Eastern Mennonite University’s newest major, recreational leadership and sports studies (RLSS), focuses on providing students who love working with active people the managerial and leadership skills to enter into the ... read more about New recreational leadership and sports studies major offers leadership and management skills for growing job market
For the third straight year, EMU men's volleyball team put seven players on the Continental Volleyball Conference All-Academic Team. The total is also the tied for the most in program history. ... read more about Seven volleyball players earn All-Academic status from EMUroyals.com
EMU's two men at the NCAA Track & Field Championships had a great final day, including junior hurdler Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) earning an All-America medal. Grant Amoateng (Bristow, Va./Patriot) moved up one spot from his seeding, finishing 13th in the triple jump. ... read more about EMU’s Faint runs to All-America finish, Amoateng moves up from EMUroyals.com
Even though Eastern Mennonite’s Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) stepped off the track for the final time last week, the senior’s awards have not stopped. Today Denlinger was named to ... read more about Track athlete earns Academic All-District Team honors
After finishing fourth in his heat, Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) had to wait it out to see if he would advance to the finals of the 400m hurdles at this weekend's NCAA Outdoor National Championships. ... read more about Hurdler pushes through rain to advance to NCAA finals from EMUroyals.com
Kyle Mathews (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) and Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) earned spots on the D3baseball.com All-South Region Teams, which were announced today. Eastern Mennonite University was the only ODAC school to have a player named to each the First Team and Second Team. ... read more about EMU’s Mathews And Hall named All-Region from EMUroyals.com
In his final race, senior Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) not only lowered his PR in the 800m, he took down a 12-year old school record. He shaved 0.44 seconds of his previous best race, crossing in 1:52.75. Luke Yoder had owned the EMU record of 1:52.92 since 2005. Denlinger's time moved him up to No. 43 in the nation. Sophomore Nuriddin Abdus-Salaam (Charlotte Court House, Va./Randolph Henry) broke his own 100m record with a time of :10.80 seconds. He finished first among collegiate athletes at the meet. Since running an :11.20 on the wet day of finals at the ODAC Championships on April 22, Abdus-Salaam has run three straight races better than Leroy Dutton's EMU record of :10.94 from 1982. ... read more about Abdus-Salaam and Denlinger break records at last chance meet from EMUroyals.com
Newly minted Eastern Mennonite University graduate Tyler Denlinger has the next several years pretty well planned out. Biology degree in hand, he’ll take a job at a local medical lab ... read more about EMU’s Denlinger gunning for D-III championships
Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 20 in a time of reflection and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite ... read more about EMU’s Denlinger and Hardy earn President’s Awards at Athletic Honors Banquet