teams is the school's prestigious swimming and diving program, which has garnered considerable national respect. Known as the "'''Aquabombers'''", the team has won district, sectional and city-wide titles in every year since 1970, capturing 29 Ohio state championships during this span. In 2008, [[Saint Charles Preparatory School]] of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]] broke the Aquabombers' nine-year state title streak.<ref name="Enquirer Groeschen 2008">{{cite news|title=Aquabombers Named National Champions|author=Tom Groeschen|first=Tom|last=Groeschen|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2008-07-26|accessdate=2008-08-29|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=4786}}</ref> The team has earned the distinction of ''[[Swimming World Magazine]]'' national high school swimming champions in 1973, 1992, 2001, and 2007.<ref name="Brower">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=989|title=Jim Brower|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-09-07}}</ref> The team is currently headed by Coach James Brower. The Aquabombers have produced ''Swimming World Magazine'' high school swimmers of the year with [[Joseph Hudepohl|Joe Hudepohl]] in 1992 and [[Jayme Cramer]] in 2001. Hudepohl was also a member of the [[United States at the Olympics|United States Olympic Swim Team]] in [[United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics#Swimming|1992]] and [[United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics#Swimming|1996]] and still holds several school, state and national records in swimming.

In addition to the swimming and diving program, the Bombers are also well-known for their football team. In 1999, the St. Xavier football team appeared on [[Cheerios|Team Cheerios]] cereal boxes, alongside [[Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)|St. Ignatius High School]], in recognition of the schools' football and community service programs, as well as their records in the [[National Merit Scholarship Program]].<ref name="Team Cheerios">{{cite news|url=http://www.jsea.org/FileUploads/B9911.PDF|title=News For And About Our Schools|work=The JSEA Bulletin|publisher=[[Jesuit Secondary Education Association]]|date=November 1999|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|pages=11|accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref> On December 3, 2005, under Coach Steve Specht, the Bombers defeated [[Massillon Washington High School]] to earn the 2005 state football title, the first in team history, after having finished as state runners-up in 1992, 1998 and 2001. The Bombers ended their season with a perfect record: undefeated in the regular season and the playoffs. For this occasion, the City of Cincinnati declared December 14, 2005 "St. Xavier High School Day".<ref name="St. Xavier Day">{{cite press release|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2005-12-14|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1449|title=December 14th Declared St. Xavier High School Day|accessdate=2006-05-31}}</ref> In 2007, the Bombers were rated first or second high school football team nationally in a number of pre-season rankings;<ref name="Enquirer Daugherty 2007">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11BD45BD40639FE8&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Rankings rankle St. X coach|author=Paul Daugherty|last=Daugherty|first=Paul|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-09-21|page=C1|accessdate=2007-09-28|format=fee required|quote=[Steve Specht's] St. Xavier football team is the best prep team in the land, apparently. No. 1 with a bullet, cheerleaders and a marching band. Says so right there, on the Web site MaxPreps.com, and in the pages of [[RISE (magazine)|RISE]], 'the nation's leading high school sports and lifestyle magazine.' Must be so.}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070921/SPT030101/709210400/ --></ref> the same year, St. Xavier defeated [[DeMatha Catholic High School]] in a game nationally televised on [[ESPN]].<ref name="Enquirer Groeschen">{{cite news|url=http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070902/SPT030101/309020010/|title=St. X rolls over DeMatha, 28-7|author=Tom Groeschen|last=Groeschen|first=Tom|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-09-02|accessdate=2007-09-28}}</ref> St. Xavier went on to win their second state championship that year in a 27–0 victory against [[Mentor High School]],<ref name="Enquirer Groeschen champs">{{cite news|url=http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20071202/SPT030101/712020398/|title=Bombers romp to title|author=Tom Groeschen|first=Tom|last=Groeschen|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-12-02|accessdate=2007-12-03}}</ref> as well as the National Prep Poll's [[Mythical National Championship|mythical]] [[High School Football National Championship|national championship]].

St. Xavier won the state basketball championship in 2000 and finished as runners-up in the 2005 and 2007<ref name="OHSAA 2007 basketball">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/bk/boys/2007/d1final.htm|title=2007 Division I State Final|author=Ohio High School Athletic Association|date=2007-03-24|accessdate=2007-04-16}}</ref> state basketball tournament. The Cross Country team has seen a good deal of success, having qualified to the Ohio state championships every year from 1987 to 2004.

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====State titles====
As of December 2007, the Bombers have won 39 boys team [[Ohio High School Athletic Association]] (OHSAA) state titles, the most boys titles in Ohio. Counting boys and girls team titles, St. Xavier is second to [[Upper Arlington High School (Upper Arlington, Ohio)|Upper Arlington High School]] for the number of OHSAA State Championships won.

