Billy Maday Class: Freshman Hometown: Burr Ridge, IL Height / Weight: 5-11 / 177 Position: Right Wing Birthdate: 02/25/1988 Last Team: Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Joins the Notre Dame roster after spending the last two seasons with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL) ... highly skilled playmaking forward ... has excellent hockey instincts ... sees the ice well and makes players around him better ... smooth skater with a strong shot ... has the potential to be an outstanding college hockey player ... will look to develop strength to adapt to the physical play in the CCHA ... led Waterloo in scoring in 2007-08 with 24 goals and 35 assists for 59 points ... had 10 power-play goals, one short-handed tally and five game winners in 60 games as Waterloo finished second in the USHL's East Division with a 38-17-5 record ... added three goals and five assists in 11 playoff games as the Black Hawks finished second to Omaha for the Clark Cup championship ... spent 2006-07 season in Waterloo where he had 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points in 33 games ... missed half of the season due to a broken wrist ... Waterloo was first in the East Division in `06-'07 with a 39-17-4 mark and won the Anderson Cup for top regular-season record ... lost in title game to Sioux Falls ... product of the Chicago Chill AAA program from 2003-06 ... teamed with current Irish sophomore Calle Ridderwall in `05-'06 to give the Chill a dynamic one-two scoring punch ... racked up 38 goals with 87 assists for 125 points in 74 games and led the Chill to the Midget Major championship game, finishing second at the USA Midget Major championship ... one of four Illinois natives on the Notre Dame roster joining Dan Kissel (Crestwood), Tom O'Brien (Mokena) and Teddy Ruth (Naperville) ... one of 15 Notre Dame players to play in the USHL ... member of seven-man freshman class in fall of 2008 ... signed national letter-of-intent in Nov. of 2006 along with Robin Bergman, Ian Cole, Brad Phillips, Ridderwall, Ruth and Ben Ryan but deferred until the fall of 2008.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill., in May of 2006 ... full name is William T. Maday ... son of Jim and Terry Maday ... has three brothers and one sister ... born on February 25,1988 in Hinsdale, Ill. ... enrolled in First Year of Studies ... plans on majoring in business at Notre Dame.