Jaylon Lee has been named to the Valley League's All-Star team. The league is a NCAA-sanctioned summer league and includes mostly D-1 athletes. “For us as a baseball program, even to a wider scale as a university, he means as much as anybody’s meant since (MLB veteran) Erik Kratz,” said EMU baseball head coach Adam Posey. ... read more about EMU star Lee among Valley League’s best from WHSV TV-3
Athletics
Kratz to be inducted into Valley League Hall of Fame
The Valley League Board of Directors has announced the fifth class of Hall of Fame inductees, to be installed at the 2021 Valley League All-Star game in Harrisonburg on Sunday, July 11. Kratz played for Waynesboro in 2000 and Harrisonburg in 2001. ... read more about Kratz to be inducted into Valley League Hall of Fame from Valley League
Back in business: Fellowship for Christian Athletes campers kick off summer season for campus crews
For a few weeks, Jenn Gustavus was holding her breath about the Mid-Atlantic region’s Fellowship for Christian Athletes (FCA) summer camp. “We opened registration May 5 and by May 24, ... read more about Back in business: Fellowship for Christian Athletes campers kick off summer season for campus crews
Brown XC/TF adds alumna Hannah Chappell-Dick to staff as assistant coach
Hannah Chappell-Dick was most recently a graduate assistant cross country and track & field coach at the University of Florida, where she earned her MBA. She was also a volunteer assistant coach at Georgia Tech from 2018-19, and an interim coach at EMU. She was a five-time NCAA DIII All-American and three-time Regional Athlete of the Year for Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about Brown XC/TF adds alumna Hannah Chappell-Dick to staff as assistant coach from Brown University Athletics
MAOL grad named head softball coach at Richard Bland
Morgan Smith MA '21 (organizational leadership), former graduate assistant with the EMU Royals softball team, is the new softball coach at Richard Bland College of William & Mary. ... read more about MAOL grad named head softball coach at Richard Bland from Richard Bland College Athletics
Three more athletes earn honors
VOLLEYBALL Two EMU men’s volleyball players earned a spot on this year’s Continental Volleyball Conference All-Academic Team. Junior Jacob Durren (Gloucester, Va./Gloucester) claimed his third consecutive All-Academic honor. Senior Joshua Gomez (Puerto Montt, Chile/German School ... read more about Three more athletes earn honors
Six Royals named VaSID Academic All-State
Six EMU student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-State Team by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). A total of 220 student-athletes representing 37 colleges and universities across the ... read more about Six Royals named VaSID Academic All-State
Triathlon trio named Scholar All-Americans
Three of EMU’s women’s triathlon athletes were named Scholar All-American by the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association and USA Triathlon. Elizabeth Miller (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold), Allison Shelly (Collinsville, Miss./West Lauderdale) and Vanessa Gardiner (Springfield, Va./John R. Lewis) were ... read more about Triathlon trio named Scholar All-Americans
Breidigan named Academic All-District for second time
For the second straight year, EMU women’s soccer senior Megan Breidigan (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) earned a spot on the Google Cloud District 5 Academic All-District Team. The award recognizes her work both ... read more about Breidigan named Academic All-District for second time
Johnson, Alderfer compete at NCAA National Championships
Alijah Johnson (Upper Marlboro, Md./Frederick Douglass) and Isaac Alderfer (Broadway, Va./Broadway) concluded standout track seasons this past week at the NCAA National Championships. Johnson ran in his first-ever national meet, finishing 14th ... read more about Johnson, Alderfer compete at NCAA National Championships