D.C. United completed the round with a high school pick, Bobby Convey, a forward from Penn Charter in Philadelphia.
Today, Penn Charter enrolls boys and girls in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
Penn Charter moved to its current forty-four acre East Falls campus in 1925.
Kurz transferred to Penn Charter following two years at Germantown Academy.
In his junior year at Penn Charter, Kurz averaged 18.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game.
McDevitt did not pick up a lacrosse stick until he arrived at Penn Charter; he acknowledged that football is his first love.
He graduated from Penn Charter in 1953 at the age of 16 having earned a varsity letter in wrestling.
However, Penn Charter is a member of the Inter-Academic League, de-intensifying this rivalry.
He also recently gave a gift of over $2 million to Penn Charter to help transform its activities building, support salary goals for teachers and coaches and sustain scholarship aid.
He began teaching at Penn Charter in 1923 and served as headmaster from 1941 to 1968.