EMU Royals in the News

This page will feature sports stories on past or present EMU athletes or teams from their local hometown or national newspapers. If there is a feature story on an EMU athlete or team that you find online, please email it to Director of Athletics Communications and Advertising Justin McIlwee at justin.mcilwee@emu.edu. We are looking for feature stories only.

Athletic Department
EMU Remembers Margaret "Speedy" Martin Gehman
- EMU News (9/11/19)

Baseball
Gale Returns Home To Fort
- Daily News-Record (6/17/21) 

Proud Of That: Kratz Reflects On Pro Career
- Daily News-Record (11/12/20)

Erik Kratz Announces Retirement From MLB
- EMU News (11/9/20)

Kratz Worth More Than His Stats Show
- New York Daily News (9/9/20)

Greene Leaves Legacy At Park View
- Brunswick Times-Gazette (9/2/20)

EMU Players Help Broadway Win Title
- Daily News-Record (8/28/20)

Merica Driven To Improve
- Daily News-Record (7/23/20)

Kratz Plays For Team USA In Mexico And Japan
- Mennonite World Review (12/9/19)

VIDEO: Interview With Alum Of The Year Kratz
- WHSV-TV Sports (10/12/19) 

Kratz Named EMU Alum Of The Year
- EMU News (9/24/19)

Life As A Journeyman: Erik Kratz Finally Has Some Stability
- USA Today (9/5/18)

Alum Justin King ('12) Named High School Principal At Eastern Mennonite
- EMU News (7/12/18)

Men's Basketball
Crawford Named Head Coach At Eastern Mennonite
- EMS News (6/23/21)

Double Crossed: George Johnson Releases Memoir
- EIN Presswire (2/24/21)

Longacre Receives Prestigious Teacher Certification
- Daily News-Record (12/22/20)

Royals Basketball Players Reading To Waterman Students
- EMU News (1/16/20)

Caldwell Gets First Head Coaching Job
- The News-Herald (5/11/19)

Falk And Wife Getting Into Wedding Business
- The Daily Progress (1/19/19) 

Women's Basketball
EMU's Surles, Posey Share Unique Dynamic
- Daily News-Record (1/18/24)

Sue Blauch - From EMU to WNBA
- Daily News-Record (2/9/21)

Former Coach Richard McElwee Dies
- Daily News-Record (12/2/20)

Harding Brings Successful Pedigree To First Head Post
- Daily News-Record (10/9/20)

Nurse Brubaker Recharges Outdoors in Colorado
- Daily News-Record (6/23/20)

Hensley Named Principal At HHS
- EMU News (7/3/19)

Mast Named Head Coach At EMS
- Eastern Mennonite School (5/21/19)

Payne Takes Long Road To First Head Coaching Job
- News Leader (5/7/19)

Alum Sue Blauch Named Head of WNBA Referee Performance and Development
- WNBA.com (8/1/18)

Deana Moren Baker Inducted Into Indiana Hall Of Fame
- EMU News (5/4/16)

Cross Country
Shelly Uses EMU Education To Teach And Coach At HHS
- HHS Media (10/19/20)

Lyubov Slashcheva is EMU's 2020 Young Alum of the Year
- EMU News (7/8/20)

Grad School Q&A: Robert Cook
- EMU News (7/1/20)

Paden Running For A Higher Cause
- Daily News-Record (5/13/20)

Chappell-Dick Getting Taste Of D-I Life
- Daily News-Record (3/29/18)

All-American Hannah Chappell-Dick Uses Her Holistic Education From EMU
- Wingfoot Magazine (Jan. 2017) 

Field Hockey
Janae Kauffman On Earning His Education Degree And Playing Field Hockey
- EMU News (3/9/18)

Men's Golf
Sachs Wins Accounting Scholarship
- EMU News (4/16/18)

Women's Lacrosse
'Pitch' Perfect: Lacrosse goalie, coach share special connection
- EMU News (8/6/24)

Hungry For More: First EMU Lacrosse Season Cut Short
- Daily News-Record (3/29/20)

EMU Set For Inaugural Lacrosse Season
- Daily News-Record (3/4/20)

Men's Soccer
Braden Pursues Grad Studies At "Salmon University"
- EMU News (8/5/20)

A Lengthy Legacy: Roger Mast Prepares For Season No. 30
- Daily News-Record (6/21/20)

Softball
McCurdy And Royals Deal With Shortened Season
- Daily News-Record (3/26/20)

Seating Terrace Dedicated Before Alumni Game
- EMU News (10/23/17)

McCurdy Changed The Culture Of EMU's Softball Program
- Daily News-Record (4/6/17) 

Track & Field
Watson Aims Advocacy Efforts At Liberian Paralympic Athletes
- EMU News (8/9/21)

Grad School Q&A: Robert Cook
- EMU News (7/1/20)

Paden Running For A Higher Cause
- Daily News-Record (5/13/20)

Faint Directs One Of The World's Best Blind Runners
- The Winchester Star (8/2/19)

EMU Sends Two To Nationals
- Daily News-Record (5/23/18)

All-American Hannah Chappell-Dick Uses Her Holistic Education From EMU
- Wingfoot Magazine (Jan. 2017) 

Women's Triathlon
Shelly Uses EMU Education To Teach And Coach At HHS
- HHS Media (10/19/20)

Changing Courses: Shelly Seeks New Challenges
- Daily News-Record (4/5/20)

Persist: Video Documentary On EMU's First Triathlon Team
- EMU News (4/21/20) 

Men's Volleyball
Colton Frey On Earning His Education Degree And Playing Volleyball
- EMU News (3/26/18)

Taylor Helps Men's National Team Qualify For Deaflympics
- EMU News (8/5/16) 

Women's Volleyball
Hall Named Head Coach At Eastern Mennonite School
- EMS News (7/26/21)

Troyer Left Lasting Legacy On Valley Volleyball
- Daily News-Record (5/27/21)

Youth Is Served: Steinbrechers Balance Children & Coaching
- Daily News-Record (12/10/20)

DN-R Flashback: Jewel Lehman
- Daily News-Record (4/30/20)

Yoder Heads To Guatemala For Independent Biology Research
- EMU News (5/2/18)

Becoming A Teacher At EMU: Alexa Weeks
- EMU News (4/25/18)