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DN-R: ‘EMU grad Cofield finds optimism through basketball’

June 15, 2020Last updated June 16, 2020 by David Driver/Daily News-Record

Marvin Cofield ’84, an elementary school physical education teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, and owner of the Marvin Cofield Basketball School in Washington D.C., recently spoke with fellow alum David

Royals basketball players bring smiles to Waterman readers

January 16, 2020Last updated January 23, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

You might think college students, and especially busy athletes, would groan at the prospect of their coach assigning additional reading. Not so for this year’s EMU Runnin’ Royals men’s basketball

Royals Athlete Of The Week: Sammy Thomas

November 26, 2018 by Elizabeth Nisly

Sammy Thomas (Owings, Md./Northern) is enjoying a great start to his senior season of basketball. He walked away from EMU’s game against nationally-ranked New Jersey City with his first double double

Royals show promise against D-1 JMU

November 7, 2018Last updated November 13, 2018 by James De Boer

EMU’s basketball men got in a good warmup to the 2018-19 season Tuesday night, playing an exhibition at James Madison University. This was the third time in four years that the Runnin

Three alumni athletes inducted into EMU Hall of Honor

October 13, 2018Last updated October 16, 2018 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University inducted three new members Saturday, Oct. 13, into the Hall of Honor during Homecoming & Family Weekend. [WATCH VIDEO OF THE CEREMONY HERE.] With this year’s inductions, the hall

Tributes by faculty and staff for 2018 Cords of Distinction honorees

May 9, 2018Last updated May 9, 2018 by Compiled by Bernadette Griffith

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 5, 2018, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the

Royals Athlete of the Week: Maleke Jones

March 2, 2018Last updated March 2, 2018 by Savannah Olshove, sports information intern

Last week, EMU’s basketball men were the talk of the ODAC Tournament, overcoming deficits and earning upsets with dramatic, last-second clutch plays. Leading the way was senior point guard Maleke Jones (Charles

Royals Athlete of the Week: Maleke Jones

February 8, 2018Last updated March 2, 2018 by Savannah Olshove, sports information intern

Eastern Mennonite University senior Maleke Jones (Charles Town, W.V./Washington) has proven himself consistent and confident on the basketball court, and is the Royals Athlete of the Week. In two games last week

DN-R: 15th year coaching at EMU will be Dean’s last

January 8, 2018Last updated January 8, 2018 by Jim Sacco/Daily News-Record

It’s a moment Kirby Dean can recall without a hint of hesitation. Stuck in a celebratory scrum on the court at Guilford College, the veteran coach at Eastern Mennonite University locked eyes with

Basketball coach Kirby Dean to step down after season

January 8, 2018Last updated January 8, 2018 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University has announced that head men’s basketball coach Kirby Dean will resign at the end of the current season. He has accepted a position as the director of parks and

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DN-R: ‘EMU grad Cofield finds optimism through basketball’

Royals basketball players bring smiles to Waterman readers

Royals Athlete Of The Week: Sammy Thomas

Royals show promise against D-1 JMU

Three alumni athletes inducted into EMU Hall of Honor

Royals Athlete of the Week: Maleke Jones

Royals Athlete of the Week: Maleke Jones

DN-R: 15th year coaching at EMU will be Dean’s last

Basketball coach Kirby Dean to step down after season