Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee)

Saint Thomas More High School formerly Thomas More High School
Address
2601 East Morgan Avenue Milwaukee , (Milwaukee County) , Wisconsin 53207-3725 United States
Coordinates	42°58′47″N87°52′35″W / 42.97972°N 87.87639°W / 42.97972; -87.87639
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Inspired by Christ, driven by Innovation.
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Thomas More
Established	1890 (as Pio Nono)
School district	Archdiocese of Milwaukee
President	John Hoch
Principal	Mark Nagle
Chaplain	Fr. Alex Nwosu
Faculty	29
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	590 (2024-2025)
Average class size	22
Color(s)	Cavalier Blue and Grey
Athletics	18 varsity sports
Athletics conference	Metro Classic
Nickname	TM, STM, More
Team name	Cavaliers
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Newspaper	The Utopian
Yearbook	The Chancellor
Athletic Director	Katlyn Putney
Website	http://www.tmore.org

Saint Thomas More High School is a private, Catholic high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Background

Saint Thomas More High School was established in 1972 by the merger of Don Bosco and Pio Nono High Schools. It was initially named Thomas More High School, but the "Saint" was added to the name in the summer of 2007 to re-emphasize the school's Catholic heritage, at the request of Archbishop Timothy Dolan. ^[2]

Beginning in 2007, students are equipped with a laptop computer at the start of the school year. ^[3]

Athletics

Saint Thomas More High School is a member of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Metro Classic Conference ^[4] . The school offers the following sports:

Fall: football, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, boys' soccer, girls' volleyball, girls' swimming, girls' tennis, girls' golf, girls' pom pons

Winter: boys' basketball, girls' basketball, boys' bowling, girls' bowling, boys' swimming, girls' pom pons, wrestling

Spring: baseball, boys' track & field, girls' track & field, boys' tennis, boys' golf, girls' soccer, girls' softball

State titles

Thomas More High School has won 19 state titles from 1973 to the present:

• 1973 boys' cross country
• 1974 boys' cross country
• 1974 boys' wrestling
• 1975 boys' wrestling
• 1976 football
• 1976 boys' cross country
• 1977 football
• 1978 boys' cross country
• 1980 boys' cross country
• 1981 boys' cross country
• 1981 football
• 1981 boys' track & field
• 1981 boys' baseball
• 1988 boys' basketball
• 1996 boys' baseball
• 1999 girls' volleyball
• 2000 girls' volleyball
• 2006 Soccer
• 2024 boys' basketball ^[5]

Conference championships

PN denotes Pio Nono, DB denotes Don Bosco

• Boys' soccer (TM: 1998, 1999, 2012)
• Wrestling (DB: 1958, 1965, 1969, 1970; PN: 1972; TM: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
• Boys' track & field (TM: 1976, 1981)
• Boys' golf (PN: 1931; DB: 1962; TM: 1986, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Football (PN: 1927, 1935, 1936; DB: 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970; TM: 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2004)
• Boys' cross country (TM: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998)
• Boys' basketball (PN: 1932, 1937; DB: 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1970; TM: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002)
• Baseball (PN: 1931; DB: 1954, 1955; TM: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2009)
• Boys' tennis (TM: 2011, 2012)
• Girls' volleyball (TM: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007)
• Softball (TM: 1995, 1996)
• Girls' basketball (TM: 1998, 2000)
• Girls' golf (TM: 2003)
• Girls' bowling (TM: 2009)

Thomas More's girls' volleyball team had a winning streak from 1997 to 2005, during which it won 77 conference matches and 8 consecutive conference titles.

The school's mascot is the Cavaliers.

Notable alumni and faculty

• George Lee Andrews, Broadway actor and Guinness World Records holder for most performances in the same Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera
• Dave Cieslewicz, 56th mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
• Pedro Colón, first Latino elected to the Wisconsin legislature, now a Wisconsin circuit judge
• Anthony Crivello, Tony Award-winning actor in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider Woman
• Jonathan Dekker, professional football player
• Bob Donovan, Wisconsin state legislator
• Jim Haluska, Rose Bowl quarterback and NFL player, coached and taught at Thomas More
• Chris Larson, member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Dick Miller, Played for Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz during 1980–81 season
• Jerry Panek, professional soccer player and coach, former coach at St. Thomas More
• John R. Plewa, Wisconsin state senator
• Edward J. Zore, Former CEO of Northwestern Mutual
• T. J. Otzelberger, American basketball coach, currently Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Iowa State University (ISU)
• Jim Jodat, former NFL football player with the Rams, Seahawks, and Chargers

References

1. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
2. About Saint Thomas More High School: History
3. TMHS. "School History" . Retrieved May 11, 2007.
4. "Metro Classic". www.metroclassicwi.org. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
5. "Boys Basketball - State Records & Results | Boys Basketball | Sports | Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association". www.wiaawi.org. Retrieved June 11, 2025.

External links

• School Website
• Football Stats ^{[ permanent dead link ]}