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ake and Marlee Rothman
made history.
They're the first twins
to receive the Bill Hertz Memorial
Scholarship, presented at the annual
Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
induction ceremony.
Jake Rothman
Marlee Rothman
The 18-year-olds from Huntington
Woods were born three minutes apart
May 30, 1996, at William Beaumont
congregations.
Hospital in Royal Oak. Marlee is the older.
The roster included Kenny Walters,
They were working as counselors at
Victor and Ben Uzansky, Kevin Agrest,
Camp Tamarack this summer when their
Scott Korobkin, Seth Glazer, Mike
parents gave them the good news about
Rubenstein and Kevin Kadrofsky from
the scholarships.
Temple Israel; David and Jay Kozlowski
Each twin played three years of tennis
from Congregation Shaarey Zedek; Scott
at Berkley High School before graduat-
Litt from Congregation Shir Tikvah;
ing earlier this year. Jake was the student
Dave Schwartz from Adat Shalom
manager for the girls tennis team for two
Synagogue; Jeff Kaplan from Temple Kol
years, and Marlee was the student man-
Ami; and Richard Elias from Temple
ager for the boys team for three years.
Shir Shalom.
Jake played in the Michigan High
After going 3-7 during the regular sea-
School Athletic Association state tour-
son, the Jeters won three games during
nament in 2013 and 2014, going 2-2 in
the one-day playoffs and beat the top two
doubles.
teams in the league in the semifinals and
He was the editor-in-chief of the
championship game. How did they do it?
Berkley student newspaper when he was
"We went into the playoffs without
a senior. Also that year, Marlee was vice
any huge expectations. We wanted to
president of the senior class.
have a good time more than anything
They decided to attend different colleg-
else, and that's what we did:' said Victor
es — Jake is a freshman at the University
Uzansky, who managed the team along
of Michigan and Marlee is a freshman
with Walters.
at Michigan State University — but not
The relaxed approach and having
because they wanted to get away from
most of their players there led to a day
each other.
where the Jeters hit and fielded well, the
Jake wants to work on the business side recipe for softball success.
of a Major League Baseball team's front
But the championship almost didn't
office and Marlee wants to work in pack-
happen. Down by four runs in the fifth
age design. U-M and MSU each offered
inning of their first-round game, the
the best opportunities to pursue those
Jeters needed a rally to beat Kosher Ribs
careers.
12-10.
After the reprieve, the Jeters crushed
Their parents are Rick and Darlene
Rothman.
the No. 1 seed Bad News Jews 16-4 in
Darlene Rothman said the twins have
the semifinals and No. 2 seed Marble
Rye 25-7 in the championship game.
always been close.
"They were apart for five weeks before
Bad News Jews and Marble Rye were
they came home this month for Yom
a combined 18-2 during the regular
Kippur," she said. "That was the longest
season.
they'd ever been apart:'
Even without the championship,
Also honored Tuesday (Oct. 28) at
Victor Uzansky said he endorses the
the Hall of Fame induction dinner were
concept of the fall season.
Dylan Deitch from Bloomfield Hills and
"You get to know guys on teams you
Nikki Wald from North Farmington,
face during the league's summer season:'
The Jewish News Male and Female High
he said.
School Athletes of the Year.
He said he especially enjoyed this fall
season because his son Ben, a sopho-
Team Effort
more at Michigan State, drove in from
One of the main purposes of the Inter-
East Lansing to play with the team on
Congregational Men's Club fall softball
Sundays at Drake Sports Park in West
Bloomfield. ❑
league is to give players from different
temples and synagogues a chance to meet
Send news to stevestein502004@yahoo.com.
each other by playing on the same team.
The champion Jeters had players from six