Notre Dame Athletics

Texas Rangers Select NDP Pitcher Shilling

June 10, 2015

Notre Dame right handed pitcher Luke Shilling was selected in the 20th round (588th overall) by the Texas Rangers in the 2015 MLB draft. Shilling joins Brother Rice outfielder Nick Plummer, who went 23rd overall to St. Louis, and Grant Wolfram from Hamilton High School as the only other Michigan high school players to be selected. As a senior, Shilling finished with a 7-1 record with a 0.70 ERA and 104 strikeouts in 49 2/3 innings. He has signed on to pitch next season at the University of Illinois if […]

ND Prep uses hot offense to grab ninth-consecutive D2 district title

May 30, 2015

PONTIAC – Those screech marks in Pontiac are from all that burnt rubber. Humming with the finely-tuned precision of a pristine race car, host-Pontiac Notre Dame Prep zoomed to a ninth straight Division 2 district title on the softball diamond Saturday, smacking a total of 27 hits and outscoring its’ competition a combined 20-4. After blanking Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 10-0 in the semifinals, the Fighting Irish beat Birmingham Marian 10-4 in the district championship game. Last spring, Notre Dame Prep (30-9 in 2015) advanced into the quarterfinals. On Saturday, […]

Prep boots Marian from state tourney with 1-0 OT triumph

May 30, 2015

After three straight years of playing in the girls soccer state championship game, Birmingham Marian will have to watch the rest of this year's Division 2 state tournament play out from a distance. The Mustangs suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime setback to Pontiac Notre Dame Prep Saturday afternoon in the district championship game played at Avondale High School. The game's lone goal was booted home by junior midfielder Erika Weist less than a minute into the second overtime period. It was not only Marian's first loss of the season, it […]