Scholastic Roundup: Ezri Shor’s selection — a no brainer

October 29, 2021 Andy Furman

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A little late – but it wasn’t a surprise to anyone associated with the sport of women’s volleyball in New York City.

Ezri Shor was selected as the City University of New York Athletic Conference/Hospital for Special Surgery Scholar-Athlete of the Month for September.

The junior from Brooklyn College missed the entire 2020 campaign due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

She reasserted herself as one of the top performers in the CUNYAC in September. The 5-foot-5-inch captain recorded a league-high 328 assists, 28 kills, 18 service aces and 110 digs across 42 sets played during the opening month of the season.

The Midwood High grad helped Brooklyn to six non-conference wins in the month, highlighted by a five-match winning streak that spanned from September 7-16.

“Ezri is a phenomenal athlete who has been a fantastic leader both on and off the court,” said Bulldogs head coach Mateusz Gotowicki, in the media announcement. “The players go to her for guidance, and she is happy to be there for them. This award has been earned by Ezri through all of her hard work.”

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Perhaps the biggest highlights of the month came in back-to-back victories over St. Joseph’s Brooklyn and St. Joseph’s Long Island. In the four-set win over the Bears, the 2019 CUNYAC First-Team All-Star eclipsed 1,000 career assists, followed by a career-best 48 assist performance in the victory over the Golden Eagles, earning CUNYAC Player of the Week for her efforts.

“Hitting 1,000 assists showed me that hard work pays off,” Shore said in a prepared statement. “I put everything I can into the practices and games and I’m happy it shows with how I perform.”

Off the court, the 2018 CUNYAC Rookie of the Year has been named to the BC Dean’s List and has earned CUNYAC Scholar-Athlete honors while carrying a 3.7 grade-point average as a Business Administration major.

“What really helped me with being a student-athlete is managing my time in order to prioritize completing my schoolwork,” Shor said. “Even though volleyball is important, school should be a main focus and you have to find time to complete your work. If you are on campus waiting for practice, take that time to study and complete assignments.”

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As recently reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, after 54 years as Official Scorer for the Nets of New Jersey, Long Island, New York and now Brooklyn, Jefferson High grad Herb Turetzky called it quits.

And former Jefferson basketball coach, Jeff Schrier was shocked.

“I thought Herb would score until the pencil ran out of lead,” he said. “We’re friends on Facebook, and I’ve been trying to get him to visit Florida during the off-season to attend our basketball breakfasts at Poppies.”

But, adds Schrier: “Well, the basketball alumni group no longer meets at Poppies, Herb no longer scores for the Nets and I no longer attend the Tuesday morning breakfasts which have moved to Boynton Beach. Who says, ‘The more things change the more they remain the same?’”

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If there ever was an athletic “factory” in Brooklyn, it would have to start at P.S. 206 on Gravesend Neck Road.

Besides former Boston Red Sox star Rico Petrocelli, and the Lam Brothers – Hank played basketball at Staten Island CC and later Pace University; and Ken started at NYU and finished his brilliant career at St. Francis – Marc Chapman mentions the Krasnoff twins.

“They were before their time,” Chapman, a grad himself, writes. “Wendy and Susan. They were amazing basketball players. They would kick the —t out of the boys. Fast, tough and smart.”

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A Brooklyn voice was recently silenced. Brooklyn’s Alan Robert Kalter, the announcer for the “Late Show With David Letterman” for some 20 years, died on October 6th in Stamford, Conn. He was 78.

Kalter’s voice was familiar with TV viewers before he joined the “Late Show.” He had announced on game shows like “To Tell the Truth” and “The $25,000 Pyramid.”

He started announcing on WGVA radio in Geneva, New York while attending Hobart College. The radio job had a fringe benefit.

“In my off hours,” he told the New York Times, “I would create the music tapes for all our fraternity parties from the 45’s that came in to the radio station.”

Andy Furman is a Fox Sports Radio national talk show host. Previously, he was a scholastic sports columnist for the Brooklyn Eagle. He may be reached at: [email protected] Twitter: @AndyFurmanFSR