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I

t's not easy giving up something
you love doing. But at the same
time, it's exciting moving on to the
next phase of your life.
Eric Weberman is dealing with those
emotions. His days as a high-level
soccer player are over. But law school
is in the 21-year-old Northwestern
University senior's future.
Weberman played for the
Northwestern men's soccer team
for four years, mostly as a center-
midfielder. The North Farmington
High School graduate was one of
Northwestern's three team captains
this fall.
Four years of high school soccer and
six years of playing club soccer pre-
ceded his days as a Wildcat.
"Deep down, I know I can still play
at a high level, but my body has had
enough:' he said. "I need and want to
move on to something different"
What's most difficult about giving
up soccer?
"I love the competition:' he said.
"Plus, I grew up playing the game and
learned early that I was good enough
to play it at a high level."
Soccer gave Weberman once-in-a-
lifetime opportunities to play in Israel
in 2013 with the U.S. men's team at
the Maccabiah Games and in Spain in
2007 with the Olympic Development
Program Region II team.
He helped the U.S. win its first
soccer gold medal at the Maccabiah
Games, scoring a goal in the semifinals
against Canada and the championship
game against Argentina.
Weberman plans to graduate in June
from Northwestern. He's majoring in
political science with minors in busi-
ness institutions and legal studies.
He took the Law School Admission
Test in early December and he's
applied to 13 schools. Tops on his list

is the University of Michigan.
Playing soccer, going to classes and
preparing for the LSAT with eight
hours of online courses each week
for about a month and a half this fall
wasn't easy.
"It kept me busy:' Weberman said. "I
had to stay focused. It was overwhelm-
ing at times."
After he graduates from law school,
Weberman said, he's thinking of pur-
suing a career as a sports agent or in
contract or corporate law.
Weberman said he's happy he chose
to attend Northwestern coming out of
high school. U-M was a close second
in the recruiting race.
"Northwestern has been great for
me academically, and I've made some
lifelong friends:' he said.
The Wildcats were quite successful
on the soccer field during the years
Weberman was on the team.
They played in the NCAA tourna-
ment four times, including a Sweet
16 appearance in 2012, and won their
first three Big Ten Conference champi-
onships (2011, 2012, 2014). Weberman
was an All-Big Ten Tournament selec-
tion in 2012.
The 5-foot-7, 160-pound
Farmington Hills resident played in
every game for Northwestern (9-4-6,
4-1-3) this season, starting five, and he
had two goals and two assists.
While at North Farmington,
Weberman was a first-team All-State
and Michigan Dream Team member
in 2010, and he was a three-time team
MVP and two-time team captain.
He played in the Michigan Wolves
club program for six years, winning
state and national titles.
His parents are Aron and Cheryl
Weberman. His older brother
Brian played soccer at Northwood
University.

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