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March 28 • 2013

Steve Stein
I Contributing Writer

alamazoo College men's bas-
ketball coach Eric Dougal has
an unusual way of selecting
team captains.
"I ask for a resume, cover letter
and references from the candidates:'
he said. "Then I really drill 'em in an
interview. I want to know the kind of
person they are. I want to know how
they'll deal with the adverse situations
that always come up during a basket-
ball season:'
Senior point guard Eric Fishman
from Cranbrook-Kingswood High
School passed Dougal's test and was
named a tri-captain for this season.
Dougal said he did a great job as cap-
tain.
"Eric was fantastic:' the coach said.
"Everything his references told me was
absolutely true:'
No references are needed to know
Fishman made an impact on the court
during his Kalamazoo basketball
career.
The four-year starting point guard
scored 1,025 points, becoming only
the 21st player in team history to sur-
pass the 1,000-point mark.
He also had 224 assists in 98 games,
86 of them starts, averaged 30.3
minutes of playing time, made 143
three-point shots and was 214-for-304
at the free throw line for a 71 percent
accuracy rate.
This season, the 6-foot-1, 185-
pound Southfield resident was second
on the team in scoring (13 points per
game), assists (52) and steals (24). And
he scored a career-high 33 points vs.
Manchester on Nov. 24, 2012.
As a junior, he led Kalamazoo in
assists with 63 and was named the
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Association Player of the Week in
Week 4.
His other career highs for games
were eight rebounds, nine assists and
five steals.
"Eric is the ultimate competitor:'
Dougal said. "He wants to win so
much, doesn't care who gets the credit,
and he hates to lose. That's something

you can't teach:'
Kalamazoo finished 8-17 this season
in Dougal's first year as coach. And it
took a three-game winning streak at
the end of the year to push the victory
total to eight. How did Fishman react
to all the losses?
"With class:' Dougal said. "He did
and said all the right things:'
So what does the future hold for
Fishman? The business major and
political science minor plans to gradu-
ate from Kalamazoo in June. Then he
hopes to continue playing basketball as
a pro in Israel or France.
"I'd prefer to play in Israel, but either
country is fine he said. "I have an
agent who is helping me find a team.
I'd like to play overseas for one or two
years, then come back and look for a
job. I don't know what kind of job at
the moment:'
Dougal said he has no doubt
Fishman can play at the next level.
"If he's put into the right situation,
he'll be successful:' he said. "Unlike
many Division III basketball players,
Eric has the athleticism that's a pre-
requisite to play as a pro. I know he'll
work hard once he joins his team:'
Fishman said he decided to attend
Kalamazoo because he wanted to go
to a good school academically where
he could play basketball. He said he
couldn't be happier with his choice.
"It was a lot of fun being on the
team because I got to play so much,
and I met a lot of great guys:' he said.
A star at Cranbrook-Kingswood and
a decorated Maccabi Games basketball
player in his younger days, Fishman
was a Jewish News Male High School
Athlete of the Year in 2009. He shared
the honor with Eric Glanz from Walled
Lake Central.
Fishman isn't the first member of
his family to play college basketball.
His father, Steve Fishman, a Detroit-
based criminal defense attorney,
played for the University of Michigan
in the 1960s. He was elected to the
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
in 2003.

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