sports Senior Living I Independent andAssisted Living A i Independence Village Star Diver of WHITE LAKE Steve Stein Contributing Writer I pplications are being accepted by the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation for the Jewish News Male and Female Athlete of the Year and Bill Hertz Scholarship awards. Deadline is July 7; win- ners will be notified by Aug. 15. Apply at www. michiganjewishsports.org . Jewish high school seniors are eligible. Molly Gelb was the Molly Gel 2013 Female Athlete of the Year. The former Ann Arbor Huron High School diver had a strong freshman season for the Brown University women's swimming and div- ing team, scoring points in diving at the Ivy League meet. There were six divers on the Brown team. Only three, including Gelb, com- peted at the league meet. As for classroom work in her first year at college, "It wasn't easy, but it was manageable Gelb said. The atmosphere at the Providence, R.I., school was exactly as she thought it would be. "It's a laid-back place with happy people she said. "Students are more collaborative than competitive Gelb was an athletic and academic star at Huron. She was a two-time All-State and All- American diver, four-time conference diving champion and she served as team captain when she was a senior. She dove into academics enough to earn Academic All-American and Academic All-State recognition. Gelb, 19, was the second member of her family to be named the Female Athlete of the Year. Her sister Elizabeth Gelb, 20, a junior swimmer at Princeton University in New Jersey, won the honor in 2011. Their parents are Douglas Gelb and Karen Kluin of Ann Arbor. Molly Gelb encourages Jewish high school seniors to apply for the Athlete of Year awards. "The application process is pretty simple she said. "You don't have to jump through any hoops. I was happy and honored to be named Athlete of the Year. I wasn't expecting it:' The Athlete of the Year awards are based solely on athletic achievement. 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In & in g',t,' ■ °417," 1903430e 48 May 29 • 2014 are based on financial need, academic achievement and athletic participation and must be used to defray tuition costs during the honoree's freshman year in college. Scholarship award nom- inations can come from the same sources as the Athlete of the Year awards. The Athlete of the Year and scholarship award winners are honored each fall at the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation's annu- al Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet. For information on the awards, contact foundation Executive Director David Blatt at (248) 592-9323 or hblatt@ michiganjewishsports.org . Baseball Champs It's been a championship season for Harrison Milen, Brett Kramer and the rest of the North Farmington High School baseball team. The Raiders are the champs of the Oakland Activities Association White Division. As of late last week, they were 22-6 overall and 11-3 in the division. They were ranked No. 10 in the state among Division I and Division II teams by Prep Baseball Report. Milen is a junior pitcher-catcher- leftfielder. Kramer, also a junior, is a pitcher and second baseman. Both are starters and are batting about .300. Each enjoyed a thrill of a lifetime May 1 on a cold, rainy afternoon when they pitched at Comerica Park during North Farmington's 7-3 non-league win over Bullock Creek. Milen plays summer travel baseball with the Michigan Red Sox. Kramer plays summer ball with the Oakland Whitecaps. Chrome Connection Need another reason to root for California Chrome to win the Belmont Stakes on June 7 and become the first winner of throughbred racing's Triple Crown since 1978? Art Sherman, California Chrome's trainer, is Jewish. According to a story in the Daily Racing Form, the 5-foot-2 Sherman was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles. He now lives in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. While Sherman isn't an active partici- pant in Jewish customs and practices, according to the story, he often attends a family Passover seder. ❑ Send news to sports@thejewishnews.com .