Athletics

Mission Statement and Philosophy
Provide comprehensive training programs to student-athletes that are safe, effective, and evidence based. The programs will be mainly ground-based, compound, multi-joint movements to improve performance and to reduce the risk of injuries. All programs will include some type of speed & power development, strength & core development, fundamental movements, agility and conditioning.

Description of Facility
The Betty A. Wroubel Performance Center is equipped with all the necessities of strength training and cardiovascular training.

The facility serves all student-athletes. The center includes the strength training equipment like Olympic platforms, power racks, dumbbells, cable machines and various other machines.

Students get both individual and team coaching from our Head Strength & Conditioning Coach throughout the entire year.

Nutrition
Student-athletes are encouraged to never train, practice, or play empty. A nutrition guide can be made based on individual needs.

Varsity Letters
Requirements for earning an NDP varsity letter are established by the coaches and are made available to student-athletes and parents at the beginning of each season.  The letters are distributed to first time letter winners at the school banquet (not individual team gatherings). Varsity letters are awarded in sports that compete in Michigan High School Athletic Association sanctioned sports.   
 
Club Varsity Letters
Club varsity letters can be earned in dance/pom and equestrian.  An athlete must have completed two years in good standing to receive this award.  A varsity jacket may be ordered after a club varsity letter is earned.
 
Pins
After a student-athlete earns their first varsity letter, pins are awarded for additional varsity letters in any sport.  (Example: a student-athlete earns her first varsity letter her junior year in volleyball so she will receive a physical letter.  If she also receives a varsity letter in basketball her junior year, she wil receive a basketball pin.  If she receives a letter in volleyball her senior year she will receive a volleyball pin).
 
Certificates
Varsity letter certificates will be awarded to student-athletes every time they earn a varsity letter and are distributed at the school banquet.  Participation certificates will be awarded to student-athletes who did not earn a varsity letter but are invited to the varsity banquet because they are on a club team or a team with combined varsity and JV athletes (equestrian, sideline cheer, dance/pom, cross country, swimming/diving, wrestling, ski, competitive cheer, track and field, tennis, golf).
 
Team Awards
At the NDP varsity banquet each season, each team will present three awards: Fighting Irish, Most Improved, and Scholar Athlete.  These awards are at the coaches' discretion.
 
Dirty Dozen Award
To earn this award, a student-athlete at NDP must complete 12 consecutive seasons of athletics in good standing at the varsity, JV or freshman level.  This includes all sports in which the MHSAA sponsors a championship.
Fall: football, sideline cheer* volleyball, girls golf, boys tennis, boys soccer, boys cross country, girls cross country, girls swimming & diving
Winter: boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer, wrestling, ice hockey, girls ski, boys ski, boys swimming & diving, boys bowling and girls bowling
Spring: baseball, softball, girls soccer, girls tennis, boys golf, girls track and field, boys track and field, girls lacrosse, boys lacrosse
* Due to the nature of competitive cheer, fall sideline cheer may be counted in years that a student-athlete successfully completes full seasons of both fall sideline cheer and winter competitive cheer
 
Wall of Fame
Student-athletes who receive FIRST TEAM all state honors, as defined by the respective state coaches association for each sport, will have their picture displayed on the Wall of Fame.  Student-athletes who are eligible for the Wall of Fame are encouraged to get their picture taken by the athletic department photographer at a time scheduled by the athletic office but can also submit their own digital picture to be approved for the wall.  It is required that the student-athlete be in proper attire in the picture and recommended that their face is clearly recognizable.  Student-athletes are eligible to have their picture on the Wall of Fame after they graduate from NDP.  An exception to this is when there is a relay team.  Please contact the athletic office with any questions.

Click on scholarship name for more information.  If you have any questions, stop by the athletic office and see Ms. Radulski or email her at mradulski@ndpma.org.

Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award

• Open to all seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale who have won a varsity letter prior to their senior year in a sport in which the MHSAA sponors a post-season tournament (NDP has cross country, volleyball, football, girls swimming & diving, tennis, golf, basketball, wrestling, skiing, competitive cheer, ice hockey, track and field, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse). 
• Submit application to the athletic office.  Four boys and four girls from NDP will be selected to be nominated and materials will be sent in to the MHSAA. 
• Submit draft of sportsmanship essay to Ms. Radulski in advance for review. 
• 2019 application deadline for NDP is November 30, 2019

Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA) Scholarship

• Four $1,000 scholarships offered to seniors who hold a minimium GPA of 3.5
• Senior must have earned a varsity letter in at least two different sports
• Application requires school staff member support and signatures
• NDP may submit one male and one female applicant
• Applications are due February 1, 2020

National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) Scholarship

• State, section and National winners selected
• Senior must have earned varsity letter in two sports for two years
• Applicant must have a B+ average GPA and scored a 24 or higher on the ACT
• Letter of recommendation, administration signature and essay required
• Hard copy application due February 1, 2020

Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport Athlete Award

• Scholarship sponsored by the Michigan High School Coaches Association (MHSCA)
• Open to seniors who have played a minimum of three sports for all four years of high school
• NDP may submit one male and one female applicant
• Applications are due on April 15, 2020

Stan Musial Scholarship

• Open to seniors of Polish-American descent who have a GPA of 3.2 or better and compete in varsity sports
• Must be nominated by coach and principal (need letter of recommendation from both)
• Must write essay on importance of academics and athletics as it relates to leadership and being a positive role model
• Deadline is March 15, 2020

Triple-Impact Competitor Scholarship

• Open to any high school junior (class of 2020)
• Must play a high sport
• Must maintain a 2.5 or higher GPA
• Application period is January 1, 2020 – May 31, 2020

NDP State Championship Teams

GIRLS SKI: 2006, 2019, 2020
VOLLEYBALL: 2007, 2013, 2017
BOYS GOLF: 2009    
GIRLS SOCCER: 2016
COMPETITIVE CHEER: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

For more accomplishments by year, please click here.