Cedarville Magazine, Fall 2013

Cedarville Magazine | 7 Farleman Selected as National SAAC Rep Lady Jackets Serve in Panama Laura Farleman ’15 has been selected as a National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative for the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). In this role, she will participate in all conference and national SAAC meetings and work as a liaison on campus, among G-MAC member institutions, and at the national level, where she will represent In early August, the women’s basketball team spent nine days in Panama with SCORE International. SCORE is an organization that specializes in athletic ministry, taking individual athletes and teams of athletes overseas on short-term missions trips. The athletic contests provide opportunities for the athletes to present the Gospel to those who attend. One of the highlights of the trip was an 83-80 overtime win against the Panama national team, although the focus of the trip was helping SCORE establish a base for future outreach. The Lady Jackets visited orphanages, played soccer and basketball with children, offered basketball clinics at schools, and enjoyed participating in a bilingual church service. On their first day, the team visited a village in the rain forest. “We played a little soccer with the children, made salvation bracelets for them, and explained the Gospel message through the bracelets,” said Raegan Ryan, a junior from Canisteo, New York. “All in all, it was a great day!” “Watching our players flourish in ministry and service was a very rewarding part of our week,” said Head Coach Kirk Martin ’76. “We grew as a team, we grew as a basketball family, and we were all challenged to intentionally live out our faith each and every day.” more than 100,000 NCAA Division II student-athletes. The j u n i o r f r om Baldwinsville, New York, is a member of the Lady Jacket track and field program and a pharmaceutical sciences major. She hopes to earn her M.D. in neurology and work with diagnosis, medication, prescription, and overall therapeutic strategy planning for children with autism and Down syndrome. “This is a great opportunity for Laura and for the G-MAC,” said Cedarville Athletic Director Dr. Alan Geist ’83. “She is taking this responsibility seriously and will represent the G-MAC very well. Cedarville is excited to be a part of the G-MAC, and we will do all we can to support Laura in this endeavor.” In her first season of competition in 2013, Farleman competed in relay, hurdle, high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, heptathlon, and pentathlon events during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Her top high jump effort of 5-3 earned her a runner-up finish at the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Indoor Championship and All-America honors. She was also a part of the third-place 4x800-meter relay unit that garnered NCCAA All-America recognition as Cedarville captured the NCCAA Championship banner. “I am thrilled by the opportunity to collaborate with the SAAC and NCAA legislators,” Farleman said, “but also about the exciting ways in which God is working at Cedarville and in the G-MAC through athletics.” CedarvilleUniversityAthletics, along with Sidearm Sports, launched a redesigned Yellow Jackets website in August. The new design is more visually attractive and includes a greater emphasis on video content while continuing to provide comprehensive information on all Cedarville University varsity teams. Check out the desktop or mobile version: yellowjackets.cedarville.edu PHOTO CREDIT: DEBORAH GORDON PHOTO CREDITS: SCOTT HUCK (LEFT), MATT FRANZ (RIGHT)