FOUR SENIORS SIGN TO PLAY SPORTS AT THE NEXT LEVEL

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April 16, 2025

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Four Notre Dame Prep student-athletes are celebrated in front of classmates after committing to play athletics at the next level.

In an event today held in front of their peers in the school cafeteria, four senior student-athletes from Notre Dame Prep signed to play athletics at the next level. Joey DeCasa will become a member of the track and field team at the University of Detroit Mercy; Will Lanham signed to play soccer for Calvin College; Lily Perkins will join the dance team at the University of Michigan; and Colin Whalen signed to play basketball at Albion College.

Congratulations to Joey, Will, Lily and Colin! You will continue to make the Fighting Irish proud!

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High school athletic highlights and honors for each student-athlete follow:

Joey DeCasas – Track and Field – University of Detroit Mercy
2-Year Varsity Letter Winner (Track and Field)
2024 First Team All-State, Long Jump (Third at State Finals)
2024 All-Oakland County, Long Jump (Second at County Meet)
2024 Individual Regional Champion, Long Jump
2024, 2025 State Finals Qualifier
Notre Dame Prep School Record Holder, Long Jump

Will Lanham – Soccer – Calvin College
4-Year Varsity Letter Winner (Soccer)
2024 All-American Selection
2024 MIHSSCA Dream Team Selection
2024 MIHSSCA D3 Offensive Player of the Year
2023, 2024 First-Team All-State
2022 Honorable Mention All State
2022, 2023, 2024 All-Region
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 All-District
2024 Individual Academic All State
2021, 2024 Team District Champion
2024 Team Regional Champion
2024 Team State Champion

Lily Perkins – Dance – University of Michigan
4-Year Varsity Letter Winner (Dance, Sideline and Competitive)
2023, 2025 NDP Fighting Irish Award Winner
2025 Team UDA National Champion (Jazz)
2025 Team UDA Third Place (Pom)

Colin Whalen – Basketball – Albion College
2-Year Varsity Letter Winner (Basketball)
2025 BCAM Team First Award Winner
2025 NDP Most Improved Award Winner
2025 Team District and Regional Champion

NOTE: Athletic accomplishments current as of 4/15/25.
 
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School
"At Notre Dame Prep, we inspire our students to become the best versions of themselves. We challenge them through an experience of academic excellence, focused on active, project-based learning. We invite them to explore a world of opportunities beyond the classroom. We guide them as they grow in spirituality within a community strong in its Catholic and Marist identity."

Notre Dame Preparatory School is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. Notre Dame Preparatory School's upper school 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 Prep's middle and lower schools enroll students in pre-kindergarten through grade eight. All three schools are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDP is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the National Association of Independent Schools. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School, visit the school’s home page at www.ndpma.org.