Noah LaPorte

High School: Rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 49 player in Illinois … Attended Princeton High School in Princeton, Ill. … Named to Class 3A Illinois High School Football Coaches Association (IHSFCA) All-State Team in back-to-back seasons in 2023 and 2024 … Named 2023-24 as the Bureau County Republican (BCR) outlet’s Male Athlete of the Year … Played tight end, wide receiver and defensive back at Princeton, helping the Tigers make three straight Class 3A state quarterfinal appearances … Also started on Princeton’s boys basketball team, earning All-State honors twice and becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer with 1,616 career points … Played center field and pitched for Princeton baseball team, earning second-team Three Rivers East All-Conference honors in 2023 … High school coach at Princeton was Ryan Pearson … Committed to Northwestern on June 20, 2024 … Chose Northwestern over Kansas and Michigan State.