The 2023 Bellarmine Swimming & Diving team is primed for a very successful season. Last year, the Bells were WCAL champs and CCS runners-up. With 9 returning CCS finalists and a load of rising talent, the Bells will be a force to be reckoned with this season. New varsity co-head coaches Matthew Godar (’12) and Nathan Stibrich and assistant coach Matt McKim (‘20) bring their experience of Jesuit swimming and success to the program.

Matthew Godar has coached both club swimming and water polo at various levels. He was an All-American water polo player and CCS Finalist swimmer in his time at Bellarmine and went on to play water polo at Santa Clara, captaining the team his last few years. Matthew is incredibly excited to contribute to the tradition of excellence at Bellarmine and support the student-athletes in succeeding on and off the pool deck.

Nathan Stibrich was an All-American at Jesuit New Orleans and went on to swim four years for the University of Georgia. After volunteer coaching at Georgia Southern University, Nathan was the assistant coach at Jesuit High School of Tampa for ten years during which the team earned their first two state championships. He also coached at the club level for more than a decade and now teaches chemistry at Bellarmine.

Matt McKim is a current student at Santa Clara University and a Bellarmine alum, graduating in 2020. Before playing Division I water polo at Santa Clara, he was a 4-year varsity athlete in water polo and a 2-year varsity swimmer. He has coached for the last 5 years at clubs for both water polo and swimming.

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The golf program at Bellarmine College Preparatory is dedicated to creating opportunities for players to grow as part of a larger community, representing that community, and having responsibility to that community to plan, prepare, and play to the best of their abilities on any given day. The overarching program goal is that each player will come to understand that life, and golf, is a process of events. Each player is encouraged to approach the events both on and off the course with respect, responsibility, and accountability. With this program mantra, the hope is each player associated with Bellarmine golf will grow as an individual and golfer with a clear understanding of the role mistakes and reflection play in growth. In line with the Athletic Department’s mission, the student athlete should leave his experience in the program with an appreciation for his God-given talents, the opportunity to learn from others and himself, the insight gleaned from competition, and awareness that the process is as important as the result.

The program participates in the West Catholic Athletic League, which supports varsity and junior varsity levels. The league creates an opportunity for the players to compete against some of the best golfers, and play some of the best courses, in the area. The coaching staff strongly believes that to learn to handle what life presents a person, individuals must be given opportunities of age and skill level challenges. With an emphasis of being part of a program, each student-athlete is presented with the opportunity to learn the sacrifice associated with being part of a team, what is takes to be a team, and the rewards of knowing that honest effort and support is success. To this end, each team level participates in activities that push them both in golf and as a teammate. The varsity travels to out-of-town tournaments that allow the student-athlete to experience high level competition outside the immediate area, learning about themselves from the nuances of traveling as a team, and representing something bigger than themselves – Bellarmine College Prep.

For the 2022-23 season, the program will continue to work on living out respect, responsibility, and accountability while highlighting joy, gratitude, and communication. The season will present great golf within the league, and hopefully an opportunity to participate in the post-season tournaments held by the CCS, NorCal, and CIF. The Varsity plans to travel to the Pahrump Invitational and Southern Nevada Invitational in the Las Vegas area, and the Champions Invitational held at Indian Wells. The Junior Varsity will enter at least one tournament and continue the inter-squad competitions that have come to be a great source of fun for players and coaches alike. Most importantly, whether at practice on the course or in our on-campus golf facility, breaking down a course for play, or competing at a match, we will be grinding it out!

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Please contact Louie Agelson if you have any questions.

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Bellarmine has a long tradition of fielding competitive baseball teams and having players move on to play both collegiately and professionally. Bellarmine has won 6 CCS Championships, 15 WCAL titles, and recently, 2 Boras Classic Championships. Bellarmine plays in the WCAL, considered one of the most competitive leagues in the United States. 15 players have gone on to make Major League Baseball. Current Bells in the MLB include Mark Canha, Eric Thames, and Mitch White. Former players include Pat Burrell, Kevin Frandsen, and Justin Baughman to name a few.

Baseball, a spring sport, is one of the more competitive teams to make at Bellarmine. The baseball program generally carries 60-70 players in total, between all 3 levels ( Frosh, JV and Varsity). Tryouts at the freshmen level varies from 50-70 players depending on the year, while 16-20 players make the team. The JV team keeps 16-20 players on average, while varsity keeps 22-26 players on average.

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Leading the baseball program is third year Head Coach and Bell alum Nate Sutton ‘00. Nate has been part of the Bellarmine program for the past 10 years as an interim head coach, JV head coach, and a varsity assistant. During his time in these roles Bellarmine has won 2 Boras Classic Championships, a WCAL title and been a 2x CCS runner-up. A 3-year letterman and member of the ‘99 Bellarmine CCS championship team, Nate moved on to play at UCSB. After being drafted (2004 24th round) out of UCSB, Nate went on to play for 8 years professionally with the Angels and White Sox.