St. Xavier's OHSAA-sponsored titles are:
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]]&nbsp;– 1998, 2000,<ref name="Enquirer Schutte">{{cite news|author=Dave Schutte|first=Dave|last=Schutte|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/2001seascc.html|title=Cincinnati Boys Cross Country Preview|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2001-08-24|accessdate=2007-01-08}}</ref> 2003<ref name="OHSAA CC 2003">{{cite web|author=Ohio High School Athletic Association|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/cc/boys/2003/bd1rslt03.htm|title=OHSAA 2003 Boys CC State Results|date=2003-11-01|accessdate=2007-01-16}}</ref><ref name="Champs" />
* [[Baseball]]&nbsp;– 2003<ref name="OHSAA Baseball 2003">{{cite web|author=Ohio High School Athletic Association|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/bb/boys/2003/bd1rslt03.htm|title=2003 Boys Division I State Baseball Tournament|date=2003-12-12|accessdate=2007-01-16}}</ref><ref name="Champs" />
* [[Basketball]]&nbsp;– 2000<ref name="2005 HOF">{{cite web|author=St. Xavier High School|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=998|title=2005 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees|year=2005|accessdate=2007-01-08}}</ref><ref name="Champs" />
* [[High school football|Football]]&nbsp;– 2005<ref name="OHSAA Football 2005">{{cite web|author=Ohio High School Athletic Association|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/ft/boys/2005/d1stfinal05.htm|title=2005 Division I Football Championships|date=[[2005-12-03]]|accessdate=2007-01-17}}</ref><ref name="Champs">{{cite web|author=St. Xavier High School|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1403|title=St. Xavier High School Athletic Champions|accessdate=2007-01-08}}</ref>, 2007<ref name="Enquirer Groeschen champs" />
* [[Golf]]&nbsp;– 1957, 1995<ref name="Champs" />
* [[Association football|Soccer]]&nbsp;– 1983<ref name="Champs" />
* [[Swimming]]&nbsp;– 1970–1981, 1984, 1990–1995, 1997, 1999–2007<ref name="Champs" /><ref>{{cite news|author=Nathan Ulrich|first=Nathan|last=Ulrich|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=117909BCA0873D70&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Another St. X splash dance|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-02-25|page=C1|accessdate=2007-02-25|format=fee required|quote=St. Xavier captured its ninth consecutive Ohio State Swimming and Diving championship Saturday in a record display. The title, the 29th in the program's storied history, was the 14th for coach Jim Brower&nbsp;– breaking the Ohio record of former [[Canton McKinley High School|Canton McKinley]] coach Ted Branin, whose name just happens to be on the Canton natatorium in which the Bombers won Saturday.}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/SPT0301/702250438/1078/COL02 --></ref>

Additionally, St. Xavier students have won state titles for singles or doubles Division I [[tennis]] in 1946, 1947, 2002, 2005,<ref name="Champs" /> and 2006.<ref name="OHSAA Tennis 2006">{{cite web|author=Ohio High School Athletic Association|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/te/boys/2006/bd1_Dbl_06.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|title=2006 OHSAA Boys State Tennis Tournament, Division I Doubles Bracket|year=2006|accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref>

St. Xavier's non-OHSAA state titles include:
* [[Lacrosse]] (Ohio High School Lacrosse Association)&nbsp;– 2000 (Division II)<ref name="Lacrosse coach">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1462|title=Coach Bios|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-12-01}}</ref>
* [[Team tennis]] (Ohio Tennis Coaches' Association)&nbsp;– 2006,<ref name="OTCA">{{cite web|url=http://www.otca.us/BOYSSTATECHAMPIONSHIPS2006.htm|title=2006 Boys' Tennis|author=Ohio Tennis Coaches' Association|date=2006-06-15|accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref> 2007,<ref name="Enquirer Gedney">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=119866E4B3DA2B80&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Moeller wins state volleyball title; St. X, Indian Hill tennis champs|author=Dan Gedney|first=Dan|last=Gedney|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett|date=2007-05-28|page=C4|accessdate=2007-05-29|format=fee required|quote=St. Xavier won its second consecutive Division I state team tournament championship Sunday at the Lakewood Racquet Club in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].}}<!-- http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/SPT0301/705280330/1068/SPT --></ref> 2008<ref name="Tennis 2008">{{cite news|title=Bombers' tennis wraps up three-peat at state|author=Anthony Amorini|first=Anthony|last=Amorini|publisher=[[The Community Press]] and Recorder|date=2008-06-01|accessdate=2008-06-05|url=http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080601/SPT/806010313/1090/RSS1109}}</ref>
* [[Volleyball]] (Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Association)&nbsp;– 2003,<ref name="OSHBV 2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/ohiobvb/2003tournament.html|title=State Tournament 2003|author=Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Association|date=2003-06-04|accessdate=2007-04-10}}</ref> 2006<ref name="Enquirer Juniewicz">{{cite news|first=Debbie|last=Juniewicz|author=Debbie Juniewicz|title=St. Xavier sweeps Moeller in final|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=111ED5A8F03406E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|page=13C|date=2006-05-28|accessdate=2007-04-10|format=fee required|quote=St. Xavier swept Moeller in three games, 25–20, 29–27, 25–22, to capture the title Saturday.}}</ref>
* [[Water polo]] (Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association)&nbsp;– 1979<ref name="OHSSCA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ohssca.org/Waterpolo/waterpolochamps-boys.htm|title=Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association-Boys Water Polo State Champions|accessdate=2007-03-08|author=OHSSCA}}</ref>

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==== Fight song ====
:''We're on our way to victory''
:''And when the Bombers get that ball,''
:''They'll rush right through the other team''
:''And hit 'em hard until they fall.''
:''(Fight! Fight! Fight!)''
:''We're on our way to win the game,''
:''And then we'll let our banners fly;''
:''For we are the unexcelled''
:''Bombers of Xavier High!''<ref name="Handbook 04-05">{{cite book|title=St. Xavier High School 2004–05 Student Handbook|author=St. Xavier High School|publisher=Premier|year=2004|pages=back cover}}</ref><ref name="Fight song">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1265|title=Bomber Fight Song|author=St. Xavier High School |accessdate=2007-04-28}}</ref>
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===The arts===
The school's drama group, '''Theatre Xavier''' (TX), has won the Best Play and Best Musical awards from the [[Critics and Awards Program for High School Students|Cappies]] of Greater Cincinnati for many of its productions.<ref name="Saigon">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1101|title=Cappies critics call Saigon a smash|author=St. Xavier High School|month=April | year=2007|accessdate=2007-04-27}}</ref> The school's 500-seat<ref name="New stadium">{{cite press release|title=St. Xavier Opens New Stadium|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2003-09-22|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1343}}</ref> theater space, the St. Xavier Performance Center, rivals those of many colleges in size. It opened in 2004 along with the fine arts wing.<ref name="Enquirer Amos" /> Recent and upcoming productions include:

