Bishop Miege High School

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Bishop Miege High School
Address
5041 Reinhardt Drive Roeland Park , Kansas 66205 United States
Coordinates	39°2′8″N 94°37′29″W / 39.03556°N 94.62472°W / 39.03556; -94.62472
Information
Type	Private high school
Motto	Excellence: Our Goal; Success: Our Tradition[2]
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Bishop John Baptist Miège
Established	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
President	Phil Baniewicz
Principal	Maureen Engen
Chaplain	Rev. Anthony Mersmann
Teaching staff	41.4 (FTE) (2017–18)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	689 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.6 (2017–18)[1]
Color(s)	Royal blue   Scarlet red
Athletics conference	Eastern Kansas League
Mascot	Stag
Nickname	Big Red, The Mighty Stags, Big Red Crew, Little Red
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Publication	Facets (literary magazine)
Newspaper	Miegian
Yearbook	Hart
Affiliation	Kansas City (KS) Archdiocese KSHSAA
Website	www.bishopmiege.com

Bishop Miege High School is a Catholic high school, located in Roeland Park, Kansas, United States. The school is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association.

Bishop Miege High School is located directly north of the Shawnee Indian Mission.

Bishop Miege High School was established in 1958 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and was named after Bishop John Baptiste Miege, the first bishop of the Kansas Territory, which eventually became the current Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. It is the successor to St. Agnes High School, established in 1949, named for the parish that it was founded by, and the mascot (Stag) retains this heritage (St. Agnes). Bishop Miege was instituted as a co-educational archdiocese school intended to serve northeastern Johnson County.^[4]

The Media Center was completed in 2003. The capital campaign included 27 inch televisions with VCRs in each classroom. The acquiring of the Old Mission school to the north of Miege for use as sports practice facilities was also included.^{[citation needed]}

The Bishop Miege Robotics team is FIRST Robotics Competition Team 1997. The team was founded for the 2006 FRC season, in which it won the Regional competition and advanced to FIRST Championship.^[5]

Dixon Doll Stadium was completed for the Homecoming soccer and football games in 2007. A cellular tower was placed on the site near the stadium, with Sprint and Verizon Wireless committing to utilize the tower. Bishop Miege has won 125 athletic state championships.^[5]

The girls' basketball team won the state championship 24 times, occurring in 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.^[5] Coach Terry English coached the girls at Miege for over 40 years. He had a career winning percentage of .844 and a won-loss record through 2020-21 of 910–166. The boys' basketball team is led by Rick Zych, who has won the state championship in 2001, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021.^[5]

Bowling has only been recognized as a varsity sport since 2005 according to the KSHSAA. They won the state championship in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

The girls' cross country team won the state championship in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 2004. The boys' cross country team won the state championship in 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, and 1997. The Miege cross country teams are coached by Joann Heap.^[6]

Bishop Miege has won the state championship in football 11 times, occurring in 1972, 1975, 1977, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022^[7]

Miege is one of only two schools to win six consecutive state championships since the KSHSAA first sponsored playoffs to determine football state champions in 1969.^[5] The other is Hutchinson from 2004 through 2009.^[5]

In 2006, Miege went 3–7 and the following year went 7–3 (and had a playoff appearance beating Shawnee Heights, but lost to Blue Valley West in the second round. In 2008, the Stags went 6–4 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Baldwin. In 2009 Miege went 12–2, finishing with a 10-game winning streak. The Stags played their way through the playoffs and won their first state title in 33 years, beating Topeka Hayden by a score of 28–6.^[8]

The Boys' soccer team has won the state championship 12 times (1998, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and are currently on an 8-peat. The 8 straight state championships is the longest streak for a boys athletics program in school history and is tied for the KSHSAA state record. They also have three top 30 in the country finishes and seven Top 15 in the Midwest finishes. The Miege girls' soccer team has won the state championship 8 times (2003, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023) and are currently on a 7-peat (there was no 2020 season due to COVID-19). There 7 straight state titles are tied for the KSHSAA state record. They have also won a National Academic Award for 14 straight years. The soccer programs are both led by 2001 alum, Nate Huppe.^[5]

Miege volleyball is currently coached by Lindsay Zych Franco. During her coaching career, coach Gwen Pike led the program to over 1,000 career wins,^[when?] and she was inducted into the National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006.^[9] The Miege volleyball team has won 29 state championships.^[5]

The single-season record for the best overall record by any wrestler was 34–0 set in 1986–87.^[10]

This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (October 2019)

• Bol Bol, professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns
• Dan Connolly, computer scientist
• Montell Cozart, Canadian football quarterback for Calgary Stampeders; former player for the Boise State Broncos.
• Dan Dercher, former NFL offensive tackle
• Joyce DiDonato, opera singer
• Dave Doeren, head football coach, North Carolina State University
• Gillian Flynn, author, screenwriter and comic book writer
• Catherine Fox, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
• Chris Howard, former MLB catcher, Seattle Mariners
• Jamar Howard, former professional basketball player
• Daniel Jackson, wide receiver for the Minnesota Golden Gophers^[12]
• Spencer Jones, basketball player^[13]
• Jason Kander, 39th Missouri Secretary of State and Democratic nominee for 2016 U.S. Senate election in Missouri
• Dave Martin, former NFL linebacker
• Graham Mertz, college football quarterback
• Mark Mitchell, college basketball player
• Matt Pryor, founding member and the lead vocalist of The Get Up Kids
• Shane Ray, American football outside linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League
• Willie Reed, former NBA center for Los Angeles Clippers
• Travis Releford, professional basketball player and former player for the Kansas Jayhawks
• Trevor Releford, professional basketball player and former player for the Alabama Crimson Tide
• Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
• Mike Ruether, former NFL offensive lineman
• Max Shortell, former college football quarterback
• Ryan Willis, professional football player for the Chicago Bears

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