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Benji Jacobson’
s first 
collegiate men’
s tennis 
championship has an 
unusual name connect-
ed to it.
Jacobson, a Tulane 
University redshirt fresh-
man from Bloomfield 
Hills and 2018 Jewish 
News High School 
Athlete of the Year, won 
the Houndstooth singles flight at the 
CCB Invitational at the Country Club 
of Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala., 
hosted by the University of Alabama.
Houndstooth is a reference to the 
kind of hat worn during games by 
former Alabama football coach Bear 
Bryant.
Jacobson won all three of his 
Houndstooth flight matches.
He came from behind to beat 

Alabama-Birmingham’
s 
Nikola Puric 1-6, 6-3, 
6-3 on Nov. 3 in the 
flight championship 
match. There were eight 
players in the flight.
Jacobson was a star 
at Cranbrook-Kingswood 
High School, where he 
was a three-time singles 
state champion and 
three-time All-American.
But he didn’
t play for Tulane last 
season because he red-shirted.
“It’
s exciting and encouraging to 
see the progress Benji has made 
since coming here,” said Tulane 
men’
s tennis coach Mark Booras. 
“He took the hard route by red-shirt-
ing, and he worked his tail off last 
season. We’
re seeing the fruits of 
those labors.”

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their homes and are making 
sure they get dinner after the 
games.”
Prinstein is now looking 
to expand and grow the 
International Stars Baseball 
Academy. His goal is to build 
a free year-round indoor-
outdoor facility in Detroit for 
boys and girls.
“This could bring more 
national attention to Detroit 
and more funding for 
afterschool programming,” 
Prinstein said. “I want to 
bring international tourna-
ments to Detroit, but if we 
don’
t have multiple fields and 
a complex to house that, we 
can’
t do it.”
In addition to enhancing 
their baseball/softball skills at 
this indoor facility, Prinstein 
wants to implement a “safe 
environment with afterschool 
tutoring, mentoring pro-
grams, social work services 

and career development with 
an emphasis on character 
development.”
Prinstein’
s mother, Dayle, 
was a social worker for Royal 
Oak public schools. Her 
dedication to her students 
inspires him to offer addi-
tional outreach services.
Through the academy, 
Prinstein has not only wit-
nessed the kids become 
better baseball players, he has 
also seen a positive impact 
on their emotional well-being 
and their success in school.
“Seeing this impact on an 
individual basis and giving 
these kids a path to maybe 
play college baseball is what 
this organization is all about,” 
Prinstein said. 

To donate to help fund the indoor/
outdoor facility, visit http://
isbaseball.com/donate/. You can 
also donate sports equipment or 
volunteer as a coach.

COURTESY OF JUSTIN PRINSTEIN

14u team wins 
Detroit PAL 
Summer League 
Championship.

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