Beckman Catholic High School (Dyersville, Iowa)

Beckman Catholic High School

Address
1325 9th Street SE Dyersville, Iowa, (Dubuque County) 52040 United States
Coordinates	42°28′22″N 91°6′51″W / 42.47278°N 91.11417°W / 42.47278; -91.11417Coordinates: 42°28′22″N 91°6′51″W / 42.47278°N 91.11417°W / 42.47278; -91.11417
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1966
Principal	Pat Meade
Faculty	32
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	302 (2013-2014)
• Grade 9	56
• Grade 10	78
• Grade 11	80
• Grade 12	88
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Athletics conference	WaMaC East
Team name	Trailblazers
Newspaper	Outpost
Dean of Students/Athletic Director	Todd Troutman
Website	School Website

Beckman Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Dyersville, Iowa. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque.

Background

Beckman Catholic High School was founded in 1966 as a consolidated Catholic high school serving several Catholic parishes in and around Dubuque and Delaware County. The school is named after Archbishop Francis J. L. Beckman, 6th Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese (1930–1946). In recent years, Beckman has been nationally ranked as a top 20 academic U.S. Catholic high school, a top 50 U.S. Catholic high school, and a top 50 Iowa AP high school.^[1]

Athletics

Beckman Catholic High School is a member of the Iowa High School Athletic Association. They have won the following IHSAA State Championships:^[2]

Boys Baseball - 1968, 1986, 2000, 2012, 2013
Boys Soccer - 2015, 2016
Boys Track and Field - 1997, 1999
Girls Golf - 1992, 2012, 2015
Co-ed Speech - 2007

Notable Alumni

Dave Haight, Former All-American and Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Mike Haight, Former NFL player (New York Jets, Washington Redskins)
Matt Tobin, Current NFL player (Philadelphia Eagles)
Nic Ungs, Former professional baseball player

External links

School Website

Notes and references

↑ Tim Pins. "Beckman High School History". Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
↑ IHSAA. "Iowa High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-10.

Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque Former Schools St. Luke's School, St. Lucas

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging

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