Marquette University High School

**Marquette University High School**
	Marquette University High School
	Ad majorem Dei gloriam For the greater glory of God
Address
	3401 West Wisconsin Avenue; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (Milwaukee County), 53208-3842; United States
Coordinates	43°2′18″N 87°57′22″W / 43.03833°N 87.95611°WCoordinates: 43°2′18″N 87°57′22″W / 43.03833°N 87.95611°W
Information
School type	Private, All Male College Prep
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic, Jesuit
Denomination	Jesuit
Established	1857
Oversight	Wisconsin Jesuit Province
President	Fr. Warren Sazama
Principal	Fr. John Belmonte
Faculty	74
Grades	9–12
Gender	All Male
Enrollment	1,060 (2008)
Hours in school day	8
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	Greater Metro
Team name	Hilltoppers
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Athletic Director	Dan Hardwick
Website	http://www.muhs.edu

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Marquette University High School (or MUHS) is a private, all-male Roman Catholic school, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and is a member of both the National Catholic Educational Association and the Jesuit Secondary Education Association.

The school was spun off from the preparatory department of Marquette University in 1907. Since then, the majority (98%) of its students have gone on to a four-year college or university. There were 239 students in the class of 2005 and 280 in the class of 2006. The class of 2007 was the 150th graduating class at MUHS.

[edit] Campus

Marquette University High School is located at 35th Street and Wisconsin Avenue (3401 W. Wisconsin Avenue) in the historic Merrill Park Neighborhood on Milwaukee's West Side. It is a four-story building, built in the early twentieth century. Renovations include a new fine arts department, extended locker rooms and weight training facility, and extended offices. The "Three Companions" Chapel was added in 2008.

[edit] Academics

MUHS offers Latin, German, and Spanish as foreign languages, and has participated in exchange programs with France, Germany and the Czech Republic. Through MUHS, students also have the opportunity to travel to Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, and Mexico, among others.

MUHS has an advanced placement program that includes classes in science, mathematics, world languages, social studies, and English.

The Webster Club provides students with an opportunity to compete in Policy Debate, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Forensics, and Mock Trial.

MUHS students perform tens of thousands of hours of community service every year.^{[citation needed]}

98% of MUHS graduates go on to attend a four-year college or university, with the largest contingents of Alumni attending Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Extra-curricular activities

[edit] Science

MUHS has an active science club that participates in a variety of science competitions including the Science Bowl, the Lake Sturgeon Bowl and the regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl. On January 28, 2006, a team of five seniors competed in the regional Science Bowl at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The team was undefeated in both round-robin pool play and double elimination, earning first place and a trip to compete in Washington D.C. There the team competed against 64 other teams from around the country, placing in the top 35.

Students from MUHS also participate in the Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium and the science club writes and acts out a short, interactive play about recycling entitled The Journey of Garbage.

The school has a year-round FIRST Robotics program, which was started during the 2005-2006 school year. The FIRST Robotics Competition gives the team of roughly 25 members six weeks to build a robot for a competition. During their rookie year, Hilltopper Robotics participated in the Wisconsin and Midwest regionals. In their second year, they were semifinalists in both competitions, and went to the championship competition in Atlanta, where they were division finalists. In addition to the FRC, the school participates in local VEX robotics competitions, as well as several community service and mentorship activities.

[edit] Theater

Every year since 1963, the senior class has written and performed a satirical musical called "Senior Follies", a farce set inside the school, in which the seniors portray exaggerated caricatures of faculty members. The 2009 show was Herminator Salvation.

In addition to Follies, the school's theater group, the Prep Players, puts on a musical in spring and a stage play in winter every year.

The chorus traveled to New York in 2007 to participate in a national competition and took a first place award, along with the Select Choir, an auditioned smaller a capella group taking second.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Athletics

The institution's athletic programs are large, with 60% of the student body participating in a sport. Nicknamed the "Hilltoppers", Marquette High fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross country running, downhill skiing, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby union, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, ultimate, volleyball, and wrestling. The baseball team won its first WIAA State Championship on July 27, 2006 coached by Jim Wilkinson, and doubled that by winning the 2008 title. The MUHS soccer team tied the national record for most consecutive high school state championships (10), and also achieved a #1 national ranking by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2003. Prior to 1999, MUHS competed in the now defunct Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletics Association (WISAA) in most sports. Since then, they have competed in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA), winning a 19 WIAA state titles in the last 10 years in soccer, volleyball, tennis, baseball, and football. In the summers of 2008 and 2009, the Hilltoppers were ranked #1 in the state for overall boys athletics by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

[edit] Football

Dick Basham was the head football coach at MUHS until he announced his retirement on January 20, 2010. He is all time winningest coach in Wisconsin high school football history, with a record of 350-87 (340-79 at MUHS). Through the 1996 season, Marquette played in the Metro Conference (formerly the Milwaukee Area Catholic Conference). In 1997, Marquette joined the newly formed Greater Metro Conference. Since joining the GMC, Marquette has a record of 83-8 in thirteen seasons of conference play and an overall record of 127-26. MUHS has won eight conference titles outright, shared two conference titles, taken second twice and tied for second twice.