*1999–2000: ''[[Dracula (play)|Dracula]]'',<ref name="Dracula">{{cite web|title=Theatre Xavier Presenting ''Dracula''|author=St. Xavier High School|month=September | year=2008|accessdate=2008-09-06|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1039}}</ref> ''[[Starmites]]''{{fact|date=June 2008}}
*2000–01: ''[[Man of La Mancha]]''<ref name="CityBeat La Mancha">{{cite news|title=CityBeat Onstage List|work=[[Cincinnati CityBeat]]|publisher=Lightborne Publishing|volume=7|issue=24|date=2001-05-03|accessdate=2008-06-24|url=http://citybeat.com/2001-05-03/onstagelist.shtml}}</ref>
*2001–02: ''[[A Tuna Christmas]]'', ''[[My Favorite Year]]''<ref name="CityBeat MFY">{{cite news|title=CityBeat Onstage List|work=Cincinnati CityBeat|publisher=Lightborne Publishing|volume=8|issue=24|date=2002-04-25|accessdate=2008-06-24|url=http://citybeat.com/2002-04-25/onstagelist.shtml}}</ref>
*2002–03: ''[[Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol]]'',<ref name="CityBeat Marley">{{cite news|title=CityBeat Onstage List|work=Cincinnati CityBeat|publisher=Lightborne Publishing|volume=9|issue=1|date=2002-11-14|accessdate=2008-06-24|url=http://citybeat.com/2002-11-14/onstagelist.shtml}}</ref> ''[[Godspell]]''
*2003–04: ''[[Red Noses]]'',<ref name="Enquirer Cappies Noses">{{cite news|title=St. Xavier 'Red Noses' is a breath of fresh air|author=Kathryn Novak|first=Kathryn|last=Novak|coauthors=Connie Yeh; et al|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2003-11-29|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/11/29/loc_loc2cap.html}}</ref> ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''<ref name="Enquirer Cappies Joseph">{{cite news|title=St. Xavier's 'Joseph' a walking work of art|author=Michael Newland|first=Michael|last=Newland|coauthors=Stacy Goldston; et al|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2004-05-24|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/05/24/loc_cappies24.html}}</ref>
*2004–05: ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1902 stage play)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''<ref name="Sweeney Todd">{{cite web|title=TX Produces Sweeney Todd|author=Mark Motz|first=Mark|last=Motz|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2005-05-08|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1390}}</ref>
*2005–06: ''[[Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard#The Laramie Project|The Laramie Project]]'', ''[[Les Misérables (musical)#Les Misérables Student Edition|Les Miserables Student Edition]]''<ref name="Most Cappies">{{cite press release|title=TX has most Cappies nominations|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2008-04-29|accessdate=2008-09-26|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=4274}}</ref>
*2006–07: ''[[Wild Oats (play)|Wild Oats]]'',<ref name="Wild Oats">{{cite web|title=General Meeting Minutes|author=St. Xavier Music Promoters|date=2006-11-14|accessdate=2008-09-26|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/Minutes%20Nov%202006.htm}}</ref> ''[[Miss Saigon]]''<ref name="Most Cappies" />
*2007–08: ''[[Inspecting Carol]]'',<!-- ''[[Picasso at the Lapin Agile]]'', --><ref name="Inspecting Carol">{{cite press release|title=TX keeps the laughs coming|publisher=St. Xavier High School|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2008-09-26|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=3855}}</ref> ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''<ref name="Cappies Pimpernel">{{cite web|title=The Scarlet Pimpernel at St. Xavier High School|author=Emily Hautman|first=Emily|last=Hautman|coauthors=Jenny Volfson; et al.|work=The Cappies|publisher=[[Critics and Awards Program for High School Students]]|date=2008-04-11|accessdate=2008-06-24|url=http://www.cappies.com/cin/read_review.php?id=18&showid=30}}</ref>
*2008–09: ''[[Dracula (play)|Dracula]]'',<ref name="Dracula" /> ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''
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The marching band has not enjoyed much success at competitions in recent years, primarily because it lacks a flag auxiliary, but it has received a superior rating in state competition several times in the past and often receives standing ovations at football games. The St. Xavier drumline is especially enjoyed at football games. The drumline's two trademark cadences are "Stroker Style," which is played while marching into the stadium and "Jungle Groove," which is played while marching out. There are also the wind ensemble and jazz ensemble. The string ensemble has won several awards for performance in past years.

St. Xavier has other music groups including a men's chorus, XMen and Something Blue. The XMen recently received first place in a national competition at Festival Disney and has earned recognition on many other occasions. The XMen are divided into two groups: students, other than freshmen, may opt to take chorus as an elective during the school day; the rest of the students attend after school. XMen has recently grown in number from the teens to approximately 100 participants under the leadership of Karl Thomsen, and expects to be around 170 in number with the upcoming second semester choir class and ending of the football season (as many fall sportsmen join the choir when they are able).

===Community service===
Following the call of Jesuit [[Superior general|Superior-General]] [[Pedro Arrupe]] in 1973 to "form men for others", St. Xavier formed a Community Service department that is still active today. Service programs run by the school include the [[Advent]] Canned Food Drive, a housing rehabilitation program that began in 1992,<ref name="Housing rehab">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=621|title=St. Xavier Housing Rehab Program|accessdate=2006-11-20|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref> Big Buddies, Junior [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America|Big Brothers]], and a number of summer [[Short-term mission|mission trip]]s to disadvantaged areas both around the United States and internationally. Destinations have included:

