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teams this season.
“If I come back and bowl 
for LTU, I don’t care at what 
level it is,” Resnick said.
Wemyss calls Resnick “a 
learner.”
Resnick said she learned a 
lot at her only practice.
“I used to throw a straight 
ball. Coach Wemyss taught 
me how to hook the ball in 
just that one practice,” she 
said.
Wemyss said Resnick has 
potential.
“I know Hannah is an ath-
lete. She’s a volleyball player. 
I can work with her,” he said. 
“Maybe she won’t become 
a 200-average bowler, but 
if I can get her averaging in 
the 160s and 170s, she can 
be a solid member of our 
program. It all depends upon 
her skill set.”
Resnick plays volleyball for 
LTU. The defensive specialist 
and libero saw action this 
fall during the Blue Devils’ 
abbreviated season.
Looking back on her deci-
sion not to bowl for LTU this 
season, Resnick said she’s 
confident she did the right 
thing.
The 18-year-old is living 
at home in Farmington Hills 
while attending Southfield-

based LTU. She said she was 
concerned about bringing 
COVID-19 into her home.
“I have some mixed feel-
ings about not bowling, of 
course, but I feel I made a 
smart decision because I’ve 
kept my family safe,” she 
said. “I can still bowl next 
year.”
Resnick also is keeping her 
family safe by doing all her 
current classes online. She 
had some in-person classes 
earlier this school year.
“Online learning is hard,” 
she said.
Resnick wants to be an 
architect. That’s the major 
reason why she decided to 
attend LTU and that’s what 
she’s studying there.
Architecture is a five-year 
academic program at LTU, 
so she could end up bowling 
there for four years if she 
wants.
Resnick was a captain of 
the volleyball and bowling 
teams in her senior year at 
FJA and she was the school’s 
2019-20 Female Athlete of 
the Year.
She was named the FJA 
volleyball team’s most 
improved player as a soph-
omore and she received the 
coach’s award as a junior. 

West Bloomfield’s soft-
ball and practice fields also 
were renovated as part of 
a $1.8 million project.
“We’ve had four-man 
workouts on our turf, but 
the baseball season won’t 
feel real until we have our 
tryouts, practice and open-
ing day game,” Birnberg 
said.
“I’m feeling confident 
that we will have a sea-
son. We play outdoors, 
of course, people are 
being vaccinated, and the 
[COVID-19 infection and 

hospitalization] numbers 
are going in the right 
direction.”
Birnberg, 25, is a former 
West Bloomfield base-
ball player who was the 
Lakers’ starting shortstop 
for four years and the 
team captain as a junior 
and senior.
West Bloomfield won 
a district championship 
when he was a senior, 
stunning Birmingham 
Brother Rice, and 
advanced to the regional 
finals. 

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