Bishop Gorman High School
Encyclopedia
Bishop Gorman High School (commonly referred to as Gorman or BGHS) is a Roman Catholic
private preparatory school located in Summerlin
, in Clark County
, Nevada
, United States
serving the Las Vegas area for over 50 years. The school is administered by the Diocese of Las Vegas
. The school opened in 1954 and its mascot is a Gael, or mounted Irish Knight.
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The campus was originally located near Downtown Las Vegas
, at 1801 S. Maryland Pkwy. Classes began at its current Summerlin location on September 5, 2007. The new 187000 square feet (17,372.9 m²) school, located on a campus of 36 acres (14.6 ha), cost $96 million.
. The Gaels have become one of the most prominent high school athletics program in the state of Nevada,winning numerous state championships each year. Additionally, the Gaels have been recognized by Sports Illustrated
as one of the top athletic programs in the nation. In the summer of 2008, the Gaels baseball team, sponsored by American Legion Post 76 in Las Vegas, won the American Legion World Series, a first for any Nevada high school. They ended up fielding 798 points total in football, more than any other high school in the nation for the 2009 season and ended up being ranked 46th in the nation by Rivals. In the 2009/2010 year they became the first Nevada school in over forty years to win the state championship in all three major sports (football, basketball, and baseball).
Roman Catholic Church
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private preparatory school located in Summerlin
Summerlin, Nevada
Summerlin is an affluent master-planned community under development by The Howard Hughes Corporation in the Las Vegas metropolitan area of Nevada near the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It lies partially within the city limits of Las Vegas, Nevada, and in...
, in Clark County
Clark County, Nevada
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,375,765 people, 512,253 households, and 339,693 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 71.6% White , 9.1% Black, 5.7% Asian, 0.8% American Indian and 12.8% of other or mixed race. 22.0% were Hispanic of any race...
, Nevada
Nevada
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, United States
United States
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serving the Las Vegas area for over 50 years. The school is administered by the Diocese of Las Vegas
Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern Nevada region of the United States. It comprises the Counties of Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye, White Pine and is governed from the City of Las Vegas...
. The school opened in 1954 and its mascot is a Gael, or mounted Irish Knight.
History
The school was created by Romy Hammes Mowbray, Dorothy Hammes, Kathlyn Hammes Mowbray, Bishop Robert J. Dwyer of Reno-Las Vegas, and Father John F. Brown, Provincial Superior of the Clerics of St. Viator. The school opened September 7, 1954, as the first Catholic high school in Nevada. Bishop Dwyer named it after his predecessor, The Most Reverend Thomas K. Gorman, the first Bishop of the Reno-Las Vegas Diocese. From its inception, Bishop Gorman High School has been administered by the Clerics of Saint ViatorClerics of Saint Viator
The Viatorians, or Clerics of Saint Viator , are a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Lyon, France in 1831 by Father Louis Querbes. Its patron, Saint Viator, had been a 4th century catechist in Lyon...
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The campus was originally located near Downtown Las Vegas
Downtown Las Vegas
Downtown Las Vegas is the central business district of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the original gambling district of Las Vegas, prior to the Strip, and the area still incorporates downtown gaming.-Tourism:...
, at 1801 S. Maryland Pkwy. Classes began at its current Summerlin location on September 5, 2007. The new 187000 square feet (17,372.9 m²) school, located on a campus of 36 acres (14.6 ha), cost $96 million.
Athletics
The athletics program at Bishop Gorman are known as the Gaels and compete in the Southwest Division of the Sunset 4A RegionSunset 4A Region
The Sunset 4A Region is a part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and is one of two conferences in Southern Nevada 4A high school athletics. The Sunset Region consists of large schools on the western parts of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas and Pahrump, Nevada. There are two...
. The Gaels have become one of the most prominent high school athletics program in the state of Nevada,winning numerous state championships each year. Additionally, the Gaels have been recognized by Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
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as one of the top athletic programs in the nation. In the summer of 2008, the Gaels baseball team, sponsored by American Legion Post 76 in Las Vegas, won the American Legion World Series, a first for any Nevada high school. They ended up fielding 798 points total in football, more than any other high school in the nation for the 2009 season and ended up being ranked 46th in the nation by Rivals. In the 2009/2010 year they became the first Nevada school in over forty years to win the state championship in all three major sports (football, basketball, and baseball).
Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships
- Baseball - 2006-2011. Gorman holds the state record for most consecutive championships in this sport.
- Basketball (Boys) - 1962-1963, 1978-1979, 1984, 1988-1989, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009-2010
- Basketball (Girls) - 2006-2010
- Football - 1970, 1974, 1979-1980, 1982-1983, 2007, 2009-2010
- Golf (Boys) - 2002-2003
- Golf (Girls) - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2009
- Lacrosse (Boys) - 2009, 2010
- Mock Trial - 2008, 2009, 2010
- Soccer (Boys) - 1992, 2002, 2006, 2007
- Soccer (Girls) - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
- Swimming (Boys) - 1989
- Swimming (Girls) - 2009, 2010
- Tennis (Boys) - 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
- Tennis (Girls) - 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Notable alumni
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