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Once a year, Eastern Mennonite University gets all of its student-athletes together in one place.\u00a0 Royals Night, as it is called, was on August 31 this year, as this year\u2019s Royals and Lady Royals got an introduction for what it means to be a student-athlete at EMU.<\/p>\n

Athletic Director Dave King<\/strong> led the evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has become a tradition\u00a0that helps us get the school year off to a good start,\u201d said King.\u00a0 \u201cIt is really exciting to have all the athletes together and sense the anticipation and hope of a new year.\u00a0 It provides freshmen athletes an opportunity to understand that they are part of something much larger than their own team.\u00a0 It also gives us an opportunity to connect the athletic department to the rest of the university.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ron Stoltzfus<\/strong>, the Faculty Athletics Representative, was one of the speakers to the approximately 200 student-athletes.\u00a0 EMU President Loren Swartzendruber<\/strong> also spoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a humbling experience to recognize how many lives we, as athletic staff and an entire campus community, will have the opportunity to impact through our relationships with them on and off the field,\u201d King said afterwards.\u00a0 \u201cGathering together helps build a bond between players on each team as well as between other sports teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

King introduced each coach and staff person to the students after recognizing the players by team.\u00a0 As part of his talk, he helped student-athletes understand the expectations the school has for them, and he also introduced \u201cThe Royal Way,\u201d<\/a> a brief set of guidelines for EMU athletes.<\/p>\n

Daniel Leake<\/strong> from Special Olympics Virginia also talked to the gathering.\u00a0 The NCAA and D-III are making specific efforts to join with Special Olympics around the country, and Leake pointed out that EMU and the rest of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference have been leading the way in building those relationships already.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to have Daniel, the local coordinator, with us to represent their programming and talk about ways in which our athletes can become involved,\u201d King said.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWhile the men’s basketball teams have been involved in the past, I am excited about\u00a0getting additional\u00a0athletes and teams involved locally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy Richter<\/strong> (Perkasie, PA\/Christopher Dock), a senior of the baseball team, spoke to his peers about EMU\u2019s chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and then also closed the program with a prayer of dedication for the year.<\/p>\n

After the students were each given an EMU t-shirt, a group photo was taken with President Swartzendruber and everyone enjoyed pizza.<\/p>\n

King said the photo was a fitting way to end the night.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that the photo will be a constant reminder to athletes, parents, faculty and staff of the great potential these students bring to the school year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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