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CAROL R. COHEN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
Junior Division:
QUOTE: "I am happy to have
competed in high school sports
because it has been a very posi-
tive experience. I look forward to
competing at the college level and
am thankful for the recognition
I have achieved."
NAMES: Eric Zacks and Evan Zacks
TEAM: Spraymaster water ski show
team at Big Lake in Davisburg.
DEEDS: Eric, 18, and his brother
Evan, 16, have been on the high-
ly competitive water-ski team for
the past five years. Spraymaster
competes against five other show
teams in Michigan.
Last year, the team earned sec-
ond place in the state show meet.
This year's state show competition
takes place next month in Kala-
mazoo.
This past spring the Zacks
brothers trained for a week at Ski
Away in Winterhaven, Fla.
NAME: Simon Galed
TEAMS: Berkley High School
men's varsity baseball and varsi-
ty swim teams
DEED: Galed, 18, is a recipient of NAME: Amy Siegel
the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame 1995 High School Ath- TEAMS: Berkley High School
letic Scholarship Award. He will women's varsity cross country
attend Michigan State Univer- and varsity track teams
sity this fall. Galed will be hon- DEED: Siegel, 18, is the other win-
ored at the Hall of Fame ner of the Michigan Jewish
induction banquet Nov. 6, at Con- Sports Hall of Fame 1995 High
gregation Shaarey Zedek.
School Athletic Scholarship
Award. She will attend Michi-
gan State University's James
Madison College this September.
Along with Simon Galed, Siegel
will be honored in November by
the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
of Fame.
THE SKINNY: Siegel, 18, earned
eight varsity letters at Berkley.
She won four letters each in cross
country and track. Siegel was
on the Academic All-State cross
country team for three years and
graduated with a 3.769 grade-
point average.
In her freshman, junior, and
senior years, Siegel received All-
Simon Galed
League honors. She also quali-
fied for the state cross country
THE SKINNY: Galed, who started meet for four years.
playing baseball at 5, has been on.
Siegel excels at track as well.
Berkley High School's varsity Her best event is the 800-meter
team for the past two years as a run, which she ran in 2 minutes
right-handed pitcher and catch- and 25 seconds at the state finals
They are also active members
er. In his freshman and sopho- last month.
of
Temple Beth El's Young Peo-
more years, he was a member of
She is a member of the Na-
the school's junior varsity base- tional Honor Society and received ple's Society. Eric was song leader
ball team.
Berkley's Roz Warren Award for and vice president of the group, as
This past season, Galed had a being this year's most notable se- well as the shofar blower in the
5-1 pitching record with a 1.20 nior female student athlete. The main sanctuary for the past two
ERA, three saves and two no-hit- honor includes a $1,000 college years on the High Holidays. Evan
will be corresponding secretary of
ters, one of which he threw in the scholarship.
the 1996 youth group.
district tournament. The Class
In addition, both brothers are
A baseball coaches awarded
excellent students. Last month,
Galed All-League, All-District
Eric graduated summa cum laude
and All-Area honors.
from West Bloomfield High School.
Berkley finished the season 18-
He will attend the University of
12, losing to Warren Mott in the
Michigan's Honors College this fall.
district finals. Galed is keeping
Evan, who will be a junior at
up his pitching this summer on
West Bloomfield High School in
Berkley's 16-18-year-olds Amer-
the fall, is a straight-A student. He
ican Legion team.
is also a section leader in the
Galed is also an exceptional
school's marching band drum line.
swimmer. He started swimming
when he was 9 and earned league
THE SKINNY: Eric and Evan began
and state honors all four years he
water-skiing five years ago.
was on the Berkley swim team.
Eric long-distance jumps, does
Galed holds five Berkley High
a barefoot and deep water barefoot
School team records: 50-yard
start, as well as a flying-dock start.
freestyle (21.73 seconds), 100-yard
He can also jump out of two skis
freestyle (47.7), 200-yard freestyle
at speeds over 40 miles per hour,
relay, 400-yard free-style relay
land on the surface of the water
and the 200-yard medley relay.
and ski barefoot.
In addition, Galed received
Evan skis barefoot and per-
Berkley High School's 1995 Bob
At Michigan State University, forms a high-point act of slalom-
Jarvis Award as outstanding se- Siegel plans to continue running ing 360 degrees around a moving
nior male student athlete.
for fun and fitness.
boat. He was also part of last
Michigan State University re- QUOTE: "It is nice to have won year's best boat crew at the state
cruited Galed for its men's swim these honors and gained recog- competition.
team. However, the two-sport nition, but I mainly accomplished
The brothers say they feel for-
star plans to try out as a pitcher these feats for my own self-pride. tunate because they have never
for the men's baseball team. If he However, I really appreciate been seriously hurt while skiing.
does not make it as a pitcher, these awards and their financial The Zacks also enjoy wake-board- c:\
Galed says he will definitely swim contribution to my college edu-
knee-boarding and trick-ski-
for MSU.
ing.
cation."