Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Rob Alvin

For Rob, high school and college sports were a numbers game: eight varsity letters in high school for basketball – he had a career high of 38 points in one memorable game as a senior – baseball, and track and field; six varsity letters in college for basketball and baseball – setting school records with 12 home runs and a .773 slugging percentage as a senior. Rob is also a noted tennis player, having led his team to winning the 1998 Michigan State USTA team tennis title and winning the sectional tournament, both while playing for Peachtree Racquet Club in Sterling Heights. He also played Class A baseball between 1989 and 1995 in the AABC Stan Musial League. The Birmingham Groves and Oakland University graduate claims notable achievements on the links, too, with two holes-in-one. Rob, a sales rep for Prestige Energy Products, a Grand Rapids-based commercial LED lighting company, volunteers with Meals on Wheels and contributes to the JCC and Red Cross blood donation drives. Inducted 2017.