{"id":35789,"date":"2017-11-20T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=35789"},"modified":"2017-11-21T11:12:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:12:38","slug":"royals-athlete-week-janae-kauffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/royals-athlete-week-janae-kauffman\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Athlete of the Week: Janae Kauffman"},"content":{"rendered":"

After starting for EMU\u2019s field hockey team for four years,\u00a0Janae Kauffman<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Harleysville, Pa.\/Dock Mennonite Academy) has finally finished her outstanding career.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kauffman faced some unknowns when she came into her final, senior season: She had a new coach and a new position to contend with, as she’d moved from defense to midfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to come into it the best I could,\u201d Kauffman said, \u201cbecause you always have to impress the new coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauffman had played defense for her entire collegiate career, although she had some experience as a midfielder from before she switched from midfield to defense her sophomore year of high school.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a hard transition,\u201d she said of this season’s switch, \u201cbut it was kind of cool to learn a new position. I kind of struggled with for a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with her new position came her first and only collegiate goal. Up until her switch to midfield, her scoring a goal had been an ongoing joke with her team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, ‘I\u2019m gonna score, \u2018cause I\u2019m on defense!’\u201d Kauffman said, laughing. \u201cAnd then I did, this year, and I was just kind of shocked that it actually happened. But yeah, it was exciting. It was a good feeling to finally check that one thing off my list of things to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauffman said her senior year had its own highs and lows.<\/p>\n

\u201cA definite high would just be the team. A low would be that halfway through the season. I couldn\u2019t mentally be all in field hockey and all in school at the same time. So there was a definite point there like halfway through that it was really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

This season, however, Kauffman made a conscious effort to connect with her team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not really an outgoing person but I definitely tried to talk,\u201d she said, \u201cto be more a part of the team and build relationships with everyone and kind of not necessarily be a verbal leader, but be someone who was always there and giving all I\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauffman is a math education major, and missed part of preseason for student teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kind of had to come in with the mentality that it was going to be a little harder because of that,\u201d she said. \u201cNot like working out, but just that you have to put in extra effort to be a part of the team because you miss that crucial week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauffman started playing field hockey when she was in middle school, after watching her older sister\u2019s games for years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoyed watching it and I thought it would be fun to play, to have that in common with her,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Being part of a team was what kept her coming back to the sport year after year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a group of people I wouldn\u2019t necessarily be friends with outside of hockey, which is cool,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kauffman looks forward to becoming a teacher after her graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy plan is to teach math. Where, I\u2019m not sure. I used to be dead set on going home to Pennsylvania, just because I love it at home, but Harrisonburg is slowly growing on me, so I\u2019m not counting out this area. I think it would be fun to stay here for a little bit after graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also looks forward to seeing the field hockey team grow in the coming years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with the team right now I definitely see a bright future for them,\u201d she said. \u201cEveryone works well together and I can just see them going far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kauffman came in her freshman year with two other athletes,\u00a0Emily Augsburger<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Lancaster, Pa.\/Lancaster Mennonite) and\u00a0Mikayla Martin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Lewis Palmer).<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of cool that us three seniors, we came in together and we\u2019re leaving together and there aren\u2019t many other classes that could say that. It\u2019s just kind of cool that the three of us stuck with it through all the coaching changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Ashley Kisner agreed that Kauffman made a huge impact on the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really stepped up into a leadership role during the coaching change this year,\u201d Kisner said. \u201cShe is quiet, but leads through example and through her hard work and play. She will be missed!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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