PREP & PERSONAL: Named all-conference and all-area as a senior at Marist High School ... selected all-conference as a junior ... earned three letters ... played club baseball with the Illinois Sparks ... cousin, David Hearne, is also a freshman on the Notre Dame baseball team ... has a cousin, Neil, that attends Notre Dame and plays in the band ... full name is Michael Joseph Hearne ... born in Greenville, S.C. ... son of Joseph and Nancy Hearne ... has an older sister, Katie, and a younger sister, Megan ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.
