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L-R- Jalen Rose, Eric Fishman, Steve Fishman
Eric Fishman, 33, a star basketball player at Cranbrook Schools and Kalamazoo College, was inducted Tuesday night into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at a dinner at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit in West Bloomfield.
He joins hall of fame inductees -- his father, criminal defense attorney Steve Fishman, 75, who played basketball at the Mumford High School and the University of Michigan, and his grandfather Herman Fishman, who played four sports at Northern High School in Detroit and baseball and basketball at U-M.
Herman Fishman, who was inducted into the hall in 1987, played minor league baseball and was on his way to the big leagues when World War II broke out and he joined the Navy, his son Steve Fishman said. Herman died in 1967.
Steve Fishman, who was inducted into the hall in 2003, said it was an honor to have his son join two generations of the family in the hall of fame.
"It was well deserved," he said.
Additionally, Fishman said his uncle Mickey Fishman, a star pitcher at the University of Michigan, was inducted in 1998.
Inductee Nicole Meisner and father Mort Meisner
Others inducted Tuesday into the hall of fame include Nicole Meisner, 32, who was a Division One sprinter and holder of multiple records at the University of Detroit Mercy.
Her father, Mort Meisner, an agent representing TV news talent, and the former news director at WJBK Fox 2, said he was very proud of his daughter who he described as an extremely talented athlete.
Others inducted include:
- Nathan Edmunds
- Eric Weberman
- Jake Friedman
Jalen Rose, TV sports personality, former NBA player and member of U-M's Fab Five, was honored Tuesday with the Alvin and Shirley Foon Inspiration Award.
The first inductees in 1985 included Tigers great Hank Greenberg and Pistons owner William Davidson.
