Boylan Catholic High School

{{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school |name = Boylan Central Catholic High School |image_size = |caption = |location = |address = 4000 Saint Francis Drive |city = Rockford |state = Illinois |zipcode = 61103 |country = United States |coordinates = {{coord|42|19|13|N|89|5|0|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} |authority = Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford |denomination = Roman Catholic |president = Amy Ott |principal = Chris Rozanski |faculty = |teaching_staff = 46.5 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES2025/> |type = Private Secondary |tuition = |enrollment = 586<ref name=NCES2025>{{cite web |title=Search for Private Schools - School Detail for |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolName=Boylan+Catholic+&City=Rockford&State=17&NumOfStudentsRange=more&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=00347825 |website=nces.ed.gov |access-date=30 August 2025}}</ref> |enrollment_as_of = 2023–24 |ratio = 12.6<ref name=NCES2025/> |grades = 9–12<ref name=NCES2025/> |gender = Coed |athletic_conference = Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10) |accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |mascot = |nickname = (Lady) Titans |colors = {{color box|green}} Green<br>{{color box|white}} White |yearbook = Edge |publication = |newspaper = Titan Tribune |established = 1960 |status = |footnotes = |website = {{URL|www.boylan.org}} }} '''Boylan Central Catholic High School''' is a private Catholic high school located in Rockford, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1960, Boylan is the only Catholic high school in the city.

For the 2010{{ndash}}2011 school year, there were 1053 students enrolled.<ref name="2012about">{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.boylan.org/about/index.htm |access-date=30 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028202815/http://www.boylan.org:80/about/index.htm |archive-date=October 28, 2012 |quote=Enrollment for 2012-2013 is 1053.}}</ref> In the 2023–2024 school year, its enrollment number dropped to 586 students.<ref name=NCES2025/> It is located in and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford.<ref name="General">[http://www.boylan.org/school/at_a_glance/ Official website] - Boylan at a Glace {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909120505/http://www.boylan.org/school/at_a_glance/ |date=September 9, 2011 }}</ref>

==Athletics== Boylan competes in the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC-10), and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA); the association which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Boys teams are stylized as the Titans, while women's teams are stylized as the Lady Titans.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for both young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, soccer, tennis, volleyball and track & field.<ref name="Athletics">{{cite web| title = Athletics| publisher = Boylan Catholic High School| url = http://www.boylan.org/athletics/| access-date = 23 December 2009}}</ref> Men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in Soccer, swimming, basketball, track, cross country, golf, bowling, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading and softball.<ref name="Athletics"/> While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a dance team for women in all grade levels.<ref name="Athletics"/>

The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournaments or meets:<ref>{{cite web| title = IHSA Season Summaries| publisher = Illinois High School Association (IHSA)| date = 16 November 2009| url = http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1820.htm| access-date = 23 December 2009}}</ref>

* Football: 2011 IHSA 7A State Champions. 2010 IHSA 6A State Champions. * Golf: 2013 IHSA 2A State Champions. 2002 IHSA 2A State Champions * Soccer: 2010 IHSA 3A State Champions. 2021 IHSA 2A State Champions.