Basham, who will turn 66 in January, 2010, announced his retirement on January 20th. He coached the Hilltoppers for 38 seasons.

“In 1972 Marquette High took a chance and hired a young math teacher who had two years of head coaching experience for its head football coach,” Basham wrote in his retirement letter to Athletic Director Dan Hardwick. “Thirty-eight years and 419 football games have gone by and I think that ‘chance’ worked out pretty well for both Marquette and that young coach. However, all good things must come to an end, and now is the right time for me to step aside and pass the head coaching position on to someone else.”

“To say that Dick is one of Marquette High’s best coaches would be a huge understatement,” said Hardwick, who took over the athletic director duties from Basham in 2005. “It has been an honor and a privilege to have Dick coach our young men for the past 38 years. He is so knowledgeable in the sport of football and quick and generous in passing that knowledge on to our younger coaches. We are truly thankful for all the great connections that he’s made with all the young men coming through his program.”

During Basham’s MUHS coaching career, his teams: • Had an overall record of 350-87 • Won nine State Championships – 8 WISAA and 1 WIAA, which was achieved this past season (2009) in which the Hilltoppers completed a perfect season (14-0) • Won 20 Conference Championships • Made 31 playoff appearances • Won 48 straight conference games in 1984-1990 • Won 23 straight games in 1988-89 • Won 22 straight games in 1994-95

Metro Conference

1985 12-0 Conference champion, WISAA Division I state champion
1986 9-2 Conference champion
1987 13-0 Conference champion, WISAA Division I state champion
1988 12-1 Conference champion, WISAA Division I state champion
1989 11-1 Conference champion
1990 11-1 Conference champion
1994 13-0 Conference champion, WISAA Division I state champion
1996 10-2 Conference co-champion (three-way tie)

Greater Metro Conference

1997 7-0, 11-1 Conference champion (WISAA Division One State Champion)
1998 6-1, 9-2 Second place
1999 6-1, 11-1 Conference co-champion (three-way tie) (WISAA Division I state champion)
2000 7-0, 10-2 Conference champion
2001 7-0, 10-1 Conference champion
2002 5-2, 8-3 Second place (tie)
2003 7-0, 11-1 Conference champion
2004 6-1, 8-4 Second place
2005 7-0, 9-2 Conference champion
2006 5-2, 8-4 Second place (tie)
2007 7-0, 10-2 Conference champion
2008 6-1, 8-3 Conference co-champion
2009 7-0, 14-0 Conference champion (WIAA Division I State Champion)

Record against Greater Metro Conference opponents in conference play

Wauwatosa East 13-0
Sussex Hamilton 13-0
Brookfield East 12-1 (loss in 2002)
West Allis Central 12-1 (loss in 1999)
Menomonee Falls 11-2 (losses in 2002,2004)
West Allis Hale 11-2 (losses in 2006,2008)
Brookfield Central 11-2 (losses in 1998,2006)

Since 2001, Marquette has scheduled Wisconsin Lutheran and Mukwonago as its two non-conference opponents to open the season. WISCO is traditionally one of the top teams in the state. Through 2008 each team was 4-4 in the series with MUHS winning the first three and last year(2001-2003, 2009) and WISCO winning from 2006-2008. Marquette is 6-2 against Mukwonago with the losses coming in 2004 and 2005.Mukwonago was the 2004 W.I.A.A State Champion an WISCO won W.I.A.A.titles in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Starting in 2009, Marquette began playing Franklin instead of Mukwonago. Overall MUHS' non-confrence record is 12-6 since 2001.

