Nick Condon Class: Freshman Hometown: Wausau, WI Height / Weight: 5-8 / 163 Position: Defenseman Birthdate: 01/26/1987 Last Team: St. Louis Bandits (NAHL)

Joins the Notre Dame blue line after playing three seasons in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) ... excellent skater who started career as a forward before moving to defense ... moves the puck well and gets up the ice quickly ... continues to improve his game in the defensive zone ... will have to learn how to contain bigger forwards and adapt to the physical play in the CCHA ... older freshman who will bring more experience to the defense ... started 2007-08 season with the NAHL's Marquette Rangers where he had three goals and 29 assists in 42 games before being traded to the St. Louis Bandits where he had a goal and five assists in eight games ... helped lead St. Louis to the 2008 NAHL title and the Robertson Cup ... team won the most games (62) in league history ... selected to play in the 2008 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament ... finished sixth in scoring among defensemen in the NAHL with four goals and 34 assists for 38 points in 55 games ... played the 2006-07 campaign with Marquette, scoring two goals with 20 assists for 22 points in 58 contests ... spent first season in NAHL with the North Iowa Outlaws ... in 40 games had five goals and 10 assists for 15 points ... one of six Notre Dame players to have seen action in the NAHL, joining senior Erik Condra, juniors Brett Blatchford and Tom O'Brien, sophomore Ryan Guentzel and fellow freshman Eric Ringel ... one of seven members in the freshman class ... signed in the late-signing period (spring of `08) along with Kyle Murphy and Richard Ryan ... one of two Wisconsin natives, along with senior defenseman Luke Lucyk (Fox Point) on the current Notre Dame roster ... becomes the 14th Wisconsin native to play at Notre Dame.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Wausau West High School in Wausau, Wis. ... won letters in hockey (4), soccer (3) and track (2) while at Wausau West ... three-time all-Wisconsin Valley selection in hockey and two-time choice in soccer ... two-time all-state selection in hockey, as a forward during junior year and as a defensemen as a senior ... led team in scoring that senior year with 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points in 22 games ... had a chance to play with his younger brother, Nate, a 2008 draft choice of the Colorado Avalanche, during his senior year at West Wausau ... also played for Team Wisconsin Midget Major in the Upper Midwest Elite Hockey League during `03-'04 and `04-'05 seasons ... full name is Nicholas Richard Condon ... son of Timothy and Barbara Condon ... has two brothers .... born on January 26, 1987 in Wausau, Wis. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... plans on majoring in business at Notre Dame.