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Notre Dame Academy Has Five “Eagles” Sign to Play College
Sports
Special to The Truth
Five Notre Dame Academy (NDA) seniors signed
to play college sports on April 23 in front of the student
body before the spring pep rally. Rachael Cannon will play
lacrosse for Colorado State University-Pueblo, Jasmine
Garrett will run track for Notre Dame College (OH), Michelle
Lortie will play lacrosse for University of Findlay, Kelsie
Steinmetz will run track for Ohio Wesleyan University, and
Chantalia Young will run track for Akron University.
Rachael Cannon
has been a member of the lacrosse team all
four years at NDA. Off the field, Rachael has received
second honors in academics and also an award for sustaining
a 3.5 GPA or above while playing a varsity sport. At NDA,
she is a captain of the Hip Hop Team, participated in Big
Sis Little Sis program, and a Spanish peer tutor.
She performs as part of Key of She, a
cappella group, and in NDA’s fall musicals. Within the
community, Rachael has been involved in volunteering at the
USPS Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, Little Sisters of the Poor
and was also a summer volunteer at Mercy St. Ann’s Hospital.
She also played club lacrosse with the Michigan Cyclones.
In the fall, she will attend Colorado State
University-Pueblo (CSU).
She was honored with the Pepsi Annual
Scholarship of 1,000 with a four-year value of $4,000,
CSU-Pueblo Athletic Scholarship of $5,000 with a four-year
value of $20,000, and a CSU-Pueblo Welcome to the Pack
Scholarship of $1,000.
Jasmine Garrett
ran sprints and participated in the 4x100 and
4x200 relay. She was First Team, All TRAC Conference last
year.
She has been involved in the African American
Club, Fitness Club, Hispanic Club, Hip Hop Team, and Gospel
Choir. She has been a Big Sis to Notre Dame Junior Academy (NDJA)
students and helped at their junior high dances. She is
involved in Friendly Missionary Baptist Church where she
performs as a praise dancer and teaches young children to do
praise dancing.
She plans to major in political science and
minor in pre-law at Notre Dame College (OH).
Michelle Lortie
is a midfielder for the lacrosse team. She
has played varsity all four years and was named Honorable
Mention, All District and All-Academic. She has played club
lacrosse for two years with the Toledo Wolf Pack and the
last two years with the Michigan Cyclones. She ran cross
country with the Eagles for three years and was named
All-Academic. She did crew her freshman year.
An honor roll student, she has been involved
the NDA Ski/Snowboarding Club. She has volunteered at the
Toledo Animal Shelter and at the YMCA Splash Camp. She
brought Christmas to the town of Harlan, Kentucky one year
as part of the NDA Christmas in Appalachia program. She is a
member of St. Patrick of Heatherdowns Parish.
She plans to study Nuclear Medicine
Technology at the University of Findlay and received a
yearly academic scholarship of $15,000 for a four-year value
of $60,000 and a $500 one-time book award. |
