Illawarra Sports High School
Established in 1956 as the Berkeley High School, the school changed its name in 1998 in line with becoming a sports-oriented school. The Illawarra Sports High School caters for approximately 740 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 13 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 27 percent were from a language background other than English. The school draws the majority of its students from the southern Wollongong area; with an increasing number of students from the larger Illawarra area who access its specialist sports programs. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the principal is Gary Hampton.
Illawarra Sports High School is a member of the NSW Sports High Schools Association.
Sports offered
The Illawarra Sports High School operates a talented sports development program across the following sports: basketball, boxing, hockey, netball, rugby league, rugby union, soccer (affiliated with the Sydney FC), surfing, touch football, and wrestling.
Notable alumni
- Caitlin Foord – soccer player, played with the Matildas, Arsenal and Sydney FC
- Tyson Frizell – rugby league footballer; played with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Wales, and Australian Schoolboys in rugby union
- Ryan Gregson – middle-distance runner; represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics
- Keith Lulia – rugby league footballer; played with the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights, Bradford Bulls, and Wests Tigers
- Trent Merrin – rugby league footballer; played with the St George Illawarra Dragons and New South Wales State of Origin
- Les Murray AM – former broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst
- Brett Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
- Glenn Stewart – rugby league footballer; played with the Manly Sea Eagles, New South Wales State of Origin, and Kangaroos
- Maddison Weatherall – women's rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons
- Jayden Sullivan – rugby league footballer; plays for St George Illawarra Dragons
See also
- List of government schools in New South Wales: G–P
- List of schools in Illawarra and the South East
- Selective school (New South Wales)
- Education in Australia
References
- ^ "Illawarra Sports High School, Berkeley, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "About our school". Illawarra Sports High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "High Performance Schools". School programs. Cricket NSW. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Barrow, Tim (18 October 2017). "Sydney FC establish development pathway at Illawarra Sports High". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Illawarra Sports High School". Sydney FC Academy Football Schools. Sydney FC. n.d. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ Latifi, Agron (22 February 2017). "Illawarra Sports HS wins prestigious surfing challenge". The Advertiser Lake Times. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Talented Sports Development Program: Sports Offered". Illawarra Sports High School. New South Wales Department of Education. n.d. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Caitlin Foord Sydney FC Profile Archived 20 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "London 2012 – Ryan Gregson Athlete Profile". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Keith Lulia – Tigers". Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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