Need-based financial aid was available for those who qualified. Service Freshmen live out the "Frosh Experience," a three-stage service requirement all students must go through. Students must first embark on the Freshman retreat, an overnight campus retreat typically hosted in September that exposes students to the school's Jesuit traditions of service and justice alongside their senior mentor, referred to as a Big Brother. Next, students partake in a Freshman Breakaway that is a combination of retreat and service immersion project where students are randomly called in on a Tuesday to skip class alongside 6-8 other students and indulge in a day of volunteering. To cap off the frosh experience, freshman partake in a Special Olympics Game Day during the spring semester, in which a day of classes are excused to be assigned a Special Olympian and provide a safe, fun environment for the freshman's new friend. Every student is required to volunteer for 40 hours their sophomore and junior year alongside proper writing and course requirements. For seniors, a selective and intensive program named "The Romero Program" is available that serves as the capstone of the students Brophy experience. Students spend half of class discussing graduate-level theological ideas in a liberal arts college format. During the other half, students engage in a year-long internship at an approved praxis site such as the Foundation for Blind Children or St. Joseph's Hospital. Aside from the mandatory service requirements, a large majority of the student body still decides to partake in immersions, exchanges, and pilgrimages during their time at Brophy. Some of the most common immersion trips include two-week Summer trips to El Salvador, Peru, and Mexico. However, many trips still take place during the school year. These include civil rights immersion trips to Alabama and Georgia and trips that examine gang violence and homelessness in Los Angeles and the local Phoenix community. Athletics Brophy fields 26 teams in 12 sports, competing in Region 6 of Arizona's Class 6A Division. Sports Illustrated has ranked Brophy's athletic programs among the top 25 in the nation. As of 2020, the swim team has won 42 state titles, 32 of which were consecutive. In addition, Brophy has produced several Olympic medalists. In 2005, the Brophy swim team won the national high school championship, being national runner-ups in 2003 and 2008. Brophy football won the 2005 and 2007 5A-I Football State Championship. The 2005 football team finished