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Athletics: Limitless Opportunities for Growth
Athletics extend our students’ opportunities to learn and grow beyond the classroom
At Tatnall, the opportunity to learn and grow, to prepare for college and for life, is not limited to the classroom. Athletics is a vital part of the well-rounded Tatnall experience. Required participation in two sports per year from 7th through 12th grade gives every student the hands-on opportunity to develop leadership, teamwork, perseverance, sportsmanship and healthy living—skills that will serve them well no matter what their path in life. Whether a student is an elite athlete or is trying a sport for the first time, every individual has the opportunity to learn, grow, and compete as a Hornet.
Our Philosophy
Athletic participation helps prepare every student for the opportunities and challenges ahead.
Our Athletics Director, Patrick Jones, said it best:
“Some might say that a successful athletic season is when you win more than you lose. This certainly is one way to evaluate the experience, but the Tatnall philosophy is that athletics offers, foremost, an environment to teach life skills. Winning and losing at this level are important only when considered in the context of how we play the game and how we represent ourselves and our school under the pressure of competition. The lessons our students learn through required athletics participation prepare them to better navigate through life.”
Tatnall’s athletics philosophy puts promoting teamwork and leadership squarely at the center of our athletics program.
“Athletics offers, foremost, an environment to teach life skills.”
-Patrick Jones, Tatnall Athletics Director
Our Tradition of Excellence
Tatnall's 37 interscholastic teams have a rich tradition of excellence:
- 5 Time Recipient of DIAA Sportsmanship Award
- 20 Boys Lacrosse All-Americans
- 62 State Championships
- 13 Gatorade Players of the Year
- 14 Players in the1,000 Point Club
- 20% of Graduates Sign On to Participate in Collegiate Athletics
The Tatnall School
The Tatnall School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school for students in PK3 through Grade 12 located in Wilmington, Delaware.