Mater Dei High School (Evansville, Indiana)

Mater Dei High School
Mater Dei High School
Address
	1300 Harmony Way; Evansville, Indiana 47720-6148; United States
Coordinates	37°59′19″N 87°36′56″W / 37.98861°N 87.61556°W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Enter to learn, Go forth to serve
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1949
Oversight	Diocese of Evansville
Principal	Darren Knight
Chaplain	Alex Zenthoefer
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	502 (2013-2014)
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
Nickname	Wildcats
Rival	FJ Reitz High School
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper	Wildcat Hi-Lights
Yearbook	Hi-Lights
Gym Capacity	2,016
Website	www.materdeiwildcats.com

Mater Dei High School or Evansville Mater Dei High School is a private Catholic high school on the west side of Evansville, Indiana, constructed in 1949. It is one of two Catholic high schools that serve the students of Vanderburgh, Posey, Gibson, and Warrick counties as part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville.

History

Timothy Dickel was the principal from 2007 until 2010, and then president from 2010 until he announced a resignation in 2019.^[2]

Baseball (1998–99)
Boys Basketball (2003–04)
Girls Basketball (2011–12), (2012–13)
Football (2000), (2022)
Wrestling (1986), (1995), (1996), (1997), (1998), (1999), (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2006), (2007), (2021)
Softball (2016)
Girls Soccer (2017), (2018), (2019)
Marching Band (2022)

v t e Vanderburgh County high schools
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC)	Benjamin Bosse High School Central High School William Henry Harrison High School North High School Francis Joseph Reitz High School
Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville	Mater Dei High School Francis Joseph Reitz Memorial High School
Private high schools	Evansville Christian School Evansville Day School
Charter schools	Signature School Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center
Closed schools	Evansville Lincoln Evansville Rex Mundi

v t e Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC)
Current members	Castle Evansville Bosse Evansville Central Evansville Harrison Evansville Mater Dei Evansville North Evansville Reitz Evansville Reitz Memorial Jasper Vincennes Lincoln
Former members	Bedford (Bedford North Lawrence) Bicknell (North Knox) Bloomington (Bloomington South) Boonville Evansville Rex Mundi Huntingburg (Southridge) Linton (Linton-Stockton) Mount Vernon New Albany Princeton (Princeton Community) Sullivan Tell City Terre Haute North Terre Haute South Washington
Effected/created conferences	Big Eight Blue Chip Conference Indiana Hoosier Hills Pocket Tri-River Western Indiana

v t e Catholic high schools in Indiana
Evansville & Vincennes	Evansville Mater Dei • Evansville Reitz Memorial • Vincennes Rivet • Washington Catholic
Fort Wayne & South Bend	Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger • Fort Wayne Bishop Luers • Mishawaka Marian • South Bend St. Joseph's
Gary	Hammond Bishop Noll • Michigan City Marquette • Merrillville Andrean
Indianapolis	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard • Indianapolis Brebeuf • Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter • Indianapolis Cathedral • Indianapolis Cristo Rey • Indianapolis Roncalli • Indianapolis Scecina • Oldenburg Academy • Clarksville Providence • Richmond Seton • Madison Shawe
Lafayette	Lafayette Central Catholic • Noblesville Guerin Catholic
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville
Bishops	Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann Paul Francis Leibold Francis Raymond Shea Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger Charles C. Thompson Joseph M. Siegel
Churches	Cathedral St. Benedict Cathedral Parishes St. Joseph's Church, Jasper Basilica of St Francis Xavier, Vincennes
Education	High schools Mater Dei High School, Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville Rivet Middle/High School, Vincennes Washington Catholic Middle/High School, Washington
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