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V.J. & Angela Skutt Catholic High School forms and educates young men and women to become Christian leaders who empower others, promote justice, and initiate change.
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HawkWalk 2010
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SkyHawk Wall of Honor 2009-2010
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- Congratulations to the following students who won awards at the Young Artist Exhibition during the Summer ARts Festival June 25-27:
- Kaitlin McDermott - 1st place for her batik
- Emma Gilber - Honorable Mention
- Megan Rupiper - Honorable Mention
- Lauren Kolkman - Honorable Mention
- Congratulations to Coach Brad Hildebrandt, Skutt Catholic Wrestling coach, for being inducted into the NSWCA Hall of Fame!
- Congratulations to the SkyHawk Football team for finishing as State runner-ups.
- Congratulations to our Girl's Soccer team for winning the State Championship.
- Congratulations to the SkyHawk Baseball team for finishing as State runner-ups. A great season!
- Congratulations to our Girl's Tennis State Champions:
- Stephanie Kaiser, #1 Singles - 2nd place
- Alexis Kaiser & Emilee Johnson, #1 Doubles - State Champions
- Margie Carmody, #2 Singles - State Champion
- Brooke McGregor & Lauren Camenzind, #2 Doubles - State Champions
- FIFTH consecutive Girl's State Tennis title
- Congratulations to the following Honors Spanish IV students who have received national top honors in the National Spanish Examination 2010:
- Excellence Awards - Margaret Carmody, Michaela Klesitz, & Matthew Meyer
- Bronze Award - Anna Heffron
- Gold Award - Tanner Sorensen (Gold awards are granted to scores above 95%)
- Two students are eligible for Senior Scholarships from the organizaton
- Congratulations to the Girls Tennis team for winning RCC Tennis.
- Margie Carmody - 2nd in #2 singles
- Alexis Kaiser/Emilee Johnson - 1st in #1 doubles
- Stephanie Kaiser - 2nd in #1 singles
- Brooke McGregor/Lauren Camenzind - 1st in #2 doubles
- Bill and Jessica Wallrapp share in the excitement, as their son Charlie Wallrapp signs to play basketball at Benedictine College, in Atchison, Kansas. Benedictine Coach Todd Eisner also looks on.
- Art students Sam Hendricks, Catie Yuhas, Megan Rupiper, Emma Gilbert, and Lauren Kolkman created a new stained glass window for the art room. The students, along with Monica Baxter and Father Andrew, help place the new window in its new home.
- Congratulations to Sarah Nordstrom (UNO), Ashley Holland (Benedictine), and Kerry Pivovar (UNO). They will be playing college soccer next year. Also pictured is SkyHawk Head Coach, John Carlson.
- Surrounded by his grandparents and parents, James Hajek signs to play basketball at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. James is the first Skutt Catholic male to receive a Division I basketball scholarship.
- Congratulations to the Skutt Catholic/Mount Michael Swim & Dive team on a great season and State performance, with both the girls' and boys' teams placing 17th overall. The Team broke 12 or 24 school records this year.
- Girls 200 Medley Relay - 1:55.70
Annie Bolamperti, Jamie Dhabalt, Colleen Bernal, Christina Novak
- Girls 200 Free - 2:02.26
Colleen Bernal
- Girls 200 IM - 2:19.35
Colleen Bernal
- Girls 100 Fly - :59.46
Colleen Bernal
- Girls 500 Free - 5:43.24
Colleen Bernal
- Girls 200 Free Relay - 1:45.04
Colleen Bernal, Anna Kathol, Anna Kohll, Christina Novak
- Girls 100 Breaststroke - 1:13.34
Anna Kohll
- Girls 400 Free Relay - 3:47.42
Colleen Bernal, Anna Kathol, Christina Novak, Lauren Pavel
- Boys 200 Med Relay - 1:52.28
Mark Mendick, Ned Koley, Nick Wentz, Elliott Prusa
- Boys 200 IM - 2:18.14
Mark Mendick
- Boys Diving - 420.45
Kevin Koch
- Boys 400 Free Relay - 3:48.20
Mark Mendick, Elliott Prusa, Ryan Steffes, Nick Wentz
- Kevin Koch (MM) and Todd Leutzinger (SC) received 5th and 6th Place medals in the State Diving competition.
- Congratulations to the student recipients of the Winter 2010 Academic All-State Awards. These athletes have performed at a high level in their activity and maintained a high GPA:
- Anne Bolamperti - Girls Swimming
- Ashley Harry - Girls Basketball
- Corey Homan - Boys Basketball
- Travis Homan - Boys Basketball
- Meghan Korth - Girls Basketball
- Christina Novak - Girls Swimming
- Kathryn Smid - Speech
- Brett Wenke - Boys Swimming
- Congratulations to the Skutt Catholic Mock Trial team for winning the State Championship this past December! The team now heads to Philadelphia to compete for the National Championship.
- Congratulations go out to SC students Anna Heffron and Sid Rai who were both recently named National Merit Finalists. Anna and Sid were named Semi-Finalists back in the Fall along with Cameron Beauchamp, Scott Johnson, and Kyle Tucker who were named commended students by the National Merit Program.
As Semi-Finalists, Anna and Sid were eligible to advance through the next stage of the application process with the National Merit Scholarship Program. Less than 1% of all PSAT test takers in the country achieved this honor!
- Congratulations go out to the SkyHawk Wrestling program for their 13th consecutive Class B State Wrestling Championship. Coach Hildebrandt, his staff and the wrestlers had an outstanding tournament and made everyone proud. Individual state champions were, Thomas Gilman (112), Andy Hollins (140), Christian Loges (145). Second Place medals went to Zane Sackett (125) and Grant Randall (152). Jacob Hasz (285) finished in 3rd place and Kyle Pokorny (189) finished 4th.
