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Fond Farewell
Steve Stein
Contributing Writer
B
rent Kirshner is headed to
Wall Street to work for the
Blackstone Group as a fixed
income analyst.
That's an impres-
sive accomplish-
ment for the recent
University of
Michigan grad, but
not the only reason
why he'll never for-
get his four years on
Brent Kirshner
campus.
The 21-year-old
Ann Arbor resident
was on U-M's unbelievably successful
men's lacrosse club team for three sea-
sons, and he played on the Wolverines'
first Division I team this spring.
The club team went 55-2 from 2009-
2011. It won national championships in
2009 and 2010 and finished third in the
nation in 2011.
U-M won just one of 13 games in its
inaugural season of Division I lacrosse
and Kirshner played in only six games,
but the 6-foot, 184-pound midfielder
said it was a memorable experience and
an eye-opening one.
"It was an opportunity to play with
and against the best teams and players
in the world:' he said. "Playing club and
Division I lacrosse is like night and day.
When you play Division I, you have to
live lacrosse. It's a physical and emotional
commitment. You think about lacrosse
the minute you wake up each morning."
Kirshner was a standout lacrosse
player at Ann Arbor Huron High School
before going to college.
He was enrolled in U-M's Ross School
of Business, majoring in finance, and
he graduated with a 3.55 grade point
average.
'
One Down, Two To Go
The great trophy giveaway apparently
will have a happy ending.
Three B'nai B'rith championship tro-
phies — one for basketball, softball and
volleyball — have been gathering dust
in the B'nai B'rith office in Bloomfield
Hills, so program director Bobbie
Levine put out the word that they were
available for free.
Gary Klinger, the athletic chairman
for B'nai B'rith, has scooped up the
softball trophy. He plans to update it
with the B'nai B'rith league champions
since 2007, the last year the trophy was
presented, and start awarding it again
this season.
After that's done, he'll go through the
same process with the basketball tro-
phy. The volleyball trophy could be con-
verted to a golf trophy if golf becomes
a B'nai B'rith sport next year. The B'nai
B'rith volleyball league disbanded about
10 years ago.
"I'm not sure why we stopped pre-
senting the basketball and softball
trophies:' Klinger said. "We need to start
doing that again."
The softball trophy was first awarded
in 1992. There are five teams in the
weekly league this season, and they're
halfway through the 20-game regular-
season schedule. The champion will
be determined by a two-week, double-
elimination playoff in August. Games
are played at Drake Sports Park in West
Bloomfield.
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Temple Israel softball pitcher Kenny
Walters
Bonding And Brotherhood
Temple Israel No. 2 won just two of
its first five games this season in the
Intercongregational Men's Softball
League. But the standings don't tell the
story of the team.
"The best thing about our team is
we've bonded. Everyone gets along',' said
Coach David Rubenstein. "I'm proud to
coach such a great bunch of individu-
als. We may be very competitive, and
we know we'll be in every game, but we
respect the other teams and we know
what brotherhood is all about!'
Rubenstein said pitcher Kenny
Walters has been a standout, and
he calls leftfielder Victor Uzansky "a
human vacuum cleaner:'
"And guys like Jonathan Frohlich,
Dave Witten, Elon Friedman and Scott
Chismody are great veteran players who
make everyone feel wanted:' he said.
Temple Israel No. 2 beat Adat Shalom
No. 2 12-4 on June 24. Eric Schiffer went
2-for-3 with a triple, and Jeff Katzen
contributed great defense at third base
for the winners.
Shir Shalom led the league at 5-0 after
the June 24 games. Beth Ahm was in sec-
ond place at 4-1, and Adat Shalom and
Temple Israel No. 1 were both 3-1. ❑
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