Crespi Carmelite High School, shortly known as Crespi, is a private Catholic all-boys four-year college preparatory high school located in Encino District, Los Angeles, California. It is part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The school was named for Friar Joan Crespí, and was founded in 1959 by the Carmelite religious order, and has been run by the Carmelites since that time.
Academics
Crespi Carmelite High School offers a college-preparatory education. As of 2024–2025, the academic program offers 21 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and more than 15 Honors courses.[1] Students have the opportunity to take Honors and AP courses beginning in 9th grade.
Athletics
Crespi has won a total of fourteen California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section division team titles.[2]
- Baseball: 2003 (Division III); 2009 and 2023 (Division II)
- Basketball: "Back to Back" State Titles - 2015 (Division IV State Title) and 2016 (Division I State Title); Division championships - 2001 (Division IV-AA), 2010 (Division 4A), 2015 (Division 4AA)
- Football: 1986 (Big Five); 2004, 2005 (Division X)
- Track & Field: 1973 (Division 2-A); 2008 (Division III)
- Water Polo: 1981 (Division 2-A); 2019 (Division 6)
- Swimming: 2021 (Division 3)
Notable alumni
Athletes
- Stephen Amritraj, ATP
- Bryan Bennett, CFL
- Joe Carrabino, Australia NBL
- Randy Cross, NFL
- William Curran, NFL
- Raymond Davison, NFL, XFL
- Rick Dempsey, MLB
- Christian Fauria, NFL
- Joseph Fauria, NFL
- Sione Fua, NFL
- Sean Gilmartin, MLB
- Hroniss Grasu, NFL
- Chris Harper, CFL
- Ryon Healy, MLB
- Max Heidegger, the Israeli Premier League and the EuroLeague
- Scott Heineman, MLB
- Brian Horwitz, MLB
- Marcin Jagoda, beach volleyball
- Babe Laufenberg, NFL
- Devin Lucien, NFL
- De’Anthony Melton, NBA
- Paul Mokeski, NBA
- Marcus Moore, CFL
- London Perrantes (born 1994), NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Trevor Plouffe, MLB
- Jeff Suppan, MLB
- Marvell Tell, NFL[3]
- Charles Washington, NFL
- Harry Edward Welch, Jr., high school football coach
- Russell White, NFL
- Shaun Williams, NFL
- Brandon Williams (basketball, born 1999), NBA
Business/CEO
- Michael Lang, former CEO of Miramax, currently CEO of Pixel United
- Brodie Van Wagenen, general manager for the New York Mets, MLB (2018–2020)
- Travis Robinson, CEO for Spicy Viking International Hot Sauce, 2020–present
Arts and entertainment
- Michael Angarano, actor
- Martin Donovan, actor
- Matthew Nelson, singer-songwriter, musician and recording artist
- Gunnar Nelson, singer-songwriter, musician and recording artist
- William Sleeth, production designer and writer, winner 1996-1997 Emmy Award for writing for Bill Nye The Science Guy TV show
- Sergio Sylvestre, pop singer, 2015 winner of the popular Italian TV show Amici di Maria de Filippi
- Chris McGee, American Sports Broadcaster, Studio Analyst for Spectrum SportsNet
Crime
- Elliot Rodger, mass murderer responsible for murdering six people during the 2014 Isla Vista killings. Only attended Crespi for 9th grade, before transferring to William Howard Taft Charter High School.
Chefs
- Evan Funke, Los Angeles chef and restauranteur
References
- 1."Curriculum Guide 2024-2025" (PDF). Crespi Carmelite High School. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- 2."CIF-Southern Section All Sports Press Guide and Record Book" (PDF). July 1, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- 3."Marvell Tell III, Crespi, Safety". 247Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2019.