{"id":13733,"date":"2012-08-17T14:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T18:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=13733"},"modified":"2012-10-15T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T13:41:05","slug":"two-emu-alum-honored-by-christopher-dock-mennonite-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/two-emu-alum-honored-by-christopher-dock-mennonite-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Two EMU Alum Honored By Christopher Dock Mennonite High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of former Eastern Mennonite University athletes will be honored by their high school alma mater this fall, field hockey player <strong>Liza Heavener<\/strong> and baseball player <strong>Erik Kratz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Both former Royals are originally from Telford, PA, and graduates of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dockhs.org\/\">Christopher Dock Mennonite High School<\/a>.\u00a0 They have been named the school\u2019s Young Alumni of the Year, an award which is based on demonstration of academic, spiritual, and lifestyle practices as outlined in the school&#8217;s graduate profile carried out since graduation.\u00a0 The duo will be honored at the school Homecoming Weekend on Oct. 19-20.\u00a0 Kratz will also be inducted into <a href=\"http:\/\/emuroyals.com\/hallofhonor\/index\">EMU\u2019s Hall of the Honor<\/a> the previous weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Heavener is a 2003 graduate of Christopher Dock before making her way to EMU.\u00a0 She was a three-year starter at midfielder on the Lady Royals\u2019 field hockey team, playing in a total of 65 games in four seasons.\u00a0 Heavener was also named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association D-III National Academic Team.<\/p>\n<p>As a student at EMU, she started working in the office of the Senate Majority Leader and after graduating, continued to work in Washington, D.C., with the Faith and Politics Institute and as a lobbyist for the Aircraft &amp; Pilots Association. \u00a0In March 2012, she was chosen for a global advocacy campaign called <a href=\"http:\/\/dfa.tigweb.org\/\">DeforestACTION.org<\/a>, left her job on Capitol Hill, and lived with the Dayak tribe in Borneo, Indonesia.\u00a0 There Heavener worked with a team in the oldest rainforest on the planet to stop illegal deforestation, educate locals, and rescue orangutans. Her 100 days in the jungle will be released as a documentary, &#8220;The Rise of the Eco-Warriors,&#8221; in early 2013. \u00a0She currently lives in Washington, D.C., and works as the Facilitator for DeforestACTION.<\/p>\n<p>Kratz was a four-year starter at catcher for the Royals, completing possibly the best baseball career ever by a Royal.\u00a0 He was named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year in both of his final two seasons, 2001 and 2002.\u00a0 He graduated with the NCAA record for career doubles, and also held 20 season and career records at EMU.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving college, Kratz has continued his playing days, spending much of the past decade in Minor League baseball.\u00a0 His work ethic paid off when he finally made his Major League debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2010.\u00a0 Kratz signed with his hometown Philadelphia Phillies the following year, and this summer is getting significant playing time.\u00a0 As of Aug. 16, Kratz has played in 23 games for the Phillies with a .273 batting average, 5 homeruns and 13 RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Kratz, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/08\/kratz-living-the-big-league-dream\/\" target=\"_blank\">see this article<\/a>.\u00a0 For more information on EMU\u2019s Hall of Honor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/hallofhonor\/index\" target=\"_self\">see the webpage linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of former Eastern Mennonite University athletes will be honored by their high school alma mater this fall, field hockey player Liza Heavener and baseball player Erik Kratz. 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