Congratulations go out to former Saint Ignatius baseball and football standout Frank DeSico '09, who has been selected as one of the two captains for the University of Notre Dame's baseball team.

A senior second baseman, Frank joins centerfielder Charlie Markson as the Fighting Irish team captains for the upcoming 2013 season.

"I am particularly happy for Frank and Charlie," said Notre Dame head coach Mik Aoki in a Fighting Irish News Release. "They have both shown remarkable growth on and off the field since their arrivals at Notre Dame, and I hope that it is especially gratifying to each of them that their teammates appointed them to lead our team.

"We talk quite often in our program about being accountable to the highest level of conduct in the classroom, on the field and in the community - about representing yourself, your family, your faith, your University and your baseball program as best we can in every choice we encounter," Aoki continued. "Charlie and Frank have absolutely done that through their actions and words. I am thrilled that their peers recognized their leadership."

DeSico started all 56 games for Notre Dame at second base in 2012. He batted .308 with nine doubles and 24 RBI, and added 13 stolen bases, 24 walks and 41 runs scored. Frank has played in 157 career games and started 154 - both are the most of any current Irish player. He has started 154 of Notre Dame's last 156 games at second base.

Congratulations to Frank, his family and Coach Brad Ganor's baseball program at Saint Ignatius. And thanks from this old-timer to the Saint Ignatius Athletic Department for allowing me to have the sincere privilege to cover Frank in both baseball and football at the Jesuit Preparatory School in Ohio City.