Erica Schwegman is a junior at Notre Dame upper division.
Schwegman, who owns a 4.0 grade-point average, is a starting middle for the defending Division 2 state champion Fighting Irish. The three-year varsity player helped lead Prep to district and regional title this season and a spot in the Catholic League championship match as well as to the MHSAA semifinals.
She also has started an initiative called Teen Hearts for Haiti, where she collects summer skirts for teen-age girls in Chiraque, Haiti.
Schwegman is one of a number of area players named to the 2014 AAU academic All-America team. Anna Dabaldo (Marian), Margaret Payne (Cranbrook Kingswood) and Rift Chloe (Marian) also made the squad. All four players are members of the Legacy AAU volleyball program.
The award recognizes student-athletes for their excellence in both academics and athletics. All recipients attended high school during the 2013-14 school year and participated in the 41st AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships.
(From Hometown Life news)
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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.