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Four Stars

High school athletes spotlighted.

Steve Stein
Special to the Jewish News

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our high school athletes will
be honored at the Jewish
Community Center of
Metropolitan Detroit in West
Bloomfield on Nov. 2 at the 25th annual
Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation
dinner. Jewish News High School
Athletes of the Year Eric Fishman, Eric
Glanz and Abby Cohen, along with
Bill Hertz Memorial Scholarship win-
ner Michelle Lapin are the high school
honorees.
Each 2009 graduate has an impres-
sive resume of athletic and academic
accomplishments.

Male Athlete
Of The Year

Eric Fishman

Name: Eric Fishman
Parents: Steve and Jeri
Fishman
High school:
Bloomfield Hilsl
Cranbrook-Kingswood
College: Kalamazoo
Major: Undecided

High school sport: Basketball. Scored
more than 400 points as a senior and
900 points in his four-year career. JCC
Maccabi Games: Played basketball
four years.
Quote: "There were a lot of other
Jewish athletes who could have won
this award, and it's an honor to be
chosen. It's nice to see that all my hard
work paid off."

Male Athlete
Of The Year

Name: Eric Glanz
Parents: Harry and
Randi Glanz
High school: Walled
Lake Central
College: Kalamazoo
Eric Glanz
Major: Pre-medicine
High school sports: Baseball and bas-
ketball. Batted .422 with team highs
of 38 hits, five home runs, 16 doubles,
30 RBI, 22 walks 69 total bases, .755
slugging percentage and .550 on-base
percentage as a senior.
Quote: "At first, I didn't think of
myself as a Jewish athlete. Then, when
I was 12 years old and went to my first

JCC Maccabi Games, I realized being
a Jewish athlete was of great impor-
tance to my community and I started to
embrace it. It gives me great pride to
not only call myself an athlete, but also
a Jewish athlete."

Female Athlete
Of The Year

Name: Abby Cohen
Parents: Andy and
Sheila Cohen
High school:
Bloomfield Hills
Cranbrook-Kingswood
Abby Cohen
College: Washington
University (St. Louis, Mo.)
Major: Biomedical engineering. High
school sports: Basketball, soccer and
volleyball (won 12 varsity letters)
Michigan High School Athletic
Association Scholar-Athlete Award and
two-year MHSAA Student Advisory
Council member.
Quote: "It's nice to be recognized
for my hard work and athletic success.
This award has helped me appreciate
the great coaches who taught me how
to excel in athletics."

Hertz Memorial
Scholarship

Name: Michelle Lapin
Parents: Glenn and
Natalie Lapin
High school: Berkley
College: Michigan
Major: Architecture or
Michelle Lapin
engineering
High school sports: Cross country,
track and field and figure skating (team
co-founder). Regional champion, three-
time state meet qualifier, and school
record-holder in the 3200-meter relay
(track).
JCC Maccabi Games: Won six gold
and three silver medals in track and
field at the 2008 Games.
Quote: "This scholarship ... has
made me extremely proud to be both
Jewish and an athlete. It's not often
that I'm able to combine two of the
most important parts of my life that
exemplify who I am as a person."
To purchase tickets, call (248)
592-9323, or visit the Web site
www.michiganjewishsports.org . ❑

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