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36 May 19 • 2016
oe Shecter is a hockey player
and a cadet at the U.S. Military
Academy in West Point, N.Y. He
couldn’t be prouder about both roles.
Shecter recently completed his sopho-
more season as a defenseman for Army.
The 2011 North Farmington High School
graduate played in 35
of the Black Knights’
39 games and scored
his first college goal, a
game-winner.
The 5-foot-11, 188-
pound Farmington
Hills resident played
three seasons with the
Joe Shecter
Ottawa Jr. Senators of
the Central Canada
Hockey League after a
stellar prep career with the Farmington
Flyers, a team made up of players from
North Farmington and Farmington Hills
Harrison high schools.
Shecter said West Point wasn’t on his
radar when he began thinking about col-
leges. But after a campus recruiting visit,
he decided it would be a great fit for him
academically and athletically.
“West Point is one of the top academic
schools in the nation,” he said. “I thought
going there would set me up for success
in the future regardless of my chosen
path.”
Shecter is majoring in mechanical
engineering.
As for hockey, Shecter said he saw
coming to Army as an opportunity to
play right away and help a struggling
program. So far, he’s two-for-two. The
Black Knights finished 15-15-9 this
season.
Walking around the West Point
campus during his visit, Shecter said
to himself he’d be crazy to give up the
opportunity to go there.
“I’d be able to play college hockey,
attend a great school and have the honor
of serving my country,” he said. “With
each passing month, I’ve been happier
and happier with my decision.”
Shecter will have a five-year military
obligation after he graduates. His branch
and first post will be determined by his
class rank at graduation.
“Your class rank is made up of your
academic GPA, physical GPA and mili-
tary GPA. You get graded on pretty much
everything you do here,” he said.
BIG RED RECORD
Alexandra D’Ascenzo wrote her name in
the Cornell University women’s tennis
record book this season.
The junior from West Bloomfield went
17-5 in dual matches. The 17 wins was
the most in a single season in school his-
tory, breaking the old mark of 16.
D’Ascenzo went 6-1 in Ivy League
dual matches and was
named second team
all-league in singles.
All six wins came at
No. 2 singles. She was
moved up to No. 2 in
January after a Big
Red teammate suf-
fered a season-ending
Alexandra
injury.
D’Ascenzo
It was D’Ascenzo’s
second All-Ivy League
honor. She was selected to the second
team in doubles as a sophomore.
Cornell is ranked No. 59 in the
country by the Intercollegiate Tennis
Association. The Big Red won a school
record 15 dual matches this season and
went 4-3 in the Ivy League, its first win-
ning record in the league since 1996.
ANOTHER STATE TITLE?
Coach Barry Brodsky has another strong
girls soccer team at Marian High School
in Bloomfield Hills.
The Mustangs were ranked No. 1 in
Division 2 with an 8-0-1 record recently
as they looked to regain the state cham-
pionship that has eluded them since
2012.
Marian was the state runner-up in
2013 and 2014. Its normal deep run in
the state playoffs was cut short last sea-
son by Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, which
beat the Mustangs 1-0 in overtime in a
district championship game and handed
them their only loss of the year.
Fourteen players are back from last
year’s Marian team, which finished 15-1-
4 and won its second straight Catholic
League championship.
This is Brodsky’s 15th year as Marian’s
coach. The 1973 Southfield-Lathrup
High School graduate has guided the
Mustangs to five state championships
(2003, 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2012) and
three state runner-up finishes (2002,
2013 and 2014).
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