Sadly, I missed out on the men's basketball team's 2OT thriller with Delaware because I drove down to my native Maryland for the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Sports Hall of Fame's Dinner of Champions. While I was there because my brother Harris (who will be pitching for Lehigh next year) received an award given out to some of the top area Jewish high school athletes, a nice bonus was getting to see the induction of former Penn lacrosse goalie Sarah Waxman into the Greater Washington DC Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Waxman - the national Goalkeeper of the Year in 2007 and 2008 - now joins the DC area's most notable Jewish sports figures in the Hall of Fame, including former Boston Celtics head coach Red Auerbach, Tampa Bay Lightning center Jeff Halpern, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, and legendary sportswriter Shirley Povich. Sportswriter/former MNF sportscaster/television personality/radio host Tony Kornheiser (also a member of the Hall) sponsored her admission, and even gave her a shoutout on Pardon the Interruption on Friday.
Waxman made a nice speech, noting her unique position as a Jewish athlete on Penn's campus. She described educating her teammates about the rules regarding what food is kosher and the discussions that ensued. Waxman noted that the three components to the induction, "DC," "Jewish," and "sports" were all things she took great pride in and so she was thrilled to be honored.
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