Mick Doyle Class: Freshman Hometown: LaGrange Park, IL High School: Benet Academy Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: Infielder Bats/Throws: R/R

Slick-fielding middle infielder who also could play third base ... has excellent defensive footwork and soft hands ... versatile, hardnosed player with gap-to-gap power ... helped Gold win Blue- Gold intrasquad series (fall '07; 3- for-9, RBI, 2 R, SAC, 2 Ks, 2 E) ... joins ND baseball program that features 146 all-time monogram winners from Illinois ... other Irish players to wear #26 include RHP Nick Palihnich and OF Rich Gonski (both All-Americans), plus 1B Jim Cusack and LF Bob Senecal ('57 CWS team members) ... could face several former teammates in '08: Villanova's Chris Pack (Benet Acad.), Louisville's Phil Wunderlich (Team Ill.), Oakland's Scott Sexton (Ill.s Orioles), and John Brennan of So. Illinois (Stevenson Showcase) ... had 3.47 GPA in fall of '07.

PREP & PERSONAL: Capped prep career with all-conference and all-area honors at Benet Academy, despite foot injuries ... four-year baseball letterwinner at shortstop ... hit .362 as senior captain, for regional champs ... all-conference as junior (.358, school-record 31 RBI), on '06 team that went 30-10 and won East Suburban Catholic League title (also won Flyers Classic and postseason regional) ... three-year letterwinner and twoyear captain in basketball (point guard), averaging 10 ppg in his final two seasons ... all-conference and all-city in baseball as a senior ... helped basketball team win regional title and reach sectional finals as a sophomore (upset #2 seed Boling Brook) ... played on freshman football team (cornerback/ linebacker) ... ND distance runners Eddie Higgins and Kevin Maflick also attended Benet ... member of National Honor Society and Foreign Language Honor Society ... oldest of six children (all athletes) ... grandfather Don Blaha played baseball at Villanova ... his father Mike Doyle is an '85 ND grad., as are nine of his uncles/aunts: Terri and Cy Clune (both '75), Jim Blaha ('80), Fritz and Sheila Fisher (both '81), Pat Doyle ('83), Jeff Toner ('84), Kathy Doyle ('85) and Kevin Doyle ('89), plus cousin Katy Clune ('06) ... born Feb. 11, 1989, in Champaign, Ill. ... son of Mike and Mary Doyle ... Michael Patrick Doyle ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... intends to major in business.