*[[Lower West Side, Chicago#Pilsen|Pilsen]], [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
*[[Monticello, Kentucky]]
*[[Over-the-Rhine]], Cincinnati, Ohio
*[[Camden, New Jersey]]
*[[New Orleans, Louisiana]]
*[[St. Francis, South Dakota]] ([[Rosebud Indian Reservation]])
*[[Durán, Ecuador]]<ref name="Mission trips">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=691|title=Summer Mission Trip Program, 2006|accessdate=2006-09-23|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2006}}</ref>
*[[Ayacucho]], [[Peru]]<ref name="Lamping">{{cite web|url=http://homepage.mac.com/glamping/Personal10.html|title=Spring Newsletter 2003|accessdate=2006-09-23|author=Gregory Lamping|last=Lamping|first=Gregory|date=[[2006-08-15]]}}</ref>
*[[Tacna]], Peru<ref name="Partners">{{cite news|url=http://www.jesuits-chi.org/publications/Partners/Partners_spring_2003/SP03_pp22-29.pdf|title=Magis&nbsp;– The History and Future of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus, Part II: Flourishing (1928–1969)|work=Partners|accessdate=2007-07-12|publisher=Society of Jesus, Chicago Province|date=Spring 2003|pages=22–29|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
*[[Rica Playa]], [[Tumbes Province|Tumbes]], Peru<ref name="Mission trips update">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=887|title=Summer Mission Trips|accessdate=2007-07-11|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2007}}</ref><ref name="Rica Playa">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/Peru%20Trip%20Description%202007.pdf|title=Twenty-First Annual Summer Mission Experience: Peru, South America (Rica Playa)|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|author=St. Xavier High School|year=2007|accessdate=2007-07-13}}</ref>

St. Xavier runs drop-in "tutoring centers", where students can receive mathematics and writing help from upperclassman, as well as a separate peer tutoring program that pairs students up for one-on-one assistance. The various programs, though optional, are generally popular among students. In 2006, for example, 175 students signed up for the Big Brothers program.<ref name="Edline CS">{{cite web|url=https://www.edline.net/DocViewBody.page?currentDocEntid=2575780905249327492&returnPage=%2Fpages%2FSt_Xavier_High_School|title= From the Community Service Department|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=St. Xavier High School|publisher=[[Edline]]|year=2006}}</ref> According to the school, three-quarters of the student body voluntarily participate in community service programs.<ref name="Xcellent Facts" />

St. Xavier's emphasis on service is evident in the school's motto, "Men for Others". In recent years, attempts have been made to expand the school's motto to "Men for and with Others". The addition of these two words has met with criticism and ridicule from the student body, which sees it as a corruption of the original, more memorable version.

===Other clubs===
*An active [[Student newspaper|student-run newspaper]], the ''Blueprint'', is published and distributed to students and teachers monthly.<ref name="Publications">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1060|title=Student Publications|accessdate=2006-11-20|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref> It is produced entirely outside the classroom, which is uncommon for high school newspapers. Many high schools offer journalism as a class, but St. Xavier has specifically chosen not to offer journalism as an English course for its students. The ''Blueprint'' replaced the ''Xavier Prep'', which was published until at least the 1940s.<ref name="Bombers alumni" /> The school's other two student publications are ''X-Ray'', the annual [[yearbook]], and ''Xpressions'', a student literary magazine founded in 1964.<ref name="Publications" />
*The St. Xavier Quiz Team, a member of the [[Greater Cincinnati Academic League]] (GCAL), has participated in many statewide tournaments under the direction of John F. Hussong, who has taught English at St. Xavier since 1964, and Ron Weisbrod, a history teacher at the school. The team managed its first state championship in 1997, as well as two runner-up finishes in the early 1990s.
*Under the direction of Lindy Michael, the Math Club grew to 120 regularly-participating students, making it "the second-most populated extracurricular after football."<ref name="Retirement">{{cite web|author=St. Xavier High School|date=2006-05-30|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=327&ecid=1481|title=St. X Bids Farewell to Trio of ‘Superstars’|accessdate=2006-05-30}}</ref>
*The St. Xavier Chess Team, led by Dr. Brad Homoelle, won the Greater Cincinnati Scholastic Chess League (GCSCL) championship during the 2005–2006 season.
*The North Bend Ski Club, associated primarily with St. Xavier, invites skiers and snowboarders of all technical levels to enjoy the slopes at various locations. The club offers discounted seasonal passes to [[Perfect North Slopes]] in [[Lawrenceburg, Indiana]] through the club program.
*[[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]-licensed students with the Radio Club operate [[amateur radio]] equipment and participated in the [[Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment]] (SAREX).<ref name="Student interest">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1062|title=Student Interest Clubs|accessdate=2007-01-03|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref> The club operates under the [[call sign]] '''W8GYH'''. In 2005, four alumni of the Radio Club&nbsp;– Andy Meng, Ben Corrado, Justin Rigling, and Brandon Schamer&nbsp;– maintained a record, 11-[[Data rate units#Megabit per second|Mbit/s]] [[Wi-Fi|wireless]] connection that stretched the {{convert|124.9|mi|km|1}} from [[Mt. Potosi, Nevada]] to [[Utah Hill, Utah]] for three hours, as part of the [[DEF CON]] Wi-Fi Shootout.<ref name="Record team">{{cite web|url=http://www.wifiworldrecord.com/team.htm|title=The Team|work=WiFi World Record|accessdate=2007-01-03|date=2005-09-03}}</ref><ref name="Record 2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.wifiworldrecord.com/2005writeup.html|title=We did it|work=WiFi World Record|accessdate=2007-01-03|date=2005-09-03}}</ref><ref name="Enquirer Fenton">{{cite news|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/08/05/loc_wifiteens05.html|title=Teens' wireless feat could be world record|author=Justin Fenton|first=Justin|last=Fenton|work=The Cincinnati Enqurier|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2004-08-05|page=A1|accessdate=2007-10-16}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
St. Xavier's alumni are often referred to as the "Long Blue Line",<ref name="Long lines">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=922|title=The Long Blue …and the Long Black Lines|author=Bernard McAniff, S.J.|first=Bernard|last=McAniff|publisher=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2007-04-21}}</ref> a reference to the school colors and the blue [[Academic dress|attire worn at graduation]]. The school's living alumni number some 16,000, as of 2008.<ref name="E-news VI3">{{cite mailing list|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113|title=Volume VI, Issue 3|date=2008-10-09|accessdate=2008-10-09|mailinglist=St. Xavier High School E-News|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark}}</ref> Many of these alumni are well-known figures in the Cincinnati area, and many others have gained recognition nationally and abroad as well:

