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Turner became the third incoming Fighting Irish student-athlete (and second women's basketball player) to earn the Gatorade Na- tional High School Athlete of the Year award, following Skylar Dig- gins (2009), and current women's soccer midfielder/Soccer America Freshman All-America selection Morgan Andrews (2013). 4 Years since 2007-09 Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen has thrown a pass in an NFL regular-season game. A 10-game rookie starter for Carolina in 2010, Clausen backed up Cam Newton the past three years (while on injured reserve in 2013) before sign- ing with Chicago this June. He is competing with Jordan Palmer for the No. 2 job behind Jay Cutler. 6 Notre Dame football verbal commits among its 17 (as of July 21) that made 247Sports' list of the top 247 players nation- ally. Louisiana offensive tackle Jerry Tillery was the highest ranked commitment (No. 77), followed by Idaho center Tristen Hoge (105), Ohio cornerback Shaun Crawford (152), Indiana outside linebacker Josh Barajas (158), Pennsylvania running back Josh Adams (171) and California wide receiver C.J. Sanders (226). 16 Ranking of Notre Dame's quarterback situation by NFL.com among all Football Bowl Subdivision teams. The ratings are not based just on pure talent, but also how their quarterbacks fit their offense, experience level of the starter and backup and an objective-based opinion of offensive production in 2014. Neither junior Everett Golson nor sophomore Malik Zaire took a snap for the Fighting Irish in 2013. 27 Points scored by 2009-13 Notre Dame star and second-year point guard Skylar Diggins in her first WNBA All-Star Game held July 19 in Phoenix. She paced the West squad, which lost 125- 124 in overtime, with 10-of-18 shooting from the floor, including a 4-of-7 effort from three-point range and 3-of-4 performance from the foul line, and added seven assists. At the All-Star break, she was second in the league in scoring (21.0 points per game) and fourth in assists (5.3 per game). $252.25 Notre Dame's average secondary market price on a football ticket for the 2014 season — the highest in the nation according to TiqIQ. The most expensive game at Notre Dame Stadium this season will be Sept. 6 versus Michigan with an average price, as of mid-July, of $562.35 on the secondary market. Rounding out the top five are Georgia ($236.72), Ohio State ($220.26), Alabama ($203.94) and UCLA ($183.73). UNDER THE DOME Notre Dame PaNoramic Puzzle Blue & Gold Illustrated P.O. Box 2331 Durham, NC 27702 1-800-421-7751 www.BlueGoldOnline.com Please add Sales Tax if you live in NC (7.5%), MI (6%), or IN (7%) $19.95 +$8.00 S&H* Item #6656 1,000 pieces • Size 39"x13" *Shipping within continental U.S. only ATTENTION IRISH FANS Packages are available for all home football games Aug. 30 Rice Sept.6 Michigan Oct. 4 Stanford Oct. 11 North Carolina Nov. 15 Northwestern Nov. 22 Louisville Packages Include: * Game Tickets Endzone to the 45 yard line * Two night hotel Please visit www.diamondtravel.com for complete details 1-602-870-9197 26 years in business