{"id":41785,"date":"2019-04-05T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41785"},"modified":"2019-04-10T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T12:30:22","slug":"diii-week-honors-student-athlete-contributions-to-emu-and-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/diii-week-honors-student-athlete-contributions-to-emu-and-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"DIII Week honors student-athlete contributions to EMU and the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EMU student-athletes celebrated Division III Week, an annual nationwide week of recognition designated by the NCAA, April 1-6, with activities focused around the university\u2019s core values of peacemaking, sustainability, service and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis year, we decided to focus on the ways that athletics help EMU fulfill its mission and their many contributions to our community,\u201d said Director of Athletics <\/span><b>Dave King<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A panel on peacemaking and intercollegiate athletics featured women\u2019s volleyball coach <\/span><b>Carrie Bert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, men\u2019s soccer coach <\/span><b>Roger Mast<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, senior volleyball player <\/span><b>Maria Yoder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and senior basketball player <\/span><b>Josh Good<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/odac.prestosports.com\/general\/2018-19\/videos\/odac-saac-sportsmanship-video\">Check out senior basketball player Jourdyn Friend joining other ODAC athletes to promote good sportmanship in this ODAC-sponsored DIII Week video. <\/a><\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King moderated a second evening discussion on the topic of sustainability and intercollegiate athletics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athletes volunteered to help move rugs for a Ten Thousand Villages sales event. Women\u2019s lacrosse coach <\/span><b>Katie Russo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said the time also involved some learning about the rugs themselves, \u201cbeautiful creations that can take up to two years for Pakistani rug artisans to develop.\u201d Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit organization specializing in fairly traded goods from around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fellowship of Christian Athletes hosted their weekly huddle on Thursday evening. The leaders include <\/span><b>Bailey Hall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (baseball), <\/span><b>Laurie Serrell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (track and cross country), <\/span><b>Brittany Viands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(softball), <\/span><b>Megan Breidigan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(soccer), <\/span><b>Austin Sachs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (golf), <\/span><b>Lindsey Krisak <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(basketball), <\/span><b>Justin Odom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (track and field), and assistant baseball coach <\/span><b>Adam Posey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the notable athletic events scheduled during the week, EMU softball hosted a StrikeOut Cancer doubleheader, splitting with crosstown rival Bridgewater. On Saturday, the track and field team hosted the first home meet since 2008 and the baseball team played in a doubleheader against nationally-ranked Randolph-Macon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMU student-athletes celebrated Division III Week, an annual nationwide week of recognition designated by the NCAA, April 1-6, with activities focused around the university\u2019s core values of peacemaking, sustainability, service <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/diii-week-honors-student-athlete-contributions-to-emu-and-the-valley\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about DIII Week honors student-athlete contributions to EMU and the Valley<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5583,17562],"tags":[17510,9037,17695],"feature":[17427,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-41785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-campus-community","category-digest","tag-carrie-bert","tag-dave-king","tag-katie-russo","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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