NOTRE DAME PREP VOLLEYBALL TEAM GETS NATIONAL HONORS FOR ACADEMICS

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July 17, 2024

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State record 17th year in a row for Irish program.

The 2024 Notre Dame Prep volleyball team was honored this week for academics by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and its sponsor INTENT, a tech, information and internet company. It's the 17th year in a row for the Irish, who ended last season in the MHSAA district final. 

According to Betty Wroubel, Notre Dame Prep's head coach and school athletic director, no other high school team in Michigan currently boasts a longer continuous streak of earning the AVCA Team Academic Award.

AVCA said that college and high school teams that receive the team academic award must display excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 scale. Notre Dame Prep's team scored a cumulative 3.730 GPA during the last school year.

In November 2023, NDP, which finished the season with a 40-9-2 record, fell to Orchard Lake St. Mary's Prep in the district final, 25-18, 25-12 and 28-26. 

Wroubel said she is proud of her team's accomplishments both in the gym and in the classroom. Plus, she said team members put in long hours volunteering in the surrounding communities.

"The fact that year-in and year-out, our girls perform with distinction in both volleyball and academics is another clear example of our school's mission and the kind of student-athletes we have at Notre Dame Prep," she said.

A record number of volleyball programs earned the AVCA Team Academic Award, according to AVCA. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year.

“We are pleased that the record-setting success of the 2023-24 season on the court has extended to the classroom, too, as evidenced by more programs earning the Team Academic Award than ever before,” says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. “This is a great example of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their full potential as both students and athletes.”

About the American Volleyball Coaches Association:
The AVCA’s mission is to advance the sport of volleyball with coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy and professional development. The membership includes more than 9,500 collegiate, professional, high school, club and youth volleyball coaches — primarily in the United States. The AVCA represents women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball and beach volleyball coaches, and works to increase exposure and recognition for the sport of volleyball.

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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.ndprep.org.