Notre Dame needs no introduction. The name carries weight across college athletics, but the name alone will not get a player recruited.
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Notre Dame combines elite academics with high-level ACC baseball. The university admits just 19% of applicants; incoming students average a 4.06 GPA, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 9:1. On the field, the Irish went 32–21 in 2025, defeated ranked conference opponents, and placed four players on All-ACC teams.

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Under head coach Shawn Stiffler, Notre Dame is 89–70 over the past three seasons and continues building toward another College World Series run. The program also earned the 2025 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a cumulative GPA above 3.0.

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That combination of academics and baseball is genuinely rare. But for recruiting families, the most important question is not about Notre Dame’s history or reputation.

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It is what the recruiting board looks like right now.

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The 2027 class is taking shape.

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Here is what the 2027 board currently shows:

• Titus Hawk, 1B
• Nathan McDowell, RHP
• Kyle Sweeney, LHP
• Quinn Rooney, LHP
• Dominic Bonnetti, SS
• Ike Crouser, RHP
• Johnny Gally, RHP
• Warren Robertson, OF
• Ace Sapp, OF
• Camden Moore, 3B
• Chace Staude, OF
• Nate Kesselmark, RHP
• Jameson Gray, LHP
• Brady Youngblood, C

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Now for the 2028 class - they are wide open!

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And when you look at the current roster, that gap becomes even more interesting.

The junior class carries three catchers and three RHPs. Those players will be gone after next season.

The sophomore class has five infielders, one catcher, one outfielder, and three RHPs.

Those are real roster gaps developing in real time.

That is the opportunity hiding inside this data.

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If your son is a 2028 player, this is the stage where Notre Dame starts watching. This is when they are building their board, identifying who fits their academic and athletic profile, and deciding who gets evaluated.

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Summer performance matters right now.

Video matters right now.

Communication matters right now.

The families who understand this early give themselves a real advantage.

The families who wait until the board starts filling up are usually the ones scrambling.

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Here is the bigger picture:

Notre Dame is not going to lower its standards, academically or athletically.

Which means the players who get recruited here are a specific kind of player. High academic profile. Real ability. The right combination of both.

If your son fits that profile, this program belongs on his radar.

If you are not sure whether he fits, that is exactly the conversation we help families have.

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At Premier Athletes, we help you stop guessing and start moving with a plan.

More clarity.

Better direction.

Less time wasted.

Less money spent on camps and events that go nowhere.

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If you want to know where your son stands, which schools match his class and position, and what he should be doing right now to get in front of the right coaches, schedule a call with us.

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We will build a real plan. Not a guess.

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To your son's success.

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