St Kevin’s College’s best sportspeople since 2000 revealed

From an international rugby union captain to a UFC champion, Olympic medallists and AFL greats. These are the best sportspeople St Kevin’s College has had a hand in producing since 2000.

Tom Liberatore, Jack Della Maddalena and Sione Tuipulotu are among the best sportspeople to come from St Kevin’s College since the turn of the century.

From an international rugby union captain to a UFC champion, Olympic medallists and AFL greats. These are the best sportspeople St Kevin’s College has had a hand in producing since 2000.

See the list of the best sportspeople to graduate after the turn of the century below.

Jordan De Goey (AFL)

De Goey has played 176 AFL games since he was taken with pick 5 in the 2014 national draft by the Magpies. De Goey has kicked 206 goals in that time and played in Collingwood’s 2023 premiership. He was also Collingwood’s leading goal-kicker in 2018.

Jordan De Goey of the Magpies kicks during a Collingwood Magpies AFL training session. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Jack Della Maddalena (UFC)

MMA fighter Della Maddalena is the current UFC welterweight champion and is ninth in the world pound for pound rankings. He has an 18-2 career record. His last fight was on May 11 and he snapped Belal Muhammed’s 11-fight win streak.

Jack Della Maddalena of Australia reacts after his victory against Belal Muhammad in the UFC welterweight championship bout. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC)

Josh Giddey (Basketball)

The NBA megastar attended St Kevin’s from year 7 to 10 before moving to Canberra’s Lake Ginninderra Secondary School to complement his full-time AIS training. He was picked by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft. Ahead of last season, Giddey was traded to the Chicago Bulls and has had great success. He recorded over 1000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists, becoming the only Bulls player alongside Michael Jordan Scottie Pippen to do so in a season. Giddey represented the Australian Boomers at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Josh Giddey. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Alexander Graham (Swimming)

Graham won two bronze medals for Australia at the Tokyo Olympics in the men’s 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays. He also won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 in the 4x200m freestyle relay, and has medalled in both the Long Course World Championships and Short Course World Championships.

Alexander Graham, Kyle Chalmers, Zac Incerti and Thomas Neill of Team Australia celebrate during the medal ceremony. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Lachie Hunter (AFL)

Hunter retired from the AFL in 2024 after a 199-game career that spanned the Western Bulldogs and Melbourne. Hunter spent the majority of his career at the Bulldogs where he played 173 games and was also a 2016 premiership player. Hunter was crowned the Bulldogs best and fairest in 2018 when he won the Charles Sutton Medal.

Melbourne Football Club training at Gosch's Paddock. Lachie Hunter of the Demons. Picture: Mark Stewart

Henry Hutchison (Rugby Sevens)

28-year-old Hutchison is a three-time Olympian with Australia’s rugby sevens outfit, having been to the Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris Games. In the 2015/16 World Rugby Sevens Series, Hutchison was nominated for rookie of the year.

Henry Hutchison. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)

Tom Liberatore (AFL)

Liberatore was the man of the hour in the Western Bulldogs’ latest outing as he celebrated game 250. The hard nut will go down as a Bulldogs great and was a part of their 2016 premiership. He won the Charles Sutton Medal as the Dogs’ best and fairest in 2014.

Tom Liberatore of the Bulldogs is chaired from the field after his 250th match. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Luke Mathews (Athletics)

The middle-distance runner made the Olympics and represented Australia in both the 800m and 1500m events at London in 2016. Two years later, he would win bronze in the 800m at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Luke Mathews of Australia celebrates winning bronze in the Men's 800 metres final at the Commonwealth Games. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Touk Miller (AFL)

Miller has grown into one of the AFL’s premier midfielders and is an exceptional two-way runner and hard-nosed midfielder who has 206 AFL games under his belt. Miller has forged his career at the Gold Coast Suns and was co-captain for three years before handing the reins to Noah Anderson next season. In 2021 and 2022 Miller earned back-to-back All Australian nods and Gold Coast Suns Club Champion Awards. He was also crowned the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award in 2022.

Touk Miller of the Suns celebrates kicking a goal. (Photo by Graham Denholm/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Reilly O’Brien (AFL)

Adelaide ruckman Reilly O’Brien has played 127 games for the Crows to date since he was taken with pick 9 in the 204 rookie draft, and most notably won the Crows best and fairest, the Malcolm Blight Medal, in 2020. Off the field, he’s been dubbed ‘footy’s smartest man’ and among other post-graduate degrees he is studying a Master’s of Applied Neuroscience through King’s College in London.

Reilly O'Brien of the Crows competes with Max Gawn. (Photo by James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

James Rowbottom (AFL)

Rowbottom has played 132 games for the Swans since he was taken with pick 25 in the 2018 national draft and has become a mainstay of Sydney’s side.

James Rowbottom. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Tim Taranto (AFL)

Taranto played 114 AFL games for GWS after he was selected with pick 2 in the 2016 national draft. After six years with the club he was traded to Richmond on a seven-year deal ahead of the 2023 AFL season. Taranto is a dual-club best and fairest, having won the Kevin Sheedy Medal at the Giants in 2019 and the Jack Dyer Medal at Richmond in 2023.

Tim Taranto of the Tigers kicks the ball. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

Sione Tuipulotu (Rugby Union)

Tuipulotu is the captain of Scotland’s rugby team and is also a member of the British and Irish Lions squad touring Australia this winter. He became Lion number 863 after he made his debut in a warm-up match against Argentina in Dublin in June. Tuipulotu debuted for Scotland in 2021 and had made 30 appearances, he qualified on ancestry and had earlier played for Australia’s under-20s. Tuipulotu’s club career has spanned the Melbourne Rebels, Shizuoka Blue Revs and Glasgow Warriors.

Sione Tuipulotu of the British & Irish Lions waves to their Lion supporters after their victory. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Jordan Uelese (Rugby Union)

Uelese has 18 caps for the Wallabies and spent the best part of a decade playing for the Melbourne Rebels from 2016 to 2024. The 28-year-old now plays for Montpeiller Herault in France’s top division.

Jordan Uelese of Australia looks on during the Rugby World Cup (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Mitch Wallis (AFL)

Wallis played 162 games for the Bulldogs between 2011 and 2022 after he was picked up as a father-son selection. Wallis’ dad Stephen is a Bulldogs great, and unfortunately missed the Bulldogs 2016 premiership after breaking his leg earlier in the season.

Mitch Wallis in action for St Kevin’s in the VAFA. Picture: John Fogarty

Feliks Zemdegs (Speedcubing)

A left-field addition, and debate rages whether speedcubing can be considered a sport, but Zemdegs’ resume is impressive nevertheless. Zemdegs set more than 350 records — including 121 world records — and won the World Cube Association World Championship in both 2013 and 2015. He has won 770 gold medals, 160 silver, and 76 bronze across his career.

Feliks Zemdegs. Picture Jay Town.