Mazenod College, Victoria

Not to be confused with Mazenod College, Perth.

Mazenod College is an independent, Roman Catholic, day-school for boys, located in Mulgrave, Victoria. It is one of three schools run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and the only one in Victoria. Mazenod College is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges. Currently, the principal is Dr. Paul Shannon with the rector currently being Fr. Harry Dyer OMI.

Mazenod College
Location
Kernot Avenue Mulgrave , Victoria 3170 Australia
Coordinates	–37.915976 145.165173
Information
Type	Independent, single-sex (male)
Motto	Latin: Nihil Linquendum Inausum (Leave Nothing Undared for the Kingdom of God)
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1967
Sister school	Avila College
Rector	Fr Harry Dyer OMI
Principal	Dr. Paul Shannon
Staff	140
Years	7–12
Gender	Boys
Enrolment	1400+
Colour(s)	Black, white, blue
Nickname	Nodders
Affiliation	Associated Catholic Colleges
Website	www.mazenod.vic.edu.au

Curriculum

Mazenod College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

VCE results 2012-2023^[1]

Year	Rank	Median study score	Scores of 40+ (%)	Cohort size
2012	70	33	14	352
2013	81	33	12.2	354
2014	97	32	9.8	344
2015	97	32	9.9	331
2016	87	32	11.5	363
2017	95	32	10.9	414
2018	82	32	12.7	339
2019	94	32	11.2	358
2020	94	32	10.9	402
2021	86	32	11	403
2022	85	32	11.5	389
2023	84	32	12.6	382
2024	63	33	13.5	387

ACC premierships

Mazenod has won the following ACC premierships.^[2]

• Aggregate Fixtured Sports Award (2) – 2012, 2019
• Badminton (5) – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023
• Basketball (2) – 2017, 2018
• Chess (23) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Cricket – 2005
• Cricket T20 – 2020
• Hockey – 2002
• Lawn Bowls (2) – 2019, 2020
• Soccer (4) – 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Swimming – 2011
• Table Tennis (11) – 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Tennis (6) – 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• Volleyball (23) – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Notable alumni

VFL/AFL

• Matt Johnson (Footscray)
• Silvio Foschini (Sydney Swans, St Kilda)
• Aldo Dipetta (St Kilda, Sydney Swans)
• Chris Sullivan (Melbourne, Richmond)
• Carl Steinfort (Collingwood, Geelong)
• Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
• Heath Black (Fremantle, St Kilda)
• Andrew Carrazzo (Carlton)
• Scott Thornton (Fremantle)
• Ashley Hansen (West Coast Eagles)
• Matthew Arnot (Richmond)
• Alex Woodward (Hawthorn)
• David Mirra (Hawthorn)
• Jake Soligo (Adelaide)
• Miller Bergman (North Melbourne)

Soccer

• Nishan Velupillay (Melbourne Victory)
• Jordi Valadon (Melbourne City, Melbourne Victory)
• Barath Suresh (SC Germania Erftstadt-Lechenich, Niendorfer TSV, Sri Lanka National Football Team)
• Rahul Suresh (TuS Königsdorf, Niendorfer TSV, Sri Lanka National Football Team)
• Joshua Valadon (Richmond sc [NPL], savona calcio [italian serie C1] Mauritian national team)

American football

• Rhys Dakin (Iowa Hawkeyes football)^[3]

Hockey

• Chris Ciriello (Australia men's national field hockey team)

Tennis

• Peter Luczak (Australian Davis Cup Representative)
• Andrew Florent

Athletics

• Peter Robertson (World Champion Triathlete)
• Jeffrey Riseley (Australian representative to the 2012 Olympics in Athletics^[4])

Food

• George Calombaris (Award-winning chef and judge on Masterchef Australia)

Television

• Gerard Whateley (Co-host of Fox Footy's AFL 360 program and ABC media commentator)

Music

• Damian Cowell (Lead vocalist and drummer of ARIA Award-winning band TISM (as Humphrey B. Flaubert) and later of Root! and The DC3)

Volleyball

• Damien Schumann (Gold Medallist in Beach Volleyball in the Commonwealth Games, 2020 Olympian for Australia)