{"id":11618,"date":"2012-03-07T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=11618"},"modified":"2012-03-26T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:03:48","slug":"garber-volleys-academics-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/garber-volleys-academics-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Garber Volleys Academics, Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name<\/strong>: Kendall Garber<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Year<\/strong>: Senior<br \/>\n<strong>Sport<\/strong>: Men\u2019s Volleyball<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown\/High School<\/strong>: Lancaster, Pa.\/Lancaster Mennonite<br \/>\n<strong>Specs<\/strong>: MOC Volleyball Festival All-Tournament Team (2012), NECVA All-Academic Team (2011).\u00a0 Played numerous positions for Royals during his four years, and having a career season this year with career best 82 kills.\u00a0 Second on the team with 1.42 digs per game (as of 3\/6\/12).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your major? What do you hope to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have a double major of Mathematics\/Computer Science.\u00a0 I am hoping to find a job around Lancaster doing computer repair, technical support or something similar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why computer science and mathematics at EMU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As high school went on, learning about computers and the programming behind how they work became more and more of an interest of mine.\u00a0 Math, despite being a good major to have if I choose to go to graduate school in the future, has always been my favorite subject ever since early elementary school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What originally made you choose to come to EMU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match of being a Mennonite school and having a men\u2019s volleyball program was a major drawing factor.\u00a0 The professors impressed me and I just loved the feel of the campus in general.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How have you been able to manage your time in the spring with volleyball and course work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learning to do homework on the road to away games and while staying at hotels, and using the small windows of time during the day to do school work are ways I&#8217;ve kept up with the course load.\u00a0 In some ways, volleyball is like my &#8220;break&#8221; from homework in the same way other students would take a break to exercise, hang out with friends, or watch a TV show.\u00a0 My break is just scheduled for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What has it been like being a student-athlete while at EMU?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a lot of fun being a student-athlete.\u00a0 On a few occasions during my first couple of years here, I would have people working in the cafeteria congratulate me on a game and ask when the next one would be.\u00a0 It\u2019s an honor to have people on campus come watch our team play a sport we love.\u00a0 Missing class every now and then for trips can be a pain, but the professors are willing to help make sure you stay on top of your work.\u00a0 Being able to play volleyball competitively while studying to prepare for my future is a privilege I have thoroughly enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are one or two things you have learned from playing your sport here that you will take with you when you leave?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The whole experience of coming together as a team to accomplish a goal is definitely one thing that will stay with me.\u00a0 Playing volleyball here has also taught me to always work hard, even when things aren\u2019t going my way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What changes have there been for you after having the same coach for three years and now a new coach for your senior season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I feel like it\u2019s been relatively minor changes.\u00a0 Coach King and our assistant Dominick Porter have helped out with some practices in the past.\u00a0 King was actually my assistant coach in high school for a year which decreased the adjustment period for me.\u00a0 It took a little time to get used to how practice is run, but the transition has been pretty smooth in my opinion.\u00a0 Unrelated to the coaching change, it\u2019s been a change playing a new position this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Kendall Garber Year: Senior Sport: Men\u2019s Volleyball Hometown\/High School: Lancaster, Pa.\/Lancaster Mennonite Specs: MOC Volleyball Festival All-Tournament Team (2012), NECVA All-Academic Team (2011).\u00a0 Played numerous positions for Royals during <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/garber-volleys-academics-athletics\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Garber Volleys Academics, Athletics<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":11653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,4516,13808,5598,5633,4513,14139,5730],"tags":[13631,17361,6360],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-11618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-athletics","category-computer-science","category-mathematical-sciences","category-mens-volleyball","category-student-life","category-student-profiles","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-kendall-garber","tag-mennonite-churches-and-schools","tag-volleyball"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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