[edit] Basketball

Bruce Weber, University of Illinois head men's basketball coach, was a former assistant basketball coach at MUHS. Former head basketball coach Kurt Soderberg (84-29 in five Seasons from 1997-2002) was formerly the head men's basketball coach at Olivet College. Soderberg won the 1999 Greater Metro Conference and WISAA Division I State Boys Basketball Championships at MUHS, when the Hilltoppers went 21-3 and defeated Dominican High School in the championship game. Soderberg also won Greater Metro conference championships in the 1997-98 and 1999-2000 Season. Paul Noack coached the Hilltopper basketball team for 25 years, compiling a record of 511-99, the best winning percentage by any boys' coach in Wisconsin history (100 games minimum). Other notable basketball coaches included John Glaser, '54 (second All-Time in victories at the Hilltop with 111 in 6 seasons) and Jim Harding (coached the Minnesota Pipers, Loyola New Orleans, Gannon University, La Salle and the University of Detroit in the NCAAs). The Hilltoppers are currently coached by David Cooks, an MUHS grad (1982) who also served on Duke University's staff as a graduate student manager for one of their national championships. He was promoted to head varsity coach for the 2002-2003 season after coaching for two seasons as a varsity assistant and JV head coach.

[edit] Cross country

Coached by 35-year veteran Jim Kearney, the MUHS cross country team took third at both the 2007 and 2008 state meets and second in 2009.

[edit] Volleyball

Volleyball began at MUHS in 1996, and the team's first state championship was in 1998. This team was undefeated in 98 matches, losing only 2 matches over a 3-year span. Since winning back-to-back championships in 1998 and 1999, the team has seldom been ranked lower than 4th in the state and continues to produce college-bound players. Long-time head coach Larry Sorensen has recently stepped down after nine years and five state championships, winning in 2002, 2004, and 2005. The team is now coached by former Ball State player, Eric Sullivan. Marquette's volleyball team won the state championship in 2007 and 2008.

[edit] Soccer

The soccer program commenced as a vision of former U.S. Men's National team coach and current coach of the Kansas City Wizards of the MLS, Bob Gansler. Gansler then handed the program over to Bob Spielmann, who coached MUHS for 27 years, compiling a record of 532-73-40 with a winning percentage of .856. He won 20 state championships and tied a national record of 10 straight state championships from 1994-2003. The Hilltoppers were ranked #1 in the country by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 1999 and in 2003. In 1996 Spielmann was selected as National High School Coach of the Year. In 2005, he became the associate head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After Spielmann left, the team was coached by former MUHS player, Steve "Larry" Lawrence. Lawrence played for the Milwaukee Wave United after playing at Marquette University and was named Conference USA Defensive MVP.

The Hilltoppers home field, Quad/Park, was donated by former MUHS graduate, Harry Quadracci ('54), in 1998. After a two year hiatus, in the fall of 2008 the Hilltoppers brought the WIAA Division 1 state title back to Marquette.

[edit] Tennis

The MUHS tennis program has 26 team state titles to its credit. Before moving to the WIAA in 2001, MUHS had won 19 of the previous 20 WISAA state titles. Since the merger, Marquette has won five WIAA team state titles (in 2002, 2003, 2007,2008 and 2009), Five WIAA state singles titles, and two WIAA state doubles titles. The team is coached by David R. Frank, an alumnus of the program.

[edit] Notable alumni

Tom Ament, former Milwaukee County Executive
Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee
Dick Bilda, former Green Bay Packer
Peter Bock, former Wisconsin State Assembly
Peter Bonerz, actor, director; The Bob Newhart Show (1972 - '76) and others
Terry Brennan, Notre Dame running back (1946 - '49) and coach (1954 - '58)
John C. Brophy, a former member of the House of Representatives
Joseph "Red" Dunn, a former member of the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
Bob Gansler, U.S. National Team men's soccer coach in 1990 World Cup
Gary George, former member of the Wisconsin State Senate
Scott L. Klug, Former U.S. Representative
Rick Majerus, Head men's basketball coach at Saint Louis University
John L. Merkt, Wisconsin State Assembly
Albert Gregory Meyer, Archbishop of Chicago (1958-1965)
Pat O'Brien, actor ^[2]
Edward J. O'Donnell, S.J., President of Marquette University (1948-1962)
Dan Schutte, Christian songwriter, composer of Here I am, Lord
Tom Snyder, radio and television personality
Spencer Tracy, Academy Award-winning actor
Clement J. Zablocki, a former member of the House of Representatives
John G. Schmitz, a former member of the House of Representatives

[edit] References

^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ Gesu's Hollywood Star Gesu Parish, retrieved August 9, 2006. (PDF)

[edit] External links

[NCA-Council_on_Accreditation_and_School_Improvement-0] NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

[hollywood-1] Gesu's Hollywood Star Gesu Parish, retrieved August 9, 2006. (PDF)

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