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

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009): Slickfielding middle infielder who also could play third base ... has excellent defensive footwork and soft hands ... versatile, hard-nosed player with gap-to-gap power ... did not participate in the 2008 Blue-Gold World Series due to injury ... spent the summer of 2008 with the Southwest Slashers of the Jayhawk Baseball League.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2008): Helped Gold win 2008 Blue-Gold World Series ... started all three games at shortstop ... batted .333 (3-for-9) with an RBI, two runs scored and sacrifice bunt ... did strikeout twice and committed pair of errors ... saw action in 24 games, including 11 starts ... all 11 starts came at third base ... hit ninth in the order in all 11 starts as well ... batted .313 with four doubles and six RBI ... added 10 runs scored, four walks and five sacrifice bunts ... committed five errors and registered a .918 fielding percentage ... recorded six multi-hit games (all six were twohit affairs) ... Notre Dame was 9-2 in the 11 games that Doyle started ... recorded a personal best three-game hitting streak from Apr. 22 through May 4 ... hit .313 with a run scored, two doubles and one RBI in BIG EAST action ... started five of the first six games for the Irish ... started the season opener against Liberty on Feb. 22 (went 0-for-2) ... went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks, RBI and a career-high four runs scored in the victory over Iowa on Feb. 23 ... added a RBI and sacrifice bunt in two at-bats against Mount St. Mary's on Mar. 1 ... went 1- for-4 with a double and run scored in the meeting with St. Bonaventure on Mar. 2 ... came off the bench as a defensive substitute over the next three games before pinch hitting against Buffalo on Mar. 14 ... again came off the bench against Georgetown on Mar. 20 (went 2-for-2) with a RBI and two doubles ... went 1-for-2 with a RBI and run scored against Ball State on Mar. 25 ... started against Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Mar. 26 (his first start since Mar. 4) ... went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt ... came in the late innings as a defensive replacement against Rutgers on Apr. 6 ... picked up his seventh start of the season against Manchester College on Apr. 9 ... went 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored ... registered three straight multi-hit games in starts against Chicago State (Apr. 22), Mississippi Valley State (Apr. 29) and Connecticut (May 4) ... batted .600 (6-for-10) in the threegame hitting streak ... had a double, RBI and run scored against Chicago State ... scored a run against UConn ... batted .297 (11-for-37) with four RBI as a starter ... hit .364 (4-for-11) and two RBI off the bench.

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 ... allconference 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) ... joined Notre Dame baseball program that features 149 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 09: 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) ... three-year letterwinner and two-year captain in basketball (point guard), averaging 10 ppg in his final two seasons ... allconference 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) ... Notre Dame 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 graduate, 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 ... had 3.47 GPA in fall of `07 and 3.600 GPA in spring '08 term ... major is undecided.