Mark Burt – 2026 Hall of Fame Inductee
Mark attended Pius X High School from 1994 to 1998 where he participated in football, basketball, and golf. He was privileged to play on state championship football teams his sophomore and senior years as well as a state runner-up basketball team his senior year. He was a three-year varsity starter in football playing offensive and defensive tackle as well as tight end and defensive end. He earned Class B All-State Honors as a sophomore and junior. As a basketball player, Mark was a two-year varsity starter as a sophomore and senior. Unfortunately, he was missing from the team as a freshman and junior due to injury. As a senior, Mark was thrilled to be the 5th man on the varsity golf team, where he (likely) set a Pius record for most tournaments played without having a score count in the top 4.
Mark grew up the youngest of Don and Sally Burt’s 6 boys, all of whom excelled in athletics AND extracurriculars at Pius (See: Mr. Macafee, 1986 “Bye Bye Birdie”). Though he grew up very relaxed and lacked a natural competitive spirit (wink), Mark eventually developed a passion for competition and team success. He was beyond blessed to be surrounded by the love, support, and talent of family, friends, teammates, coaches, and mentors throughout his time at Pius.
Mark graduated from Creighton undergrad and UNMC Medical School and is an Anesthesiologist in private practice in Omaha. He met and married the love of his life Miranda prior to medical school, and together they share 7 (mostly) perfect children.
Burt: “I look at the Hall of Fame members and realize how lucky I am, not only to join them, but also to have been touched by so many of them individually over the years, including my older brother Tom, classmates David Easley, Corey Harrington, Paul Kastl, PJ Grosserode, Jenny and Chrissy Nigro, coaches Aylward, Forycki, Seib, Moore, and O’Boyle, teammates Nick Heiser and Rory Ryan, neighbors and surrogate family members George Easley and Carmen (Easley) Sanchez, my physical therapist Jill (Noel) Korta, and many others who I either competed with or cheered on during my years at Pius. It was a special, special time to be a Thunderbolt, and I will always be grateful to have been a part of it.”