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*[[Francis Forster]] (1930<ref name="Magis Insignis">{{cite web|title=''Magis'' & ''Insignis'' Recipients|author=St. Xavier High School|accessdate=2008-09-21|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1654}}</ref>)&nbsp;– [[Neurology|neurologist]] and Dean of the [[Georgetown University School of Medicine]]; treated [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<ref name="Neurology Gutmann">{{cite journal|title=Francis M. Forster, MD (1912–2006)|author=Ludwig Gutmann|first=Ludwig|last=Gutmann|work=[[Neurology (journal)|Neurology]]|publisher=[[American Academy of Neurology]]|year=2006|volume=66|issue=12|pages=1809–1810|doi=10.1212/01.wnl.0000221773.87915.60|url=http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/66/12/1809|format=fee required|quote=[Forster] attended St. Xavier High School, where he acquired a lasting interest in the classic languages of Latin and Greek that served him as a lifetime source of material for his wide-ranging intellect and for his delightful puns.}}</ref>
*[[Joel M. Podolny]]&nbsp;– [[List of sociologists|sociologist]] and Dean of the [[Yale School of Management]]

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*[[Kevin Allison]] (1988)&nbsp;– comedic actor and writer, most notably a member of the comedy troupe ''[[The State (TV series)|The State]]''{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
*[[Matt Berninger]] (1989)&nbsp;– vocalist for [[indie rock]] band [[The National (band)|The National]]<ref name="E-news V9">{{cite mailing list|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113|title=Volume V, Issue 9|date=2008-01-31|accessdate=2008-01-31|mailinglist=St. Xavier High School E-News|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark}}</ref>
*[[Andy Blankenbuehler]] (1988)&nbsp;– [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] dancer and choreographer; [[Lucille Lortel Awards|Lucille Lortel Award]] winner; winner of the 2007 [[Drama Desk Award]] and 2008 [[Tony Award for Best Choreography]] in ''[[In the Heights]]''<ref name="Blankenbuehler">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CEQB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11BE90B71C375BB0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=St. X alumnus wins choreography award|author=Jackie Demaline|first=Jackie|last=Demaline|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-05-13|page=D5|accessdate=2007-12-09|format=fee required|quote=A standing O to Cincinnati native and St. Xavier High School grad Andy Blankenbuehler, who won New York theater's Lucille Lortel Award last week as choreographer of [[Off Broadway|off-Broadway]] hit 'In the Heights,' booked at the 37 Arts Theatre through July 15.}}</ref>
*[[John Diehl]] (1968)&nbsp;– actor<ref name="JSEA Dec2004">{{cite news|url=http://www.jsea.org/FileUploads/b0412.pdf|title=News for and About Our Schools|work=JSEA Bulletin|publisher=[[Jesuit Secondary Education Association]]|date=December 2004|accessdate=2007-10-16|format=PDF}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Hoobler]] (1960)&nbsp;– author and co-author of more than 90 published books, winner of the 2004 [[Edgar Award]] and the [[National Council for the Social Studies]]' 1997 [[Carter G. Woodson|Carter Godwin Woodson]] Award
*[[Joey Kern]] (1995{{fact|date=November 2007}})&nbsp;– movie actor, most notably in ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]'' (2002), ''[[Grind (2003 film)|Grind]]'' (2003), and ''[[Super Troopers]]''
*[[David Quammen]] (1966)&nbsp;– writer<ref name="PlainDealer Long">{{cite news|title=Ten Minutes With . . . David Quammen, author of 'The Reluctant Mr. Darwin'|author=Karen Long|first=Karen|last=Long|work=[[The Plain Dealer (newspaper)|The Plain Dealer]]|location=[[Cleveland, Ohio]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications|Newhouse Newspapers]]|date=2008-08-25|accessdate=2008-08-25|url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/ten_minutes_with_david_quammen.html}}</ref>
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*[[Bob Arnzen]] (1965)&nbsp;– professional basketball and baseball player<ref name="HOF 1985">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1038|title=1985 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees (Inaugural Year)|accessdate=2007-02-08|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
*[[Rocky Boiman]] (1998)&nbsp;– professional football player and [[Super Bowl XLI]] champion, [[Philadelphia Eagles]]<ref name="Boiman">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=847|title=Varsity Football|accessdate=2007-02-08|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
*[[Neal Brady]]&nbsp;– [[pitcher]] for the [[New York Yankees]] and [[Cincinnati Reds]]<ref name="KYPost Reis">{{cite news|title=Neal Brady pitched for Yanks, Reds|author=Jim Reis|first=Jim|last=Reis|work=[[The Cincinnati Post|The Kentucky Post]]|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2001-04-02|accessdate=2008-09-21|url=http://www.kypost.com/2001/apr/02/pieces040201.html|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050511211229/http://www.kypost.com/2001/apr/02/pieces040201.html|archivedate=2005-05-11}}</ref>
*[[Jayme Cramer]] (2001)&nbsp;– bronze medalist in swimming at the [[Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003 Pan American Games]] and silver medalist at the [[2006 FINA Short Course World Championships]]<ref name="Enquirer Dow Cramer">{{cite news|url=http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070808/SPT/308080006/1062|title=Other local Olympic hopefuls|author=Dustin Dow|first=Dustin|last=Dow|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2007-08-08|accessdate=2007-08-09}}</ref>
*[[Greg Frey]] (1986)&nbsp;– professional football player<ref name="HOF" />
*[[Clint Haslerig]] (1970)&nbsp;– professional football player<ref name="1991 HOF">{{cite web|author=St. Xavier High School|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1029|title=1991 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees|accessdate=2008-09-28}}</ref>
*[[Joseph Hudepohl|Joe Hudepohl]] (1992)&nbsp;– gold medalist at the [[Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] and [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympic Games]]; swimming world record holder<ref name="HOF" />
