Passion Prophecies
22:18 “they divide my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.”
Psalms
This 2018 team made a deep Cinderella run with their chaplain Sister Jean.
Loyola University Chicago Ramblers
St. Thomas Aquinas is best known for this unfinished opus.
Summa Theologica, or Summa Theologiae
Mike Myers
Shrek
This Royal Oak director, screenwriter, and producer is known for his Spider-Man trilogy, among other films.
Sam Raimi
53:5 “He was pierced for our offenses, crushed for sins. Upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.”
Isaiah
This 2018 team is the first 16-seeded team to defeat a 1-seeded team.
UMBC Retrievers
He is the first confirmed saint, though his name is only known through tradition.
St. Dismas
Chris Rock
Marty
This Detroit Free Press sports columnist is also known for his 7 #1 bestsellers and charity work.
Mitch Albom
12:46 “In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.”
Exodus
This team holds the most national championship wins at 11, winning 10 out of 12 tournaments between 1964 and 1975.
UCLA Bruins
Pope Saint John Paul II wrote this play, later made into a movie, in 1960.
The Jeweler's Shop
Will Ferrell
Megamind
Born in Ann Arbor, she is known for many children's series, most notably Animorphs.
Katherine Alice Applegate, or K. A. Applegate
2:20 “Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.”
Wisdom
This team's only national championship win was in 1989.
Michigan Wolverines
He was the notorious leader of a gang of robbers before a sudden conversion while hiding in a monastery near Alexandria.
St. Moses the Black
Val Kilmer
Moses
The East Grand Rapids author and illustrator of Jumanji and The Polar Express.
Chris Van Allsburg
12:10 “… so that, when they look on him, whom they have pierced, they will mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a first-born”
Zechariah
This team won the first national championship in 1939, and it remains their only title.
Oregon Ducks
In his war against pagan practices, St. Boniface is known for chopping this down in a few strokes.
The Sacred Oak of Thor
Rainn Wilson
Gallaxhar
Better known by his pen name, this author has written 65 books between his Michigan Chillers and American Chillers series.
Christopher Wright as Johnathan Rand