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Tennis State Champ
Makes Opponents
Take a Hike

STEVE STEIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

J

enna Silverman loves playing
state championship match.
tennis.
Also seeded No. 1 in the region-
And she’s good at it. She won a
al at Rochester Hills Stoney Creek,
Division 1 state championship last sea- Silverman lived up to her seed with
son when she was a soph-
a 6-2, 6-3 win over Stoney
omore at Bloomfield Hills
Creek’s Nina Munaco in the
High School.
No. 4 Singles regional title
But she needs a break
match.
from tennis sometimes. A
Bloomfield Hills won the
big diversion is camping.
regional and finished third at
Shortly after becoming a
the state tournament for the
state champion last spring,
second straight year.
Silverman traveled far from
Although tennis takes up
her home in Bloomfield
a lot of Silverman’s time, she
Hills for Tamarack Camps’
hasn’t let that affect her aca-
Jenna Silverman
seven-week Alaska trip.
demically at Bloomfield Hills
She was among the
or prevent her from getting
campers who spent 48 days hiking,
involved in other extracurricular activ-
kayaking, climbing on a glacier and
ities. She’s a 4.0 student and a member
fishing for salmon, all while learning of several clubs.
about the values of Jewish identity,
“You need to be very organized
community and leadership.
and disciplined,” she said when asked
“I’m a camping person. That was
how she’s been able to do so well aca-
my ninth summer with Tamarack,”
demically.
Silverman said. “I went on their five-
The 16-year-old’s academic goal
week Western trip to Wyoming and
is to study at the University of
Utah the previous summer.”
Michigan. She wants to follow in
Besides giving her a mental break
the footsteps of her older sister and
from tennis, the camping experi-
brother, who both graduated from
ences help her physically for tennis,
Bloomfield Hills and were four-year
Silverman said.
tennis players for the Blackhawks.
“I’m sure all that hiking on steep
Jenna wants to begin her pursuit of a
trails in the mountains in Alaska made career in medicine while in Ann Arbor
me stronger for tennis,” she said.
and possibly play club tennis there.
Silverman has quickly climbed to the
Her sister Brittany, 22, graduated
top in the world of high school tennis.
from U-M in April and is in her gap
After being the runner-up at No. 4 year before going to medical school.
Singles in the Division 1 state tour-
Her brother Bradley, 19, is a sopho-
nament when she was a freshman,
more at U-M, majoring in biopsychol-
she won it all at No. 4 Singles as a
ogy cognition and neuroscience.
sophomore.
Their parents, both doctors, are Alan
There was a lot of pressure on her
Silverman and Suzie Merkle.
in the most recent state tournament.
Jenna said her tennis strengths are
She entered the competition in
her forehand and power game. She
Midland undefeated and the No. 1
needs to make her serve more con-
seed in her flight.
sistent, she said, especially because it’s
“My opponents came into our
quite possible she’ll be moving up in
matches with nothing to lose,” she
Bloomfield Hills’ Singles lineup.
said. “If they won, it would have been
“It would be nice to stay at No. 4
huge for them. If they lost, it was to
Singles because I know I can do well
the top seed.”
there, but I would like the challenge of
Silverman needed a rally and
being higher in our lineup,” she said. ■
tie-breaker win to secure her state title.
She defeated Hadley Camp of Midland Send news to stevestein502004@yahoo.
Dow 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (11) in a hard-fought com.