*[[Brad Jaeger]] (2003<ref name="Yearbook 2002-03">{{cite book|title=Excalibur|author=X-Ray|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=St. Xavier High School|year=2003|pages=141}}</ref>)&nbsp;– [[Firestone Indy Lights|Indy Pro Series]] and [[Rolex Sports Car Series]] [[Auto racing|race car]] driver<ref name="Post Hardin">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11B01CFB6D464948&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Plenty of plotlines at Speedway tonight|author=Marc Hardin|first=Marc|last=Hardin|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2007-08-11|pages=B1|quote=Tonight's Kentucky 100 marks the first night race in the six-year history of the Indy Pro Series. Of the race's 21 starters, 13 are rookies. One of those rookies is Cincinnatian Brad Jaeger, a 22-year-old St. Xavier High School graduate, who went to [[Vanderbilt University]]. Jaeger is making his first [[Kentucky Speedway|Speedway]] start, and enters the race 16th in the series standings.|accessdate=2007-08-11}}<!-- http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/SPT07/708110378/1035/SPT --></ref>
*[[Melvin Johnson (American football)|Melvin Johnson]]&nbsp;– professional football player, [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] and [[Kansas City Chiefs]]<ref name="AGM Johnson">{{cite web|title=Melvin Johnson|work=[[ArmchairGM]]|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.armchairgm.com/Melvin_Johnson}}</ref>
*[[Lemar Marshall]] (1995<ref name="NFL Bombers">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1104|title=Bombers in the NFL|author=St. Xavier High School|date=2007-08-24|accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref>)&nbsp;– professional football player, [[Cincinnati Bengals]]<ref name="Marshall">{{cite web|url=http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/bengals/2007/08/bengals-sign-lb-marshall.asp|title=LB Marshall practicing, glad 'to be home'|accessdate=2007-08-23|date=2007-08-23|author=Mark Curnutte|first=Mark|last=Curnutte|work=Cincinnati.com|publisher=Gannett Company}}</ref>
*[[Art Mergenthal]]&nbsp;– professional football player and [[NFL Championship Game, 1945|1945 NFL champion]], [[St. Louis Rams|Cleveland Rams]]<ref name="AGM Mergenthal">{{cite web|title=Art Mergenthal|work=[[ArmchairGM]]|date=2007-12-06|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.armchairgm.com/Art_Mergenthal}}</ref>
*[[Randy Newsom]] (2000)&nbsp;– [[minor league baseball]] [[pitcher]], [[Akron Aeros]]<ref name="Plain Dealer Lubinger">{{cite news|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/04/aeros_newsom_offers_a_sale_on.html|title=Aeros' Newsom offers a sale ... on himself|work=Cleveland.com ([[The Plain Dealer (newspaper)|The Plain Dealer]])|location=[[Cleveland, Ohio]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications|Newhouse Newspapers]]|date=2008-04-18|accessdate=2008-04-20}}</ref><ref name="Tufts Bansil">{{cite news|title=Alumni profile: Newsom looks forward to more than MLB career|author=Sapna Bansil|first=Sapna|last=Bansil|work=[[The Tufts Daily]]|location=[[Medford, Massachusetts]]|date=2007-08-29|accessdate=2008-04-22|url=http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2007/08/29/Sports/Alumni.Profile.Newsom.Looks.Forward.To.More.Than.Mlb.Career-2940986.shtml}}</ref>
*[[Tom O'Brien (football coach)|Tom O'Brien]] (1966)&nbsp;– head football coach, [[NC State Wolfpack]]<ref name="HOF" />
*[[Kyle Ransom]] (2003)&nbsp;– bronze medalist in [[swimming at the 2005 Summer Universiade]]<ref name="CSTV Ransom">{{cite web|url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/ransom_kyle00.html|title=Player Bio: Kyle Ransom|work=Stanford Men's Swimming and Diving|publisher=[[CSTV]]|accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref>
*[[George Ratterman]] (1944)&nbsp;– professional football player<ref name="HOF" />
*[[Pat Ross (American football)|Pat Ross]] (2001)&nbsp;– professional football player, [[Seattle Seahawks]]<ref name="NFL Bombers" />
*[[Chris Sexton]] (1989)&nbsp;– professional baseball player, [[Cincinnati Reds]]
*[[Steve Sollmann]] (2000)&nbsp;– Minor League Baseball [[infielder]]<ref name="E-news V15">{{cite mailing list|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113|title=Volume V, Issue 9|date=2008-06-05|accessdate=2008-06-05|mailinglist=St. Xavier High School E-News|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark}}</ref>
*[[Pat Todd (rower)|Pat Todd]] (1998)&nbsp;– semifinalist in the [[Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight coxless four|men's lightweight coxless four rowing]] event at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="MinMax">{{cite news|url=http://www.companysj.com/v221/minimsmaxims.htm|title=Jesuit Alums, Students Compete in Olympics|work=Company Magazine|publisher=[[Society of Jesus]]|date=2004-11-25|accessdate=2007-10-16}}</ref> and [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's lightweight coxless four|the same event]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]<ref name="Enquirer Dow Todd">{{cite news|title=Rowers make Olympic team|author=Dustin Dow|first=Dustin|last=Dow|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2008-06-27|accessdate=2008-06-28|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080627/SPT/306270039}}</ref>
*[[Dod Wales]] (1995)&nbsp;– bronze medalist at the [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]]<ref name="Daily Wales">{{cite news|url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/article/1999/3/29/walesFamilyMakesFathersonSwimmingHistoryCardinalSeniorDodFollowsDadInTakingNcaa100FlyTitle|title=Wales family makes father-son swimming history - Cardinal senior Dod follows dad in taking NCAA 100 fly title|author=Rebecca Rettig|first=Rebecca|last=Rettig|work=[[The Stanford Daily]]|publisher=Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation|date=1999-03-29|accessdate=2007-09-03}}</ref>
*[[Chris Welsh]] (1973)&nbsp;– broadcaster and former professional baseball player<ref name="FSN">{{cite web|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/id/4568191|title=FSN Ohio On-Air Talent|work=[[Fox Sports (USA)|Fox Sports]]|year=2007|accessdate=2007-04-20}}</ref>
*[[Charles Wolf (basketball)|Charles Wolf]] (1944)&nbsp;– former professional basketball coach<ref name="HOF" />

