Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 17 in a time of reflecting upon and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Andy Richter (Perkasie, PA/Christopher Dock) and Marla Young (Fishersville, VA/Wilson Memorial) won the President’s Awards, the highest athletic award given out by EMU.
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Senior Nolan Prock (Virginia Beach, VA/Frank W. Cox) picked up a unique honor, as he has been named to the first ever CVC All-East Division Team. This year was the inaugural season of the Continental Volleyball Conference.
Prock relished in the libero role this year and will finish as on ...More
After Friday’s important win over Thiel, the EMU volleyball men held serve Saturday at the CVC Weekend, taking a win over PBU before falling to No. 4 Juniata. The Royals wrap up their regular season Wednesday night at Stevenson. A win against the Mustangs would assure the men a top three spot in the East Division and berth in the inaugural CVC Tournament.
EMU 3, Philade ...More
Name: Kendall Garber
Year: Senior
Sport: Men’s Volleyball
Hometown/High School: Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite
Specs: MOC Volleyball Festival All-Tournament Team (2012), NECVA All-Academic Team (2011). Played numerous positions for ...More
The Royals continued their play at a Continental Volleyball Conference weekend in Owings Mills, MD, on Saturday. The men split with Juniata and Philadelphia Biblical, coming home with a 7-8 record overall record.
Eastern Mennonite 3, Philadelphia Biblical 0
The men snapped a three-match skid by beating PBU to close the day. EMU had a late 6-0 run to break open ...More
After knocking off one nationally ranked opponent on Saturday, the Royals failed to equal the fete on Sunday. Despite heading home with a 2-2 overall record from the Thiel College AVI Invitational, the volleyball men proved they could play with the best teams in the nation.
Sunday, Feb. 5
Nazareth 3, EMU 0
The men opened their final day of play at the invite against No. 5 ...More
Once a year, Eastern Mennonite University gets all of its student-athletes together in one place. Royals Night, as it is called, was on August 31 this year, as this year’s Royals and Lady Royals got an introduction for what it means to be a student-athlete at EMU.
Athletic Director Dave King led the evening.
“This has become a tradition that helps us get th ...More
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the resignation of Steve Benson, head coach of the men’s and women’s volleyball programs, effective at the end of July. Benson, who just finished his sixth season at EMU, has accepted a position as the Event Manager for the Florida Region of USA Volleyball.
In the 2005-06 season, Benson took over as Eastern Mennonite’s first co ...More
The Royals men’s volleyball program will have a new conference in 2012.
Gary Williams, Associate Athletic Director of Carthage College announced the forming of the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC), a nation-wide men’s volleyball conference with ten NCAA Division III Institutions focused on academic and athleti ...More
When Frankie Coto (Miami, Fl./Southwest Miami) graduates from Eastern Mennonite later this spring, he will leave with his name peppered throughout the men’s volleyball record books.
On his final regular season match Saturday in Harrisonburg, Coto was content to slam 14 kills without an error and lead his Royals to a 3-0 wi ...More
