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November 30 • 2017
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ne of the newest members of
to receive a full-ride athletic schol-
the Michigan Jewish Sports
arship from Vanderbilt University,
Hall of Fame is more well-
she played basketball for two years
known in Tennessee for her athletic
at the Nashville school before a bad
accomplishments than in our state.
knee ended her athletic career.
But that’s perfectly fine with
Cohen underwent three major
Sheila (Johansson) Cohen,
knee surgeries on her left
one of five 2017 Hall of
knee, which eventually left
Fame inductees. She left
her in constant pain and
Tennessee and came to
unable to walk more than
Michigan, her husband’s
five steps without stopping.
home state, so she could
When walking up or down
strike out on her own pro-
stairs, it was one step at a
fessionally.
time.
“I didn’t want anything
Finally, after about a dozen
handed to me because
years of agony and frustra-
Sheila Cohen
people knew me,” she said.
tion, she decided to do some-
“I wanted to work for it.”
thing about it and had knee
She’s achieved quite a bit in her
replacement surgery in 2012.
27 years as a teacher, coach and
“That operation changed my life,”
athletic administrator at Cranbrook
she said. “I’m an athlete, but I wasn’t
Schools in Bloomfield Hills.
living like an athlete back then. Now
Currently a sixth-grade math
I am again. There was nothing left
teacher at the boys’ middle school,
inside that knee and it was six times
the Huntington Woods resident has
the size of a normal knee.”
been recognized for her innovative
Now 57, Cohen said she was
teaching techniques; she spearheads “humbled and honored” to be
anti-bullying programs and she’s a
inducted into the Jewish Sports
member of Cranbrook’s diversity
Hall of Fame in September at the
committee.
Jewish Community Center in West
In 2011, she was presented
Bloomfield.
Cranbrook’s Excellence in Teaching
The evening was extra special
Award.
for her because she became part of
Her teaching techniques involve a the first mother-and-daughter con-
“flipped classroom,” where students
nection with Hall of Fame-related
take notes from her 8- to 12-minute
honors.
lecture videos at home, then do
Her daughter Abby Cohen was
collaborative work and what is tra-
the 2009 Jewish News Female High
ditionally considered homework in
School Athlete of the Year. Abby
the classroom.
earned 12 varsity letters in bas-
The anti-bullying programs
ketball, soccer and volleyball at
encourage bystanders to step up
Cranbrook.
when they see bullying or, at the
Sheila Cohen met her husband
very least, inform an adult like a
Andy Cohen at Vanderbilt. He did
teacher or administrator.
play-by-play of Vanderbilt sports
Cohen was a star girls basketball
events for the school’s radio station
player in rural Mt. Juliet, Tenn., near and faked an interview with his
Nashville. She led her high school
future wife to ask her out for their
team to the 1977 Tennessee Class
first date.
AAA state championship and was
She didn’t know about the ploy for
unanimously selected the MVP of
many years.
the state tournament.
“Andy didn’t tell me it was a fake
She was on the gold-medal win-
interview until just before we were
ning U.S. women’s basketball team,
married in 1985,” she said.
coached by the legendary Pat
Other 2017 Hall of Fame inductees
Summitt, at the 1978 Pan American
were Rob Alvin, William Fagenson,
Games in Mexico City before finish-
Jack Levitt and Noah Ruden. •
ing her high school basketball career
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