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;Law and crime
*[[Joe Deters]]&nbsp;– [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Hamilton County]] Prosecuting Attorney
*[[Charles Keating|Charles H. Keating Jr.]] (1941)&nbsp;– conservative activist convicted of [[fraud]] in the 1989 [[Savings and loan crisis|Savings and Loan scandal]], after whom the [[Keating Five]] were named<ref name="HOF 1985" />
*[[Simon L. Leis, Jr.]] (1952)&nbsp;– Hamilton County Sheriff<ref name="Leis">{{cite web|title=Sheriff Leis' Biographical Information|publisher=Hamilton County Sheriff's Office|accessdate=2008-08-23|url=http://www.hcso.org/history/SheriffBio.shtm}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Schare]] (1981)&nbsp;– detective, [[Cincinnati Police Department]], featured on the [[A&E Network|A&E]] show ''[[The First 48]]''

;Media
*[[James W. Faulkner]] (circa 1881)&nbsp;– newspaperman and political writer, "Dean of Ohio Correspondents"; founder of and first president of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association
*[[William J. Keating]] (1945)&nbsp;– U.S. House of Representatives (R-Oh.), 1971–1974, former publisher of ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'' and chairman of the board for [[Gannett Company]] and the [[Associated Press]]<ref name="HOF 1993">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1026|title=1993 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees|accessdate=2007-02-08|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
*[[Joe Kernen]] (1974)&nbsp;– [[CNBC]] news anchor<ref name="Post Paeth">{{cite news|url=http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/cnbc090398.html|title=Dow's swings boost CNBC|author=Greg Paeth|first=Greg|last=Paeth|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=1998-09-03|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20031130204456/http://www.cincypost.com/living/1998/cnbc090398.html|archivedate=2003-11-30}}</ref>
*[[Greg Plageman]] (1987)&nbsp;– [[Screenwriting|writer]] of [[Television program|television show]]s<ref name="Enquirer Appel">{{cite news|author=John Kiesewetter|first=John|last=Kiesewetter|title=NBC makes case for courtroom humor|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/02/04/tem_0204tvpix.html|date=2003-02-04|accessdate=2006-10-16}}</ref>
*[[Dave Straub]] (1997{{fact|date=November 2007}})&nbsp;– television producer<ref name="Enquirer Knippenberg">{{cite news|author=Jim Knippenberg|first=Jim|last=Knippenberg|title=Blessid drummer promotes solo act|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/07/11/tem_mixedmedia11.html|date=2004-07-11|accessdate=2007-01-28}}</ref><ref name="IMDB Straub">{{imdb name|0833702|Dave Straub}}</ref>

;Military
*[[John Hoefker|John Herman Hoefker]] (1937)&nbsp;– [[List of World War II aces from the United States|World War II flying ace]]<ref name="Post Snow">{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CNPB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11A53CAA710C9460&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=WWII ace grew up in Covington|author=Robert B. Snow|first=Robert B|last=Snow|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2007-07-09|pages=B3|quote=He grew up in [[Fort Mitchell, Kentucky|Fort Mitchell, Ky.]], but was sent across the [[Ohio River]] to attend high school at Saint Xavier in Cincinnati, where he played football. ... By the end of the war, Hoefker had been promoted to major and had been awarded the [[Silver Star]], two [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]es, 31 air medals, and two [[Purple Heart]]s. He also was the second-highest scoring ace of his unit and the third-highest scoring reconnaissance ace of the war.|accessdate=2007-07-10}}<!-- http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070709/LIFE/707090343/1005 --> After {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.libertastechnologies.com/nkyencyclopedia/|title=Hoefker, John H.|author=Robert B. Snow|last=Snow|first=Robert B.|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky|editor=Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool}}</ref>

