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three tournaments, had a 35-3-7
season record, and made it to the
NAME: Stacey Young
state district finals.
Young also made time for Jew-
TEAMS: West Bloomfield High
ish activities.. She was a member
School tennis and volleyball.
of Temple Israel's youth
group and graduated from
the temple's high school
program in May.
The West Bloomfield
High School faculty named
her the Most Outstanding
Representative Student for
1994-1995 based on her
leadership skills, scholastic
achievement, citizenship
and attitude.
Young was president of
her class all four years of
high school.
She was picked to attend
a nation-wide seminar in
Washington, D.C., last
Stacey Young
summer to study the gov-
ernmental process.
DEED: Young, 18, was selected
along with Brian Gurwin 1995 QUOTE: "Through all the competi-
Jewish High School Athletes of tion in sports, the most important
the Year by the Michigan Jewish things I learned were to show good
Sports Hall of Fame and The Jew- sportsmanship and maintain an
honorable reputation," Young
ish News.
They will be honored at the said. "I am also very grateful to
Hall of Fame induction banquet the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall
Nov. 6, at Congregation Shaarey of Fame for selecting me to receive
Zedek. Their names will be in- such an accomplished award."
scribed on a permanent plaque at
the Jewish Community Center in
West Bloomfield.
Young graduated from West
Bloomfield High School in June NAME: Brian Gurwin
with a 3.499 G.P.A. She will at- TEAM: Farmington Harrison High
tend James Madison College at School football team
Michigan State University this
fall.
THE SKINNY: Young played
varsity tennis for four years
and varsity volleyball for
three. She also was captain
of both teams her senior
year.
Young plans to focus on
academics in college, but is
also interested in playing in-
tramural tennis and club vol-
leyball.
She enjoys both sports:
"Tennis is such an individ-
ual sport, whereas volleyball
is so team-oriented."
Young took up tennis at
age 9. She was No. 1 singles for
the West Bloomfield varsity team DEED: Gurwin, 18, along with
her freshman, sophomore and se- Stacey Young, has been chosen
nior years and No. 2 singles her a 1995 Jewish High School Ath-
junior year. The Oakland Athletic lete of the Year.
Association awarded Young All-
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa
League honors during all four from Harrison High School in
years of high school.
June with a 3.95 G.P.A. Gurwin
As a senior, she received the will study mechanical engineer-
Laker Award from coach Bonnie ing at the University of Michigan
Koch, and her teammates voted with a Regents-Alumni Scholar-
her most valuable player.
ship.
Young started playing volley- THE SKINNY: The 6-foot-2-inch, 195-
ball when she was 12 at Orchard
pound Gurwin was a two-way
Lake Middle School and played player on Harrison's Class A state
on several Maccabi teams.
championship football team for
On her high school team,
the past two years. He was line-
Young played outside hitter. As
man of the game three times in
a junior and senior, she was vot- 1994 and earned several scholar-
ed All-League honorable mention. athlete awards.
This past season, Young's team
Gurwin primarily played left
did extremely well. They won
tackle, but he was also a defensive
Junior Division