Mazenod College, Victoria

Mazenod College is an independent, Roman Catholic, day-school for boys, located in Mulgrave, Victoria. It is one of three schools run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and the only one in Victoria. Mazenod College is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges. Currently, the principal is Dr. Paul Shannon with the rector currently being Fr. Harry Dyer OMI.

Curriculum

Mazenod College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

ACC premierships

Mazenod has won the following ACC premierships.

• Aggregate Fixtured Sports Award (2) – 2012, 2019
• Badminton (5) – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023
• Basketball (2) – 2017, 2018
• Chess (23) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Cricket – 2005
• Cricket T20 – 2020
• Hockey – 2002
• Lawn Bowls (2) – 2019, 2020
• Soccer (4) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Swimming – 2011
• Table Tennis (11) – 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Tennis (6) – 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Volleyball (23) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Notable alumni

VFL/AFL

• Matt Johnson (Footscray)
• Silvio Foschini (Sydney Swans, St Kilda)
• Aldo Dipetta (St Kilda, Sydney Swans)
• Chris Sullivan (Melbourne, Richmond)
• Carl Steinfort (Collingwood, Geelong)
• Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
• Heath Black (Fremantle, St Kilda)
• Andrew Carrazzo (Carlton)
• Scott Thornton (Fremantle)
• Ashley Hansen (West Coast Eagles)
• Matthew Arnot (Richmond)
• Alex Woodward (Hawthorn)
• David Mirra (Hawthorn)
• Jake Soligo (Adelaide)
• Miller Bergman (North Melbourne)

Soccer

• Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory)
• Jordi Valadon (Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory)
• Barath Suresh (SC Germania Erftstadt-Lechenich, Niendorfer TSV, Sri Lanka National Football Team)
• Rahul Suresh (TuS Königsdorf, Niendorfer TSV, Sri Lanka National Football Team)
• Joshua Valadon (Richmond sc [NPL], savona calcio [italian serie C1] Mauritian national team)

American football

• Rhys Dakin (Iowa Hawkeyes football)

Hockey

• Chris Ciriello (Australia men's national field hockey team)

Tennis

• Peter Luczak (Australian Davis Cup Representative)
• Andrew Florent

Athletics

• Peter Robertson (World Champion Triathlete)
• Jeffrey Riseley (Australian representative to the 2012 Olympics in Athletics)

Food

• George Calombaris (Award-winning chef and judge on Masterchef Australia)

Television

• Gerard Whateley (Co-host of Fox Footy's AFL 360 program and ABC media commentator)

Music

• Damian Cowell (Lead vocalist and drummer of ARIA Award-winning band TISM (as Humphrey B. Flaubert) and later of Root! and The DC3)

Volleyball

• Damien Schumann (Gold Medallist in Beach Volleyball in the Commonwealth Games, 2020 Olympian for Australia)

References

External links

• Mazenod College Website