;Politics
*[[Jeff Berding]] (1985)&nbsp;– [[City Council of Cincinnati, Ohio elections|Cincinnati City Councilman]]<ref name="Enquirer Korte">{{cite news|author=Gregory Korte|first=Gregory|last=Korte|url=http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2005/12/happy-st-xavier-high-school-day.asp|title=Happy St. Xavier High School Day|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2005-12-14|accessdate=2007-02-12}}</ref>
*[[Tom Brinkman]]&nbsp;– [[Ohio Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]], [[Ohio House of Representatives, 34th District|34<sup>th</sup> District]]
*[[Jim Bunning]] (1949)&nbsp;– [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Kentucky|KY]]), 1999–present; [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] (R-KY), 1987-1999; [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame]] professional baseball player<ref name="HOF">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=764|title=Welcome to the St. Xavier Athletic Hall of Fame|accessdate=2007-02-08|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
*[[John D. Carroll]] (1973)&nbsp;– [[Ohio House of Representatives|Ohio state representative]], [[Ohio House of Representatives, 13th District|13<sup>th</sup> District]]<ref name="Carroll" />
*[[John Cranley]] (1992)&nbsp;– Cincinnati City Councilman<ref name="E-news V3">{{cite mailing list|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113|title=Volume V, Issue 3|date=2007-10-18|accessdate=2008-08-25|mailinglist=St. Xavier High School E-News|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark}}</ref>
*[[John J. Gilligan]] (1939<ref name="E-news V16">{{cite mailing list|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1113|title=Volume V, Issue 16|date=2008-07-10|accessdate=2008-07-11|mailinglist=St. Xavier High School E-News|author=Mark Motz|last=Motz|first=Mark}}</ref>)&nbsp;– [[List of Governors of Ohio|Ohio governor]] ([[Ohio Democratic Party|D]]), 1971–1975; father of [[Kansas]] governor [[Kathleen Sebelius]] (D), 2003–present; current member of the [[Cincinnati Public Schools|Cincinnati Board of Education]]
*[[Greg J. Holbrock]]&nbsp;– U.S. House of Representatives (D-Oh.), 1941–1943
*[[Eric Kearney]]&nbsp;– [[Ohio Senate|Ohio State Senator]]<ref name="OHAG Kearney">{{cite press release|title=Attorney General-Elect Dann names Kearney, Marcus, Winters transition chairs, adopts stringent code of ethics to govern process|publisher=Ohio Attorney General|date=[[2006-12-05]]|accessdate=2007-04-28|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|url=http://ag.state.oh.us/press/transition/061205b.pdf}}</ref>
*[[Robert Mecklenborg]] (1970)&nbsp;– Republican member of the [[Ohio House of Representatives]], [[Ohio House of Representatives, 30th District|30<sup>th</sup> District]]<ref name="Mecklenborg">{{cite news|url=http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/NEWS01/801280367/-1/back01|title=GOP race shows signs of hot one|author=Cliff Radel|first=Cliff|last=Radel|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2008-01-08|accessdate=2008-02-22}}</ref>
*[[Jim Tarbell]]&nbsp;– Cincinnati City Councilman
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;Recipients of honorary diplomas
*[[Nick Clooney]] (1952)&nbsp;– television journalist, game show host, and politician<ref name="Clooney">{{cite web|url=http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/stxavier.aspx?pgid=1109|title=Clooney Earns Diploma, Offers Insights on Darfur|accessdate=2007-03-17|year=2006|author=St. Xavier High School}}</ref>
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==Notable faculty and staff==
*[[Lawrence Biondi]] (1965–1967)&nbsp;– then a French and Latin teacher; currently president of [[Saint Louis University]]<ref name="SLU Hogan">{{cite news|title=Biondi's path to Saint Louis University|author=Elle Hogan|first=Elle|last=Hogan|work=[[The University News (Saint Louis University)|The University News]]|location=[[St. Louis, Missouri]]|date=2003-11-06|accessdate=2008-08-25|url=http://media.www.unewsonline.com/media/storage/paper953/news/2003/11/06/UndefinedSection/Biondis.Path.To.Saint.Louis.University-1669154.shtml}}</ref><ref name="Grand Connections">{{cite news|url=http://www.slu.edu/publications/gc/feb_02_gc.pdf|title=Chat with KMOX duo addresses issues facing SLU|author=Lawrence Biondi|first=Lawrence|last=Biondi|work=Grand Connections|publisher=[[Saint Louis University]]|date=February 2002|accessdate=2007-06-08|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]}}</ref>
*[[Urban Meyer]] (1985)&nbsp;– then interning as a [[defensive back]] football coach at St. Xavier; currently head football coach at the [[University of Florida]] and previously at the [[University of Utah]] and [[Bowling Green State University]]<ref name="Enquirer Erardi">{{cite news|author=John Erardi|first=John|last=Erardi|title=A long way from Cincy|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/SPT01/701080320/-1/CINCI|date=[[2007-01-08]]|accessdate=2007-01-08}}</ref><ref name="NYT Thamel">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/sports/ncaafootball/07meyer.html|title=A Father and a Father Figure Teach Meyer the Rewards of Tough Love|author=Pete Thamel|first=Pete|last=Thamel|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=2007-01-07|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref>
*[[Robert Wild]] (1964–1967)&nbsp;– then a Latin, Greek, and speech and debate teacher; currently president of [[Marquette University]]<ref name="Marquette Wild">{{cite web|url=http://www.marquette.edu/about/leadership/president.shtml|title=The President|author=[[Marquette University]]}}</ref>

==Notes and references==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Bryan Froehle|first=Bryan|last=Froehle|coauthors=Will Damico; et al.|title=A Century and a Half: St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1831–1981|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|publisher=St. Xavier High School|year=c. 1982|id={{LCCN|82|0|60716}}}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati}}
*[http://www.stxavier.org/ St. Xavier High School]
**[http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/Track01.mp3 Choral arrangement of alma mater] ([[MP3]])
**[http://www.stxavier.org/s/106/images/legacyCMS/Track02.mp3 Choral arrangement of fight song] (MP3)
*[https://www.edline.net/pages/St_Xavier_High_School St. Xavier High School Home Page] at [[Edline]]
*[http://stxavier.imodules.com/ St. Xavier Alumni Home Page]
*[http://www.sxbfa.com/ Bomber Football Association]
*{{Gnis|1045859|St. Xavier High School}} from the [[USGS]]
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1A. The bolding was done by some IP address today. It wasn't there before today 1B. I'm slightly confuse. You said that 300 tons needs to be changed to 3000 tons? The dates have been changed. 2A. Changed to reflist format, what is peculir with the refs 2B. Most of the sources are reliable and those that can be contoversial have a backup. Also many of the sources are from the actual Akshardham website which is a 1st resource. Again contoversial things have been backed with another ref. What else is needed.

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