Cazenovia High School senior Saige Ackermann this week declared her intention to attend Notre Dame College in the fall, where she will play women’s soccer and study nursing. She signed a National Letter of Intent for Women’s Soccer on Wednesday, Feb. 1, during a ceremony in the high school.
Ackermann is a three-sport athlete at CHS who plays basketball and lacrosse as well as soccer. She said she chose Notre Dame because she liked the school, the soccer team and head coach when she visited. “I thought it was a good fit,” she said.
Notre Dame College, located in South Euclid, Ohio, is a NCAA Division II institution and a charter member of the newly formed Mountain East Conference.
During the ceremony, CHS Athletic Director Michael Byrnes said that as far as he was aware in his 16 years at Cazenovia, Ackermann’s announcement was the first time a letter of intent for women’s soccer had ever been signed by a CHS student.
“It’s very rewarding to know I’m the first one to represent Cazenovia like this,” she said.