==Notable alumni== *Virgil Abloh (1998), former DJ and fashion designer, as the Men's Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton and also with notable brands Off-White and Pyrex Vision<ref>{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Vanessa|title=Louis Vuitton Names Virgil Abloh as Its New Men's Wear Designer|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/business/louis-vuitton-virgil-abloh.html|website=New York Times|access-date=26 March 2018}}</ref> * Jodi Benson (1979), American actress and singer, best known for her role as the voice of Princess Ariel from Disney's ''The Little Mermaid''<ref>{{Citation| last = Gass| first = Rachel| last2 = Lanis| first2 = Caitlin| title = Boylan Players Present "Crazy For You"| newspaper = Titan Times (Boylan HS)| page = 3| date = 7 May 2007| url = http://www.boylan.org/downloads/newspaper/v001_n001_Titan_Tribune_20070507.pdf| access-date = 3 January 2010| quote = Crazy For You opened on Broadway in 1992 with Boylan Alumna Jodi Benson playing the role of Polly.}}</ref> * Joe Coniglio (2004), former college football defensive end and current outside linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Rams<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tilka |first=Michael |date=2023-04-26 |title=Boylan alum Joe Coniglio set to begin new role as Rams outside linebackers coach |url=https://www.wifr.com/2023/04/26/boylan-alum-joe-coniglio-set-begin-new-role-rams-outside-linebackers-coach/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=wifr.com |language=en}}</ref> * Derek Dimke (2008), former NFL kicker for Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Robert Greenblatt (1978), American television executive, former chairman of NBC Entertainment<ref name="Rockford Register Star">{{cite web|title = A lot riding on 'Smash' for NBC exec and Boylan grad Robert Greenblatt|url = http://www.rrstar.com/go/x2139484938/A-lot-riding-on-Smash-for-NBC-exec-and-Boylan-grad-Robert-Greenblatt|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130921084932/http://www.rrstar.com/go/x2139484938/A-lot-riding-on-Smash-for-NBC-exec-and-Boylan-grad-Robert-Greenblatt|url-status = dead|archive-date = 21 September 2013|access-date = 25 June 2013|last = Braun|first = Georgette|date = 31 January 2012|website = Rockford Register Star|publisher = GateHouse Media}}</ref> * Damir Krupalija (1998), Bosnian-American professional basketball executive and former player<ref name="damir">{{cite web|url = http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2010-06-12/happy-31st-damir-krupalija.html|title = Happy 31st, Damir Krupalija|access-date = 21 September 2013|date = 12 June 2010|last = IlliniHQ|website = The News-Gazette|publisher = Professional Impressions Media Group|editor-last = Beck|editor-first = John}}</ref> * Dan Lindsay (1997), documentary filmmaker who won an Academy Award in 2012 for the documentary ''Undefeated'' * Marin Mazzie (1978), actress and singer best known for her work in musical theater * Joe Mantello (1980), two–time Tony Award-winning director (''Assassins'', ''Take Me Out'')<ref>{{Citation| last = Baum| first = Geraldine| title = TV exec turns back the clock to stage '9 to 5': Taking the musical version of the film to Broadway, Showtime's Bob Greenblatt got more than a little help from his hometown friends| newspaper = Los Angeles Times| date = 30 April 2009| url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-greenblatt30-2009apr30,0,5637408,full.story| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090506102257/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-greenblatt30-2009apr30,0,5637408,full.story| url-status = dead| archive-date = 6 May 2009| access-date =3 January 2010| quote = It's one thing for Hollywood High to churn out Judy Garland, Sarah Jessica Parker and Laurence Fishburne. But Boylan Central Catholic High? In Rockford, Ill ... In the school auditorium, Greenblatt met a dark-eyed teenager playing Benny Southstreet in "Guys and Dolls," among other roles. That young actor, Joe Mantello, would later conquer Broadway as both an actor and director, and be hired to stage "9 to 5" (which opens tonight on Broadway) by Greenblatt, president of entertainment at Showtime Networks and a force behind someof the edgiest shows on television.}}</ref> * Anthony Tyler Quinn (1980), American actor who played Jonathan Turner on ''Boy Meets World'' * Jake Smolinski (2007), MLB outfielder, Oakland A's<ref>{{cite web|title=Jake Smolinski|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smolija01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref> * Dean Lowry (2012), NFL defensive end for the Green Bay Packers * Eric Sorensen (1994), congressperson and former meteorologist

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==External links== * [http://www.boylan.org/ Boylan Catholic High School]

Category:Educational institutions established in 1960 Category:Catholic secondary schools in Illinois Category:Diocese of Rockford Category:High schools in Rockford, Illinois Category:1960 establishments in Illinois