This summer, the Gross Catholic Cougars are thrilled to be cheering on one of their own at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Dylan Travis, a 2012 graduate, will represent the United States as a member of the 3×3 basketball team. Travis is one of four players on Olympic team. This will be the first time the U.S. ever had a 3×3 Olympic basketball team.
In high school, Travis played for the Gross Catholic Cougars at the Varsity level for four years and was named first-team All-State, All-Metro and to the Lincoln Journal Star’s Super-State Team. He began his collegiate career at Midland University. He then transferred to Iowa Central Community College. He transferred a second time to Florida Southern where he set school records and completed his degree in Education. Travis went on to play professional basketball overseas in Germany, Brazil, and Australia and eventually found his way back home to the U.S. He accepted a job as a special education teacher for Westside High School in Omaha, where he also helped coach the basketball team.
About Gross Catholic High School
Gross Catholic, a co-educational, college preparatory high school, began its proud heritage of academic excellence rooted in the Marianist tradition in 1968. We consider ourselves one of the best Catholic schools in Omaha, Bellevue, and Papillion. The school motto Dux Esto (“Be a Leader”) is at the core of its extraordinary mission, innovative spirit, and fundamental values. The school offers a challenging environment and outstanding quality of life, both in academics and co-curricular activities, with a strong focus on STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) education. The spirit of Christian service and giving back is part of everything the school does. Gross Catholic’s top-tier status is reflected in its talented faculty, staff, and coaches who take great pride in seeing virtually every graduate head to college, often to the most prestigious domestic and international universities and service academies. Together with families and alumni, Gross Catholic forges relationships for a lifetime, helping to ready the next generation to be exemplary, principled leaders of the world.
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