Notre Dame Prep junior Katherine Carlson helped the Fighting Irish win the Class B state championship in volleyball.Notre Dame Prep's Katherine Carlson finished a very close second in PrepVolleyball.com's National High School Junior of the Year award, which has never been won by a Michigan player.
"An awesome finish and honor," says Carlson's coach, Betty Wroubel.
PrepVolleyball said that Carlson's performance this season was nearly the same as the winner of the award, Alexa Smith, who played for Lewis-Palmer High School in Colorado.
From the writeup by John Tawa: "There was one player, however, whose high school credentials last fall virtually mirrored what Smith accomplished with Lewis-Palmer. Katherine Carlson, of Notre Dame Prep in Michigan, amassed more than 1,000 kills for a 62-2-1 team that captured the Michigan Class B title. The 5-11 outside hitter, who was a six-rotation stat stuffer for the Fighting Irish, earned First Team All-State honors and was a factor nationally for her Legacy 16-1 club team, earning All-Tournament honors at both AAU Nationals, which Legacy won; and USAV Junior Nationals. Trying to differentiate between the two kept me up nights."
Congratulations, Katherine!
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.