- Congratulations to the Varsity Dance Team for winning State Championships in both Class B Pom and Class B Jazz on Saturday at the 2010 Nebraska State Cheer and Dance Championships in Grand Island!
- Congratulations to the 2010 State Champion Varsity Cheerleaders!! The girls won the Class B Tumbling Cheer Championship and were the State Runner-Up in the Non-Tumbling Cheer Division.
- Congratulations to Paul Troupe (Cross Country) and Ellen Homan (Softball) for being selected by the Omaha Sports Commission as Outstanding Scholar-Athletes for the fall season.
- Congratulations to both the boys and girls cross country teams for qualifying for state! Paul Troupe earned an individual medal by finishing 10th!
- Five Skutt Catholic students were recently named National Merit Academic Scholars. Congratulations to SC students Sid Rai, Anna Heffron, Cameron Beauchamp, Scott Johnson, and Kyle Tucker for this great accomplishment.
Sid and Anna are National Merit Semifinalists which means that they scored in the top 1% of the more than 1.5 million students that took the PSAT test last year. They will now enter competition for finalist standing. Cameron, Scott, and Kyle are National Merit Commended students for scoring in the top 5% of the 1.5 million students.
Skutt Catholic has had 22 students recognized by the National Merit Program in the past four years, which represents one of the highest percentages of students being recognized in a Nebraska school by the National Merit Scholarship Program.
- Congratulations to SC Senior Anna Heffron, for scoring a perfect 36 on the ACT.
- Congratulations to the Skutt Catholic Girls Softball team on an outstanding softball season. They won districts and competed strong at State.
2008-2009 Wall of Honor (click here to open)
- Congratulations to the following seniors on winning Skutt Catholic's top awards at Baccalaureate ceremonies:
Jesse Griese Award: Kelsey Sievers
Male Athlete of the Year: Zach Cottle
Female Athlete of the Year: Stacy Bartels
Living the Gospel Award: Amanda Gum & Philip O'Halloran
SkyHawk Spirit Award: Josh Martinez & Chrystina Rago
Valedictorians: Erin Borchers & Michael Sambol
V.J. & Angela Skutt Award: Monica Krause & Zachary Peterson
Legend of the SkyHawk Scholarship: Jaime Johnson & Kelsey Sievers
- Congratulations to Erin Borchers who was named to the Academic All-State Team at a brunch sponsored by the Omaha World Herald. Erin was one of 9 students in the state to receive this honor.
- Congratulations on another great activity year. I have included the results of the NSAA Cellular Cup. This award includes all activities sponsored by the NSAA. We finished 1st in combined and the boys division and a close 2nd in the girls division. Congratulations SkyHawks! If interested in points in specific spring activities go to: http://www.nsaahome.org/awards/uscellularcup.
- Wrestling Coach Brad Hildebrandt has been named the 2009 Coach of the Year by Wrestling USA Magazine. This prestigious national award has been presented to the nation's best in the sport since 1973. In his fifteen years as head coach, Brad has led his team to twelve straight Class B State Championships, as well as, forty nine individual champions. Congratulations Coach!
- Congratulations go out to Skutt Catholic students Erin Borchers (Gr. 12) and Anna Heffron (Gr. 11) who both scored a perfect 36 on the ACT! Last year, less than 3/100 of 1% of high school test takers scored a perfect 36.
- Skutt Catholic High School standout named Gatorade Nebraska Boys Soccer Player of the year!
In its third decade of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, the Gatorade company, in partnership with ESPN RISE, today announced Michael Burke of Skutt Catholic High School as its 2008-09 Gatorade Nebraska Boys Soccer Player of the year. Burke is the first Gatorade Nebraska Boys Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen from Skutt Catholic High School.
- Two Selected for 2009 Shrine Bowl.
Congratulations to senior, Matt Kathol and Coach Matt Turman, for being selected for the 51st annual Nebraska Shrine Bowl football game played at Memorial Stadium on Saturday July 25, 2009. Both player and coach will be a part of the South team as they take on the North squad in the 6:30PM game. Matt Kathol, the son of Jane and Stan Kathol, plans to attend UNO in the fall. Coach Turman is in his 6th year as head coach at Skutt Catholic. Go to www.neshrinebowl.com for more information on the Shrine Bowl.
- Congratulations to the Dance Team in earning the State Championship in Jazz Division and runner up in Pom for 2009.
- SKYHAWKS MAKE HISTORY!! Congratulations to the Skyhawk Wrestling Team on the 12th consecutive state title. Brad Hildebrandt became the Nebraska coach with the most consecutive state title wins. Awesome job wrestlers!
- Skutt Catholic is the first school in River Cities Conference history to win 4 consecutive RCC Speech Championships.
- William Choate became the first Skutt Catholic student ever to earn 1000 points or more from the National Forensic League. Willam has accomplished this lofty feat as a 4 year member of the SkyHawk Forensics Team. By earning 1000 points, William has now been given the Degree of Outstanding Distinction (the second highest degree possible for a student.)
- Skutt Catholic Seniors Joe Benak and Erin Borchers have been named National Merit Finalists! Skutt Catholic has had 17 students recognized by the National Merit Program in the past three years with six students this current year. Joe and Erin recently advanced to "finalist standing." Less than 1% of our nation's high school students earn this distinction.
2008/2009 Merit Scholars and their college choices:
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